This piece made me smile as I ponder the new year ahead. If you haven’t watched Ted Lasso, maybe check it out—if not for the comedy, for the #leadership lesson. https://insight.ieeeusa.org/articles/what-can-we-learn-about-leadership-from-ted-lasso/

The Year in #research at Queen's U is out. Fun to see my students and colleagues at the Ingenuity Labs Research Institute showcased with our #primeminister in the leading image! It's been quite a year ... 😅 https://www.queensu.ca/gazette/stories/2022-year-research

Nice story this morning in the Queen's Gazette featuring the work of Ingenuity Labs researchers about a #collaboration with the City of Kingston on the monitoring of the new Waaban Crossing #bridge in #Kingston, #Canada. Nice #mechatronics application in #civil #engineering. https://www.queensu.ca/gazette/stories/keeping-watch-new-crossing

Here in #canada, today is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on #Violence Against #Women (https://women-gender-equality.canada.ca/en/commemorations-celebrations/16-days/national-day-remembrance.html). Please take a moment to #remember the hatred-driven murder of 14 young women #engineers at Polytechnique Montréal (December 6, 1989). Or better yet—attend a ceremony somewhere near you. And even better yet—take action and speak up against harmful behaviours.

In addition to our junior faculty position in #robotics, Queen's Engineering also has an open position for a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Applied Artificial Intelligence. This is a #tenured #faculty position at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor in software and/or computer engineering with specialization in applied #AI for intelligent systems. See our ad at https://www.ece.queensu.ca/about-us/CRC-Tier-1-ECE-QueensU-2022-23-1.pdf.

We are hiring at Queen's Engineering! We have an open tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor with specialization in a field related to #robotics and/or #mechatronics #engineering, including—but not limited to—#autonomous systems, #machinelearning & #AI for robotics, intelligent systems engineering, #HRI, #marine robotics, robotic #perception & actuation or #VR / #Ar. See our ad at https://www.ece.queensu.ca/about-us/IBENG212201_ECE_MRE_Sept-2022.pdf.

Had a chance to speak to the third-year class of Engineering Science Robotics (ESC 301) students at the University of Toronto last night about #mining and #construction #robotics, #entrepreneurship, #intellectualproperty, and on commercialization of research. Lots of great questions from a keen bunch of future roboticists—like, as an #academic, what's your strategy for ensuring great R&D doesn't die in the lab? Thanks again to Prof. Jon Kelly (https://twitter.com/domo_mr_roboto) for the invite to speak!

#Introduction time! 👋 I am an #engineering #professor at Queen's University in Kingston, #Canada. My expertise is in field and mobile #robotics. I have a newish interest in applications of #machinelearning to #control and #navigation problems. Previously worked as an #engineer at #space #robotics firm MDA. Also currently serve as Director at the Ingenuity Labs Research Institute. My #math #teacher wife and I have three #kids and we enjoy #golf.