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Faculty Profiles

Intelligent Systems and Robotics Department faculty contact and bio information.


Brent Venable
Dr. Kristen "Brent" Venable
Position: Director of the Intelligent Systems and Robotics doctoral program
  • Department: Intelligent Systems and Robotics
  • Office Location: Building 4, Room 139

Brent Venable is the inaugural director for UWF’s intelligent systems and robotics doctoral program.

Brian Jalaian
Dr. Brian Jalaian
Position: Associate Professor
  • Department: Computer Science; Intelligent Systems and Robotics
  • Office Location: Campus: Building 4, Room 434;

Dr. Brian Jalaian, an Associate Professor (ISR) and a research scientist (IHMC), is interested in the research of robust machine learning, uncertainty quantification for machine learning, deep learning, AI safety and security, AI assurance, optimization and network science.

Stephen Russell
Dr. Stephen Russell
Position: Professor
  • Department: Intelligent Systems and Robotics
  • Office Location: Remote Office

Dr. Stephen Russell is a Professor in the Intelligent Systems and Robotics Department. His research interests include AI and data Science in healthcare, intelligent agents for AI/machine learning, knowledge discovery, and information-driven tasks, and intelligent systems adopt human-machine teaming.

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Dr. Hakki Erhan Sevil
Position: Associate Professor
  • Department: Intelligent Systems and Robotics
  • Office Location: Campus: Building 4, Room 328; Downtown: 220 W Garden St, Suite 250, Office 224

Dr. Hakki Erhan Sevil, an Associate Professor in the Intelligent Systems and Robotics Program, is interested in researching robotics, guidance and path planning, fault detection and isolation, autonomous navigation, and obstacle avoidance.