Marge Skubic's Publications - an old list. See also the Eldertech website

The papers below are in the general area of Robotics and Sensory Perception and utilize techniques from Computational Intelligence (neural networks, fuzzy sets, evolutionary computing, and swarm intelligence). The papers are grouped into rough categories. Many of them relate in some way to Human-Robot Interaction. For collaborative work through the Center for Eldercare and Rehabilitation Technology, see also http://eldertech.missouri.edu .

Eldercare Technology

• D. Anderson, R.H. Luke, J. Keller, M. Skubic, M. Rantz, and M. Aud, "Modeling Human Activity from Voxel Person Using Fuzzy Logic," IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Accepted for publication.

• D. Anderson, R.H. Luke, J. Keller, M. Skubic, M. Rantz, and M. Aud, "Linguistic Summarization of Activities from Video for Fall Detection using Voxel Person and Fuzzy Logic," Computer Vision and Image Understanding, Accepted for publication.

• K.L. Courtney, G. Demiris, M. Rantz, and M. Skubic, "The Perspective of Older Adults in Continuing Care Retirement Communities," Informatics in Primary Care , In press.

• G.L. Alexander, E. Florea, M. Skubic, M.J. Rantz, M.A. Aud, B.J. Wakefield et al., "Sensor Systems for Monitoring Functional Status in Assisted Living Residents," Research in Gerontological Nursing, Accepted for publication.

• G. Demiris, D. Parker Oliver, B.K. Hensel, G. Dickey, M. Rantz, and M. Skubic, "Use of Videophones to Enrich the Distant Caregiving Experience for Family Members of Long Term Care Facility Residents," Journal of Gerontological Nursing, In press.

• M. Rantz, M. Aud, G. Alexander, B. Wakefield, M. Skubic, R.H. Luke, D. Anderson, and J. Keller, "Falls, Technology, and Stunt Actors: New Approaches to Fall Detection and Fall Risk Assessment," Journal of Nursing Care Quality, In press.

• M.J. Rantz, R. Porter, D. Cheshier, D. Otto, C.H. Servey, R.A. Johnson, M. Skubic, H. Tyrer, Z. He, G. Demiris, J. Lee, G. Alexander, and G. Taylor, "TigerPlace, a State-Academic-Private Project to Revolutionize Traditional Long Term Care," Journal of Hoursing for the Elderly, In press.

• G. Demiris, B.K. Hensel, M. Skubic, and M.J. Rantz, "Senior Residents' Perceived Need of and Preferences for Smart Home Sensor Technologies," International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 120-4, 2008.

• X. Chen, Z. He, J.M. Keller, D. Anderson, and M. Skubic, "Adaptive Silhouette Extraction in Dynamic Environments Using Fuzzy Logic," submitted to the IEEE 2006 Intl. Conf. on Fuzzy Systems.

• S. Wang, J.M. Keller, K. Burks, M. Skubic, and H. Tyrer, "Assessing Physical Perfomance of Elders Using Fuzzy Logic," submitted to the IEEE 2006 Intl. Conf. on Fuzzy Systems.

• G. Demiris, M. Skubic, J. Keller, M.J. Rantz, D. Parker Oliver, M.A. Aud, J. Lee, K. Burks, N. Green, "Nurse Participation in the Design of User Interfaces for a Smart Home System," submitted to the 2006 Intl. Conf. on Smart Homes and Health Telematics.

• K.L. Courtney, G. Demiris, M. Rantz, and M. Skubic, "Decision Factors for Participation in Smart Home Technology Research in a Residential Care Setting: A Single Subject Case Study," submitted to the Intl. Congress of the European Federation of Medical Informatics, Maastricht, Netherlands.

• M.J. Rantz, M.A. Aud, K.D. Marek, G. Demiris, H.W. Tyrer, M. Skubic, A. Hussam, "A Technology and Nursing Collaboration to Help Older Adults Age in Place," Nursing Outlook , vol. 53, pp. 40-45, 2005.

• G. Demiris, M.J. Rantz, M.A. Aud, K.D. Marek, H.W. Tyrer, M. Skubic, A. Hussam, "Older adults' attitudes towards and perceptions of "Smart Home" technologies: a pilot study," Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine , 2004, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 87-94.

Sketch Interfaces for Robots

• G. Parekh, M. Skubic, O. Sjahputera, and J.M. Keller, "Scene Matching Between a Map and a Hand Drawn Sketch Using Spatial Relations," Proc., IEEE Intl. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, April, 2007, pp. 4007-4012, Rome, Italy.

• M. Skubic, D. Anderson, S. Blisard, D. Perzanowski, and A. Schultz, "Using a Hand-Drawn Sketch to Control a Team of Robots," Autonomous Robots, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 399-410, May, 2007.

• M. Skubic, D. Anderson, S. Blisard, D. Perzanowski, and A. Schultz, "Using a Qualitative Sketch to Control a Team of Robots," in Proceedings of the IEEE 2006 Intl. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Orlando, FL, May, 2006.

• G. Chronis and M. Skubic, "Robot Navigation Using Qualitative Landmark States from Sketched Route Maps," in Proc. of the IEEE 2004 Intl. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, New Orleans, LA, April, 2004, pp. 1530-1535. Videos of the sketch-based navigation.

• M. Skubic, C. Bailey and G. Chronis, "A Sketch Interface for Mobile Robots," in Proc. of the IEEE 2003 Conf. on SMC , Washington, D.C., Oct., 2003, pp. 918-924. PPT Slides from the conference talk.

• G. Chronis and M. Skubic, "Sketch-Based Navigation for Mobile Robots," in Proc. of the IEEE 2003 International Conference on Fuzzy Systems , May, 2003, St. Louis, MO.

• M. Skubic, S. Blisard, C. Bailey, J. A. Adams and P. Matsakis, "Qualitative Analysis of Sketched Route Maps: Translating a Sketch into Linguistic Descriptions," IEEE Transactions on SMC Part B , vol. 34, no. 2, April, 2004, pp. 1275-1282.

• M. Skubic, S. Blisard, A. Carle, P. Matsakis, "Hand-Drawn Maps for Robot Navigation," AAAI 2002 Spring Symposium, Sketch Understanding Workshop, Stanford Unversity, March, 2002 (Technical Report SS-02-08).

• M. Skubic, P. Matsakis, B. Forrester and G. Chronis, "Extracting Navigation States from a Hand-Drawn Map", in Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Seoul, Korea, May, 2001.

Spatial Language, Mobile Robots and Humanoids

• S. Blisard and M. Skubic, "Validating Spatial Referencing Language for Human-Robot Interaction," IEEE Transactions on SMC-Part A, In review.

• S. Blisard and M. Skubic, "Modeling Spatial Referencing Language for Human-Robot Interaction," BEST STUDENT PAPER in Proc. of the IEEE Intl. Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication , Nashville, TN, Aug., 2005.

• R. Luke, S. Blisard, J. Keller, and M. Skubic, "Linguistic Descriptions of Three Dimensional Scenes Using SIFT Keypoints," in Proc. of the IEEE Intl. Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication , Nashville, TN, Aug., 2005.

• D. Anderson, "An Investigation of Humanoid Skill Primitives as Sensory Patterns," M.S. Thesis, Computer Science Department, University of Missouri-Columbia, Aug., 2005. Intro pages     Main body     References     Appendix    

• D. Solge, M. Bugajska, J.G. Trafton, D. Perzanowski, S. Thomas, M. Skubic, S. Blisard, N. Cassimatis, D. Brock, W. Adams, and A. Schultz, "Collaborating with Humanoid Robots in Space," in International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, P. Vadakkepat (Ed.), Vol. 2, No. 2, World Scientific Publishing, pp. 181-201, June, 2005.

• M. Skubic, "Qualitative Spatial Referencing for Natural Human-Robot Interfaces," invited paper for Interactions , special issue on Human-Robot Interaction, vol. 12, issue 2, pp. 27-30, March-April, 2005.

• M. Skubic, D. Perzanowski, S. Blisard, A. Schultz, and W. Adams, M. Bugajska, and D. Brock, "Spatial Language for Human-Robot Dialogs," IEEE Transactions on SMC Part C, Special Issue on Human-Robot Interaction, vol. 34, no. 2, May, 2004, pp. 154-167.

• D. Sofge, D. Perzanowski, M. Skubic, M. Bugajska, J.G. Trafton, N. Cassimatis, D. Brock, W. Adams and A. Schultz, "Cognitive Tools for Humanoid Robots in Space," accepted to the 16th IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in Aerospace, 2004.

• D. Sofge, D. Perzanowski, M. Skubic, N. Cassimatis, J.G. Trafton, D. Brock, M. Bugajska, W. Adams and A. Schultz, "Achieving Collaborative Interaction with a Humanoid Robot," in Proc. of the 2nd Intl. Conf. on Computational Intelligence, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Singapore, Dec., 2003.

• M. Skubic, C. Bailey, S. Blisard, G. Chronis, C. Huggard, R. Luke, G. Scott, and M. Williams, "Guinness Phase I," Technical Report, CECS Dept., Univ. of Missouri-Columbia, June 20, 2003.

• J. Keller, M. Skubic, P. Gader, T. Wang and R. Luke, "Real-Time Tripwire Detection on a Robotic Testbed," in Proc. of the SPIE Conference , Orlando, FL, April, 2003.

• M. Skubic, P. Matsakis, G. Chronis and J. Keller, "Generating Multi-Level Linguistic Spatial Descriptions from Range Sensor Readings Using the Histogram of Forces", Autonomous Robots, vol. 14, no. 1, Jan., 2003, pp. 51-69.

• M. Skubic, S. Blisard, "Go to the Right of the Pillar: Modeling Unoccupied Regions for Robot Directives", in AAAI Technical Report FS-02-03, Papers from the 2002 AAAI Fall Symposium, Human-Robot Interaction Workshop, Nov., 2002.

• M. Skubic, D. Perzanowski, A. Schultz, and W. Adams, "Using Spatial Language in a Human-Robot Dialog," in Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Robotics and Automation , Washington, D.C., May, 2002.

• J. Keller, P. Matsakis, and M. Skubic, "Beyond 2001: The Linguistic Spatial Odyssey", to appear as a book chapter in Computational Intelligence Beyond 2001: Real and Imagined, C. Robinson, ed, Wiley, 2002. Also presented by J. Keller as a Plenary Address, World Congress on Computational Intelligence, Honolulu, Hawaii, May, 2002.

• D. Perzanowski, A.C. Schultz, W. Adams, M. Bugajska, E. Marsh, G. Trafton, M. Skubic, M. Abramson, "Communicating with Teams of Cooperative Robots", in Proceedings of the NATA Workshop on Multi-Robot Systems, Washington, D.C., March, 2002.

• M. Skubic, G. Chronis, P. Matsakis and J. Keller, "Generating Linguistic Spatial Descriptions from Sonar Readings Using the Histogram of Forces", in Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Seoul, Korea, May, 2001.

• M. Skubic, G. Chronis, P. Matsakis, and J. Keller, "Spatial Relations for Tactical Robot Navigation", in Proceedings of the SPIE, Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology III, Orlando, FL, April, 2001.

• D. Haun, K. Hummel and M. Skubic, "Morphological Neural Network Vision Processing for Mobile Robots", Technical Report, Dept. of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, Sept., 2000.

• G. Chronis and M. Skubic, "Experiments in Programming by Demonstration: Training a Neural Network for Navigation Behaviors", Proceedings of the International Symposium on Robotics and Automation, Nov., 2000, Monterrey, Mexico.

• G. Chronis, J. Keller and M. Skubic, "Learning Fuzzy Rules by Evolution for Mobile Agent Control", Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, Monterey, CA, Nov., 1999.

• M. Seif El-Nasr and M. Skubic, "A Fuzzy Emotional Agent for Decision-Making in a Mobile Robot", Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems , Anchorage, Alaska, May, 1998.

• M. Skubic, S. Graves, and J. Mollenhauer, "Design of a Two-Level Fuzzy Controller for a Reactive Miniature Mobile Robot," Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Industrial Fuzzy Control and Intelligent Systems, Houston, TX, December 1993.

• S. Graves, M. Skubic, and J. Mollenhauer, "The FuzzBug Mobile Robot," Technical Report 93-041, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, May 1993.

Face Recognition

• G. Scott, J. Keller, M. Skubic, and R.H Luke III, "Face Recognition for Homeland Security: A Computational Intelligence Approach," in Proc. of the IEEE 2003 International Conference on Fuzzy Systems , May, 2003, St. Louis, MO.

Gait Analysis

• S. Arafat and M. Skubic, "Modeling Fuzziness Measures for Best Wavelet Selection," IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems , Accepted for publication.

• K.G. Keegan, J. Satterley, M. Skubic, Y. Yonezawa, J. Cooley, D. Wilson, and J. Framer, "Use of gyroscopic sensors for objective evaluation of trimming and shoeing to alter time between heel and toe lift-off at end of the stance phase in horses walking and trotting on a treadmill," American Journal of Veterinary Research, Vol. 66, No. 12, pp. 2046-2054, Dec., 2005.

• K.G. Keegan, S. Arafat, M. Skubic, D.A. Wilson, J. Kramer, N.M. Messer, P.J. Johnson, D.P. O-Brien, and G. Johnson, "Detection of Spinal Ataxia in Horses Using Fuzzy Clustering of Body Position Uncertainty," Equine Veterinary Journal, Dec., 2004.

• K.G. Keegan, S. Arafat, M. Skubic, D.A. Wilson, J. Kramer, N.M. Messer, P.J. Johnson, D.P. O-Brien, and G. Johnson, "Detection of Spinal Ataxia in Horses Using Fuzzy Clustering of Body Position Uncertainty," 2004 Intl. Conf. on Equine Locomotion.

• S. Arafat, "Uncertainty Modeling for Classification and Analysis of Medical Signals," Ph.D. Dissertation, Computer Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, Dec., 2003.

• K. Keegan, S. Arafat, M. Skubic, D. Wilson, and J. Kramer, "Detection of lameness and determination of the affected forelimb in horses by use of continuous wavelet transformation and neural network classification of kinematic data," American Journal of Veterinary Research, Vol. 64, No. 11, Nov., 2003, pp. 1376-1381

• S. Arafat and M. Skubic, "Combined Uncertainty Model for Best Wavelet Selection," in Proc. of the IEEE 2003 International Conference on Fuzzy Systems , May, 2003, St. Louis, MO.

Robotic Manipulation

• M. Skubic and R. Volz, "Identifying Single-Ended Contact Formations from Force Sensor Patterns", IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, vol. 16, no. 5, Oct., 2000.

• M. Skubic and R. Volz, "Acquiring Robust, Force-Based Assembly Skills from Human Demonstration", IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, vol. 16, no. 6, Dec., 2000.

• L.J. Everett, R. Ravuri, R.A. Volz, and M. Skubic, "Generalized Recognition of Single-Ended Contact Formations", IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, Oct., 1999.

• M. Skubic, B. Forrester and B. Nowak, "Clustering of Qualitative Contact States for an Automotive Assembly", pdf postscript Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Detroit, MI, May, 1999.

• M. Skubic and B. Forrester, "Competitive Agglomeration Clustering of Qualitative Contact States for an Automotive Transmission Assembly", Technical Report TR-98-005, Department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1998.

• M. Skubic and R. Volz, "Learning Force-Based Assembly Skills from Human Demonstration for Execution in Unstructured Environments", Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Leuven, Belgium, May, 1998.

• M. Skubic, "Transferring Assembly Skills to Robots: Learning Force Sensory Patterns and Skills from Human Demonstration", dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, August, 1997.

• M. Skubic and R. Volz, "Learning Force Sensory Patterns and Skills from Human Demonstration", Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Albuquerque, NM, April, 1997.

• M. Skubic, S. Castrianni and R. Volz, "Identifying Contact Formations from Force Signals: A Comparison of Fuzzy and Neural Network Classifiers", Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks, Houston, TX, June, 1997.

• M. Skubic and R. Volz, "Identifying contact formations from sensory patterns and its applicability to robot programming by demonstration", Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems , Osaka, Japan, Nov., 1996.

• M. Skubic and R. Volz, "Fuzzy Classification of Contact Formations from Sensor Patterns", Proceedings of the 1996 U.S.-Japan Graduate Student Forum, Osaka, Japan, Nov., 1996.

• M. Skubic and S. Graves, "Force Sensor Characterization," Technical Report 96-010, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, April, 1996.

Telerobotics

• M. Skubic, G. Kondraske, G. Khoury, P. Fiedler, B. Morgan and S. Graves, "Performance Measurement and Prediction in a Distributed Telerobotics System", Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Vol. 3, pp. 2121-2126, Vancouver, BC, Oct, 1995.

• M. Skubic, G. Kondraske, J. Wise, G. Khoury, R. Volz and S. Askew, "A Telerobotics Construction Set with Integrated Performance Analysis," Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vol. 3, pp. 20-26, Pittsburgh, PA, August, 1995.

• P. Schilling, M. Skubic and G. Kondraske, "Shared Human Autonomous Control: TATP1 Demo 5 Report," Technical Report 94-003R, Human Performance Institute, University of Texas at Arlington, 1994.

• M. Skubic, "Using TelRIP with Ada: A Prototype Implementation," Technical Report 93-031, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, May, 1993.

Robotics and Automation in Education

• M. Skubic, J. Laffey, "Event-Driven Computing Projects for Software Engineering Education", Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Conference , Montreal, Canada, June, 2002.

• M. Skubic, "Saturday Science for Junior High Students", AAAI 2001 Spring Symposium: Robotics and Education, March, 2001, Stanford University.

• M. Skubic, "Building Intelligent Robots in a Cooperative Learning Environment", Computers in Education Journal, Jan.-Mar., 2000.

• M. Skubic, "Building Intelligent Robots in a Cooperative Learning Environment", Proceedings of the 1999 ASEE Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC, June, 1999.

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