Background
Murphy, Robin Roberson was born on August 25, 1957 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Fred Blakely and Ada Lee (Wills) Roberson.
computer scientist robotics engineer
Murphy, Robin Roberson was born on August 25, 1957 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Fred Blakely and Ada Lee (Wills) Roberson.
Bachelor in Mech. Engineering, Georgia Institute Technology, 1980; Master of Science in Computer Science, Georgia Institute Technology, 1989; Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, Georgia Institute Technology, 1992.
CIMS research assistant School Information and Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 1987—1988, graduate teaching assistant, 1989. Project engineer Dow Chemical United States of America, Plaquemine, Louisiana, 1980-1984. Software project engineer Turbitrol Company, Atlanta, 1984-1986.
Assistant professor department mathematics and computer science Colorado School Mines, Golden, 1992—1998, associate director Center Robotics and Intelligent Systems, 1994—1998. Associate professor Department Computer Science and Engineering and Department Psychology University South Florida, Tampa, 1998—2003, director Institute Safety Security Rescue Technology (formerly Center Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue), since 2002, professor, since 2003, founder, site director Institute Safety, Security, Rescue Technology Center, since 2002. Founder National Science Foundation Industry University Cooperative Research Center on Safety, Security and Rescue Technology, 2003.
With Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, Department Computer Science and Engineering. Consultant Defense Science Study Group Institute for Defense Analyses, 1998—1999, consultant, since 2000. Ad hoc member United States Air Force Science Advisory Board, 2001, member, 2001—2005.
Member study on unmanned ground vehicles National Research Council, 2001—2002. Member technical advisory panel United States Marine Corps Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, since 2002. Member Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Information Science and Technology Study Group, 2004—2007, National Research Council Study on Using Information Technology to Enhance Disaster Management, since 2005.
Board directors Space Florida, since 2006. Advisory board member National Science Foundation, Computer & Information Science & Engineering, since 2006. Speaker in field.
Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Association for Artificial Ingelligence, Society Women Engineers, Society Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, Florida Fire Chiefs' Association, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, Association Computing Machinery.
Married Kevin Eddy Murphy, August 27, 1982. Children: Kathleen Freebern(deceased), Allan Roberson.