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Lionel Robert

Lionel Robert

Professor of Information and Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Faculty Affairs, School of Information Email: [email protected] Phone: 734/764-5296
Office: School of Information/4388 North Quad Personal website CV Research papers Crowdwork research Teamwork with robots research Autonomous vehicles research Virtual teams research My students Popular press/social media links Grants/funded research

Research Areas

Biography

Areas of interest

In the past, my research focused on teamwork with technology. However, as my interests have broadened a more accurate description would be to say that I now focus on the collaboration through and with technology.

The specific areas are listed below:

1) Online Collaboration
Virtual Teams
Crowdwork
Technology Mediated Teams

2) Human Robot Collaboration
Teamwork with Robots
Human Autonomous Vehicle Interaction
(see https://mavric.si.umich.edu/)

3) Sharing Economy
Coordination and Cooperation through Digital Platforms
Trust in Digital Platforms

For a complete list of all my publications see:
https://goo.gl/Z4rh72

I am currently accepting doctoral students in each of those areas.

For more information see:
https://www.si.umich.edu/academics/phd/phd-information

Recently accepted papers: https://bit.ly/2CnVXr2

Honors and awards

Carnegie Junior Faculty Development Fellowship

BAT Ph.D. Fellowship

KMPG Peat Marwick Ph.D. Foundation Fellowship

3 New Faculty Commendation for Teaching Commitment 2006-2008

3 Best Paper, Honorable Mention/Nomination Awards

Education

B.S., University of Louisiana, Lafayette

M.S., Clemson University

M.S., University of Louisiana, Lafayette

M.B., Indiana University, Bloomington

Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington

News

A woman sits at a computer looking at a scatter plot diagram.
U-M researchers aim to bring humans back into the loop, as AI use and misuse rises

The study aims to help society, including regulators considering AI safety regulations and organizations considering adopting AI, understand the societal implications of ever-smarter machines.

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UMSI research roundup. Climate change, empathy and roboviz. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.
Climate change, empathy and roboviz: UMSI research roundup

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications. 

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