Junaed Sattar
Aquatic and marine robotics; artificial intelligence; autonomous systems; environmental sensing and monitoring; deep machine learning
Background & Expertise
Junaed Sattar is an associate professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota and a member of the Minnesota Robotics Institute. He is the founding director of the Interactive Robotics and Vision Lab, where he and his students investigate problems in field robotics, robot vision, human-robot communication, assisted driving, and applied (deep) machine learning, and develop rugged robotic systems. His graduate degrees are from McGill University in Canada, and he has a BS in engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. Before coming to the University of Minnesota, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia where his research focused on human-robot dialog and assistive wheelchair robots, and at Clarkson University in New York as an assistant professor. Follow these links for Junaed's website, the IRV Lab, and the IRV Lab's YouTube page.
Featured Project: Junaed Sattar
Technology and Education to Address Natural Resource Management Challenges
Challenge
Limited funding and personnel challenge local management and monitoring of water resources. Furthermore, water quality monitoring and aquatic invasive species surveillance often require employees to travel to remote locations and encounter unsafe situations, ultimately leading to inconsistent monitoring. The absence of real-time, dependable data impedes managing Minnesota’s water resources.
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2023 Impact Goal Grants Award $1.1M to Support Interdisciplinary, Sustainability-Focused Project Teams
As increasing concentrations of greenhouse gasses and environmental degradation threaten people and ecosystems around the world, sustainability issues have never been more pressing. At the same time, signals are emerging of pathways to a liveable future, including growth in clean energy, greater consideration of natural capital in decision-making, and advocacy for socio-economic equity.