Duane Davis

Background

About Duane Davis

Over 20 years of effective leadership and performance in dynamic and stressful situations. Unique blend of operational excellence and technical expertise. Continually selected for increased responsibility based on demonstrated ability to execute complex projects requiring both strategic outlook and attention to detail. Highly regarded Computer Scientist currently conducting cutting edge autonomous systems research. Successfully led teams of up to 300 members in highly dynamic and stressful situations. Specific accomplishments include: Swarm Robotics-Primary autonomy researcher for the implementation of coordinated behaviors for an aerial robotic swarm project that received Secretary of the Navy Innovation Award recognition. Developed consensus algorithms and vehicle behaviors for real-time planning and coordinated execution of formation flight, area search, landing, and air-to-air engagement in lossy-communication environments. Algorithm was successfully demonstrated for a 50-vehicle swarm in field exercises. Robot Ethics-Developed a mathematically-based framework for ethical autonomous robot operation based on command responsibility and vicarious liability. Generalized the concept of a Turing machine for mission definition and rehearsal and rigorously enforced on-vehicle mission semantics using description logics and a formal ontology. Object Oriented Design-Lead software developer for large research projects in the fields of artificial intelligence, robotics, automated reasoning, and physically based modeling. Projects relied heavily on object-oriented design and were implemented in various object-oriented languages including Java, C++, and Python. Verbal and Written Communication-Routinely called upon to present research, and professional material to high-level audiences. Rated in the top quarter of Computer Science Department classroom instructors based on student opinion forms. Authored multiple professional and academic publications.