Leadership
The QoLT leaders are highly experienced senior personnel from both Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh. This integrated leadership structure allows us to make informed decisions quickly and efficiently because we can easily access the expertise we need from both universities.
| Name | Role |
Email |
| Takeo Kanade | Director | tk @ cs.cmu.edu |
| Dan Siewiorek | Acting Director QoLT Testbed Systems Leader: Virtual Coach |
dps @ cs.cmu.edu |
| Rory Cooper | Co-Director QoLT Testbed Systems Leader: QoLTbots |
rcooper @ pitt.edu |
| Jim Osborn | Executive Director | oz @ cs.cmu.edu |
| Chris Atkeson | Research Thrust Leader: Mobility & Manipulation | cga @ andrew.cmu.edu |
| Dan Ding | Education Co-Director QoLT Testbed Systems Leader: Home & Community Health & Wellness |
dad5 @ pitt.edu |
| Jodi Forlizzi | Research Thrust Leader: Human System Interaction | forlizzi @ cs.cmu.edu |
| Martial Hebert | Research Thrust Leader: Perception & Awareness | hebert @ ri.cmu.edu |
| Rich Schulz | Research Thrust Leader: Person & Society | schulz @ pitt.edu |
| Kate Seelman | Research Director: Socioeconomics | kds31 @ pitt.edu |
| Reid Simmons | Education Co-Director | reids @ cs.cmu.edu |
| Aaron Steinfeld | QoLT Testbed Systems Leader: Safe Driving | steinfeld @ cmu.edu |
| Shelly Brown | Education & Outreach Coordinator | srbrown @ pitt.edu |
| Marian D'Amico | Projects Manager | marian @ cs.cmu.edu |
| Meg Dowds | Administrative Director | megdowds @ cs.cmu.edu |
| Dan Fisher | Administrative Coordinator | dfisher @ pitt.edu |
| Mary Goldberg | Education & Outreach Coordinator | mrh35 @ pitt.edu |
| Mike McConegly | Administrative Coordinator | mjm116 @ pitt.edu |
| Gary Miller | Executive-in-Residence | gmiller2 @ andrew.cmu.edu |
| Maria Milleville | Education & Outreach Coordinator | millvill @ pitt.edu |
| Kristen Sabol | Communications & Media Director | ksabol @ cs.cmu.edu |
| Emily Stewart | Administrative Coordinator | estewart @ andrew.cmu.edu |
| Curt Stone | Industry Liaison, QoLT Foundry Director | stoneac @ cs.cmu.edu |