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TechBridgeWorld
Head: M Bernardine Dias
Contact: Sarah M Belousov (sarahtbw@cs.cmu.edu)

Mailing address:
Carnegie Mellon University
Robotics Institute
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Associated center: FRC

For more information, see this lab's homepage.

TechBridgeWorld innovates and implements technology solutions to meet sustainable development needs around the world. Through strong collaborations with partners in developing communities, we explore and enhance the role of technology globally, focusing on two main principles: sharing expertise to create innovative and locally suitable solutions, and empowerment of indigenous populations to create sustainable solutions. Through these efforts TechBridgeWorld creates technology accessible and relevant to all.

Please see our official webpage for more details.

Name - Title <Email Address>
• Sarah M Belousov - Project Assistant <sarahtbw@cs.cmu.edu>
• [Home] Brett Browning - Systems Scientist <brettb@cs.cmu.edu>
• Lujie Chen - Research Analyst <lujiec@andrew.cmu.edu>
• [Home] M Bernardine Dias - Research Scientist <bdias@andrew.cmu.edu>
• Malcolm Frederick Dias - Research Engineer <mfdias@ri.cmu.edu>
• Juan Pablo Gonzalez - PhD Student, RI <jpgonzal@cmu.edu>
• Tom Lauwers - PhD Student, RI <tlauwers@andrew.cmu.edu>
• [Home] Matthew Mason - Director, Robotics Institute <matt.mason@cs.cmu.edu>
• G. Ayorkor Mills-Tettey - PhD Student, RI <ayorkor@cmu.edu>
• [Home] Jack Mostow - Research Professor <mostow@cs.cmu.edu>
• [Home] Raj Reddy - Mozah Bint Nasser University Professor, RI/CS/ISRI <rr@cmu.edu>
• [Home] Mel Siegel - Associate Research Professor <mws@cmu.edu>
• [Home] Anthony (Tony) Stentz - Research Professor/Assoc Dir NREC <tony+@cmu.edu>
• [Home] Thomas Stepleton - PhD Student, RI <thomas.stepleton@cs.cmu.edu>
• Chuck Thorpe - Dean, Qatar Campus <thorpe@qatar.cmu.edu>
• [Home] Manuela Veloso - Professor, CS <veloso@cs.cmu.edu>

Note: This list may not be comprehensive. It contains only those publications in the RI publications database. Entries are listed in reverse chronological order.

• Iterative Design of A Braille Writing Tutor to Combat Illiteracy
  N. Kalra, T. Lauwers, D. Dewey, T. Stepleton, and M.B. Dias
  Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, December, 2007. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [1875 KB] copyrighted

• Undergraduate Robotics Education in Technologically Underserved Communities
  M.B. Dias, B. Browning, G.A. Mills-Tettey, N. Amanquah, and N. El-Moughny
  2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, April, 2007, pp. 1387-1392. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [384 KB] copyrighted

• A Braille Writing Tutor to Combat Illiteracy in Developing Communities
  N. Kalra, T. Lauwers, and M.B. Dias
  AI in ICT for Development Workshop, International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, January, 2007. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [1074 KB] copyrighted

• Teaching technical creativity through Robotics: A case study in Ghana
  G.A. Mills-Tettey, M.B. Dias, B. Browning, and N. Amanquah
  Workshop on AI in ICT for Development (ICTD) at the Twentieth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2007), January, 2007. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [392 KB] copyrighted

• Teaching technical creativity through Robotics: A case study in Ghana
  G.A. Mills-Tettey, M.B. Dias, B. Browning, and N. Amanquah
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-06-46, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, October, 2006. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [155 KB] copyrighted

• The TechBridgeWorld Initiative: Broadening Perspectives in Computing Technology, Education and Research
  M.B. Dias, G.A. Mills-Tettey, and J. Mertz
  CWIT '05: Proceedings of the international symposium on Women and ICT: Creating Global Transformation, ACM Press, New York, NY, June, 2005. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [233 KB] copyrighted

• Robotics, Education, and Sustainable Development
  M.B. Dias, G.A. Mills-Tettey, and T. Nanayakkara
  2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, April, 2005, pp. 4248 - 4253. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [289 KB] copyrighted