James McLurkin

James McLurkin

James McLurkin (1972 - ) is a roboticist specializing in swarm robotics. He appeared on "Nova" on PBS. In addition, he is a winner of the 2003 Lemelson-MIT Prize and completed his Ph.D. in computer science in May 2008 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

In 1995, McLurkin was invited by the Smithsonian Institution to speak about his life and career in a presentation for schoolchildren sponsored by the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. [ [http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/ilives/lecture02.html Article outlining McLurkin's "Innovative Lives" presentation for the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center] ]

References

External links

* [http://people.csail.mit.edu/jamesm/qanda.php Personal web page]
* [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3204/03.html NOVA Science NOW feature, includes video segment]
* [http://invention.smithsonian.org/video Prototype Online: Inventive Voices podcast featuring a 2006 interview with James McLurkin] - From the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation website.


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