John Dolan
Principal Systems Scientist CMU Robotics Institute and CMU Argo AI Center for AV Research Faculty, Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. John M. Dolan received his B.S.E. from Princeton University and his master’s and doctorate from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), all in mechanical engineering. He has been on the faculty of CMU’s Robotics Institute since 1991 and is Director of the Master of Science in Robotic Systems Development (MRSD) and RI Summer Scholars Programs. He has extensive experience in multirobot systems and autonomous navigation and control, and was the Behaviors team lead for CMU’s winning entry in the DARPA 2007 Urban Challenge race. He is PI for multiple projects in the CMU-Argo AI Autonomous Driving Center. He has been PI for DARPA, DOT, GM, NASA, NSF, and industry projects involving robots for autonomous driving, reconnaissance, exploration, manufacturing, environmental sensing, and reliable operation. Dr. Dolan is the former chairman of the SAE Unmanned Ground Vehicle Reliability Task Force, a member of the SAE On-Road Autonomous Vehicle Standards Committee, and a Senior Member of the IEEE. He has served on the program committee of numerous international conferences, including IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics and Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS). He has extensive experience in creating working systems through industrial collaborations including ABB, Bombardier, GM, Kajima, Leidos, SAIC, and Shimizu. He is co-founder of three startup companies: Ottomatika, Discovery Robotics, and Retrofit AI. Dr. Dolan served as an active-duty and Reserve Army military intelligence officer, completing his reserve career as brigade commander of a Strategic Military Intelligence Group within the Military Intelligence Readiness Command.
