Dr. Ada-Rhodes Short

I am Dr. Ada-Rhodes Short, and I am a professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Informatics (Si2) IT Innovation Program at University of Nebraska Omaha.

I has a PhD in mechanical engineering and study robotics, design, and decision making with a focus on improving autonomous robot survival during space missions through computational cognition.

In addition to my research I have nearly a decade of industry experience working on best-selling and award-winning products. My portfolio includes Sphero’s App Enabled BB-8, Misty Robotics’ Misty, and Lora DiCarlo’s products.

Currently I am part of the UNO BRIDGELab and CLAB and I am looking for students interested in building robot brains and making robots that go to places humans can’t

I am also an advocate for queer and trans rights and one of the co-hosts of the podcast Totally Trans: Searching for the Trans Cultural Canon.

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I Am A Professor Now!

Posted on October 1, 2021 by The-Ada-Rhodes

Starting in Fall of 2021 I am a professor of Information Technology Innovation in the School of Interdisciplinary Informatics at University of Nebraska Omaha. I am excited to get the opportunity to return to research and will be posting occasional blogs posts about my work on the newly revamped Cognitive-Cog website.

Making a Better Robot Brain

Posted on February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 by The-Ada-Rhodes

Traditionally computers have not been very good at making decisions when faced with incomplete information, risk, or incredible complexity. Instead we often rely on human intuition to inform these decisions when there is no clear answer and in some cases this can actually be an incredibly effective way to make decisions. Often you will hear … Continue reading Making a Better Robot Brain →

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