The MR.I development team would like to give a special thanks to its advisors for their help and support!

Sebastian Smith is a graduate student for the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno. He works as a research assistant under Dr. Monica Nicolescu in the Robotics Research laboratory. The MR.I developement team would like to give Sebastian a special thank you as he has provided the team an great amount of support. Sebastian will be using the MR.I applicaiton in conjunction with his robotics research.

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Sergiu Dascalu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), which he joined in July 2002. He has a PhD degree in Computer Science (2001) from Dalhousie University, Canada and a Master degree in Automatic Control and Computers (1982) from the Polytechnic of Bucharest, Romania. At UNR he also co-Director of the Software Engineering Laboratory (SOELA). His main research interests are in Software Engineering (in particular, requirements specification, software environments, and software processes) and Human-Computer Interaction (user interface design, visual environments, and simulation environments). Previous work includes real-time systems, database systems, and computer-aided education.

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Monica Nicolesu is an associate professor for the department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her research interests cover a wide range of topics in the area of human-robot interaction, focusing on the issues of communication, learning, social interactions, and teamwork.

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