Project Overview

We work to promote a responsible, sustainable, and accessible future for robotics and edge computing, including the development of new interdisciplinary, project-based, open-access courses that lower the barriers to entry for cutting-edge topics like robotics, parallel programming, and embedded machine learning.

As a part of this effort we help lead the Tiny Machine Learning Open Education Initiative (TinyMLedu).

Publications

• Mona Sloane , Emanuel Moss , Susan Kennedy , Matthew Stewart , Pete Warden , Brian Plancher , Vijay Janapa Reddi (2025). Materiality and Risk in the Age of Pervasive AI Sensors. In NMI 2025.
  

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• Ena Selman-Housein , Brian Plancher (2025). Improving the Representation of Undergraduate Women in Cybersecurity: A Literature Review. In SIGCSE-TS 2025.
  

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• Brian Plancher (2024). Parallel Optimization for Robotics: An Undergraduate Introduction to GPU Parallel Programming and Numerical Optimization Research. In IPDPSW 2024.
  

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• Brian Plancher , Sebastian Büttrich , Jeremey Ellis , Neena Goveas , Laila Kazimierski , Jesus Lopez Sotelo , Milan Lukic , Diego Mendez Chaves , Rosdiadee Nordin , Andres Oliva Trevisan , Massimo Pavan , Manuel Roveri , Marcus Rüb , Jackline Tum , Marian Verhelst , Salah Abdeljabar , Segun Adebayo , Thomas Amberg , Halleluyah Aworinde , José Antonio Bagur Nájera , Gregg Barrett , Nabil Benamar , Bharat Chaudhari , Ronald Criollo , David Cuartielles , JoseA lberto Ferreira Filho , Solomon Gizaw , Evgeni Gousev , Alessandro Grande , Shawn Hymel , Peter Ing , Prashant Manandhar , Pietro Manzoni , Boris Murmann , Eric Pan , Rytis Paskauskas , Ermanno Pietrosemoli , Tales Pimenta , Marcelo Rovai , Marco Zennaro , Vijay Janapa Reddi (2024). TinyML4D: Scaling Embedded Machine Learning Education in the Developing World. In AAAI IDAIE 2024.
  

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• Elizabeth Fields , Chloe Ho , Min Jie Kim , Zixuan (Zoey) Wu , Brian Plancher (2024). Underrepresentation of Women in Robotics Research. In RAM 2024.
  

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• Marco Zennaro , Brian Plancher , Matthew Stewart , Vijay Janapa Reddi (2024). AI in the Developing World: How ‘Tiny Machine Learning’ can have a Big Impact. In The Conversation.
  

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• William Xie , Brian Plancher (2023). Can Large Language Models Reduce the Barriers to Entry for High School Robotics?. In R4L at RO-MAN 2023.
  

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• Brian Plancher (2023). Tiny Robot Learning: Expanding Access to Edge ML as a Step Toward Accessible Robotics. In Workshop on Lowering Barriers for Robotics Research at RSS 2023.
  

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• Matthew Stewart , Pete Warden , Yasmine Omri , Shvetank Prakash , Joao Santos , Shawn Hymel , Benjamin Brown , Jim MacArthur , Nat Jeffries , Brian Plancher , Vijay Janapa Reddi (2023). Datasheets for Machine Learning Sensors.
  

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• Marco Zennaro , Brian Plancher , Vijay Janapa Reddi (2023). Bridging the Digital Divide: the Promising Impact of TinyML for Developing Countries. In UN STI Forum 2023.
  

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• Pete Warden , Matthew Stewart , Brian Plancher , Sachin Katti , Vijay Janapa Reddi (2023). Machine Learning Sensors: A Design Paradigm for the Future of Intelligent Sensors. In CACM 2023.
  

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• Shvetank Prakash , Matthew Stewart , Colby Banbury , Mark Mazumder , Pete Warden , Brian Plancher , Vijay Janapa Reddi (2023). Is TinyML Sustainable? Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Machine Learning on Microcontrollers. In CACM 2023.
  

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• Jeremiah Blanchard , John R. Hott , Vincent Berry , Rebecca Carroll , Bob Edmison , Richard Glassey , Oscar Karnalim , Brian Plancher , Seán Russell (2022). Stop Reinventing the Wheel! Promoting Community Software in Computing Education. In ITiCSE-WGR 2022.
  

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• Jeremiah Blanchard , John R. Hott , Vincent Berry , Rebecca Carroll , Bob Edmison , Richard Glassey , Oscar Karnalim , Brian Plancher , Seán Russell (2022). Leveraging Community Software in CS Education to Avoid Reinventing the Wheel. In ITiCSE 2022.
  

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• Dhilan Ramaprasad (2022). Teaching Embedded Systems Programming. Harvard University Bachelors of Arts Thesis.
  

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• Marco Zennaro , Brian Plancher , Vijay Janapa Reddi (2022). TinyML: Applied AI for Development. In UN STI Forum 2022.
  

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• Brian Plancher , Vijay Janapa Reddi (2022). TinyMLedu: The Tiny Machine Learning Open Education Initiative. In SIGCSE 2022.
  

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• Vijay Janapa Reddi , Brian Plancher , Susan Kennedy , Laurence Moroney , Pete Warden , Anant Agarwal , Colby Banbury , Massimo Banzi , Matthew Bennett , Benjamin Brown , Sharad Chitlangia , Radhika Ghosal , Sarah Grafman , Rupert Jaeger , Srivatsan Krishnan , Maximilian Lam , Daniel Leiker , Cara Mann , Mark Mazumder , Dominic Pajak , Dhilan Ramaprasad , J. Evan Smith , Matthew Stewart , Dustin Tingley (2022). Widening Access to Applied Machine Learning with TinyML. In HDSR 2022.
  

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• Sertac Karaman , Ariel Anders , Michael Boulet , Jane Connor , Kenneth Gregson , Winter Guerra , Owen Guldner , Mubarik Mohamoud , Brian Plancher , Robert Shin , John Vivilecchia (2017). Project-based, collaborative, algorithmic robotics for high school students: Programming self-driving race cars at MIT. In ISEC 2017.
  

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Collaborators

Alessandro Grande,  Anant Agarwal,  Andres Oliva Trevisan,  Ariel Anders,  Benjamin Brown,  Benjamin Brown,  Bharat Chaudhari,  Bob Edmison,  Boris Murmann,  Brian Plancher,  Cara Mann,  Chloe Ho,  Colby Banbury,  Daniel Leiker,  David Cuartielles,  Dhilan Ramaprasad,  Dhilan Ramaprasad,  Diego Mendez Chaves,  Dominic Pajak,  Dustin Tingley,  Elizabeth Fields,  Emanuel Moss,  Ena Selman-Housein,  Eric Pan,  Ermanno Pietrosemoli,  Evgeni Gousev,  Gregg Barrett,  Halleluyah Aworinde,  J. Evan Smith,  Jackline Tum,  Jane Connor,  Jeremey Ellis,  Jeremiah Blanchard,  Jesus Lopez Sotelo,  Jim MacArthur,  Joao Santos,  John Vivilecchia,  John R. Hott,  JoseA lberto Ferreira Filho,  José Antonio Bagur Nájera,  Kenneth Gregson,  Laila Kazimierski,  Laurence Moroney,  Manuel Roveri,  Marcelo Rovai,  Marco Zennaro,  Marcus Rüb,  Marian Verhelst,  Mark Mazumder,  Massimo Banzi,  Massimo Pavan,  Matthew Bennett,  Matthew Stewart,  Maximilian Lam,  Michael Boulet,  Milan Lukic,  Min Jie Kim,  Mona Sloane,  Mubarik Mohamoud,  Nabil Benamar,  Nat Jeffries,  Neena Goveas,  Oscar Karnalim,  Owen Guldner,  Peter Ing,  Pete Warden,  Pietro Manzoni,  Prashant Manandhar,  Radhika Ghosal,  Rebecca Carroll,  Richard Glassey,  Robert Shin,  Ronald Criollo,  Rosdiadee Nordin,  Rupert Jaeger,  Rytis Paskauskas,  Sachin Katti,  Salah Abdeljabar,  Sarah Grafman,  Seán Russell,  Sebastian Büttrich,  Segun Adebayo,  Sertac Karaman,  Sharad Chitlangia,  Shawn Hymel,  Shvetank Prakash,  Solomon Gizaw,  Srivatsan Krishnan,  Susan Kennedy,  Tales Pimenta,  Thomas Amberg,  Vijay Janapa Reddi,  Vincent Berry,  William Xie,  Winter Guerra,  Yasmine Omri,  Zixuan (Zoey) Wu,