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DAVID HANSON ARTIST, SCIENTIST 1201 Creekfield Drive, Plano, TX 75075, Website: www.HansonRobotics.com, Portfolio: (htto./Awew.facebook.com/media/sernset—a.10150121106857024.279436.676407023) VISION RIO I quest to realize Genius Machines-machines with greater than human intelligence, creativity, wisdom, and compassion. To this end, I conduct research in robotics, artificial intelligence, the arts, cognitive science, product design and deployment, integrating these efforts in the pursuit of novel human robot relations. Through this work, I pursue scientific understanding of human mind, purpose, and our context in the cosmos, seeking to philosophically and computationally model the physical nature of mind, consciousness, creativity, and emergence, and to empower our algorithms with these magical abilities. I also query: what can and should we (as a civilization, in symbiosis with our technology and with nature) create next? How can we increase the likelihood of beneficial results, and lower the probabilities of existential threats resulting from our creations? I believe that building human-inspired character agents can push our A.I. to grow positive humanlike values, build strong human-machine relations, and that these developments will be needed for intelligent machines to be safe as they approach general (human-level) intelligence and creativity. Raising such machines among us as works of art—to be protagonists, friends, and members of our family—may push them to convergently evolve values analogous to ours, and thus come to truly care for us and earn our trust. While we have a long way to go before making machines truly alive, even the early versions of the robot have made strong leaps forward towards this goal, resulting in numerous awards, breakthrough abilities in conversational capabilities and abilities to see people, see people's expressions, hold intelligible conversations, model who you are and what you believe, feel and know, in robots that inspire the love (and fear) of people around the world. Given the potentially profound impacts on humanity if we achieve our goals, the Genius Machines movement certainly must weigh the ethical consequences of a brave new world of living media; hopefully our cautious approach will unleash super-friends, not super-monsters. To achieve such FRIENDLY Genius Machines, however, will require much bolder efforts, both in development, and consideration of consequences. To this end, I work to forge networks of collaboration and dialogue with scientists around the world, in a growing open-source movement to achieve Genius Machines with deep benevolence, love and caring for humans, life, and all we hold dear. Dr. David Hanson creates androids—humanlike robots with intelligence and feelings. Via integrated research in cognitive A.I., bio-inspired mechanics, material science, sculpture and animation, expressive robotic faces and walking robot bodies, Hanson strives to bring robots to life, literally, as synthetic organisms. The walking, talking robots resulting from Hanson's efforts have been heralded as "genius" by WIRED magazine and PC magazine, and featured in Scientific American, National Geographic, BBC, Popular David Hanson, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae 01-01-2013 IL 1 EFTA00301485 Science, Le Figaro, Science Magazine, and many other venues. A former Walt Disney Imagineer, Hanson received and co-received awards from TEA, NASA, NSF, AAAI, Tech Titans' Innovator of the Year, and Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial, and several best poster and paper awards. Hanson invented or co- invented numerous technologies, including patented lipid-bilayer nanotech for naturalistic skin, expressive face mechanisms, virtual character tools, and neurocognitive-inspired software systems for machine cognition. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed papers with IEEE, Science, Springer, Cog Sci, AAAI, and SPIE, chapters in 4 books, and coauthored a book with JPL senior scientist Yoseph Bar-Cohen. As an artist in various media, Hanson exhibited at the Cooper Hewwit, the Tokyo Modern, the Reina Sofia, and many other museums and galleries, as well as sculpting for the Atlantis Resort, Universal Studios Islands of Adventure, and Disney Imagineering for Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo Disney Sea, and Disneyworld, and receiving positive art reviews in the New York Times, the L.A. Times, the Atlantic, Ubiquity and others. Hanson received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Dallas in Aesthetic Studies/ Interactive Arts and Engineering, with over 40 hours of graduate neuroscience and cognitive science courses, and holds a BFA in film/video/animation from Rhode Island School of Design. David Hanson founded Hanson Robotics to pursue character robot research and to transition the results into helpful robot products. Since then, Hanson and team released numerous noted robots, including the Philip K. Dick Android, the walking Einstein portrait Albert-Hubo (in collaboration with KAIST), Bina48, and the small Zeno RoboKind. These robots serve a wide range of research in cognitive science, autism treatment, and robotics at institutions including JPL, Cambridge University, KAIST, UCSD, and the University of Geneva, U. Pisa, and the Autism Treatment Center in Dallas. Currently Hanson's research explores uses of these robots for autism treatment, science education, the arts, safety equipment test platforms, arts, science, and several other applications. Ultimately, by emulating human bio-systems, from cognition to locomotion to social expression, Hanson seeks to unlock mysteries of human nature and yield machines that are creatively brilliant, truly conscious, and friends with us. Towards this end, in 2009 Hanson founded the nonprofit Initiative for Awakening Machines (IAM), GLUE.AI, and GENI.AI initiatives, dedicated to realizing friendly genius machines. Hanson actively collaborates with many researchers in numerous scientific and arts disciplines, seeking to bridge these into an integrated "superdiscipline", in pursuit of insights into the nature of mind and meaning. PUBLICATIONS Hanson, D., Lowcre, M. M. M. "Organic creativity and the physics within". Philadelphia, Amsterdam: Benjamins, 2012. Hanson, D., "Genius Machines", Ho::Bo Press, 2012. Ranatunga, I., Torres N., Stevenson M., Patterson R., Hanson D., Bugnariu N., Popa, D. "RoDiCA a Human-Robot Interaction System for Early Diagnosis of Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorders", IROS, 2012. Hanson, D., Mazzei, D., Garver, C., De Rossi, D., Stevenson, M. "Realistic Humanlike Robots for Treatment of ASD, Social Training, and Research; Shown to Appeal to Youths with ASD, Cause Physiological Arousal, and Increase Human-to-Human Social Engagement", PETRA (PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environment), 2012. Bergman, M.S., Zhuang, Z., Wander, J., Hanson, D., Heimbuch, B., McDonald, M., Palmiero, A., Shaffer, R., Husband, M. "Development of an Advanced Respirator Fit Test Headform", DTIC, 2012. Coursey, K., Hanson, D. "Computational Compassion", a funded SBIR proposal David Hanson, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae 01-01-2013 p. 2 EFTA00301486 with the National Science Foundation, 2012. Bergman, M., Zhuang, Z., Palmiero A., Wander, J., Heimbuch B., McDonald, M., Hanson, D., "Testing of a Novel Advanced Respirator Fit Test Headform", International Society for Respiratory Protection Sixteenth International Conference in Boston, MA, 2012. Mazzei, D., Lazzeri, N., Hanson, D., De Rossi, D. "HEFES: An Hybrid Engine for Facial Expressions Synthesis to Control Human-Like Androids and Avatars", The Fourth IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2012. Bergman, M., Zhuang, Z., Palmiero, A., Wander, J., Heimbuch, B., McDonald,M., Hanson, D., "Development of an Advanced Respirator Fit Test Headform", AIHce in Indianapolis, IN, 2012. Editor on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2012. Hanson, D. "Robotics in the World of Entertainment", American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting Abstracts, 2011 - adsabs.harvard.edu, March 21-25,2011. Hanson D., Baurmann S., Riccio T., Margolin R., Dockins T., Tavares M., Carpenter, K., "Zeno: a Cognitive Character", Al Magazine, and special Proc. of AAAI National Conference, Chicago, 2009. Bar-Cohen., Y., Hanson, D., The Coming Robotics Revolution, Springer Press, 2009. Mavridis, N., Hanson, D. "The Ibn Sina Center: A case study in Augmented Reality Theater with Intelligent Robotic and Virtual Characters" Proc. IEEE Ro-Man 2009. Kasap, Z., Moussa, M., Chaudhuri P., Hanson D., Magnenat-Thalmann N., "From Virtual Characters to Robots - A novel paradigm for long term human-robot interaction", ACM/IEEE Human Robot Interaction Conference 2009. Poster presentation at IEEE ARSO'08: "Zeno, a Cognitively Capable Character", in Taiwan, 2008. Hanson, D. "Humanizing Computer Interfaces with Humanlike Appearance and Capabilities", Ph.D. dissertation, the University of Texas at Dallas, May, 2007. Hanson D., Priya S. "An Actuated Skin for Robotic Facial Expressions, NSF Phase 1 Final Report", National Science Foundation STTR award, NSF 05- 557,2006-2007. Tadesse, Yonas; Priya, Shashank; Stephanou, Harry; Popa, Dan. and Hanson, David "Piezoelectric actuation and sensing for Facial Robotics" Journal of Ferroelectrics, vol. 345, Issue', pp.13-25,2006 (12 pages). Hanson, David; Bergs, Richard; Tadesse, Yonas; White, Victor. Priya, Shashank "Enhancement of EAP actuated facial expressions by designed chamber geometry in elastomers" Edited by Bar-Cohen, Yoseph, Proceedings of the SPIE , vol. 6168, pp. 49-57,2006. Hanson D. "Expanding the Design Domain of Humanoid Robots", Proc. ICCS CogSci Conference, special session on Android Science, Vancouver, 2006. Oh, J.H., Hanson, D., Kim, W.S., Han, Y., Kim, J.Y. and Park, I.W., 2006, "Design of android type humanoid robot albert HUBO," in Proc. IEEE/RJS IROS Robotics Conference, Beijing, 2006. Int. Conf. on Intel'. Robots and Sys., IEEE/RSJ, pp. 14F-1433. Hanson D., Bergs R. , Tadesse Y. , White V. , Priya S. "Enhancement of EAP Actuated Facial Expressions by Designed Chamber Geometry in Elastomers",Proc. SPIE's Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices Conf., David Hanson, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae 01-01-2013 p. 3 EFTA00301487 10m Smart Structures and Materials Symposium, San Diego, USA, 2006. Hanson D. "Expanding the Aesthetics Possibilities for Humanlike Robots", Proc. IEEE Humanoid Robotics Conference, special session on the Uncanny Valley; Tskuba, Japan, December 2005. Hanson D. "Bioinspired Robotics", chapter 16 in the book Giomimetics, ed. Yoseph Bar-Cohen, CRC Press, October 2005. Hanson D., Olney A., Prilliman S., Mathews E., Zielke M., Hammons D., Fernandez R., Stephanou H., "Upending the Uncanny Valley", Proc. AAAI's National Conference, Pittsburgh, 2005. Hanson D., White V. "Converging the Capabilities of ElectroActive Polymer Artificial Muscles and the Requirements of Rio-inspired Robotics", Proc. SPIE's Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices Conf., 10TH Smart Structures and Materials Symposium, San Diego, USA, 2004. Hanson D. "The Neural Basis of the Uncanny Valley", graduate research paper for Alice O'Toole in UTD Brain Sciences. Sept, 2003. Hanson D., "Chapter 18: Applications for Electrically Actuated Polymer Actuators," in Electrically Actuated Polymer Actuators as Artificial Muscles, Bar-Cohen Y. (Ed.) SPIE PRESS, Washington, USA, Vol. PM98, 2nd ed. March 2004. Hanson D., Rus D., Canvin S., Scmeirer G., "Applications of Bio-inspired Robotics", Ch.10 of Biologically Inspired Intelligent Robots. Bar-Cohen, Y and Breazeal, C. (Ed.) SPIE Press, May 2003. Hanson, D. "EAP Actuator Design for Biologically-inspired Face-Based Communication Robots". Proc. SPIE's Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices Conf., 9' Smart Structures and Materials Symposium, San Diego, USA, 2003. Pioggia G., Hanson D., Dinelli S., Di Francesco F., Francesconi R., De Rossi D. "The Importance of Nonverbal Expression to the Emergence of Emotive Artificial Intelligence Systems", 14695-51], Proc. SPIE's Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices Conf., 5th Smart Structures and Materials Symposium, San Diego, USA, 2003. Hanson, D. "Bio-inspired Facial Expression Interface for Emotive Robots", Proc. AAAI National Conference in Edmonton, CA, 2002. Hanson D. and Pioggia G., "Entertainment Applications for Electrically Actuated Polymer Actuators," Ch 18 of Electrically Actuated Polymer Actuators as Artificial Muscles SPIE PRESS, Washington, USA, Vol. PM98, Ch. 18, 2001. Hanson D., Pioggia G., Bar-Cohen Y., De Rossi D., "Androids: Application of EAP as Artificial Muscles to Entertainment Industry," Proc. SPIE's Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices Conf., 7n1 Smart Structures and Materials Symposium, Newport Beach, USA, 2001. JPL EAPAD newsletter, artificial muscle articles: 2001, fall 2002, 2004, 2006. TALKS AGI (ARTIFICIAL GENERAL INTELLIGENCE), OXFORD UNIVERSITY, KEYNOTE LECTURE: "OPEN GENIUS MACHINES", 2012. THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE, "BIG SCIENCE SUMMIT", Menlo Park, 2012. TEDx TAIPEI, 2012. TEDx HONG KONG, 2012. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS CHANCELLORS' MEETING, MAY, 2012. IIT ROORKEE, COGNIZANCE, MARCH, 2012. IIT DELHI, JANUARY 2012. U.T. ARLINGTON ENTREPRENEURSHIP SYMPOSIUM, JANUARY 2012. H+, HONG KONG, December 5, 2011. David Hanson, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae 01-01-2013 p. 4 EFTA00301488 NORTH TEXAS MENSA, February and November, 201 I . UT DALLAS, INTERACTIVE ARTS CLASS, 2011. WETA WORKSHOPS, WELLINGTON, NZ, 2011 UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND, NZ, 2011. MORGO ENTREPRENEURSHIP WORKSHOP, NZ, 2011. LORENTZ CENTER WORKSHOP ON CREATIVITY, MECHANISMS AND METHODS. University Of Leiden, Netherlands. Spoke on the physical and computational mechanisms of creativity. September 2011. RADIOLAB, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, 2011. THNK-THE AMSTERDAM SCHOOL OF CREATIVE LEADERSHIP. As visiting faculty, delivered a lecture on integrative creativity in April 2011. AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY (APS), INVITED TALK: "ROBOTICS IN THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT", 2011. SPEAKER AT IEEE HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION (HRI), 2011, "EFFECTS ON EXPECTATIONS WITH HUMANLIKE ROBOTS", UNVEILING THE NEW ZENO ROBOKIND. EASTFIELD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, NATIONAL ROBOTICS WEEK GUEST LECTURER, INVITED NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) SPEAKER, MARCH 2011. TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL ROBOTICS WEEK GUEST LECTURER, INVITED NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) SPEAKER, MARCH 2011. PRAGYANI1 I , CHENNAI INDIA, GUEST LECTURER, FEBRUARY 2011. AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY (APS), INVITED TALK: "ROBOTICS IN THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT", 2011. BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, ROBOTICS CLUB "Humanlike Robots". PLANO,Tx, 2011. HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION (HRI), IEEE Workshop on Managing Expectations in Human Robot Interactions—Lausanne, Switzerland, 2011. ASME SESSION CHAIR, "BIOMIMETIC ROBOTICS", 2011. INVITED SPEAKER AT IEEE HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION (HRI) WORKSHOP, 2010. USC FILM SCHOOL, 2010. SPEAKER AT LONG BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 2010. GUEST LECTURER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PISA, 2009. CARRERE ACADEMY OF ART, 2009. U. MESSINA MEDICAL SCHOOL WORKSHOP ON ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, 2009. CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW (CES), lecture title "Character Robotics", SPECIAL SESSION ON ROBOTICS, 2009 SPEAKER AT IDEALITY, TORONTO CA, 2008. SPEAKER FMX 2008, CEBIT, 2008, NEW ZEALAND CONSULATE IN HAMBURG 2008. CO-ORGANIZER AND SPEAKER AT THE 2003 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (AAAS) ANNUAL MEETING in Denver CO, of a symposium entitled "Biologically Inspired Intelligent Robotics". Co-organized with Yoseph Bar-Cohen of JPL/CalTech and Cynthia Breazeal of the MIT Al lab. EXHIBITOR AND SPEAKER, AAAI NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, 2005. SPEAKER AT SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES, "COGNITIVE SYSTEMS WORKSHOP", Santa Fe New Mexico, July 2003. Talk entitled: "Facial Verisimilitude in Robotics as a Tool for Understanding Human Social Cognition". SPEAKER/INVITED Speaker at the SPIE Smart Materials and Structures Conference, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) Symposium, San Diego, CA, March 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004. SPEAKER AT AAAI, IN EDMONTON CANADA "Identity Emulation; integrated aesthetic robotics", August 2002. PARTICIPANT AND SPEAKER at the International Workshop on Perceptive Social Agents and Robots in San Diego, Jan. 9-10, 2003. DARPA FACE WORKSHOPS SPEAKER AND CONSULTANT, 2005-2007. David Hanson, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae 01-01-2013 p. 5 EFTA00301489 GUEST LECTURES AT UNIVERSITIES: MIT, KAIST, UCSD, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Carnegie Mellon, BROWN, Dartmouth, Sung Kyun Kwan University, the University of Messina Medical School, the University of Pisa, University of Memphis IIT, the University of Canterbury, the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, USC film school, USC ICT, Accademia Carrara, Richland College, the Palermo Academy of Fine Arts, U. Penn, Drexel, and the University of Washington HitLab. Invited Talks at Google, EyeBeam, Telecom Tech, Dallas Public Schools, WIRED Nextfest, Society for Medical Innovation and Technology (SMIT), various elementary schools, middle schools and high schools, DARPA working sessions, and others. SHOWS "BINA 48" AND "THE ANDROID PORTRAIT OF PHILIP K DICK", AGI, OXFORD, 2012. "NEW DIEGO SAN", @ UCSD. Built as a Renaissance-style figurative work in the media of robotics, this robotic baby boy was built with funding from the National Science Foundation, and serves cognitive robotics and human- robot interaction research. 2012. "THE ANDROID PORTRAIT OF PHILIP K DICK", ROUNDUP FOR AUTISM, DALLAS AUTISM TREATMENT CENTER, 2012. "HANSON ROBOKIND ROBOTS", NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, NSTA CONFERENCES ON SCIENCE EDUCATION. NSTA NATIONAL CONFERENCE, INDIANAPOLIS, IN, 2012. "ROBOKIND ROBOTS ALICE AND ZENO", TECHSUCCESS, 2012. ART FUTURA: TECNOPOLIS. "GHOST MACHINES", Intelligent robotics, mixed media. Buenos Aires, August, 2011. MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, "ZENO MACHINE", CHICAGO, 201 I. SINGULARITY SUMMIT, "ZENO MACHINE", a conversational portrait of Zeno of Elea, September 2010. "BINA MACHINA, ROBOTIC PORTRAIT OF BINA ROTH8LATT", Terasem Movement Ashram, Bristol VT, 2010. Reviewed on the front page of the NY Times, 2010 ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN CARRARA, MIA ALICE ROBOTIC SCULPTURE, May 2009. TAIPEI MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, "FUTURE FACE", 2009. THE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN PALERMO, SICILY, MIA-ALICE, June 2009. TED, "Computational Compassion" talk & display of robotic sculptures, 2009. "SOULS AND MACHINES" SHOW at the Reina Sofia museum in Madrid, "JULIO THE UNCANNY" collaboration with David Byrne, 2008. "ART FUTURA", ZENO ROBOT, in Barcelona, summer 2008. "FAST FORWARD", Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, 2008-2009. TOKYO MODERN, "FUTURE FACE", 2007. "FRANKIE", in the EXPLORATORIUM SCIENCE MUSEUM, 2007. VIT1tA DESIGN MUSEUM, "Future Face" Show, 2006. "LIL PUNCTUM" in the "SECOND SKIN" SHOW, representing the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum in Essen Germany, summer 2006. COOPER HEWITT SMITHSONIAN DESIGN TRIENNIAL, 2006-2008. "ALBERT HU8O" at the APEC summit in Busan Korea, NOVEMBER 2005. Also showed at the winter Olympics, in Turin Italy, February 2006, at Nextfest 2006 and 2007, and in Dubai in 2008. EYEBEAM, NY NY, speaker and panelist, on robotic sculptures, Nov. 2005. "PHILIP K DICK ANDROID PORTRAIT, WITH VALIS ROOM", in UnReal show at the University of Texas, Dallas, September-November 2005. Reviewed in the NY Times, Washington Post, Chicago Sun, and WIRED. OGDEN MUSEUM, NEW ORLEANS, "PHILIP K DICK ANDROID" AUGUST 2005. David Hanson, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae 01-01-2013 p. 6 EFTA00301490 WIRED MAGAZINE NEXTFEST, 2005, A WORLD TECHNOLOGY-FESTIVAL, CHICAGO, JUNE 05. "PKD-A, an Android Portrait of Philip K Dick". TED, robotic art display: Kbot and Stinky Dick the Pirate, 2004. EXHIBITOR AND SPEAKER, 2005 AAAI NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. "MCANIMOUSN GROUP SHOW AT MARKET GALLERY, LOS ANGELES 2004. RISD ALUMNI SHOW, "DOG AUTOMATA ON FISHING POLE, DANCING THE STRANGE ATTRACTOR IN FAUX EFFORT TO ESCAPE". Los Angeles 2003. "GYMNOSOPHORE", SCULPTURE SHOW AND INSTALLATION, 2001; SIDE STREET GALLERY, L.A. A two-man show with David Deaney, Gymnosophore offered functioning, sculpted hot-tubs for the use of visitors. Reviewed favorably in the Los Angeles Times art reviews by lead critic Christopher Knight. TOKYO DISNEYLAND THEMEPARK, Sculpted numerous features in Pooh's Hunny Hunt, serving as lead sculptor on the character trees and Heffalump balloons. 1999. TOKYO DISNEYSEA THEME PARK, Sculpted numerous props and characters, including parts of Mermaid Lagoon, Arial's Grotto, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and others.1999. UNIVERSAL STUDIOS ISLANDS OF ADVENTURE, ORLANDO, FL, Sculpted several mythical creatures for the Atlantis Island.1998. ATLANTIS CASINO RESORT, PARADISE ISLAND, BAHAMAS; Designed and sculpted numerous figurative works, including signature marlins (23' tall), seahorses (14' tall), nautili (14' long), seashells (up to 18' tall), and light fixtures.1998. UNIVERSAL STUDIOS THEMEPARK, ORLANDO, FL, Sculpted several parade floats, including signature dragons.1997. WALT DISNEY WORLD, WORLD OF DISNEY THEMESTORE, Co-sculpted and co-painted the Peter Pan Crocodiles and the Alice in Wonderland, winning a TEA best display of the year award.] 996 "BLISSKRIEG—ENTER THE GYMNASIUM". An immersive, performance environment, Bliss-Krieg inspired participation, disorientation, creative scheming, and unsettling transformation. Modeled after a themepark, this "Gymnasium" had custom, surreal architecture including waterslides, running river, and cabala labyrinth, with nodes of sensual delight. The evening was run like an opera, with a climax of the dam opening to release a flood of 40,000 gallons of water to wash over the entire space. This work represented the culmination of the "gymnasium" series (1991-1995). Built with support from several DFW-area arts groups: the D-crats, Good-Bad, Hazy Daze,and others. 1995. "GYMNASIUM", RISD PROMENADE AND AUDITORIUM. Hot-tub performance event, with behavior imperatives involving sit-cam improvisation via RPA rules, with participation by Seth MacFarlin creator of Family Guy, 1995. "PRIMORDIAL OOZE BATH," SCULPTURE INSTALLATION ON THE RISD GREEN, 1995. 70 feet wide and 40 feet long, this yoni-lingual swimming-hole sprayed 1200 gallons of seaweed goo (carageenan) over hundreds of playful students, philosophically investigating the physics of creativity, garnering favorable reviews from CNN's Headline News, the front page of Providence Journal Bulletin, the L.A.Times, and the Chicago Tribune. This work was third in the Gymnasium series of performance-architectures. "RPA—ROBOTIC PARTY ARCHITECTURE". Automated psychoactive architecture, designed to unlock wonder, creativity, and participation in the audience. This concept was designed for a Brown CS course, under the advice of Tom Dean, culminating in a term paper by the same name—RPA. Principles from RPA were used in numerous subsequent events including the Primordial Ooze Bath, Gymnasium, Disturbathon, and the robotic personalities of my David Hanson, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae 01-01-2013 IL 7 EFTA00301491 androids. 1994-1995. "PROTOGYMNASIUM"—A "BEHAVIOR IMPERATIVE HAPPENING". A performance-event with performance edicts given weeks in advance to invitees, the protogymnasia engendered structured participatory improvisation, resulting in surprising, emergent imagery and experiences. 1994. "SAUSAGEMAN", A PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AT 2 COLLEGE STREET. This McCarthy-esque performance involved myself in tighty-wighty BVDs, a 40-foot sausage suspended on small towers, which then disintegrated into pieces of dissolving "manhood"—the plight of the aging male ego. "SCUFFLING HEAD," My first humanoid Robot, built for a RISD independent study with prof. Gary Metz, and displayed at Brown/RISD festival of Art and Technology Festival called "PONG", 1995. This robotic self portrait of David Hanson, functioned as a human-relations telepresence robot. My sculpted robotic likeness rode atop a retractable 5' stalk emerging from an agile robotic rover, receiving control signals from a distant user for robotic head gestures, while transmitting video and 2-way audio to facilitate distant conversation. 1995. "Disturbathon", Dallas TX. Founded by Hanson, this immersive, primal art environment inspires performative participation from the audience, as it challenges the artifice of many taboos and playfully assays the complex boundaries of social morality; annually from 1989 to the present. HONORS ALUMNI OF THE YEAR, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS, 2012. CHAIR, COGNITIVE ROBOTICS SESSION, AGI, 2013. KEYNOTE SPEAKER, OXFORD UNIVERSITY, ARTIFICIAL GENERAL INTELLIGENCE (AGI), 2012. WINNER, HONG KONG CITY ITF GRANT (CORECIPIENT W. BEN GOERTZEL & GINO Yu), 2012. INVITED SPEAKER, TEDx TAIPEI AND TEDx HONG KONG, 2012. WINNER, NSF SBIR GRANT (Co-PI WITH KINO COURSEY), 2012. DARPA ROBOTICS CHALLENGE GRANT UNDER PI DAN POPA, UTA's RESEARCH INSTMITE (UTARI), 2012. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, ROBOTICS INITIATIVE GRANT, UNDER PI DAN POPA OF UTA's RESEARCH INSTITUTE (UTARI), developing sensitive, lifelike prosthetics using Frubber, in collaboration with Advanced Arm Dynamics and Hanson Robotics, 2012. WINNER OF TEXAS MEDICAL RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE (TxMRC) GRANT (WITH CORECIPIENTS DAN POPA AND NICOLIERI BAGNARU, UTA), 2012. SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (NTU), 2012-2013. P.I., AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABS (AFRL) RESEARCH AWARD: "Improving Respirator Testing with Hanson Robotics' Technologies", using Hanson robotic faces to test respirators' protection against pathogenic nano-particulates such as HI N1, anthrax and radioactive materials; awarded April 2011, ongoing as of January 2013. ART FUTURA, INVITED ARTIST AND SPEAKER: TECHNOPOLIS, BUENOS AIRIES. 201 I. CHAIR OF ASME BIOMIMETIC ROBOTICS WORSHOP, 2011 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION PANELIST, 2009-2011. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, PIRE AWARD COMMITTEE MEMBER, 2010. ASSOCIATE EDITOR, IEEE HUMANOIDS, 2010. SPEAKER AND EXHIBITOR, TED 2009. WINNER OF 2009 ITALIAN CENTRO NATIONALE RISERCHE (CNR) SCHOLARSHIP-6 MONTHS COLLABORATING ON ROBOTS IN AUTISM RESEARCH WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF PISA, STELLA MARIS NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA, 2008-2009. WINNER OF TECHTITANIS "INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR" AWARD, 2007. WINNER OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AWARD, 2007. David Hanson, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae 01-01-2013 p. 8 EFTA00301492 COOPER HEWITT SMITHSONIAN DESIGN TRIENNIAL, 2006. Exhibitor, panelist, speaker. INCLUDED IN NUMEROUS "TOP 10 COOLEST ROBOTS" LISTS, INCLUDING: TECHEBLOG, wWw.ODDEE.COM AND HTTP:/ /MYAMAZINGFACT.BLOGSPOT.COM/ 2008 / 09 / 10- COOLEST-ROBOTS.HTML. CO-RECIPIENT OF 1ST PLACE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CLINICAL POSTER PRESENTATION AT THE 1 2TH BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECONSTRUCTIVE PREPROSTHETIC SURGERY, WITH DR. KENNETH KENT, "ROBOTIC ANIMATION OF FACIAL PROSTHESES". Presentated by Dr. Kent, 2006. COVER WIRED MAGAZINE, JANUARY 2006. Albert Hubo robot ranked the #17 greatest robot of all history, with KAIST Hubo Group, using our Einstein portrait atop the KAIST walking Hubo robot. KAIST "ALBERT HOBO" greeted world leaders at the APEC summit in Busan Korea, NOVEMBER 2005; Also at the Winter Olympics in Turin Italy, February 2006. PATENT AWARDED: "A Human Emulation Robot System", issued September 2006, (priority dated to June 2002). Two more patents pending. UTA ARRI INNOVATION AWARD, FEBRUARY 2006. AAAI AWARD, FIRST PLACE FOR OPEN INTERACTION, for the PKD Android, 2005 NSF STIR AWARD, to investigate piezo-actuated facial expressions with Shashank Priya of ARRI. WIRED MAGAZINE NEXTFEST, 2005, CHICAGO, JUNE 05. "PKD-A, Philip K Dick android". Also featured exhibitor at Nexfest '04, '06, '07 and '08. WIRED NEXTFEST, 2006. Exhibitor and panelist, showing Jules the Androgynoid (with UWE), and also with the KAIST Alex Hubo. FEATURED IN WIRED MAGAZINE, JULY 2004, JUNE '05, JANUARY '06, MARCH '06, AND ONLINE SEPTEMBER '08. WIRED MAGAZINE, PC MAGAZINE AND POPULAR SCIENCE described Hanson and his work as "genius" in various articles. WORLD TECHNOLOGY AWARD 2004, NOMINEE & SEMIFINALIST: BEST IT HARDWARE. NIST ATP AWARD, 2004, my team and I won a "highly meritorious" designation, with funding pending the 2005 congressional spending bill. CO-CHAIR OF EAP APPLICATIONS SESSION at the SPIE International Smart Materials Conference, in San Diego, March 15-19, 2004. EXHIBITOR NEXTFEST, WIRED magazine's technology festival, SF, CA, May, 2004. EXHIBITED AT TED, "TECHNOLOGY ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN", Monterey CA, Feb, 2004. JPL OPEN HOUSE, 2002, 2003, AND 2005. Presenting my robots with the JPL Advanced Actuators Lab. CO-ORGANIZER AND SPEAKER AT THE 2003 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (AAAS) ANNUAL MEETING in Denver CO, of a symposium entitled "Biologically Inspired Intelligent Robotics". Co-organized with Yoseph Bar-Cohen of JPL/CalTech and Cynthia Breazeal of the MIT Al lab. SCIENCE MAGAZINE PROFILE, March 28, 2003, described Hanson as "Head of his Class" in sociable robotics. THEMED ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATION, BEST THEMED DISPLAY AWARD 1 996, TEAM- SHARED Is' PLACE for the "World of Disney Themed store", at Walt Disney World, Orlando. NASA INVENTIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS SPACE ACT MONETARY AWARD, 1994: TEAM- SHARED 2,0 PLACE. NASA prize for best invention of the year, awarded to Dr. Heinrich Gerritsen, Mary Lou Jepson and myself for a novel space shuttle lighting system. Using a custom Fourier transform light-filter, this device output a nearly perfect diffusion of light, useful for science experiments and reducing astronaut eye-fatigue. CO-INITIATED THE UTD COMPUTER GAMING COMPETITION, organized $25k USD funding from Hughes Ventures, 2006 David Hanson, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae 01-01-2013 p. 9 EFTA00301493 ORGANIZER AND CHAIR, "MIRACLES AND MONSTROSITIES" 1993 symposium on genetically engineered art, at RISD-Brown art+tech festival PONG. ODYSSEY OF THE MIND, EDUCATIONAL COMPETITION, 1992: FIRST PLACE WORLD. Co-built a robotic vehicle to navigate an obstacle course, automatically dock to a trailer, gather objects, and deliver them to a designated area. RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN (RISD) MERIT AWARD, 1992-1996. VICE PRESIDENT, RISD STUDENT GOVERNMENT, 1995-1996. Co-managed a budget of 5365,000; organized functions, lectures, and various student-driven initiatives (such as INTER ALIA, the Student Art-Science Initiative). Co- organized RISD-Brown art+tech fest PONG. OUTREACH PRESS MENTION RESEARCH AND SERVICE AT THE DALLAS AUTISM TREATMENT CENTER, 2012, AND 2010- PRESENT. Co-developing autism treatment curriculum, in collaboration with Clinical Director Dr. Carolyn Garver and UTD/Callier Center researcher Dr. Pamela Rollins, Boston researcher Dr. Kathy Quill, and ATC clinician Kellie Reynolds. O.T.O. ACTIVE 2010 TO PRESENT. ADVISORY COMMITTEE, N.TX FIRST ROBOTICS, 2008-2011. Boys AND GIRLS CLUB, ROBOTICS CLUB "Humanlike Robots". PLANO,TX, 2011. ADVISOR FOR STUDENTS AT UTD AND UTA, 2004-2011. ADVISOR FOR SLOAN AWARD WINNING FILM PROJECT, W/ANYA MEKSYN, 2008-2011. STEERING COMMITTEE FOR TEDx SMU, 2009. SPEAKER AT LONG BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 2009. CO-FOUNDER OF UTD BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION, WITH KINGDON HUGHES, 2006. MEMBER American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2000. MEMBER American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), since 2001. MEMBER SPIE, since 2001. Hanson has been featured in numerous popular media outlets including NY Times, Scientific American, The Figaro, The New Yorker, Smithsonian Magazine, Science Magazine, Popular Science, Good Morning America, the BBC, CNN, and an August 2011 feature in National Geographic. Here are a few select articles: http://spectrum.ieee.org /automaton / robotics / humanoids /whv-we -should- build-humanlike-robots http: //www.pbs.org/wgbh /nova/tech /social-robots.html http:/ /www.ga.com/news-politics/big-issues/201103 /robots-say-the- damnedest-things http://spectrum.ieee.org /automaton /robotics/ humanoids /david-hanson- robot-heads http://discovermaciazine.com/photos /body-shop-where-life-like-androids- born http://www.ted.com/talks/david hanson robots that relate to you.html hair/ /disrovermaga7inP.rom /photos/ body-shoo-where-life-like-androids- born http://www.acm.org /ubiquity/ interviews /v7i18 hanson.htm l http:/ /www.absolutearts.com /artsnews/2001 /04/02/28321.html http:/ /news.cnet.com/8301-17938_ 105-10391357-1.html http: / /www.newyorker.com /reporting /2009/11/02 /091102fa fact groopma n?currentPage =all David Hanson, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae 01-01-2013 p. 10 EFTA00301494 http: / /www. s mithsonian macbcom / science-nature/ Bi rth-of-a-Robot. htm I http:/ /ndeaajptnasa.govinasa-nde/nde-aa-l/clipping /Popular-Science- Sept-2003.pdf http: / /www. u snews.com / money/ business-economy/ small- business/articles/2008/01/14/rise-of-the-robots.html http: //www.pcmag.com /article2 / 0.2817.2036407.00.asp http://www.sciencemaq.orq/content/vol299/issue5611 /r-samples.shtml http://iiae.utdallas.edu/news/poo science.html EDUCATION SKILLS THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, DALLAS, Ph.D. in Interactive Arts & Engineering/Aesthetic- Studies 4.0 GPA cumulative, May 2007. UCSD (visiting studeni) Cognitive Science, w/ Jochen Triesch, 4.0 GPA, 2003. UCLA (visaing student) Graduate Art, studied w/Paul McCarthy, 4.0 GPA, 2003. RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN BFA Film-Video, 1996; Honor Student. BROWN UNIVERSITY (special student via RISC') courses in Holography, Advanced Holography, 1993-94; Computer Science, 1995-96. HIGHLAND PARK HIGH SCHOOL, 1988. ARTS MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL, DALLAS;1 986-1 987. SCULPTURE Figurative sculpted characters up to thirty feet in height and as small as 4"; skilled in clay, foam, supersculpie, fiberglass, concrete, silicone, urethane, moldmaking and casting. ROBOTICS/ANIMATRONICS I develop complete humanlike robots, including faces and walking robot bodies, transitioning this research into mass-produced product in the Jetta factory environment in China and Texas. For my humanoid robots, I co-designed numerous animation control systems, with saccade and other motion control architectures, integrated with custom narrative dialogue systems designs, and co-developed natural language reasoning and statistical narrative assembly using LSI, semantic vectors and other techniques; in collaboration with Dr.s Kino Coursey, Doug Miles, Andrew Olney, Javier Movellan, Stu Baurmann and others. To improve expressivity and applicability of humanlike robots, I invented the patented nanotech of "structured porosity elastomer manufacturing" (SPEM) silicone skin that requires less than 1/20th the force of materials used in animatronics. As an undergrad, I programmed robots in the Foxboro Al lab at Brown, and developed the "scuttling head" telerobot at RISD. 1999-2001, in Disney Imagineering's MAPO Animatronics shop Technical Development, I designed electronics and mechanical systems, machined robot parts, coded C, C++, and assembly for microcontrollers. For my PhD research U.T.Dallas, I developed a social robots as engineering, figurative sculpture, and cognitive science research, successfully transitioning this work into product through entrepreneurship. EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP I founded and managed two noted startups—Hanson David Hanson, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae 01-01-2013 p. 11 EFTA00301495 Robotics Incorporated (founded 2003) and Hanson RoboKind LLC (founded 2011), raising over S6M in investment, 41.5M in grant money, and S3M in preliminary sales. These companies are now completing their first mass-product releases, and project significant revenues. I served as CEO, manager, CTO, and negotiated numerous contracts, recruited talent, and navigated the complex legal landscape of investments, technology transfer, patents, partnerships, and cooperative research agreements. In the process, I have been mentored by renowned business leaders, including Lou Schwartz (formerly President of Toybiz/Marvel), MATH/SCIENCE/TECH I did graduate coursework in cognitive science from UTD and UCSD, building upon my undergrad courses in math (calculus, linear algebra, etc), comp. science, holography, and other courses, and using my extracurricular studies in basic electronics and material science. I also learned much in practice while building engineering projects, several of which won national and international awards. I merge numerous STEM disciplines within my robotics projects, and often collaborate with scientists around the world, resulting in publications in Science, IEEE Spectrum, SPIE, AAAI, and Cognitive Science, in the areas of materials science, nanotech, cognitive science, robotics, mechanical engineering, and intelligent software systems. COMPUTER Programming: C++, XML, Assembly (with PIC microcontrollers), html, A.I. algorithms and interaction designs. COMPUTER Applications: Proficient in a wide array of applications, including Maya, PhotoShop, Director, Illustrator, Avid, Matlab, Excel. FILM/ VIDEO BFA in film/video/animation from RISD; wrote, produced, directed, shot, edited works up to 13 minutes in length. Freelance video work done for CNN and MTV. Designed and co-built my own 3D video camera and shot 3D video. OTHER ARTS Illustration, painting, figure drawing, conceptual art, performance art, science fiction writing, screenwriting, poetry, jazz guitar, punk rock and experimental music composition. WRITING Published short story author, science writer, & poet, taking a Texas State Poetry award. EMPLOYMENT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON 2011- Present. Adjunct Professor of Computer Science and Engineering. Teaching Robotics and advising graduate students. Focus: human- robot interface and A.I. design. HANSON ROBOKIND LLC February 2011- Present Founder, CTO, Manager, This subsidiary of Hanson Robotics is dedicated to releasing small androids (67cm and smaller) called RoboKind, as consumer product, educational platforms and autism treatment. transitioned from prototype to product, achieving self-sustaining status (surviving on revenue since October 2008), and building a reputation for the most lifelike robots in the world. David Hanson, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae 01-01-2013 p. 12 EFTA00301496 HANSON ROBOTICS INC March 2003- Present Founder, CEO, Chief Scientist, researching and manufacturing human- like robots and constituent technologies. Successfully raised 52,150,000 in investment and research grants, going from prototype to product, surviving on revenue since October 2008, and renowned for the world's most lifelike robots. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS, 2010. Adjunct Professor in Fine Arts. New Media:Kinetic/Interactive Sculpture. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS, 201 0 Instructor of Independent Studies in Interactive Sculpture. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, PIRE AWARD COMMITTEE MEMBER, 2010. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, 2009. MARCH AND NOVEMBER Panelist. Reviewing scientific research proposals. PAUL MCCARTHY, MCCARTHY STUDIOS June 2002- June 2003 Sculptor, Artist's Assistant, Robotics Designer ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN IN PASADENA September- December 2002 Studio Instructor, robotics, electronics, Graduate Industrial Design. JET PROPULSION LABORATORY Spring 2002 Robotics Development Contract Building a robot face as test platform for ElectroActive Polymer Actuators.http://ndeaaianasa.00v/nasa- nde/lommas/eap/E4P-web.htm ERIC SWENSON August 2001- February 2002 Artist's Assistant WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING (contracting through TAC) 1998 - 2001 Sculptor, 1996 (through Kern) and 1998-2000 (through TAC) Sculpting dozens of characters and props for parks incl. Tokyo Disney Sea, Disney's California Adventure, Tokyo DisneyLand and Walt Disney World. Robotics and Animatronics Developer, Technical Development 1999- 2001 I led the design and construction of an autonomous, walking robotic character, which would track humans and give chase. My duties included lead mechanical and electronics design, Al programming in C, machining, and visual design. I also headed an investigation into Electro-Active Polymer (EAP) actuators (artificial muscles), building functioning prototypes and writing a paper/book chapter published by SPIE. UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, VIA ADIRONDACK SCENIC INC May - September, 1998 Sculptor Producing large mythical creatures for Universal Studios' "Islands of Adventure" theme park. DAVID HANSON, LLC 1993 - 1998 Freelance Artist and Designer, contracting for numerous clients including Atlantis Casino and Stromberg Architectural Activities included project ideation and design mock-up, communication and negotiation with clients, maintenance of a workshop and office with full-time employees, maquette sculpting, and full-scale sculpture production. My sculptures included 26' tall marlins, seahorses, sea David Hanson, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae 01-01-2013 p. 13 EFTA00301497 turtles, nautiluses, numerous mythical creatures, etc. KERN SCULPTURE COMPANY 1996 - 1998 Lead Sculptor, Asst Project Manager, Interim Head of Sculpture Dept. As a sculptor, I produced over 100 large works for clients including Disney, Universal Studios, Mardi Gras, and many casinos and resorts. As Department Head, I managed a crew of four, maintained the shop, dealt with clients and managed projects. BROWN UNIVERSITY, 1995 Optical engineering technical assistant With Dr. Heinrich Gerritsen and Mary Lou Jepson, helped develop a novel space shuttle lighting system, which won the NASA Space Act Monetary Award for 1996. CNN, 1993 and Miv, 1995 Freelance Videographer, Electronic News Gathering (ENG). HOBBIES FIGURE DRAWING, PERFORMANCE ART, POETRY, WRITING FICTION, SCULPTING MUSIC COMPOSITION, ESPECIALLY JAZZ GUITAR AND PROG.ROCK YOGA, HIKING, BOXING, JIU JITSU, SWIMMING, EXPLORING NATURE "ARMCHAIR" COSMOLOGY, PHYSICS, AND PHILOSOPHY CASUALLY STUDYING POP CULTURE (N SHOWS, ANIME, COMICS, MOVIES, MUSIC) PLAYING WITH MY SON AND WIFE (SWIMMING, DISNEYPARKS, VIDEOGAMES, LEGOS) David Hanson, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae 01-01-2013 p. 14 EFTA00301498