She received her Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University in 2009, and worked as a Postdoctoral Associate at the MIT Media Lab prior to joining WPI.  Her research interests span robotics, interactive machine learning, adjustable autonomy, human computation and human-robot interaction.  Dr. Chernova's research is supported through funding from NSF, ONR and DARPA, including the NSF CAREER, NSF NRI and ONR YIP awards.   Her work has been covered by national and international press, including the New York Times, National Geographic, New Scientist, ComputerWorld, NPR and the BBC.   Among other service appointments, she currently serves on the Steering and Program Committees of the HRI conference and on the AAAI Executive Council.