IU SMART Lab Team

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Ikechukwu Obi

Ike became a SMART Lab alumni in August 2026.
Education:
 Ph.D. Purdue University, 2026 (Computer and Information Technology)
Dissertation: Constrained Mediation for Safe Language- Controlled Robot Systems
M.S. Ball State University, 2019 (Human-Computer Interaction)
B.E. University of Nigeria, 2013 (Human-Computer Interaction)

 
Research Interests:
  • Human-Robot Interaction
  • Explainability and Trust
  • Moral Reasoning for Robotic and AI Systems
  • Computational Ethics - AI and Robotics

Selected Publication:
  • Ike Obi, Ruiqi Wang, Prakash Shukla, and Byung-Cheol Min, "Robot Patrol: Using Crowdsourcing and Robotic Systems to Provide Indoor Navigation Guidance to The Visually Impaired", 2023. (PDF)

Awards:
  • E. Ruth Dunning Graduate Fellowship - 20,000 (USD)

Contact:
    obii at purdue dot edu