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Lionel Robert, Jr.

Lionel Robert, Jr.

MI

Professor

Professor of Information and Robotics at University of Michigan

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    Background

    Faculty Information Systems


    Status
    Faculty
    Discipline
    Information Systems

    Job experience

    • August 2017 - present
      Professor of Information and Robotics
      University of Michigan
      Ann Arbor, MI, USA

      I am a Professor of Information and Robotics at the School of Information and the College of Engineering Robotics Department at the University of Michigan. I am also an ACM Distinguished Member, AIS Distinguished Member "Cum Laude" and an INFORMS and IEEE Senior Member. I completed my Ph.D. in Information Systems from Indiana University as a BAT Fellow and KPMG Scholar. As a Transportation Officer in the U.S. Army, I spent over 10 years on active and reserve duty. Currently, I am the director of the Michigan Autonomous Vehicle Research Intergroup Collaboration (MAVRIC), an affiliate of the University of Michigan Robotics Institute (Robotics), and the National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID) all at the University of Michigan and the Center for Computer-Mediated Communication (CCMC) at Indiana University and a member of the AAAS Community Advisory Board. I have appeared in print, radio and/or television for ABC, CNN, CNBC, Michigan Radio, Inc., the New York Times, and the Associated Press.

    • August 2017 - August 2022
      Associate Professor
      University of Michigan
      Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • August 2011 - present
      Assistant Professor
      University of Michigan School of Information
      Ann Arbor, MI, United States
    • August 2007 - May 2011
      Assistant Professor of Information Systems
      University of Arkansas Walton College of Business
      Fayetteville

      Assistant Professor of Information Systems in the University of Arkansas Walton College of Business.

    • January 1995 - November 2003
      Captain Transportation Officer
      U.S. Army (Active and Reserve)
      Various

      Honorable Discharge


    Education

    • Indiana University Kelley School of Business
      PhD in Information Systems
      2001 - 2006
    • Indiana University Kelley School of Business
      MB in Information Systems
      2001 - 2005
    • University of Louisiana at Lafayette
      Masters of Telecommunications
      1999 - 2000
    • Clemson University
      Master of Science in Industrial Management
      1996 - 1997
    • University of Louisiana at Lafayette
      B.S. in Production/Operations Management
      1991 - 1995