{"id":240,"date":"2024-08-21T17:03:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T21:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/smccammon\/?page_id=240"},"modified":"2026-01-29T10:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:01:19","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/smccammon\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Dr. Seth McCammon<\/h2>\nAssistant Scientist<br \/>\nApplied Ocean Physics and Engineering (AOPE)\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/smccammon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/288\/2022\/06\/seth_cropped.png\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/smccammon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/288\/2022\/06\/seth_cropped.png\" alt=\"seth_cropped\" height=\"2238\" width=\"1679\" title=\"seth_cropped\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h3>Biography<\/h3>\n<p>Dr. Seth McCammon is an Assistant Scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution where he studies autonomy algorithms for robots operating in the marine domain.\u00a0 His current work focuses on active sensing in the complex environments of coral reefs. This includes\u00a0developing techniques for an AUV to leverage passive acoustic listening to find hotspots of biological activity on coral reefs.<\/p>\n\t<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<p>Ph.D.: Robotics. 2020. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.<\/p>\n<p>B.S.: Computer Science. 2015. Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.<\/p>\n\t<h3>Research Interests<\/h3>\n<p>Marine Robotics <strong>|<\/strong> Information Gathering <strong>|<\/strong> Long-Term Autonomy <strong>|<\/strong> Machine Learning <strong>|<\/strong> Field Robotics <strong>|<\/strong> Multi-robot Coordination <strong>|<\/strong> Planning with Uncertainty <strong>|<\/strong> Probabilistic Robotics <strong>|<\/strong> Topological Path Planning\u00a0<strong>|\u00a0<\/strong>Passive Acoustics<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/smccammon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/288\/2026\/01\/2026-01-29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDownload CV\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h3>Research Statement<\/h3>\n<p>Marine robots have benefited enormously from recent advances in computing, battery, and sensing technologies that enable them to be highly capable remote sensing platforms.\u00a0 These vehicles have proven to be invaluable tools for scientific data collection, search and rescue, and other applications where it is either too dangerous or too expensive to use humans. To fully unlock the potential of these vehicles, we need algorithms and models that enable robots to efficiently reason about the observations they are making in real time, improving their ability to act as independent autonomous agents of ocean science.<\/p>\n\t<h3>Professional History<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Assistant Scientist<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0Applied Ocean Physics &amp; Engineering Department<br \/>\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2023 &#8211; Present<\/li>\n<li><strong>Postdoctoral Scholar<\/strong> &#8211; Applied Ocean Physics &amp; Engineering Department<br \/>\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2021 &#8211; 2023<\/li>\n<li><strong>Research Assistant<\/strong> &#8211; Collaborative Robotics and Intelligent Systems Institute<br \/>\nOregon State University, 2015-2020<\/li>\n<li><strong>Undergraduate Researcher<\/strong> &#8211; ARGALLab<br \/>\nNorthwestern University, 2013-2015<\/li>\n<li><strong>Undergraduate Researcher<\/strong> &#8211; STORM Lab<br \/>\nVanderbilt University, 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Seth McCammon Assistant Scientist Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering (AOPE) Biography Dr. Seth McCammon is an Assistant Scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution where he studies autonomy algorithms for robots operating in the marine domain.\u00a0 His current work focuses on active sensing in the complex environments of coral reefs. 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