Dr Christopher McMurrough

[Dr Christopher Dale McMurrough]

Other Faculty, Computer Science and Engineering

Last Updated: May 16, 2021

mcmurrough@uta.edu

about me

Research Interests

Robotics, computer vision, eye tracking, Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs)

Teaching Interests

Entrepreneurship, makerspaces, practical skills

Biography

I am developer of perceptual computing techniques for intelligent robotic systems in a wide range of applications and environments. I have experience working with UAV/UGV systems, Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs), industrial robots, embedded development, real-time applications, 3D perception / machine vision, and assistive devices for users with severe physical disabilities.

Education

- 2013 PhD in Computer Science Engineering
  The University of Texas at Arlington
- 2010 MS in Computer Science Engineering
  The University of Texas at Arlington
- 2008 BS in Computer Science Engineering
  The University of Texas at Austin

Awards and Honors

- Apr 2020 Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching sponsored by UTA
- Jan 2009 National Instruments Graphical Design Achievement Multicore Award sponsored by NI Week conference

Publications

2013

Journal Article
A dataset for point of gaze detection using head poses and eye images
[McMurrough, ChristopherD., Metsis, Vangelis, Kosmopoulos, Dimitrios, Maglogiannis, Ilias, Makedon, Fillia]. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12193-013-0121-4
http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12193-013-0121-4

2016

Conference Proceeding
A 3D Perception-based Robotic Manipulation System for Automated Truck Unloading
2016 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)
[McMurrough, ChristopherD., Doliotis, Paul, Criswell, Alex, Middleton, MatthewB, Rajan, SamarthT]. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/COASE.2016.7743416

2013

Conference Proceeding
A Development and Evaluation Platform for Non-Tactile Power Wheelchair Controls
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments
[McMurrough, ChristopherD., Ranatunga, Isura, Papangelis, Alexandros, Popa, DanO., Makedon, Fillia]. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2504335.2504339

Conference Proceeding
An Assistive Object Manipulation System
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments - PETRA '13
[Papangelis, Alexandros, McMurrough, ChristopherD., Ranatunga, Isura, Makedon, Fillia]. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2504335.2504401

Conference Proceeding
Development of An Omniwheel-based Holonomic Robot Platform for Rough Terrain
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments
[McMurrough, ChristopherD., Enotiades, Harris, Phan, Scott, Savoie, Stephen, Makedon, Fillia]. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2504335.2504398

2012

Conference Proceeding
3D point of gaze estimation using head-mounted RGB-D cameras
Proceedings of the 14th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility - ASSETS '12
[McMurrough, ChristopherD., Conly, Christopher, Athitsos, Vassilis, Makedon, Fillia]. 283. New York, New York, USA: "ACM Press". DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2384916.2384994
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2384916.2384994

Conference Proceeding
A Survey of Assistive Devices for Cerebral Palsy Patients
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments - PETRA '12
[McMurrough, ChristopherD., Papangelis, Alexandros, Boisselle, Angie]. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2413097.2413119

Conference Proceeding
An eye tracking dataset for point of gaze detection
Proceedings of the Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications - ETRA '12
[McMurrough, ChristopherD., Metsis, Vangelis, Rich, Jonathan, Makedon, Fillia]. 305. New York, New York, USA: "ACM Press". DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2168556.2168622
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2168556.2168622

Conference Proceeding
Low-cost Head Position Tracking for Gaze Point Estimation
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments - PETRA '12
[McMurrough, ChristopherD., Rich, Jonathan, Metsis, Vangelis, Nguyen, An, Makedon, Fillia]. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2413097.2413125

Conference Proceeding
Multi-modal interfaces for control of assistive robotic devices
Proceedings of the 14th ACM international conference on Multimodal interaction - ICMI '12
[McMurrough, ChristopherD.]. 329. New York, New York, USA: "ACM Press". DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2388676.2388749
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2388676.2388749

Conference Proceeding
Multi-modal object of interest detection using eye gaze and RGB-D cameras
Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Eye Gaze in Intelligent Human Machine Interaction - Gaze-In '12
[McMurrough, ChristopherD., Rich, Jonathan, Conly, Christopher, Athitsos, Vassilis, Makedon, Fillia]. 1--6. New York, New York, USA: "ACM Press". DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2401836.2401838
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2401836.2401838

2011

Conference Proceeding
Bilingual Corpus for AVASR using Multiple Sensors and Depth Information
Auditory-Visual Speech Processing 2011
[Galatas, Georgios, Potamianos, Gerasimos, Kosmopoulos, Dimitrios, McMurrough, ChristopherD., Makedon, Fillia]. Volterra, Italy: "ISCA International Speech Communication Association".

Conference Proceeding
Comparing gesture recognition accuracy using color and depth information
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments - PETRA '11
[Doliotis, Paul, Stefan, Alexandra, McMurrough, ChristopherD., Eckhard, David, Athitsos, Vassilis]. 1. New York, New York, USA: "ACM Press". DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2141622.2141647
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2141622.2141647

Conference Proceeding
iDog : An Assistive-Guide Robot for the Visually Impaired
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments - PETRA '11
[Galatas, Georgios, McMurrough, ChristopherD., Mariottini, GianLuca, Makedon, Fillia]. 1. New York, New York, USA: "ACM Press". DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2141622.2141691
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2141622.2141691

2009

Conference Proceeding
Developing a Real-Time MAV Flight Control System Test Bed Using NI LabVIEW and PXI
NI Week
[McMurrough, ChristopherD., French, Kyle, Doman, DavidB.].
http://sine.ni.com/cs/app/doc/p/id/cs-12086

Conference Proceeding
Discrete event command and control for networked teams with multiple missions
Proceedings of SPIE
[Lewis, FrankL., Hudas, GregR., Pang, CheeKhiang, Middleton, MatthewB., McMurrough, ChristopherD.]. 7332, 73320V--73320V--15. "SPIE". DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.819326
http://link.aip.org/link/PSISDG/v7332/i1/p73320V/s1\&Agg=doi

Conference Proceeding
Mechanical fault diagnosis using wireless sensor networks and a two-stage neural network classifier
2009 IEEE Aerospace conference
[Ballal, P., Ramani, A., Middleton, M., McMurrough, ChristopherD., Athamneh, A., Lee, W., Kwan, C., Lewis, F.]. 1--10. "IEEE". DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2009.4839671
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/lpdocs/epic03/wrapper.htm?arnumber=4839671

2013

Other
Hardware and Software Systems for Control of Assistive Robotic Devices Using Point-of-Gaze Estimation
[McMurrough, ChristopherD.].(December), "The University of Texas at Arlington".

2010

Other
Real Time Hardware And Software Systems For Micro Air Vehicle Flight Control Testing
[McMurrough, ChristopherD.].(May), "The University of Texas at Arlington".
http://dspace.uta.edu/handle/10106/4891

Courses

Service to the University

- 2018 to Present Director
  
  CSE/EE Makerspace
  Overseeing implementation and operation of CSE/EE Makerspace.
- 2016 to Present Faculty Advisor
  
  HackUTA Hackathon
  Faculty advisor for UTA's 24-hour "HackUTA" Hackathon
- 2015 to Present Director
  
  CSE Senior Design
  Responsible for mentoring student projects, developing industry / university partnerships through sponsored student projects, and maintaining / procuring equipment for 2 semester capstone course sequence.
- 2009 to 2011 Competition Referee & Course Builder
  
  UTA College of Engineering
  Served as referee for UTA College of Engineering annual high school robot competition. Constructed competition arenas during 2010 event.

Service to the Profession

- Jan 2010 to Present
  Program Organizer
  IEEE
  o Organized 2009 IEEE Region 5 Student Robotics Competition hosted by UTA o Developed unique rules and constructed competition arenas for undergraduate teams o Managed 40+ competition teams during IEEE Region 5 annual conference
- Jan 2006 to 2008
  Co-founder & Team Leader
  IEEE
  o Served as team lead of UTA IEEE undergraduate robotics competition team o Developed autonomous material handling robots for each annual event o Placed 3rd out of 30+ teams during 2006 event, winning cash prize for UTA IEEE chapter o Organized team road trips to San Antonio, TX, Fayeteville, AR, and Kansas City, KA

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