| Summary: | Robotics engineer and computer scientist Odest Chadwicke Jenkins was born on January 9, 1974 in Washington, D.C. Jenks attended Alma College, where he graduated with his B.S. degrees in computer science and mathematics in 1996. He enrolled in graduate school at Georgia Technical Institute and received his M.S. degree in computer science in 1998. Jenkins went on to attend the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, where he earned his Ph.D. degree in computer science in 2003. In 2010, Jenkins was promoted to associate professor and leader of the Robotics, Learning and Autonomy Group at Brown University. There, he worked to develop the "PR2 Remote Laboratory", a remote-controlled computer laboratory designed to promote collaborative research and documentation. Jenkins is the author of Creating Games: Mechanics, Content, and Technology. President George W. Bush awarded Jenkins the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for his work in physics-based human tracking from video.
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