He is also a member of the Institute for Data Science and holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Previously he held appointments as a research scientist and a postdoctoral associate at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in the Robust Robotics Group, a research technologist at JPL in the Mobility and Robotic Systems section, and a lecturer in mechanical engineering at Caltech. Dr. Howard directs Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the University of Rochester.