Leslie P. Kaelbling
| Leslie P. Kaelbling | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Robotics |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Thesis | Learning in Embedded Systems (1990) |
| Doctoral advisor | Nils J. Nilsson |
| Doctoral students |
Michael L. Littman Hagit Shatkay |
| Notable awards | IJCAI Computers and Thought Award |
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Website people | |
Leslie Pack Kaelbling is an American roboticist, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1] She was a graduate of Stanford University (Ph.D., 1990) and a student of Nils J. Nilsson.[2] Her research focuses on decision-making under uncertainty, machine learning, and sensing with applications to robotics.
She is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Machine Learning Research.[3] In 2000, she was elected as a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.[4]
Awards and Recognition
On March 16, 2012, Kaelbling was selected as an MIT MacVicar Fellow for her dedication to undergraduate teaching.[5] As a recipient of this prestigious award, Kaelbling will receive a $10,000 annual stipend for the duration of the 10-year fellowship.
References
- ↑ MIT EECS faculty listing.
- ↑ Mathematics Genealogy Project - Leslie Pack Kaelbling
- ↑ JMLR editorial board, retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ↑ AAAI Fellows, retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ↑ Jesse Kirkpatrick. (2012). Four MacVicar Recipients. The Tech, 132(13). Retrieved from http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N13/macvicar.html