Leslie P. Kaelbling

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Leslie P. Kaelbling
Nationality American
Fields Robotics
Institutions Stanford University
Alma mater Stanford University
Doctoral advisor Nils J. Nilsson
Doctoral students Michael L. Littman
Hagit Shatkay

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

  1. MIT EECS faculty listing.
  2. Mathematics Genealogy Project - Leslie Pack Kaelbling
  3. JMLR editorial board, retrieved 2010-01-25.
  4. AAAI Fellows, retrieved 2010-01-25.
  5. Jesse Kirkpatrick. (2012). Four MacVicar Recipients. The Tech, 132(13). Retrieved from http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N13/macvicar.html

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