Co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications and holds over 35 US and international patents. Received the INPG best thesis award in 2007, AFRIF best thesis honorable mention, honorable mention award in 2015 Robotics Science and Systems Conference (RSS), and the 2014 R&D 100 award.
Research Experience
Worked as an associate professor in the school of computing at the University of Utah until 2021; worked as a senior principal research scientist for over 8 years at Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL); joined the faculty at the University of Utah in January 2017.
Education
Ph.D. from INRIA Grenoble Rhône-Alpes research lab while enrolled at INPG (National Polytechnical Institute of Grenoble), France. Recipient of Marie Curie Visitron scholarship during his Ph.D.
Background
Research interests: computer vision, machine learning, and robotics. Contributions include perception and prediction using deep neural networks, theoretical modeling of deep neural networks, submodular optimization algorithms, inference in graphical models, 3D reconstruction, semantic segmentation, visual SLAM, and image-based localization. Specifically, he has been developing strong geometrical and learning algorithms in the context of autonomous driving applications.
Miscellany
Moved to Google NYC, no new openings for interns or Ph.D. positions.