Scholar
Byron Boots
Google Scholar ID: kXB8FBoAAAAJ
Associate Professor, University of Washington
Citations & Impact
Citations
8,804
H-index
46
i10-index
130
Publications
20
Co-authors
79
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published multiple refereed conference and journal papers such as 'Learning to Optimize in Model Predictive Control' (ICRA-2022); Honored with several awards for his work.
Research Experience
- Amazon Professor of Machine Learning in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at the University of Washington, where he directs the UW Robot Learning Laboratory; Principal Research Scientist in the Seattle Robotics Lab at NVIDIA Research; Co-chair of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Technical Committee on Robot Learning.
Education
- Ph.D. from the Machine Learning Department in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, advised by Geoff Gordon; Post-doc in the Robotics and State Estimation Lab directed by Dieter Fox at the University of Washington.
Background
- Researcher in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and robotics, focusing on developing theories and systems that tightly integrate perception, learning, and control. His work touches on a range of problems including computer vision, state estimation, localization and mapping, high-speed navigation, motion planning, and robotic manipulation.
Miscellany
- Hobbies or personal interests not mentioned
