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Associate Professor Luca Carlone is working to give robots a more human-like awareness of their environment.
I'm interested in the design of certifiable perception algorithms for high-integrity autonomous systems, and the development of algorithms and systems for real-time 3D scene understanding on mobile robotics platforms operating in the real world.
Specialization and Research Interests
My research interests include nonlinear estimation, numerical and distributed optimization, learning and probabilistic inference, applied to sensing, perception, and decision making in single and multi-robot systems.
Teaching Interests
Dynamical systems and control, sensing & estimation, optimization, autonomy, robotics
Academic Degrees
B.S., 2006, Polytechnic University of Turin, with highest honors; S.M., 2008, Polytechnic University of Turin, with highest honors; S.M., 2008, Polytechnic University of Milan, with highest honors; Ph.D., 2012, Polytechnic University of Turin
Society Memberships
Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Positions Held at MIT
Raymond L. Bisplinghoff Faculty Fellow, 2024-2026; Boeing Career Development Associate Professor, July 2023-2025; Sloan research Fellow, 2023; Leonardo Career Development Assistant Professor, July 2020-2021; Charles Stark Draper Assistant Professor, 2017-2020; Research Scientist, 2016-2017; postdoctoral associate, 2015-2016
Positions Held outside MIT
Postdoctoral fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-2015; visiting scholar, University of California Santa Barbara, 2011; visiting scholar, University of Zaragoza (Spain), 2010
Affiliated Labs
Awards & Honors
2024
Outstanding Systems Paper Award at the Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) conference.
2023
IEEE Transactions on Robotics King-Sun Fu Memorial Best Paper Award
2022
AIAA Aeronautics and Astronautics Advising Award
2021
Best Student Paper Award at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
2021
Outstanding Associate Editor Award, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2021
NSF Career Award, National Science Foundation
2020
Honorable Mention, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
2020
RSS Early Career Award
2020
Best Paper Award in Robot Vision, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2020
Vickie Kerrebrock Faculty Award, MIT AeroAstro
2020
Amazon Research Award, Amazon
2020
Winner of the Urban Circuit, DARPA Subterranean Challenge, DARPA