Luca Carlone

He/His
Director, Sensing, Perception, Autonomy, and Robot Kinetics Lab (SPARK Lab)

Contact Info

Office Phone

617.253.6170

Email

lcarlone@mit.edu

Office

45-601H

Administrative Contact

Vendi Pavic
vendi023@mit.edu
617.258.8773

Financial Contact

Quentin Alexander
qla@mit.edu
617.253.6270
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Affiliated Labs

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

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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

Awards & Honors

  • Outstanding Systems Paper Award at the Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) conference, 2024
  • IEEE Transactions on Robotics King-Sun Fu Memorial Best Paper Award, 2023
  • AIAA Aeronautics and Astronautics Advising Award, 2022
  • 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

Research

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