Steven M. LaValle | |
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| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Known for | RRT, Oculus Rift |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Robotics, virtual reality, AI, control theory |
| Institutions | University of Oulu, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, Oculus VR, Huawei, Stanford University, Iowa State University |
| Doctoral advisor | Seth Hutchinson |
| Website | lavalle |
Steven M. LaValle (born 1968 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American computer scientist, and a professor in the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at the University of Oulu. He was also an early founder and head scientist of Oculus VR until it was acquired by Facebook in 2014. He is best known for his work on rapidly exploring random trees (RRTs), the Oculus Rift, and his book, Planning Algorithms,[1] one of the most highly cited texts in the field.
- ^ LaValle, Steven M. (2006). Planning algorithms. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-86205-9.