Ruzena Bajcsy | |
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| Born | Ružena Kučerová May 28, 1933 |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Slovak Technical University; Stanford |
| Known for | Artificial intelligence; Computer Vision; Robotics; Sensor Networks; Control; Biosystems; General Robotics and Active Sensory Perception Laboratory |
| Awards | Benjamin Franklin Medal (2009) ACM Distinguished Service Award (2003) Computing Research Association Distinguished Service Award (2003) ACM/AAAI Allen Newell Award (2001) IEEE Robotics and Automation Award (2013) John Scott Medal (2017) Order of the White Double Cross, 2nd class (2022) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley; University of Pennsylvania |
| Doctoral advisor | John McCarthy |
| Doctoral students | |
Ruzena Bajcsy (born 28 May 1933) is an American engineer and computer scientist who specializes in robotics. She is professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at the University of California, Berkeley,[1] where she is also director emerita of CITRIS (the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society).
She was previously professor and chair of computer science and engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was the founding director of the University of Pennsylvania's General Robotics and Active Sensory Perception (GRASP) Laboratory, and a member of the Neurosciences Institute in the School of Medicine. She has also been head of the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate, with authority over a $500 million budget. She supervised at least 26 doctoral students at the University of Pennsylvania.[2]
She was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 2005.[3]
She is the mother of computer-science professor Klara Nahrstedt.[4][5]
- ^ Ruzena Bajcsy official page, EECS, College of Engineering, UC Berkeley, USA.
- ^ Mathematics Genealogy Project.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ Seidlitz, Aaron (18 May 2022). "Family History: Nahrstedt, Bajcsy Share Stage as First Mother-Daughter Pair Elected to the National Academy of Engineering". Computer Science. UIUC.
- ^ "Ruzena Bajcsy". Memory of Nations. Retrieved 24 May 2022.