Vladlen Koltun

Vladlen Koltun
Born1980
NationalityIsraeli–American
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma mater
Known for
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
  • Autonomous Driving
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Vision
  • Machine Learning
  • Robotics
Institutions
ThesisArrangements in four dimensions and related structures (2002)
Doctoral advisorMicha Sharir
Other academic advisorsChristos Papadimitriou
Websitevladlen.info

Vladlen Koltun (born 1980) is an Israeli-American computer scientist and intelligent systems researcher. He currently serves as distinguished scientist at Apple Inc. His main areas of research are artificial intelligence, computer vision, machine learning, and pattern recognition. He also made a significant contribution to robotics and autonomous driving.[6]

Koltun's contributions to research and publications are in the areas of convolutional neural networks, reality simulation, view synthesis,[7] photorealistic rendering, urban self-driving cars simulation, 3D computer graphics, robot locomotion,[5] and drones maneuverability in dynamic environments.[8][9]

He is also known for his work on the photorealism enhancement system,[10][11] and for the critical study of the Hirsch index, a metric of scientists' work that is common in the community.[12]

  1. ^ "Sloan Research Fellowship in computer science (2007)" (PDF). Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
  2. ^ "Career Award: Fundamental Geometric Algorithms".
  3. ^ "Computer Graphics as a Telecommunication Medium". Princeton University.
  4. ^ "Computer Science Bibliography: Vladlen Koltun's affiliations". Schloss Dagstuhl, Leibniz Center for Informatics.
  5. ^ a b "How To Turn Your Smartphone Into A Robot". Discover Magazine.
  6. ^ "Vladlen Koltun". Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  7. ^ "This new tech from Intel Labs could revolutionize VR gaming". PC Games.
  8. ^ Lee, Joonho; Hwangbo, Jemin; Wellhausen, Lorenz; Koltun, Vladlen; Hutter, Marco (2020). "Learning quadrupedal locomotion over challenging terrain". Science Robotics. 5 (47). doi:10.1126/scirobotics.abc5986. hdl:20.500.11850/448343. PMID 33087482. S2CID 224828219.
  9. ^ "Robots, hominins and superconductors: 10 remarkable papers from 2019". Nature. 576 (7787): 394–396. 2019. Bibcode:2019Natur.576..394.. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03834-4. PMID 31844266. S2CID 209371845.
  10. ^ Tunholi, Murilo. "GTA 5 fica mais realista com aprendizado de máquina do Intel Labs". Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  11. ^ Kemper, Jonathan (19 May 2021). "GTA 5: Intel überarbeitet Spielegrafik mithilfe deutscher Städte". Allround-PC (in German). Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  12. ^ Durrani, Jamie (2021-07-29). "Reliability of researcher metric the h-index is in decline". Chemistry World.