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Christopher Atkeson

Professor

Robotics Institute

  • Professor
    Robotics Institute
  • (412) 268-5544 (Mobile)
  • NSH A527, Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

BIO

I am a Professor in the Robotics Institute and Human-Computer Interaction Institute at CMU. I received the M.S. degree in Applied Mathematics (Computer Science) from Harvard University and the Ph.D. degree in Brain and Cognitive Science from M.I.T. I joined the M.I.T. faculty in 1986, moved to the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing in 1994, and moved to CMU in 2000. I have received an NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, a Sloan Research Fellowship, and a Teaching Award from the MIT Graduate Student Council.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Cambridge, United States1986 - 1993
  • Associate Professor
    Georgia Institute of Technology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Atlanta, United States1993 - 2000
  • Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, Robotics Institute and Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Pittsburgh, United States2000 - present

DEGREES

  • Ph.D., Brain and Cognitive Science
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States1986
  • S.M., Applied Mathematics
    Harvard University, Cambridge, United States1981
  • A.B., Biochemistry
    Harvard University, Cambridge, United States1981

CAMPUS

  • Pittsburgh

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  • 4 Quality Education
  • 10 Reduced Inequalities

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