Dr. Jeannette Bohg

Biography

Jeannette Bohg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University and a group leader in Autonomous Motion at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. She joined the Autonomous Motion Department in January 2012. Bohg completed her PhD at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, focusing her thesis on novel methods for multi-modal scene understanding in the context of robotic grasping. Her educational background includes a Master of Arts in Technology and a Diploma in Computer Science from Chalmers University in Gothenburg and Technical University in Dresden, respectively. Her research interests encompass perception, learning, and autonomous robotic manipulation, with a specific focus on developing goal-directed, real-time multi-modal methods that provide meaningful feedback during the execution of learning processes. Bohg has received numerous awards, including the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation Paper Award and the 2019 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Early Career Award, as well as the 2017 IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters Paper Award.

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