Dr. Luca Carlone

Associate Professor

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Biography

Luca Carlone is an Associate Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He leads the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems as a Principal Investigator. His research encompasses design certifiable perception algorithms for high-integrity autonomous systems, focusing on real-time 3D scene understanding for mobile robotics. His extensive educational background includes bachelor's and master's degrees from the Polytechnic University of Turin and a Ph.D. from the same institution. He has received multiple prestigious awards including the 2024 Outstanding Systems Paper Award from the Robotics: Science and Systems conference and the IEEE Transactions Robotics King-Sun Fu Memorial Paper Award. Carlone has held various academic positions at MIT and has previously served as a postdoctoral fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is actively involved in advising students and shaping the future of robotic perception and decision-making. His commitment to excellence in research and education is evidenced by his involvement in several significant research projects and publications in the field of robotics and control systems.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

2023-07-01 — 2025-05-01

Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA

Teaching courses and conducting research in robotics and autonomous systems.

Assistant Professor

2017-01-01 — 2021-01-01

Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA

Focused on perception algorithms for autonomous systems.

Postdoctoral Associate

2015-01-01 — 2016-01-01

Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA

Research in robotic systems perception.

Postdoctoral Fellow

2013-01-01 — 2015-01-01

Georgia Institute of Technology • Atlanta, GA

Research in autonomous systems.

Awards

#2024

Outstanding Systems Paper Award

2024-01-01
#2023

IEEE Transactions Robotics King-Sun Fu Memorial Paper Award

2023-01-01
#2022

AIAA Aeronautics and Astronautics Advising Award

2022-01-01
#2021

Student Paper Award

2021-01-01
#2020

NSF Career Award

2020-01-01