Dr. Nikolay Atanasov

Associate Professor

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Biography

Nikolay Atanasov joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC San Diego in Fall 2016 after completing a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 2015. His work proposed sensing models that enable the use of contextual semantic information for robot localization and mapping, and he developed algorithms for active information acquisition using autonomous robot teams. His contributions have been recognized with the Joseph Rosaline Wolf Award for his Ph.D. dissertation in Electrical Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 2015. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Trinity College and a Master of Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

Research Interests

Robotics Control Theory Optimization Computer Vision Machine Learning Autonomous Information Collection Sensor-Based Planning Reactive Robotics Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Active Localization Mapping

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
Application Checklist
  • Statement of Purpose (max 2 pages)
  • Unofficial transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Application fee ($135 domestic / $155 international)
Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).