Lydia Kavraki
Encyclopedia
Lydia E. Kavraki is a Greek-American computer scientist
, the Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science and a professor of bioengineering at Rice University
and a professor of structural and computational biology and molecular biophysics at Baylor College of Medicine
. She is known for her work on motion planning
and bioinformatics
, and in particular for the probabilistic roadmap method for robot motion planning and biomolecular configuration analysis.
. She then moved to Stanford University
for her graduate studies, earning a Ph.D. in 1995 under the supervision of Jean-Claude Latombe
. She joined the Rice faculty in 2004.
for her work on probabilistic roadmaps. In 2002, Popular Science
magazine listed her in their "Brilliant 10" awards, and in the same year Technology Review
listed her in their annual list of 35 innovators under the age of 35. In 2010, she was elected as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
"for contributions to robotic motion planning and its application to computational biology". She is also a fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
.
Computer scientist
A computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
, the Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science and a professor of bioengineering at Rice University
Rice University
William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States...
and a professor of structural and computational biology and molecular biophysics at Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine, located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas, USA, is a highly regarded medical school and leading center for biomedical research and clinical care...
. She is known for her work on motion planning
Motion planning
Motion planning is a term used in robotics for the process of detailing a task into discrete motions....
and bioinformatics
Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics is the application of computer science and information technology to the field of biology and medicine. Bioinformatics deals with algorithms, databases and information systems, web technologies, artificial intelligence and soft computing, information and computation theory, software...
, and in particular for the probabilistic roadmap method for robot motion planning and biomolecular configuration analysis.
Biography
Kavraki did her undergraduate studies at the University of CreteUniversity of Crete
The University of Crete ' is the principal higher education institution on the island of Crete, Greece.The University of Crete, is a multi-disciplinary, research- oriented institution, located in the cities of Rethymno and Heraklion...
. She then moved to Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
for her graduate studies, earning a Ph.D. in 1995 under the supervision of Jean-Claude Latombe
Jean-Claude Latombe
Jean-Claude Latombe is a French-American roboticist and the Kumagai Professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University...
. She joined the Rice faculty in 2004.
Awards and honors
In 2000, Kavraki won the Grace Murray Hopper AwardGrace Murray Hopper Award
The original Grace Murray Hopper Awards have been awarded by the Association for Computing Machinery since 1971. The award goes to a young computer professional who makes a single, significant technical or service contribution.-Recipients:* 1971 Donald E. Knuth* 1972 Paul H. Dirksen* 1972 Paul H...
for her work on probabilistic roadmaps. In 2002, Popular Science
Popular Science
Popular Science is an American monthly magazine founded in 1872 carrying articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects. Popular Science has won over 58 awards, including the ASME awards for its journalistic excellence in both 2003 and 2004...
magazine listed her in their "Brilliant 10" awards, and in the same year Technology Review
Technology Review
Technology Review is a magazine published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was founded in 1899 as "The Technology Review", and was re-launched without the "The" in its name on April 23, 1998 under then publisher R. Bruce Journey...
listed her in their annual list of 35 innovators under the age of 35. In 2010, she was elected as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
"for contributions to robotic motion planning and its application to computational biology". She is also a fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence or AAAI is an international, nonprofit, scientific society devoted to advancing the scientific understanding of the mechanisms underlying thought and intelligent behavior and their embodiment in machines...
.