About Speaker

Prof. Oussama Khatib received his PhD from Sup’Aero, Toulouse, France, in 1980. He is a Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Robotics Laboratory at Stanford University. He is President of the International Foundation of Robotics Research (IFRR) and an IEEE Fellow. He is the Editor of the Springer STAR and SPAR series, as well as the Springer Handbook of Robotics. He has received the IEEE Robotics and Automation Pioneering Award, the George Saridis Leadership Award, the Distinguished Service Award, the Japan Robot Association (JARA) Award, the Rudolf Kalman Award, and the IEEE Technical Field Award. Prof. Khatib is a Knight of the National Order of Merit and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.