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Dr. Wolfram Burgard

Dr. Burgard is a Leibniz Prize laureate and co-author of the seminal textbook 'Probabilistic Robotics', internationally recognized for revolutionizing probabilistic state estimation and SLAM.

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Documented research interests and leadership

Research areas: Probabilistic Robotics, SLAM, Autonomous Driving, Machine Learning in Robotics
Academic position: Professor of Autonomous Intelligent Systems & Former President of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
Primary university source: Official directory entry ↗
Recruitment status: Not verified. Leadership profile does not imply active vacancies or assistantship availability.

Supervision and contact

Students interested in graduate or doctoral research supervision in Probabilistic Robotics, SLAM, Autonomous Driving are advised to consult formal department application channels.

Uni Freiburg guide ↗Computer-science subject guide ↗Mentorship ↗

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