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Henrik I. Christensen

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Henrik I. Christensen
Born(1962-07-16)July 16, 1962(age 62)
Frederikshavn,Denmark
NationalityDanish
CitizenshipUnited States of America
Alma materAalborg University
Scientific career
FieldsRobotics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Diego
Doctoral advisorErik Granum

Henrik Iskov Christensen(born July 16, 1962 inFrederikshavn,Denmark) is aDanishroboticistand Professor of Computer Science atDept. of Computer Science and Engineering,at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. He is also the Director of theContextual Robotics Instituteat UC San Diego.

Prior to UC San Diego, he was a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science in theSchool of Interactive Computingat theGeorgia Institute of Technology.At Georgia Tech, Christensen served as the founding director of theInstitute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines(IRIM@GT) and theKUKAChair of Robotics.

Previously, Christensen was the Founding Chairman of European Robotics Research Network (EURON) and anIEEERobotics and Automation Society Distinguished Lecturer in Robotics.[1]

Biography

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Christensen received his Certificate of Apprenticeship inMechanical Engineeringfrom the Frederikshavn Technical School, Denmark in 1981. He received hisM.Sc.andPh.D.in Electrical Engineering fromAalborg Universityin 1987 and 1990, respectively. His doctoral thesisAspects of Real Time Image Sequence Analysiswas advised byErik Granum.[2]

After receiving his Ph.D., Christensen held teaching and research positions at Aalborg University,Oak Ridge National Laboratory,and theRoyal Institute of Technology.In 2006, Christensen accepted a part-time position at theGeorgia Institute of Technologyas a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and theKUKAChair of Robotics, and transitioned to full-time in early 2007. At Georgia Tech, Christensen served as the founding director of theCenter for Robotics and Intelligent Machines(RIM@GT), an interdepartmental research units consists of the College of Computing, College of Engineering, and theGeorgia Tech Research Institute(GTRI).[3]During his tenure, RIM@GT experienced an unprecedented growth, including (as of 2008) 36 faculty members as well as a dedicated interdisciplinaryPh.D. program in Robotics.

He joinedUC San Diegothe fall of 2016 to be the director of the UC San DiegoContextual Robotics Institute.[4][5]The institute does research on robots in the context of empowering people in their daily lives from work over leisure to domestic tasks. An important consideration is the context in which the robot is to perform its tasks.

Research

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DARPA Urban Grand Challenge

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In 2007, Christensen led Georgia Tech's team in theDARPAUrban Grand Challengeas the principal investigator.[6]The 2007 UGC was the third installment of the DARPA Grand Challenges (in 2004 and 2005), and took place on November 3, 2007 at the site of the now-closedGeorge Air Force Base(currently used asSouthern California Logistics Airport), inVictorville,California.The course involved a 96 km (60 mi)urban areacourse, to be completed in less than 6hourswhile obeying alltrafficregulations.

Professional activities

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  • Associate Editor of Journal of Machine Vision and Applications, Springer Verlag (1996–2004).
  • Associate Editor ofInternational Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence,World Scientific Press (1997–2005)
  • Associate Editor of MIT Press series on "Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents", (1997–)
  • Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (1999–2003)
  • Associate Editor Robotics and Autonomous Systems journal, Elsevier, Competition Corner, (1999–2002)
  • Associate Editor of AAAI AI Magazine (2000–2007)
  • Associate Editor of Springer Series on "Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics", (2001–)
  • Associate Editor of International Journal of Robotics Research, (2002–)
  • Associate Editor of Service Robotics, (2005–)

Patents

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  • Position Estimation Method, H.I. Christensen & G. Zunino, World patent (WO03062937) 3 March 11, 2008
  • Förfarande för en anordning på hjul, G. Zunino & H.I. Christensen, Swedish Patent (SE0200197) Mobile Robot, P. Jensfelt & H.I. Christensen, World Patent.

Honors and awards

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  • The Foundation Vision North 1991 Research Award. Awarded for contribution to advancement of research at the Laboratory of Image Analysis, Aalborg University. August 1991.
  • Elected Officer of International Foundation of Robotics Research (2003–)
  • IEEE RAS Distinguished Lecturer in Robotics (2004–2006)
  • Engelberger Award for Education (2011)[7]

References

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  1. ^Autobiography - Henrik I. Christensen
  2. ^Christensen, H.I. (1989).Aspects of real-time image sequence analysis.Aalborg University.
  3. ^"RIM@GT Faculty".Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-19.Retrieved2008-07-31.
  4. ^"UC San Diego Hires Top Robotics Expert to Lead Contextual Robotics Institute".ucsdnews.ucsd.edu.Retrieved2017-09-04.
  5. ^"UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering".jacobsschool.ucsd.edu.Retrieved2017-09-04.
  6. ^Sting RacingArchived2008-10-04 at theWayback Machine(link dead)
  7. ^"Robotics Online - Engelberger Award".Robotics Online.Retrieved2017-09-04.
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