Michael Krainin

Contact Info:

University of Washington
Computer Science & Engineering
Paul G. Allen Center Box 352350
Seattle, WA 98195-2350

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CV: (PDF)

About Me:

I'm a third-year PhD student in the Computer Science & Engineering department at the University of Washington. I work as a research assistant in the Robotics and State Estimation Lab. My interests include Machine Learning and Computer Vision.

I received my Bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I worked in the Multi-Agent Systems Lab under Professor Victor Lesser.

Projects:

My current research involves exploring applications of RGB-D sensors (sensors which provide dense, colored point clouds) to personal robotics.

• In Hand Object Modeling: One of our goals is to allow robots, and in particular robots which may lack the precision of expensive industrial robots, to actively explore their environments to learn about new objects and object classes. [project page]
• Dense Mapping: We are also interested in using these sensors for creating detailed 3D maps. We have developed algorithms for addressing the SLAM problem in the context of dense RGB-D data. [project page]

Education:

• Ph.D. Candidate, M.S. Computer Science & Engineering. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Began June 2009.
• B.S. Computer Science, B.S. Mathematics, Minor in Physics. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. Graduated May 2009, Summa Cum Laude.

Other Interests:

Running, weight-lifting, climbing, hiking, soccer, various intramural sports.