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Ronald C. Arkin

Professor,
College of Computing

Ronald C. Arkin received the B.S. Degree from the University of Michigan, the M.S. Degree from Stevens Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1987. In 1987, he joined the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology where he now holds the rank of Professor and is the Director of the Mobile Robot Laboratory.

Dr. Arkin's research interests include reactive control and action-oriented perception for the navigation of mobile robots and unmanned aerial vehicles, robot survivability, multi-agent robotic systems, and learning in autonomous systems. He has over 90 technical publications in these areas. Funding sources have included the National Science Foundation, ARPA, U.S. Army, Savannah River Technology Center, and the Office of Naval Research. Dr. Arkin is an Associate Editor for IEEE Expert and a member of the Editorial Board of Autonomous Robots. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and a member of AAAI and ACM.


Contact information:

    Ronald C. Arkin
    Graphics, Visualization & Usability Center
    College of Computing
    801 Atlantic Drive
    Georgia Institute of Technology
    Atlanta, GA, 30332-0280
    E-mail: ron.arkin@cc.gatech.edu

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