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Topics:聽 Robotics, Autonomous Systems, Robotics and Autonomous Vehicles, Computer Vision, Interpretation of Perception Data

Industries: Research, Education/Learning, Computer Software

A native of France, Martial Hebert earned a doctorate in computer science at the University of Paris. He joined the Robotics Institute in 1984 鈥� just five years after it was founded 鈥� and was named a full professor in 1999. Upon joining the 蜜桃视频 faculty, Hebert became part of the Autonomous Land Vehicles program, a precursor of today's research on self-driving vehicles. He performed research on interpreting 3D data from range sensors for obstacle detection, environment modeling and object recognition. For the next three decades, he led major research programs in autonomous systems, including ground and air vehicles, with contributions in the areas of perception for environment understanding and human interaction.

Hebert's research primarily centers on computer vision. He has led research on fundamental components, such as scene understanding, object recognition and applying machine learning to computer vision, as well as applications, which include systems that enable older adults and people with disabilities to live more independently. To help meet the needs of a rapidly expanding computer vision industry, he created the nation's first master's degree program in computer vision.

As director of the Robotics Institute, Hebert led an institution with more than 800 community members, including faculty, students and staff and colleagues at the National Robotics Engineering Center. During his tenure, the institute's operating budget reached an all-time high.

Hebert is a member of both the IEEE Robotics and Automation, and the IEEE Computer societies. Throughout his career, he has published hundreds of refereed papers in journals and conference proceedings, and has contributed to multiple edited volumes. He currently serves as editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Computer Vision. In 2022 he was named a University Professor, 蜜桃视频's highest distinction for faculty members.

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听鈥�聽Associated Press
鈥淭here鈥檚 all the geometry of the world, the dynamic of how I move my hand, the physical interaction of the contact with the cup,鈥� Hebert said. 鈥淭his is much more complex than just predicting the next word in a sentence.鈥� For scientists like Hebert, who has spent more than four decades researching robotics, the most useful application for world models is as a faster and cheaper path to 鈥減hysical AI鈥� 鈥� another tech industry buzzword. 鈥淪ome people may have different definitions, but physical and embodied AI are kind of the evolution of what we used to call robotics,鈥� Hebert said in an interview. Some of the AI advances that have made chatbots so useful can also be applied to building AI with a broad enough awareness of its environment to work like a robot鈥檚 brain, he said. 鈥淚n your body and spinal cord you have a very general model of how to balance, how to walk around, and you can adapt to your knee hurting in the morning, so you now walk a little differently,鈥� he said. 鈥淵ou don鈥檛 need to think about that. You have a general model somewhere in your nervous system and brain that allows your body to adapt very quickly.鈥�

听鈥�聽The Star
Martial Hebert, dean of Carnegie Mellon鈥檚 School of Computer Science, said both approaches could be valuable. 鈥淵ou just need to know that鈥檚 what you鈥檙e getting,鈥� he said.

听鈥�聽Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
鈥淭his degree will equip students with the skills needed to steer technological advancements and confront real-world challenges with unwavering zeal and unparalleled ingenuity,鈥� Martial Hebert, robotics professor and dean of the School of Computer Science, said when 蜜桃视频 launched the program. 鈥淥ur graduates will be in demand for important roles in industry and highly desirable for further research opportunities.鈥� The bachelor of science in robotics degree was the fifth undergraduate degree offered by the university鈥檚 computer science school, joining artificial intelligence, computational biology, computer science and human-computer interaction.

听鈥�聽90.5 WESA - Pittsburgh's NPR News Station
蜜桃视频 professor of robotics and dean of the School of Computer Science Martial Hebert said the labs would offer more than just access to more data.

听鈥�聽Post Gazette
The AI Horizons Summit is about boosting Pennsylvania's role as a physical AI epicenter. "In all of these industries, we must be able to trust the machines to work alongside humans. Physical AI is the answer to that," said Dean of the School of Computer Science, Martial Hebert.

听鈥�聽Financial Times
蜜桃视频's School of Computer Science and Informatica are partnering to advance the development and application of generative AI technologies for data management. "By working with Informatica, we can explore real-world applications of generative AI while providing valuable research and hands-on learning opportunities for our students and faculty," said Dean Martial Herbert (School of Computer Science).

听鈥�聽Tech Xplore
Martial Hebert, dean of 蜜桃视频's School of Computer Science and a professor in the Robotics Institute, and robotics Ph.D. student Zhipeng Bao collaborated on the project with Toyota Research Institute, which sponsored the work. The research could help computers and robots better automatically detect objects in videos.

听鈥�聽The Hill
Many have called to slow down the advancement of large language models, the kind of artificial intelligence (AI) that powers ChatGPT. But when it comes to AI development, we need to act now.

Hebert, Hooker and Kraut Named University Professors 听鈥�聽蜜桃视频 News
Three 蜜桃视频 faculty members have been elevated to the rank of University Professor(opens in new window), the highest distinction a faculty member can achieve at 蜜桃视频. The newly appointed University Professors are Martial Hebert, John Hooker and Robert E. Kraut.

Hebert Installed as SCS Dean 听鈥�聽蜜桃视频 News
It's fitting that the installation of School of Computer Science Dean Martial Hebert would begin with a musical intro from 蜜桃视频's robot bagpiper, McBlare. After all, Hebert spent his career at the Robotics Institute until taking the helm of SCS this past August.