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International Journal of Computer Vision : Editor-in-Chief

Object Discovery From Motion-Guided Tokens

Learning Continuous Implicit Representation for Near-Periodic Patterns

Approximate Differentiable Rendering with Algebraic Surfaces

Semantically supervised appearance decomposition for virtual staging from a single panorama

Generative Modeling for Multi-task Visual Learning

A native of France, Martial Hebert earned a doctorate in computer science at the University of Paris. He joined the Robotics Institute in 1984 — just five years after it was founded — and was named a full professor in 1999. Upon joining the CMU 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, CMU's highest distinction for faculty members.

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Shaping a cohesive AI strategy is a key focus of Pittsburgh summit

Informatica and Carnegie Mellon University Partner to Drive Innovation in Generative AI for Data Management

Computer vision researchers use motion to discover objects in videos

Back to the future: Look to the 1980s for guidance on AI management

Hebert, Hooker and Kraut Named University Professors

Hebert Installed as SCS Dean

CMU names Martial Hebert Dean of School of Computer Science

University Professor and Dean

July 16, 2018

Martial Hebert
Director of The Robotics Institute
Carnegie Mellon University

AI & Humanity Archive

Martial Hebert : Carnegie Mellon University : AI &amp; Humanity Archive

Go back 10 years with Dr. Martial Hebert, Dean of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, as he reflects on the early days of research within the U.S. Army’s Robotics Collaborative Technology Alliance. He discusses challenges of online semantic description in unstructured environments, and with limited resources as part of a short talk during the Army’s Robotics Collaborative Technology Alliance Capstone event in October 2019.

Tech Talk with Dr. Martial Hebert

Martial explains why Carnegie Mellon University is a beautiful place to do robotics research and talks about many of the exciting things going on here at the Robotics Institute

April 2016

Martial Hebert : Director of the Robotics Institute at CMU SCS

Martial Hebert, University Professor and Dean of the School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

Attacking AI Challenges at the School of Computer Science

Martial Hebert, Dean of The School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University discusses how the cutting-edge research comes about, as well as the culture of SCS.

CMU - It's Happening Here - Martial Hebert

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