Christopher G. Atkeson

Christopher G. Atkeson

Born	(1959-05-28) 28 May 1959
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard University
Spouse	Jessica Hodgins
Scientific career
Fields	Robotics and Machine Learning
Institutions	Carnegie Mellon University Georgia Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis	Roles of knowledge in motor learning (1986)
Doctoral advisor	Emilio Bizzi

Christopher Granger Atkeson (born 28 May 1959) is an American roboticist and a professor at the Robotics Institute and Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Atkeson is known for his work in humanoid robots, soft robotics, and machine learning, most notably on locally weighted learning.