Sebastian Thrun's Homepage Sebastian Thrun's Bio Sebastian Thrun is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. Thrun pursues research in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics. Thrun has pioneered the field of probabilistic robotics, which concerns itself with applying statistical techniques to real-world robotic problems.
Probabilistic techniques are now the method of choice in many hard robotics problems.
Thrun received his Ph.D. from the University of Bonn, Germany, in 1995. He has written one book, edited two others, and coauthored over 150 scientific articles. He also holds the position of Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Pittsburgh.