Pieter Abbeel

Pieter Abbeel is a distinguished figure in the field of machine learning and robotics, currently serving as a Professor and Director of the Robot Learning Lab at UC Berkeley, along with being the Co-Director of the Berkeley AI Research Lab (BAIR). As an accomplished professional, he is also a Co-Founder of covariant.ai and Gradescope. Pieter is known for his expertise in apprenticeship learning, reinforcement learning, and meta-learning, enabling robots to learn complex tasks such as helicopter aerobatics, knot-tying, and vision-based manipulation. His work has garnered several prestigious awards and widespread media coverage in outlets like The New York Times, BBC, and Forbes. Pieter's academic journey includes a Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University, as well as a BS/MS in Electrical Engineering from KU Leuven.