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Dieter Fox
Ai2Senior Research Director
University of WashingtonProfessor
🇩🇪🇺🇸 German-AmericanBorn 1966
Fox co-wrote Probabilistic Robotics, the standard textbook that taught a generation how robots can track uncertainty about where they are and what they sense. He now leads work on foundation models for robotics at the University of Washington and Allen Institute for AI after nearly eight years leading NVIDIA's Seattle robotics lab.
Career & education
Current rolesAi2Jul 2025-presentSenior Research DirectorUniversity of Washington2000-presentProfessor
Ai2Jul 2025-presentUniversity of Washington2000-presentPreviously
NVIDIA2017-2025Senior Director of Robotics Research
NVIDIA2017-2025Education
Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations129,753As of Nov 1, '26
citations+2,972Since last snapshot, Oct 1, '26
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