{"556631":{"#nid":"556631","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Egerstedt Named New Executive Dir. of the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022intro-text\u0022\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology today announced the appointment of Magnus Egerstedt as the new executive director of the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEgerstedt is the Schlumberger Professor in the College of Engineering\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, where he serves as associate chair for Research and External Affairs. He has been a member of the faculty since 2001, and leads the Georgia Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory (GRITS Lab), which focuses research on control and coordination of complex networks such as multi-robot systems, mobile-sensor networks, and cyber-physical systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are excited to welcome Magnus into the role of executive director for IRIM.\u0026nbsp;His enthusiasm and vision, coupled with his leadership ability and passion to support faculty, make him the obvious choice to serve in the role,\u201d said Stephen E. Cross, executive vice president for Research. \u201cHis work over the years has served to enhance Tech\u2019s reputation as a thought leader in the robotics and intelligent machines space.\u0026nbsp;I look forward to working with him.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am honored to have the opportunity to serve as the next executive director of IRIM,\u201d Egerstedt said. \u201cIRIM has a bright future as a research leader and industry partner, and I am looking forward to charting the course for the next phase of robotics at Georgia Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEgerstedt emerged as the top candidate from an internal search to replace the founding executive director of IRIM, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/robotics.gatech.edu\/team\/faculty\/christensen\u0022\u003EHenrik I. Christensen\u003C\/a\u003E, who is moving to the University of California, San Diego to serve as director of the newly formed Contextual Robotics Institute\u0026nbsp;and professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Jacobs School of Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am very pleased to learn the next IRIM executive director will be Magnus,\u201d Christensen said. \u201cI have known him since we were both in Stockholm. He is an excellent researcher and a highly respected member of the research community. He has all the right skills to secure the continued growth of the robotics efforts at Georgia Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEgerstedt will begin his duties at IRIM on Aug. 1, and will continue to lead the GRITS Lab in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in philosophy from Stockholm University and master\u2019s and doctoral degrees in engineering physics and applied mathematics, respectively, from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. After completing his Ph.D., Egerstedt was a postdoctoral scholar at Harvard University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHenrik helped build a world-class robotics program at Tech. Magnus has both the leadership skills and outstanding research in this area to continue IRIM\u2019s growth and impact on the robotics field,\u201d said Gary S. May, Southern Company Chair and dean of the College of Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELaunched as an Interdisciplinary Research Institute in fall 2013, the\u0026nbsp;Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines was built upon foundational work developed over the previous seven years in the former Robotics \u0026amp; Intelligent Machines Center at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIRIM brings together\u0026nbsp;robotics researchers from across campus\u2014spanning colleges, departments,\u0026nbsp;and individual labs\u2014to create new collaborative opportunities for faculty, strengthen partnerships with industry and government,\u0026nbsp;and maximize the societal impact of the transformative robotics research conducted at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELearn more at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.robotics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.robotics.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022intro-text\u0022\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology today announced the appointment of Magnus Egerstedt as the new executive director of the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Egerstedt will replace the founding executive director of IRIM, Henrik I. Christensen, who is moving to the University of California, San Diego."}],"uid":"27255","created_gmt":"2016-07-29 11:36:15","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:22:12","author":"Josie Giles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-07-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-07-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"556671":{"id":"556671","type":"image","title":"Magnus Egerstedt Again","body":null,"created":"1469808608","gmt_created":"2016-07-29 16:10:08","changed":"1475895355","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:55","alt":"Magnus Egerstedt Again","file":{"fid":"206637","name":"magnus_with_robot_2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/magnus_with_robot_2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/magnus_with_robot_2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":848556,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/magnus_with_robot_2.jpg?itok=D5ZqgGjX"}},"224041":{"id":"224041","type":"image","title":"Magnus Egerstedt","body":null,"created":"1449243551","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:39:11","changed":"1475894896","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:16","alt":"Magnus Egerstedt","file":{"fid":"197376","name":"egerstedtheadshot.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/egerstedtheadshot_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/egerstedtheadshot_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":116278,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/egerstedtheadshot_0.jpg?itok=A6GdGfso"}},"348951":{"id":"348951","type":"image","title":"Swarm robotics - Magnus Egerstedt","body":null,"created":"1449245682","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:14:42","changed":"1475895073","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:13","alt":"Swarm robotics - Magnus Egerstedt","file":{"fid":"201005","name":"swarm-robots-cover.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/swarm-robots-cover_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/swarm-robots-cover_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1494043,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/swarm-robots-cover_0.jpg?itok=T-t8y5hu"}}},"media_ids":["556671","224041","348951"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/robotics.gatech.edu\/","title":"Center for Robotics \u0026 Intelligent Machines"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/magnus-egerstedt-0","title":"Magnus Egerstedt"}],"groups":[{"id":"142761","name":"IRIM"}],"categories":[{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"78861","name":"Henrik I. 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