Wolfram Burgard

Wolfram Burgard
Wolfram Burgard, Professor of Computer Science, University of Technology Nuremberg speaking at the AI for Good Global Summit 2018 15–17 May 2018, Geneva
Born	1961 Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Bonn Technical University of Dortmund
Scientific career
Fields	Robotics
Institutions	University of Technology Nuremberg
Doctoral advisor	Armin B. Cremers
Doctoral students	Maren Bennewitz

Wolfram Burgard (born 1961 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany) is a German roboticist. He is a full professor at the University of Technology Nuremberg where he heads the Laboratory for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. He is known for his substantial contributions to the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) problem as well as diverse other contributions to robotics.