Scholar

Grace X. Gao

Google Scholar ID: qyvR2SMAAAAJ

Professor of Stanford University

perceptionlocalizationnavigation

Citations & Impact

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Citations

2,622

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Publications

Co-authors

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Contact

Resume

Academic Achievements

1. 1st Place Winner, NASA Lunar Autonomy Challenge (together with students)
2. 2024 Most Cited Manuscript (together with students), Journal of the Institute of Navigation
3. Best Paper of the Track Award (together with students), IEEE Aerospace Conference
4. AIAA Teacher of the Year, AIAA Stanford Chapter
5. AIAA Advisor of the Year, AIAA Stanford Chapter
6. Inspiring Early Academic Career Award, Stanford Faculty Women's Forum
7. Campus Distinguished Promotion Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
8. CAREER Award, National Science Foundation
9. Dean's Award for Excellence in Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10. AIAA Teacher of the Year, AIAA Illinois Chapter
11. Best Paper Award, IEEE/ION PLANS Conference
12. Everitt Award for Teaching Excellence, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
13. 50 GNSS Leaders to Watch, GPS World Magazine
14. William E. Jackson Award (for outstanding PhD thesis), Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA)
15. Early Achievement Award, Institute of Navigation
16. Best Paper/Presentation of the Session Award (33 times over 19 years, together with students), ION GNSS+ Conference

Research Experience

Serves as an Associate Professor in Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University and has a courtesy appointment in the Electrical Engineering Department. Leads the Navigation and Autonomous Vehicles Laboratory (NAV Lab). Has won numerous awards including the NSF CAREER Award, the Institute of Navigation Early Achievement Award, and more.

Education

Background

Associate Professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University, with a courtesy appointment in the Electrical Engineering Department. Leads the Navigation and Autonomous Vehicles Laboratory (NAV Lab) and serves as co-director of the Stanford AI Safety Center and co-lead of the Stanford SystemX Robotics area. Her research focuses on robust and secure perception, localization, and navigation, with applications in crewed and uncrewed aerial vehicles, autonomous cars, humanoid robots, and space robotics.

Co-authors

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