Nir Lipovetzky
Associate Professor
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolNir Lipovetzky is an Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne with 21 years of experience in automated planning, heuristic search and models of reasoning and learning, grounded in a PhD from Universitat Pompeu Fabra under Hector Geffner. He advances width-based planning for autonomous systems and human-robot interaction, translating theoretical advances into usable toolkits—one of which earned a jury prize at an international planning competition. Nir has blended academic research with practical projects across NASA, industry and education, teaching core AI and algorithms while developing planning solutions for complex supply-chain and scheduling challenges. His background in audio/music technology and early HMM work reveals a multidisciplinary curiosity that informs both algorithm design and human-centered applications.
21 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Artificial Intelligence, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Artificial Intelligence at Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Spanish, English, French, Italian, Hebrew, Catalan
Github Skills (41)
backend8
pacman8
linux7
react6
planning5
frontend5
probe5
pddl5
javascript4
data-structures3
kubernetes3
todoist3
sneakers3
vscode-extension2
ipc2
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
nirlipo/nirlipo.github.io
Jul 2020 - Dec 2024
Contributions:48 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
miquelramirez/Arcade-Learning-Environment
Sep 2014 - Aug 2015
Contributions:92 commits, 19 pushes in 10 months
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