Zeid Kootbally
Computer Scientist at University of Maryland
Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolZeid Kootbally is a computer scientist with 14 years of experience at the intersection of robotics, knowledge representation, planning, and simulation, currently working at NIST and lecturing in robotics at the University of Maryland. He holds a PhD in AI and Robotics and has driven research-to-practice projects—from developing ontologies and OWL-based world representations to building open-source simulation engines and adaptable assembly planners. His work on multi-resolution prediction frameworks and integration of probabilistic and fuzzy approaches for autonomous navigation reflects a rare blend of formal knowledge representation and applied control systems. Comfortable in academic and government labs, he consistently bridges teaching, standardization, and tool development to advance robot planning and evaluation.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Masters, Informatique, Mathematics, Masters, Informatique, Mathematics at Université de la RéunionDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Informatique, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Informatique, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics at Université de Bourgogne
English, French
Github Skills (66)
automation10
robotics10
industrial10
agile10
warehouse10
assembly10
industrial-automation10
controlling9
simulator9
ros9
robot9
maze9
deep-reinforcement-learning8
computer-vision8
unreal-engine-48
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
usnistgov/el-robotics-core
Mar 2012 - Dec 2014
Contributions:232 commits in 2 years 9 months
usnistgov/ariac-docker
Mar 2020 - Jun 2021
Contributions:18 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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