Emilio Frazzoli Elevated to IEEE Fellow

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Dr. Emilio Frazzoli is the co-founder and Chief Scientist of nuTonomy Inc., an Aptiv company, and a professor at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at ETH Zurich. He is a world-renowned expert in robotics, autonomous systems, and intelligent mobility. In acknowledgement of his work, Emilio has received numerous awards, including a 2001 NSF CAREER award, the 2015 IEEE George S. Axelby Award and the 2017 IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award. Emilio has published more than 200 papers in the fields of robotics, autonomous vehicles, and control theory. A former full professor at MIT, he directed the research group that first demonstrated an autonomous mobility ("robotaxi") service to the public and performed the first analysis of the social and economic impact of such a service, based on real transportation data.