B.S. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 1983M.S. Princeton University, 1985Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 1992
"I design efficient algorithms and optimizations to solve practical real-world problems. I also serve as an expert witness in patent litigations, infringement analyses, and intellectual property court cases in all areas of computer science. "
Gabriel Robins, Professor
Research interests include:
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Electronic Design Automation (EDA), Algorithms, Optimization, Semiconductor Engineering, Data Sciences, Genomics
Professor Gabriel Robins earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA in 1992, where he received an IBM Fellowship and a Distinguished Teaching Award. He then joined the University of Virginia as Assistant Professor of Computer Science, where he received a National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award, a Packard Foundation Fellowship, a Lilly Foundation University Teaching Fellowship, the SIAM Outstanding Paper Prize, an All-University Outstanding Teacher Award, a Faculty Mentor Award, a Virginia Engineering Foundation Faculty Appreciation Award, a two-year early promotion to Associate Professor, and the Walter N. Munster Endowed Chair. He served on the U.S. Army Science Board, and is an alumnus of the Defense Science Study Group, an advisory panel to the U.S. Department of Defense. He has created the CS Web Team, the UVa Computer Museum, the CS Department Lounge, and the CS Poster Drive. He served on the program committees of several leading conferences, and served as Associate Editor of multiple journals, including the flagship journal IEEE Transaction on VLSI. He has directed over thirty students, and authored or co-authored a book, several book chapters and patents, over 110 refereed papers. Professor Robins also serve as an expert witness in patent litigations, infringement analyses, and other intellectual property disputes in all areas of computer science.
Awards
Packard Foundation Fellowship1995-2001
National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award1994-1999
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Outstanding Paper Prize2007
Best Presentation Award, IEEE International Conference on Localization and Global Navigation Satellite Systems, Torino, Italy2013
Walter N. Munster Endowed Chair1997-2002
Faculty Mentor Award, UVa School of Engineering1997
All-University Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Virginia1994-1995
University Teaching Fellowship, University of Virginia1995-1996
Faculty Appreciation Award, Virginia Engineering Foundation1998
Award for "Tireless Dedication to Improving the Department in All Aspects", Department of Computer Science1998
Web Team Award - "In Appreciation for Founding and Leading the Department's Excellent Web Team for 6 Years"2001
National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award1993
IBM Graduate Fellowship1991-1992
Distinguished Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design1990
Distinguished Teaching Award, UCLA1989
Chancellor's Distinguished Honor Award
Research Interests
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Algorithms
Optimization
Semiconductor Engineering
Electronic Design Automation
Genomics
Data Sciences
Selected Publications
Tighter Bounds for Graph Steiner Tree Approximation, SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2005, pp. 122-134. This paper won the SIAM Outstanding Paper Prize in 2007 ABSRobins, G. and Zelikovsky, A.
An RFID-Based Object Localization Framework, International Journal of Radio Frequency Identification Technology and Applications, Special Issue on RFID-Enhanced Technology Intelligence and Management, Vol. 3, No. 1/2, 2011, pp. 2-30. Invited paper ABSChawla, K., and Robins, G.
Generalized Neighbor-Joining: More Reliable Phylogenetic Tree Reconstruction, Journal of Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 806-816, 1999 ABSPearson, W. R., Robins, G., and Zhang, T.
The Moving-Target Traveling Salesman Problem, Journal of Algorithms, Vol. 49, No. 1, October 2003, pp. 153-174 ABSHelvig, C. S., Robins, G., and Zelikovsky, A.
Binary Interval Search (BITS): A Scalable Algorithm for Counting Interval Intersections, Bioinformatics, Vol. 29, No. 1, 2013, pp. 1-7. ABSLayer, R., Skadron, K., Robins, G., Hall, I., and Quinlan, A.
On Optimal Interconnections for VLSI, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, MA, 1995, 304 pages. ABSKahng, A. B. and Robins, G.
An Improved Approximation Scheme for the Group Steiner Problem, Networks, Vol. 37, No. 1, January 2001, pp. 8-20. ABSHelvig, C. S., Robins, G., and Zelikovsky, A.
A Methodology for Energy-Quality Tradeoffs Using Imprecise Hardware, Proc. ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 2012, pp. 504-509. ABSHuang, J., Lach, J. and Robins, G.