Ioannis Rekleitis

Associate Professor

Education

PhD | School of Computer Science, McGill University
MSc | School of Computer Science, McGill University
BSc | Department of Informatics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Executive Summary

Ioannis Rekleitis is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware (2025-present), and an Adjunct Professor at the School of Computer Science, McGill University. He was an Assistant/Associate/Full Professor at the Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of South Carolina (2014-2024). During 2004-2007 he was a visiting fellow at the Canadian Space Agency working on Planetary exploration and On-Orbit-Servicing of Satellites. Between 2002 and 2003, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Carnegie Mellon University. He was granted his Ph.D. from the School of Computer Science, McGill University, in 2002. He completed his M.Sc. in McGill University in the field of Computer Vision in 1995. He was granted his B.Sc. in 1991 from the Department of Informatics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. His Research has focused on mobile robotics and in particular in the area of autonomous field robotics systems, developing multi-robot cooperative localization, mapping, exploration and coverage algorithms for the marine environment. His interests extend to computer vision, learning, and sensor networks. He has deployed robots and sensors all around the world, with frequent deployments at the reefs and wrecks of Barbados, the lakes and rivers of South Carolina, and the underwater caves in Florida, Mexico, Spain, and Greece.

 

RESEARCH AREAS

• Robotics & Controls

FACULTY EXPERTISE

• Localization, Mapping, and SLAM
• Path and Motion Planning
• Multi-sensor Fusion
• Single and Multi-robot Coverage