Hanna Kurniawati is a Professor at the ANU School of Computing and holds the SmartSat CRC Professorial Chair for System Autonomy, Intelligence, and Decision-Making. She leads the ANU Node and Planning & Control theme of the ARIAM Hub, and founded the Robot Decision Making group. Her research focuses on scalable algorithms for decision-making under uncertainty, particularly in robotics and autonomous systems. She has received prestigious awards, including the RSS 2021 Test of Time Award and multiple best-paper recognitions. She is an active conference organizer and editorial board member for journals like IEEE Transactions on Robotics. Education: BSc Computer Science, University of Indonesia PhD Computer Science (Robot Motion Planning), National University of Singapore (2008) Research Interests: Planning under uncertainty and POMDP frameworks Robot motion planning and computational geometry Integration of planning and reinforcement learning Autonomous system assurance and safety Service and Leadership: Former President of the Australian Robotics and Automation Association (2019–2020) Keynote speaker at ICRA 2025, IROS 2018, and ICAPS 2025 Program Co-Chair for ICRA 2022 and Editor roles for IEEE TRO and RA-L Teaching: Advanced Topics in AI (COMP4620/8620) Advanced Topics in Machine Learning (COMP4680/8650) Algorithms (COMP3600/6466)










