"One "occupational hazard" of being a professor is exposure to various countries, cultures, and people from all over the world. I was very fortunate to visit a few dozen countries, often hosted by people who have the same professional interests. This made me wonder what my life would be like if I had grown up there. I became attracted to Poland, where I have family heritage, and then Nordic countries. I was especially attached to Finland after teaching a short course at the University of Vaasa in 2007; I was invited by Pekka Isto, a Finnish motion planning expert."
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Steven M. LaValle
Steven M. LaValle (born 1968 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American computer scientist, and a professor in the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at the University of Oulu. He was also an early founder and head scientist of Oculus VR until it was acquired by Facebook in 2014. He is best known for his work on rapidly exploring random trees (RRTs), the Oculus Rift, and his book, Planning Algorithms, one of the most highly cited texts in the field.
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