astronomy

Hanna Kurniawati

Hanna Kurniawati is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Hanna Kurniawati rather than just read about it. In short: Hanna Kurniawati is an Indonesian-born computer scientist specializing in robotics, including motion planning, uncertainty in decision making, and the applications to robotics of reinforcement learning. She works in the Australian National University School of Computing as a professor and SmartSat CRC Chair in System Autonomy, Intelligence and Decision Making.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Hanna Kurniawati is an Indonesian-born computer scientist specializing in robotics, including motion planning, uncertainty in decision making, and the applications to robotics of reinforcement learning. She works in the Australian National University School of Computing as a professor and SmartSat CRC Chair in System Autonomy, Intelligence and Decision Making. She is the former president of the Australian Robotics and Automation Association.

Education and career Kurniawati grew up in Indonesia, where she became interested in robotics through watching robot-themed Japanese animation. She earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Indonesia in 2001, and completed a PhD at the National University of Singapore in 2008, advised there by David Hsu. After postdoctoral research in Singapore, with the Center for Environmental Sensing and Modelling of the Singapore–MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, she joined the University of Queensland in Australia as a lecturer in 2012. She moved to the Australian National University in 2019 as senior lecturer and ANU and CS Futures Fellow, became associate professor in 2021, and since 2023 has held her present position as professor and SmartSat CRC Chair in System Autonomy, Intelligence and Decision Making. In 2020, she was caught up in scandal involving student cheating in a 300-student class that she taught at the Australian National University, after she uncovered "evidence of widespread academic misconduct" but was unable to identify the perpetrators. Her initial decision to penalize the whole class for the incident was later reversed.

Recognition In 2021, Hanna Kurniawati, David Hsu, and Lee Wee Sun at the National University of Singapore received the Robotics Science and Systems Test of Time Award for their 2008 paper, "SARSOP: Efficient Point-Based POMDP Planning by Approximating Optimally Reachable Belief Spaces".

References

External links Home page Robot Decision-making & Learning Lab Hanna Kurniawati publications indexed by Google Scholar

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Hanna Kurniawati

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Hanna Kurniawati claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Hanna Kurniawati before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Hanna Kurniawati ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Hanna Kurniawati

In research: Hanna Kurniawati appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Hanna Kurniawati in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Hanna Kurniawati is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 21st-century Indonesian women scientists, Academic staff of the Australian National University, Academic staff of the University of Queensland, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Hanna Kurniawati outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Hanna Kurniawati matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Hanna Kurniawati?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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