personnel
Pieter Abbeel — Professor of EECS at University of California, Berkeley
Metadata
| Source Table | personnel |
| Source ID | ZfVhhENEmJ |
| Source URL | people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~pabbeel/ |
| Parent | University of California, Berkeley |
| Children | — |
| Created | Mar 24, 2026, 8:45 PM |
| Updated | Mar 25, 2026, 4:02 AM |
| Synced | Mar 25, 2026, 4:02 AM |
Record Data
id | ZfVhhENEmJ |
personId | Pieter Abbeel(person) |
organizationId | University of California, Berkeley(organization) |
personEntityId | Pieter Abbeel(person) |
personDisplayName | — |
orgEntityId | University of California, Berkeley(organization) |
orgDisplayName | — |
role | Professor of EECS |
roleType | career |
startDate | 2008 |
endDate | — |
isFounder | No |
appointedBy | — |
background | — |
source | people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~pabbeel/ |
notes | Pioneer of deep RL; co-founded Covariant (robot AI); director of Berkeley Robot Learning Lab |
Source Check Verdicts
unverifiable85% confidence
Last checked: 4/9/2026
The source text is a minimal header/title listing that confirms Pieter Abbeel's association with UC Berkeley, but does not provide sufficient detail to verify the specific claims about his role (Professor of EECS) or start date (2008). The source mentions UC Berkeley but does not explicitly state his title or when he began the position. While the person and organization are confirmed, the role and startDate fields cannot be verified from this excerpt alone.
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