# Lydia Kavraki
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> Lydia E. Kavraki (Greek: Λύδια Καβράκη) is a Greek-American computer scientist, the Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science, a professor of bioengineering, electrical and computer engineering, and mechanical engineering at Rice University. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Kavraki))
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## Summary
Lydia E. Kavraki (Greek: Λύδια Καβράκη) is a Greek-American computer scientist, the Noah Harding Professor of [[Computer_science|Computer Science]], a professor of bioengineering, electrical and [[Computer_engineering|computer engineering]], and [[Mechanical_engineering|mechanical engineering]] at Rice University. She is also the director of the Ken Kennedy Institute at Rice University. She is known for her work on [[Robotics|robotics]]/AI and [[Bioinformatics|bioinformatics]]/computational biology and in particular for the probabilistic roadmap method for robot motion planning and biomolecular configuration analysis.
## Key points
- Kavraki (Greek: Λύδια Καβράκη) is a Greek-American computer scientist, the Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science, a professor of bioengineering, electrical and computer engineering, and mechanical engineering at Rice University
- She is also the director of the Ken Kennedy Institute at Rice University
- She is known for her work on robotics/AI and bioinformatics/computational biology and in particular for the probabilistic roadmap method for robot motion planning and biomolecular configuration analysis.
- Related to systems science as a key concept or application
## Relation to Systems Science
Lydia Kavraki's work in biological and computational systems informed the theoretical development of systems science.
## Sources
- [Lydia Kavraki — Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Kavraki)
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