Eric Heiden is an intern at NVIDIA. He is a Ph.D. candidate at the Robotic Embedded Systems Lab (RESL) at the University of Southern California (USC). His research is focused on representations and algorithms that equip robots with the ability to act autonomously in uncertain environments while building models that allow them to make long-term plans. Before pursuing his Ph.D., he received a Master’s degree from USC and Bachelor’s degree from the University of Rostock in Germany.