Hector A Geffner
Hector Geffner studies planning: how AI can represent actions, search for solutions, and learn policies. Geffner received his doctorate at UCLA in 1989. He later conducted research at IBM’s T. J. Watson Research Center and Universidad Simón Bolívar. Geffner was an ICREA researcher and Universitat Pompeu Fabra professor from 2001 through December 2022. His research during this period included heuristic planning and representations of action.
- Now at
- RWTH Aachen University
- Works
- 284
- Citations
- 7,939
- h-index
- 45
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Timeline
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1989
Doctoral training
Geffner received his doctorate at UCLA in 1989. He later conducted research at IBM’s T. J. Watson Research Center and Universidad Simón Bolívar.
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2001–2022
Research in Barcelona
Geffner was an ICREA researcher and Universitat Pompeu Fabra professor from 2001 through December 2022. His research during this period included heuristic planning and representations of action.
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2001
Planning as heuristic search
Geffner and Blai Bonet co-authored Planning as Heuristic Search in Artificial Intelligence in 2001. The publication connects planning problems with search methods that use estimates to guide exploration.
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2007
Research recognition
AAAI elected Hector A Geffner as a Fellow in 2007.
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2024
General planning policies
Geffner and Bonet co-authored General Policies, Subgoal Structure, and Planning Width in JAIR in 2024. This shared work continues their study of representations and policies for planning.
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