Jeffrey Uhlmann

Timeline

1. 1987

   Tracking research at NRL

   He begins research at the Naval Research Laboratory in 1987, working on tracking multiple objects. His education includes a robotics doctorate from Oxford, an MSc in computer science, and a BA in philosophy from Mizzou.

2. 1995

   A nonlinear-filtering paper

   In 1995, he publishes “A New Approach for Filtering Nonlinear Systems” for the American Control Conference.

3. 1999

   Testing covariance intersection on Mars

   In 1999, he coauthors “NASA Mars Rover: A Testbed for Evaluating Applications of Covariance Intersection.”

4. 2000

   Joining the University of Missouri

   He joins the University of Missouri in Fall 2000.

5. 2004

   The Unscented Transform

   In March 2004, he and Simon Julier publish “Unscented Filtering and Nonlinear Estimation” in Proceedings of the IEEE. The Unscented Transform applies nonlinear equations to sigma points to estimate a system’s transformed mean and covariance.

6. 2007

   Covariance intersection for SLAM

   In 2007, he and Simon Julier publish “Using Covariance Intersection for SLAM” in Robotics and Autonomous Systems.

7. 2019–2023

   Robotic control and AI recommendations

   In 2019, he and Bo Zhang publish “Applying a Unit-Consistent Generalized Matrix Inverse for Stable Control of Robotic Systems.” In 2023, he and Tung Nguyen describe consistency methods for AI-based SVD recommender systems, with experiments reporting improved RMSE and MAE and properties related to fairness and robustness.

8. As of October 2026

   Associate professor at Missouri

   He is an associate professor in the David L. Payne Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Missouri.