Robert C. Holte
Robert C. Holte studies machine learning, abstraction and search. His work includes algorithms for learning heuristics and searching large state spaces. Holte earned a Brunel doctorate in 1988 and joined Ottawa as an assistant professor in July 1989. Holte was an Alberta full professor from July 2001 through December 2014, a contract professor through 2017, and an emeritus professor from January 2018. With Ariel Felner, Guni Sharon, Nathan Sturtevant and Jingwei Chen, Holte co-authored MM: a Bidirectional Search Algorithm that is Guaranteed to Meet in the Middle. The Artificial Intelligence article appeared in 2017.
- Now at
- University of Alberta
- Works
- 190
- Citations
- 9,094
- h-index
- 40
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Timeline
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1988–1989
Doctorate and Ottawa faculty
Holte earned a Brunel doctorate in 1988 and joined Ottawa as an assistant professor in July 1989.
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2001–2018
Alberta career
Holte was an Alberta full professor from July 2001 through December 2014, a contract professor through 2017, and an emeritus professor from January 2018.
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2017
Bidirectional search
With Ariel Felner, Guni Sharon, Nathan Sturtevant and Jingwei Chen, Holte co-authored MM: a Bidirectional Search Algorithm that is Guaranteed to Meet in the Middle. The Artificial Intelligence article appeared in 2017.
Sources and credits
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