# Homayoon Kazerooni

> Iranian-born roboticist, mechanical engineer

**Wikidata**: [Q5887797](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5887797)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homayoon_Kazerooni)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/homayoon-kazerooni

## Summary
Homayoon Kazerooni is an Iranian-born roboticist and mechanical engineer who works in robotics. He is also identified as a professor, inventor, and computer scientist, and is affiliated professionally with the University of California, Berkeley.

## Biography
- Born: Kazerun (birth date not provided)
- Nationality: Iran
- Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Known for: Work in robotics
- Employer(s): University of California, Berkeley
- Field(s): Robotics

## Contributions
The provided source material identifies Homayoon Kazerooni as an Iranian-born roboticist, mechanical engineer, professor, inventor, and computer scientist whose field of work is robotics. It also links him to major academic institutions through education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and employment at the University of California, Berkeley. Beyond these role and affiliation statements, the source material does not supply specific titles of inventions, named robotic systems, publications, patents (with titles or dates), companies founded, standards authored, or leadership roles with dates. As a result, a concrete, work-by-work account (e.g., “built X in year Y,” “published paper Z in year W,” or “patented device Q”) cannot be reliably written from the information given. What can be stated definitively is that his documented professional identity centers on robotics within an academic context, and that he is represented across multiple scholarly and library authority systems (e.g., DBLP, Scopus, IEEE Xplore, ACM Digital Library, Google Scholar), indicating an established research publication footprint—though the underlying works are not enumerated in the provided material.

## FAQs
### Q: Who is Homayoon Kazerooni?
A: He is an Iranian-born roboticist and mechanical engineer. He is also described as a professor, inventor, and computer scientist whose field of work is robotics.

### Q: Where is Homayoon Kazerooni from?
A: His birth place is listed as Kazerun. His citizenship is listed as Iran.

### Q: Where did Homayoon Kazerooni study?
A: He is listed as having been educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Specific degrees and dates are not provided.

### Q: Where has Homayoon Kazerooni worked?
A: His employer is listed as the University of California, Berkeley. No other employers are provided in the source material.

## Why They Matter
Within the limits of the provided source material, Homayoon Kazerooni matters as a documented academic and technical figure in robotics, combining roles as a roboticist, mechanical engineer, computer scientist, inventor, and professor. His association with major research universities—education at MIT and the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and employment at the University of California, Berkeley—places him in institutions that are central to robotics research and engineering education. The breadth of authority and indexing identifiers attached to his name (including DBLP, Scopus, IEEE Xplore, ACM Digital Library, and Google Scholar) indicates that he is part of the scholarly record in robotics and related engineering/computing communities. However, the provided material does not specify particular inventions, systems, or publications, so the precise mechanisms of his impact (what he built, published, or led) cannot be detailed here without adding unsupported claims. What can be said is that he is recognized across multiple academic bibliographic ecosystems as a contributor in robotics.

## Notable For
- Iranian-born roboticist and mechanical engineer (Wikidata description)
- Field of work: robotics
- Employer: University of California, Berkeley
- Educated at: Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Identified occupations include inventor, professor, computer scientist, roboticist, and mechanical engineer

## Body

### Identity and Roles
- Instance of: human
- Sex or gender: male
- Occupations (as listed): inventor; computer scientist; roboticist; mechanical engineer; professor
- Field of work: robotics

### Origin and Citizenship
- Birth place: Kazerun
- Citizenship: Iran

### Education
- Educated at:
  - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  - University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Degrees, fields of study, and dates are not provided in the source material.

### Employment and Affiliation
- Employer:
  - University of California, Berkeley

### Research Indexing and Authority Identifiers
- ISNI: 0000000384939199
- VIAF IDs: 278890170; 307149105998568490192
- Library of Congress authority ID: n88616791
- IdRef ID: 123711991
- DBLP author ID: 26/2810
- Scopus author ID: 57207525349
- IEEE Xplore author ID: 37265886200
- ACM Digital Library author ID: 81100398658
- Google Scholar author ID: jV5l_IEAAAAJ
- CiNii research ID: 1140845216641592192
- NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA0426325X
- NLA Trove people ID: 988189
- WorldCat Entities ID: E39PCjHmWXVWxRJGyDdwm83k9P
- Freebase ID: /m/0hgqr0g

### Name Variants
- Aliases: Homayun Kazeruni; H. Kazerooni; Homâyun Kâzeruni

### Reference Presence
- Wikipedia title: *Homayoon Kazerooni*
- Wikipedia languages: English (en), Persian (fa)

## References

1. CiNii Research