# Enter email to display Gravatar (if Gravatar enabled in Config)
email: ""
email: "trevor@rocketnine.space"
# Organizational groups that you belong to (for People widget)
# Set this to `[]` or comment out if you are not using People widget.
user_groups:
- Researchers
- Visitors
#user_groups:
#- Researchers
#- Visitors
---
Nelson Bighetti is a professor of artificial intelligence at the Stanford AI Lab. His research interests include distributed robotics, mobile computing and programmable matter. He leads the Robotic Neurobiology group, which develops self-reconfiguring robots, systems of self-organizing robots, and mobile sensor networks.
I use [Linux](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux) to write [open-source software](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software).
My projects are available on [sourcehut](https://sr.ht) and [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/users/tslocum/projects).
Be sure to check out [stick](https://git.sr.ht/~tslocum/stick) and [gophast](https://git.sr.ht/~tslocum/gophast).
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# Any elements can be added in the body: https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/writing-markdown-latex/
# Add more sections by duplicating this file and customizing to your requirements.
widget = "blank" # See https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/page-builder/
headless = true # This file represents a page section.
active = true # Activate this widget? true/false
weight = 15 # Order that this section will appear.
title = "Academic Kickstart"
subtitle = ""
[design]
# Choose how many columns the section has. Valid values: 1 or 2.
columns = "1"
[design.background]
# Apply a background color, gradient, or image.
# Uncomment (by removing `#`) an option to apply it.
# Choose a light or dark text color by setting `text_color_light`.
# Any HTML color name or Hex value is valid.
# Background color.
# color = "navy"
# Background gradient.
gradient_start = "DarkGreen"
gradient_end = "ForestGreen"
# Background image.
# image = "image.jpg" # Name of image in `static/img/`.
# image_darken = 0.6 # Darken the image? Range 0-1 where 0 is transparent and 1 is opaque.
# Text color (true=light or false=dark).
text_color_light = true
[design.spacing]
# Customize the section spacing. Order is top, right, bottom, left.
padding = ["20px", "0", "20px", "0"]
[advanced]
# Custom CSS.
css_style = ""
# CSS class.
css_class = ""
+++
Welcome to the **Academic Kickstart** template!
Follow our [Getting Started](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/get-started/) and [Page Builder](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/widgets/) guides to easily personalize the template and then [add your own content](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/managing-content/).
For inspiration, check out [the Markdown files](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/install/#demo-content) which power the [personal demo](https://academic-demo.netlify.com/). The easiest way to publish your new site to the internet is with [Netlify](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/deployment/).
- [View the documentation](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/)
- [Ask a question](http://discuss.gohugo.io/)
- [Request a feature or report a bug](https://github.com/gcushen/hugo-academic/issues)
- Updating? View the [Update Guide](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/update/) and [Release Notes](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/updates/)
- Support development of Academic:
- [Donate a coffee](https://paypal.me/cushen)
- [Become a backer on Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/cushen)
- [Decorate your laptop or journal with an Academic sticker](https://www.redbubble.com/people/neutreno/works/34387919-academic)
- [Wear the T-shirt](https://academic.threadless.com/)
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This homepage section is an example of adding [elements](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/writing-markdown-latex/) to the [*Blank* widget](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/widgets/).
Backgrounds can be applied to any section. Here, the *background* option is set give a *color gradient*.
**To remove this section, delete `content/home/demo.md`.**