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Octavia Camps is a computer vision and robotics researcher whose work spans active vision systems, 3D object recognition, and, more recently, egocentric video understanding. Her most significant contributions lie in developing principled frameworks for robust active vision — the design of camera systems capable of intelligently controlling their own motion and parameters in real-world, uncontrolled environments. Through her influential work on Linear Parameter-Varying (LPV) control approaches, she addressed longstanding challenges in synthesizing active vision systems that remain reliable beyond laboratory conditions, with applications ranging from intelligent vehicle highway systems and robotic-assisted surgery to MEMS microassembly and accessibility technologies. Her 2002 papers on LPV synthesis and open control problems in active vision helped consolidate a research agenda for the field, collectively drawing over 25 citations. Her relational pyramid approach to view class determination further demonstrated her commitment to bridging CAD-based object modeling with practical robot guidance and inspection. More recently, Camps has extended her expertise into deep learning, contributing to transformer-based architectures for egocentric temporal action segmentation — a growing area with implications for mixed reality and human behavior analysis — reflecting a career-long dedication to advancing intelligent, perception-driven systems.