Ali Baheri
Assistant Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology
City of Rochester, New York, United States
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Top SchoolAli Baheri is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology and director of the Safe AI Lab, specializing in safe, certified autonomy through the integration of controls, machine learning, and data-driven optimization. With 11 years of experience spanning postdoctoral research at the University of Michigan, a research-track professorship at West Virginia University, and a visiting scholar stint at Stanford SISL, he bridges rigorous academic research with applied industry insights (including a research fellowship at Ford). His work is supported by NSF, FAA, and NASA funding and focuses on delivering provably safe and efficient autonomy across domains. He holds a Ph.D. from UNC Charlotte and is known for combining control theory with AI to produce practical safety guarantees—an emphasis that distinguishes his lab’s translational approach to intelligent systems.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering at University of North Carolina at CharlotteMaster's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering at University of Louisiana at LafayetteBachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering at Sharif University of Technology
English, Persian
Github Skills (64)
unreal-engine-410
python10
simulator10
statistics10
machine-learning10
gpy10
deep-reinforcement-learning10
gaussian10
computer-vision10
ros10
data-science9
artificial-intelligence9
simulation9
imitation-learning9
cross-platform9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
AliBaheri/Deep-Learning-AndrewNg
Aug 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:37 commits, 63 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
AliBaheri/Safe-Reinforcement-Learning
Jul 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:56 commits, 50 pushes, 1 branch in 16 days
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