Jana Pavlasek
Assistant Professor at Polytechnique Montréal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolJana Pavlasek is an assistant professor and robotics researcher with a decade of hands-on experience spanning academia and industry, including a PhD from the University of Michigan Robotics Institute and internships at NVIDIA and Clearpath. Her background in honours electrical engineering and extensive roles with McGill Robotics reflect deep expertise in state estimation, autonomy, and AUV systems development. She bridges foundational research and applied deployment, having moved from software developer and lab leadership into graduate research that informed work at a leading robotics industry lab. Based in Montreal, Jana combines teaching and mentorship with an active research agenda, bringing practical systems experience to academic innovation. An early-career professor with sustained industry ties, she’s positioned to translate cutting-edge robotics research into real-world robotic systems.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics at University of MichiganDEC, First Choice Pure & Applied Science, DEC, First Choice Pure & Applied Science at Dawson CollegeBachelor's Degree, Honours Electrical Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Honours Electrical Engineering at McGill University
English, French
Github Skills (8)
javascript7
twist4
marker4
robotics3
robot3
ros3
gazebosim2
ros-control2
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
janapavlasek/backup
Jan 2016 - Aug 2023
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 7 months
HelloRobCourse/hellorobcourse.github.io
Aug 2023 - Aug 2024
Website files for HelloRob.
Contributions:2 reviews, 2 PRs, 77 pushes in 1 year
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