Meriel Von Stein
Information Scientist
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolMeriel Von Stein is an information scientist and PhD-trained computer scientist with a decade of experience building and testing software for safety-critical systems, now applying that expertise at RAND. Her work focuses on testing, validation, and robustification of robotic systems that incorporate machine-learned components, bridging rigorous research with practical engineering. She brings a background in ground systems and launch-control automation from NASA and hands-on static analysis experience from cybersecurity research, giving her a rare blend of aerospace, security, and ML-safety skills. Meriel’s trajectory from art history and museum systems to advanced robotics research reflects strong interdisciplinary thinking and attention to data integrity and provenance. Based in Charlottesville, VA, she combines academic depth with production-oriented tooling and a track record of turning formal methods into usable validation pipelines.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Junior, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Junior at Rowan UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Art History, Criticism and Conservation, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Art History, Criticism and Conservation at Oberlin CollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Virginia
English, Spanish, French, Turkish
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Github Skills (16)
beamng8
simulator7
verification6
python5
api5
reduction5
machine-learning4
adversarial-attacks4
debugging4
autonomous-driving4
caffe3
autonomous-vehicles3
ai3
deep-neural-networks2
neural-network2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
MissMeriel/Defects4DeepNav
Nov 2022 - Feb 2025
Contributions:26 reviews, 30 PRs, 133 pushes in 2 years 3 months
MissMeriel/MissMeriel.github.io
Jul 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:15 commits, 66 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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