Sleiman Safaoui
Associate
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSleiman Safaoui is a PhD-trained robotics researcher and engineer with nine years of experience building risk-aware autonomy and deploying motion-planning and control algorithms on real multi-agent platforms. Currently an Associate at Exponent after research roles at UT Dallas and MERL, he specializes in sampling-, optimization-, and learning-based solutions that guarantee safety under prediction and process uncertainty. He developed tools like cvxRiskOpt, led hardware testbeds for RC cars and quadrotors, and translated novel MPC and RL ideas into physical experiments and publications. Comfortable collaborating across academia and industry, he also mentors students and manages lab hardware—bridging deep theory with hands-on system integration.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical Engineering, 4.0, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical Engineering, 4.0 at The University of Texas at DallasElectrical and Computer Engineering, 3.83, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3.83 at American University of Beirut
Github Skills (24)
java9
ros-driver8
data-structures8
python8
javascript8
swarm7
ros6
slam-algorithms6
openvr6
crazyflie5
code-generation5
robot4
planning4
sphero4
robotics3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
TSummersLab/como
Jun 2018 - Aug 2021
Main branch for BARC related code
Contributions:13 commits, 20 pushes in 3 years 2 months
TSummersLab/super_como
Jun 2018 - May 2019
Contributions:38 commits, 23 pushes in 10 months
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