Sylvia Herbert
Assistant Professor at University of California, San Diego - Jacobs School of Engineering
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolSylvia Herbert is an assistant professor and researcher with nine years of experience specializing in safety for autonomous systems, combining theoretical control, game-theoretic dynamics, and machine learning to make robots and vehicles provably safe and adaptable. After earning MS and BS degrees in mechanical engineering from Drexel and a PhD in EECS from UC Berkeley, she transitioned academic research into applied safety work at UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering. Her work emphasizes rigorously backed techniques that are validated on physical robotic platforms, bridging theory and real-world testing. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she brings a multidisciplinary background—from nanophotonics and biomaterials labs to automotive design—which informs practical, systems-level perspectives on autonomy. An unassuming but distinguishing trait is her sustained focus on fast adaptation to unexpected environmental changes, reflecting both control-theoretic depth and attention to human-centric safety.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science and Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science and Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering at Drexel UniversityStudent, N/A, Student, N/A at Lower Merion High School
Github Skills (10)
prediction6
ros6
trajectory-generation6
structure-from-motion4
robotics2
robot2
rss1
machine-learning1
planning1
realtime1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
HJReachability/Tracking
Nov 2016 - Aug 2020
Contributions:209 commits, 13 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 9 months
HJReachability/helperOC
Dec 2017 - Feb 2021
Contributions:21 commits, 5 PRs, 38 pushes in 3 years 2 months
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