Francisco Penedo Álvarez

Francisco Penedo Álvarez

PhD Systems Engineering

Boston University

Biography

I am a recent PhD graduate from Boston University, where I obtained my PhD in Systems Engineering in 2020 from the Division of Systems Engineering. There, I worked in the BU Robotics Laboratory. In 2014, I obtained a BS degree in Computer Science from the Polytechnic School, as well as a BS degree in Mathematics from the College of Science, both part of the Autonomous University of Madrid.

My research centers around the development of a framework to automatically synthesize and verify physical systems, specifically those modeled by partial differential equations, with constraints expressed in a formal, but user-friendly, language. To this end, I employ tools and techniques from formal methods, temporal logics, optimization, machine learning and control theory.

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Interests
  • Formal Methods
  • Temporal Logics
  • Optimization
  • Machine Learning
  • Path Planning
  • Meta-Materials
Education
  • PhD in Systems Engineering, 2020

    Boston University

  • MEng in Systems Engineering, 2020

    Boston University

  • BSc in Computer Science, 2014

    Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

  • BSc in Mathematics, 2014

    Universidad Autónoma de Madrid