Alyssa Pierson, PhD

Assistant Professor (ME, SE)

Office 730 Commonwealth Ave, EMA 217
Email pierson@bu.edu
Website Alyssa Pierson Website

In the News

Alyssa Pierson Receives MassRobotics Rising Star Award
September 18, 2023
Alyssa Pierson garnered the inaugural award for her work in multi-agent systems. [ More ]

Publications

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Research Areas

Alyssa Pierson is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Boston University. Her research interests include trust and cooperation in multi-agent systems, distributed robotics control, and socially-compliant autonomous system design. She focuses on designing robotic systems that interact with humans and other robots in complex, dynamic environments.
Prior to joining BU, Professor Pierson was a research scientist with the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT. She received her PhD degree from Boston University in 2017 and BS in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College. During her PhD, she was awarded the Clare Booth Luce Fellowship and was a Best Paper Finalist at the 2016 International Conference on Robotics and Automation.

Honors and Awards

2023 | NSF Career Award
2023 | MassRobotics Rising Star in Robotics Medal

Additional Affiliations

Division of Systems Engineering

Departments or Divisions: Mechanical Engineering, Robotics & Autonomous Systems, Systems Engineering

Affiliations: Intelligent, Autonomous & Secure Systems, Primary & Affiliated Faculty

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