Alyssa Pierson Receives MassRobotics Rising Star Award

By Maureen Stanton, Hariri Institute for Computing

Hariri Faculty Affiliate Alyssa N. Pierson received the inaugural MassRobotics Rising Star in Robotics Medal for her key contributions to the cooperative, distributed control of multi-agent teams. The Rising Star in Robotics Medal recognizes up and coming woman-identifying persons making strides and advancing the field of robotics. The announcement was made at the IEEE ICRA conference in London on June 1, 2023.

Alyssa Pierson, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and PI of the Collaborative Autonomy Group at Boston University

Pierson is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and principal investigator of the Collaborative Autonomy Group at Boston University. She is chief scientist for Ava Robotics. Pierson’s 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.

Earlier this spring, Pierson received a NSF CAREER award to advance research on “Decentralized and Online Planning for Emergent Cooperation in Multi-Robot Teams”. Learn more about this work here.