Regular biography
Dr. Negar Mehr is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and serves as the department chair. She is also affiliated with the Coordinated Science Laboratory and Electrical and Computer Engineering department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Mehr's research focuses on creating algorithms and mathematical models for autonomous systems to interact safely and intelligently with humans and other autonomous systems. Her work lies at the intersection of robotics, control theory, game theory, and machine learning. She has published in top robotics and control journals and conferences, with applications in space exploration, autonomous driving, UAVs, and assistive robots. Dr. Mehr runs the Intelligent Control (ICON) lab, where her group utilizes robotic hardware for verifying and testing their developed control algorithms.
Scholar-generated biography
Negar Mehr is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in Control Theory, Game Theory, and Robotics. Her research focuses on developing game-theoretic and control-based frameworks for multi-agent systems, autonomous vehicles, and robot navigation. She explores risk-aware control, dynamic games, and trajectory planning for interactive agents. Her work addresses challenges in traffic networks, sensor placement, and safe robot navigation in crowded environments. By integrating predictive motion uncertainties and distributionally robust control, she aims to enhance the safety and efficiency of autonomous systems. Her research also includes curriculum design for complex robot skills and diffusion policies for dynamically admissible robot trajectories.