Jaime Fernández Fisac

Jaime Fernández Fisac

Jaime Fernández Fisac is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Princeton University, where he directs the Safe Robotics Laboratory(Link is external) and co-directs Princeton AI4ALL(Link is external). His research integrates control systems, game theory, and artificial intelligence to equip robots with transparent safety assurances that users and the public can trust. Before joining Princeton, he was a Research Scientist at Waymo(Link is external), where he pioneered new approaches to interaction planning that continue to shape how autonomous vehicles share the road today. He is also the co-founder of Vault Robotics(Link is external), a startup developing agile delivery robots that work alongside human drivers. Prof. Fisac holds an Engineering Degree from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, a Master’s in Aeronautics from Cranfield University, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley. His work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal and WIRED, and recognized with the Google and Sony faculty research awards and the NSF CAREER Award.

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    Princeton University
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    Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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8 July 2025
14:00 - 17:15
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