Javier Borquez
Scholar

Javier Borquez

Google Scholar ID: QXK0j8EAAAAJ
Associate Professor, University of Santiago, Chile
Safety in roboticsReachability analysis
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
53
 
H-index
4
 
i10-index
2
 
Publications
8
 
Co-authors
4
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Published several papers, including 'DualGuard MPPI - Safe Optimal Control via Sampling MPC and HJ Reachability' and 'On safety and liveness filtering using hamilton-jacobi reachability analysis'. Received multiple awards, such as Scholarship to Elite Robotics Summer School at Southern Denmark University in 2023, Best Engineer of the Promotion at School of Engineering, U. de Santiago, Chile in 2015, etc.
Research Experience
  • Conducted research at the Safe and Intelligent Autonomy Lab, currently teaching at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
Education
  • Obtained a Professional Degree in Electrical Engineering from Universidad de Santiago de Chile (2010-2015); Master's degree in Electrical Engineering also from Universidad de Santiago de Chile (2017-2018); PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California (2021-2025), as the first doctoral graduate from the Safe and Intelligent Autonomy Lab, now based at Stanford University; Visiting Scholar at Stanford University (2025).
Background
  • Research interests lie in the field of Electrical and Computer Engineering, particularly in safe and intelligent autonomous systems. Currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
Miscellany
  • Contact: javier.borquez@usach.cl