Rahul Mangharam is Professor of Electrical & Systems Engineering and Computer & Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania. His research is on Trustworthy AI for safe autonomous systems. His work bridges formal methods, machine learning, and control theory to create provably safe systems for applications including autonomous vehicles, urban air mobility, and life-critical medical devices.

For his contributions to life-critical systems, he received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from President Obama. His work has also been recognized with the NSF CAREER Award, the Intel Early Faculty Career Award, IEEE Benjamin Franklin Key Award, multiple best paper awards from ACM and IEEE, and selection to the National Academy of Engineering’s US Frontiers of Engineering.

Dr. Mangharam serves as the Penn Director for the $20 million Safety21 National University Transportation Center, a US Department of Transportation center for safe and efficient mobility. He also directs the Autoware Center of Excellence, an open-source autonomous driving consortium of over 33 academic partners, and is the founder of the RoboRacer/F1TENTH Autonomous Racing Community, now active in over 90 universities worldwide.