Metareasoning for Robots: Adapting in Dynamic and Uncertain Environments

Jeffrey W. Herrmann, PhD., is a Professor at the University of Maryland, where he holds a joint appointment with the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Institute for Systems Research. He is a member of Society of Catholic Scientists, IISE, ASME, and the Design Society. He is an associate editor for the ASME Journal of Autonomous Vehicles and Systems. In 2012 he and Gino Lim were the conference chairs for the Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference.Dr. Herrmann earned his B.S. in applied mathematics from Georgia Institute of Technology. As a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow from 1990 to 1993, he received his Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Florida. His dissertation investigated production scheduling problems motivated by semiconductor manufacturing. He held a post-doctoral research position in the Institute for Systems Research from 1993 to 1995.

Dr. Herrmann's research, service, and teaching activities have established him as a leader in the following areas: (1) developing novel mathematical models to improve public health preparedness, (2) describing and modeling engineering design decision-making processes, and (3) using risk-based techniques to improve path planning for autonomous systems. Through February 2023, he has published over 140 journal papers and refereed conference papers and fifteen book chapters, co-authored an engineering design textbook, edited two handbooks, and authored a textbook on engineering decision making and risk management. Dr. Herrmann and his colleagues have been awarded over $34 million in research contracts and grants, including research awards from NSF, Amazon, the Naval Air Warfare Center, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the Army Research Laboratory. He has advised over 50 Ph.D. dissertations and M.S. theses. In 2003, Dr. Herrmann received the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Jiri Tlusty Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award; in 2013, he was named a Diplomate of the Society for Health Systems. In 2016, his textbook won the IIE/Joint Publishers Book of the Year award.

Jeffrey W. Herrmann博士是馬里蘭大學的教授，他同時在機械工程系和系統研究所擔任職位。他是天主教科學家協會、IISE、ASME和設計學會的成員。他是ASME《自主車輛和系統期刊》的副編輯。在2012年，他和Gino Lim擔任工業和系統工程研究會議的會議主席。Herrmann博士在喬治亞理工學院獲得應用數學學士學位。作為1990年至1993年的國家科學基金會研究生研究員，他在佛羅里達大學獲得工業和系統工程博士學位。他的博士論文研究了半導體製造業所引發的生產排程問題。他在1993年至1995年期間在系統研究所擔任博士後研究職位。

Herrmann博士的研究、服務和教學活動使他成為以下領域的領導者：(1)開發新穎的數學模型以提高公共衛生應變能力，(2)描述和建模工程設計決策過程，以及(3)使用基於風險的技術改進自主系統的路徑規劃。截至2023年2月，他已發表了超過140篇期刊論文和會議論文，以及15篇專書章節，共同撰寫了一本工程設計教科書，編輯了兩本手冊，並撰寫了一本關於工程決策和風險管理的教科書。Herrmann博士和他的同事們獲得了超過3400萬美元的研究合同和資助，包括來自NSF、亞馬遜、海軍航空戰爭中心、空軍研究實驗室和陸軍研究實驗室的研究獎項。他指導了超過50位博士論文和碩士論文。2003年，Herrmann博士獲得了製造工程師協會Jiri Tlusty傑出年輕製造工程師獎；2013年，他被授予健康系統學會的外交官稱號。2016年，他的教科書獲得了IIE/Joint Publishers年度最佳圖書獎。