Yash Vardhan Pant

Dr. Yash Vardhan Pant is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. His research focuses on developing robust and reliable autonomous systems, drawing on Control Theory, Formal Methods, Machine Learning, and Optimization.

Dr. Pant earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 2019, where he received the Richard K. Dentel Memorial Award for research in Urban Transportation. Prior to joining the University of Waterloo in July 2021, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley.

• Autonomous Systems

• Cyber-Physical Systems

• Control Theory

• Formal Methods

• Optimization

• Machine Learning

• Multi-Robot Systems

• Intelligent Transportation Systems

• 2019, Doctorate Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, U.S

• 2012, Master of Science Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, U.S

• 2010, Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) Technology, College of Engineering, Roorkee, India, Roorkee, India

• ECE 380 - Analog Control Systems
  • Taught in 2023, 2024
• ECE 481 - Digital Control Systems
  • Taught in 2022, 2023, 2024
• ECE 780 - Special Topics in Control
  • Taught in 2022, 2023
• SE 380 - Introduction to Feedback Control
  • Taught in 2025

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