Javier Borquez

PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California (USC).
Completed my PhD as the first doctoral graduate from the Safe and Intelligent Autonomy Lab, now based at Stanford University.
Currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Safe Robotics Lab at Princeton University.

Education

Postdoctoral Research Associate

2026 - Present

Princeton University

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering

2021 - 2025

University of Southern California

Visiting Scholar

2025

Stanford University

Master of Electrical Engineering

2017 - 2018

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Professional Degree on Electrical Engineering

2010 - 2015

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Awards

Scholarship to Elite Robotics Summer School

Southern Denmark University, Denmark, 2023.

Best Engineer of the Promotion

School of Engineering, U. de Santiago, Chile 2015.

Best Electrical Engineer of the Promotion

Electrical Engineering Department, U. de Santiago, Chile 2015.

Best Admission Score to Electrical Engineering

Electrical Engineering Department, U. de Santiago, Chile 2010.

Research

  • J. Borquez, S. Peng, S. Bansal. Hamilton-Jacobi Reachability for Hybrid Systems: Unified Goal-Driven Control with Safety Guarantees.
    The International Journal of Robotics Research, 2026. [SAGE]
  • J. Borquez. Timely Activation of Safety Filters via One-Step Reachability Expansion.
    12th International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics (ICCAR), 2026. [IEEE]
  • J. Borquez, L. Raus, Y. Ciftci, S. Bansal. DualGuard MPPI - Safe Optimal Control via Sampling MPC and HJ Reachability.
    IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2025. [IEEE][arXiv][web]
  • J. Borquez, K. Chakraborty, H. Wang, S. Bansal. On safety and liveness filtering using hamilton-jacobi reachability analysis.
    IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2024. [IEEE][arXiv]
  • J. Borquez, S. Peng, Y. Chen, Q. Nguyen, S. Bansal. Hamilton-Jacobi Reachability Analysis for Hybrid Systems with Controlled and Forced Transitions.
    Robotics: Science and Systems XX, 2024. [RSS Proceedings][web]
  • H. Wang, J. Borquez and S. Bansal. Providing Safety Assurances for Systems With Unknown Dynamics.
    IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2024. [IEEE][arXiv]
  • J. Borquez, K. Nakamura and S. Bansal. Parameter-Conditioned Reachable Sets for Updating Safety Assurances Online.
    IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023. [IEEE][arXiv][web]

Contact

Contact me at: javier.borquez@usach.cl