Blake Edwards

Master's Candidate

I am a graduate researcher at MIT AeroAstro dedicated to pushing the boundaries of learning-enabled, autonomous cyber-physical systems while ensuring their safe, trustworthy deployment. Although this revolutionary confluence of technologies promises transformative impact in aerospace and beyond, many breakthroughs remain unrealized due to a persistent—and often warranted—trust gap. My work focuses on bridging this gap by developing robust, scalable verification and validation methods. Building on my undergraduate AI research and experience at Boeing Research & Technology, Boeing AI, and DARPA’s Assured Autonomy program, I aim to unify groundbreaking advances in autonomy with the rigorous assurance needed for high-risk, mission-critical domains.

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Education

M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT, 2024 - current
B.S. in Computer Science, University of South Carolina, Honors College, 2021

Research Interests

Artificial Intelligence
Autonomous Systems
Multi-Agent Systems
Formal Verification

Awards

Outstanding Technical Contributor Award Boeing, 2023
Outstanding Senior Award, UofSC, 2021
President’s Award, UofSC, 2021
Magellan Scholar Research Grant, 2020
Magellan Scholar Research Grant, 2019
STEM Undergraduate Research Fellowship Grant, 2018