Franziska Meier
Menlo Park, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFranziska Meier is a research scientist and manager at MetaAI, driving lifelong learning for robotics. With eight years of experience, she blends rigorous research with leadership to translate advanced AI into reliable autonomous systems. Her career spans Meta, a postdoctoral stint at the University of Washington, and research roles at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, reflecting a strong academia–industry bridge. She earned a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Southern California, complemented by an MS from USC, with early studies at TU München and Freiburg. Based in Menlo Park, California, she leads initiatives that bring sophisticated learning algorithms from theory into real-world robotic applications.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at University of Southern CaliforniaGeorgia Institute of TechnologyPre-diploma, Computer Science, Pre-diploma, Computer Science at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im BreisgauDiploma, Computer Science, Diploma, Computer Science at Technische Universität München
German, English
Github Skills (9)
robot10
loss10
reward10
kinematics9
motion-planning9
robotics9
planning9
optimization7
gradient6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
facebookresearch/LearningToLearn
Jan 2021 - Jul 2021
Collection of algorithms to learn loss and reward functions via gradient-based bi-level optimization.
Contributions:1 review, 11 commits, 10 PRs in 6 months
bi-level-optimizationoptimizationrewardlossgradient
neha191091/LearningToLearn
Dec 2020 - Jan 2021
Collection of algorithms to learn loss and reward functions via gradient-based bi-level optimization.
Contributions:14 pushes in 12 days
bi-level-optimizationoptimizationrewardlossgradient
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