Mireille Esther Broucke is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...

, interested in

control theory Control theory is a field of control engineering and applied mathematics that deals with the control system, control of dynamical systems in engineered processes and machines. The objective is to develop a model or algorithm governing the applic ...

mathematical systems theory ''Theory of Computing Systems'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Springer Verlag. Published since 1967 as ''Mathematical Systems Theory'' and since volume 30 in 1997 under its current title, it is devoted to publishing orig ...

, and swarm robotics. Broucke did her undergraduate studies at the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public university, public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 stud ...

, where her father

Roger A. Broucke Roger A. Broucke (March 25, 1932 – June 21, 2005) was an Aerospace engineering, aerospace engineer known for his solutions to the three-body problem. After working on practical orbital mechanics at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, he became a profe ...

, an immigrant from Belgium, was a professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics. She graduated in 1984, with a bachelor's degree in

electrical engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

. She went on to graduate study in electrical engineering and computer science at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...

, earning a master's degree in 1987, with summer jobs working on missile tracking software for

Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is an American multinational semiconductor company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. It is one of the top 10 semiconductor companies worldwide based on sales volume. The company's focus is on developing analog ...

General Dynamics General Dynamics Corporation (GD) is an American publicly traded aerospace and defense corporation headquartered in Reston, Virginia. As of 2020, it was the fifth largest defense contractor in the world by arms sales and fifth largest in the Unit ...

, and

Lockheed Corporation The Lockheed Corporation was an American aerospace manufacturer. Lockheed was founded in 1926 and merged in 1995 with Martin Marietta to form Lockheed Martin. Its founder, Allan Lockheed, had earlier founded the similarly named but otherwise-u ...

. After completing her master's degree, she stayed in the

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, working on software for control systems and simulation at Intergraph and Integrated Systems. She returned to Berkeley for a Ph.D., which she completed in 2000. Her dissertation, supervised by

Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli Alberto Luigi Sangiovanni-Vincentelli (born June 23, 1947) is an Italian-American computer scientist. Since 1976 he has been a professor affiliated with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of Califor ...

, was ''Qualitative Analysis, Model Checking, and Controller Synthesis of Hybrid Systems''. After postdoctoral studies at Berkeley she joined the Toronto faculty in 2001.

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