Researcher

Zachary Serlin

Zachary Serlin works on verifiable multirobot coordination, formal methods, reinforcement learning and motion planning. His research uses capability temporal logic to express high-level team tasks. Serlin coauthored Solving Multi-Agent Safe Optimal Control with Distributed Epigraph Form MARL. The team’s Def-MARL method uses a constrained optimization formulation for centralized training and distributed execution, with simulation tasks and quadcopter tests. Serlin coauthored Def-MARL with four others; the paper won RSS’s Outstanding Student Paper Award.

Works
27
Citations
339
h-index
9

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.

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Timeline

  1. Research program

    Specifications and robot teams

    Zachary Serlin works on verifiable multirobot coordination, formal methods, reinforcement learning and motion planning. His research uses capability temporal logic to express high-level team tasks.

  2. 2025

    Distributed safe control

    Serlin coauthored Solving Multi-Agent Safe Optimal Control with Distributed Epigraph Form MARL. The team’s Def-MARL method uses a constrained optimization formulation for centralized training and distributed execution, with simulation tasks and quadcopter tests.

  3. 2025

    Shared student paper award

    Serlin coauthored Def-MARL with four others; the paper won RSS’s Outstanding Student Paper Award.

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  1. Zachary Serlin — Professional and research statement zacharyserlin.com. Checked 13 October 2026.
  2. Solving Multi-Agent Safe Optimal Control with Distributed Epigraph Form MARL · Robotics: Science and Systems roboticsconference.org. Checked 13 October 2026.
  3. Awards · Robotics: Science and Systems roboticsconference.org. Checked 13 October 2026.