Bio
Dr. Ivan Ruchkin is a Malachowky Family Endowed Rising Star Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Florida. His research improves the safety, reliability, interpretability, and trustworthiness of autonomous systems by advancing their modeling, analysis, verification, monitoring, and prediction.
Previously, Ivan was a postdoctoral researcher at the PRECISE Center at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his PhD in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and a Specialist Degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science (with honors) from the Lomonosov Moscow State University. Ivan also held several positions in the industry and government, including at the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) and NASA Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL).
Ivan’s research on assuring cyber-physical systems has been widely recognized. He was lucky to receive the 2025 NSF CAREER Award. He was also fortunate to receive the Frank Anger Memorial Award for the crossover of ideas between the SIGSOFT and SIGBED communities. Ivan’s work was recognized with multiple Best Paper/Poster/Demo Awards as well as a Gold Medal in the ACM SRC student competition at the MODELS conference.
Curriculum Vitae
My latest CV is available here. For more information or references, reach me at iruchkin at ece dot ufl dot edu.