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Christine Julien is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of cyber-physical systems, autonomous vehicles, and multi-robot coordination. Her most influential contribution examines autonomous intersection management policies, developing a platform that enables efficient control and communication for self-driving vehicles through smart cyber-physical infrastructure — a paper that has garnered 43 citations and reflects the growing urgency of deploying intelligent transportation systems. Complementing this, her work on practical multi-robot patrol (28 citations) bridges the gap between theoretical optimal strategies and real-world implementation, offering valuable insights into coordinating teams of autonomous robots in operational environments. Julien has also made meaningful contributions to the debugging and development of cyber-physical systems through her BRACE assertion framework, which addresses the unique challenge of verifying correctness across both logical and physical states — a problem that traditional software debugging tools are ill-equipped to handle. Her research on passive network-awareness further demonstrates her commitment to making mobile and resource-constrained computing systems more adaptive and efficient in dynamic environments. Across her body of work, Julien consistently tackles the practical engineering challenges that arise when computational systems must reliably interact with the physical world, making her research particularly relevant to students and practitioners working in robotics, autonomous systems, and embedded computing.