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Victoria Edwards is a robotics and applied mathematics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of swarm intelligence, collective motion, and multi-robot systems. Her research has made significant contributions to understanding the complex spatiotemporal patterns that emerge in both biological and engineered swarms, with particular focus on the role of time delays, network topology, and environmental constraints in shaping collective behavior. Edwards is perhaps best known for her theoretical analyses of swarm dynamics, including her influential 2020 study on delay-coupled swarms (14 citations), which illuminated the bistable relationships between rotational patterns, milling, and flocking—phenomena central to designing robust autonomous systems. Her 2021 work on swarm shedding (10 citations) further advanced understanding of how sparse, local communication shapes pattern formation. She has also tackled the practical challenge of organizing heterogeneous robot teams through convex optimization (11 citations), directly addressing real-world deployment concerns. Beyond pure theory, Edwards bridges simulation and physical experimentation, as seen in her mixed reality calibration framework for scalable multi-robot testing. Her more recent work on robot decision-making in flow-like environments reflects a growing interest in situational awareness and environmental feature exploitation. Collectively, her contributions have earned over 60 citations, establishing her as an emerging voice in swarm robotics and collective dynamics research.