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Helena Szczerbicka is a leading researcher in the fields of multi-agent robotics, autonomous systems, and simulation-based engineering, with a particular focus on Search and Rescue (SAR) operations. Her work addresses the critical challenge of enabling robust, autonomous coordination among robots in disaster scenarios where remote control is impossible. She introduced a pioneering concept of layered robust communication, which ensures that robots maintain a minimum level of information exchange through indirect means, even when direct communication fails—a vital contribution for time-critical survivor searches. Her studies on the Multi-agent Flood Algorithm have further advanced the cost-efficiency and exploration capabilities of autonomous SAR agents. Beyond robotics, Szczerbicka has contributed to symbiotic model engineering, developing an agent-based evolutionary optimization approach that automatically generates system models without requiring prior data. While her most-cited works have garnered between 2 and 6 citations, their practical relevance to real-world disaster response and autonomous systems is significant, establishing her as an innovator in resilient, multi-agent coordination and simulation-driven engineering.