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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
Published papers in NeurIPS 2024, AISTATS'24, ICML, TMLR, UAI, etc.; Received ONR MURI Award on 'New Games for New Agents'; Supervised multiple PhD students and postdocs to success, such as Mehdi Jafarnia joining DeepMind, Nathan Dahlin becoming an assistant professor at SUNY Albany, Harsha Honnappa achieving tenure at Purdue, etc.
Research Experience
Professor in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) at USC, courtesy appointments in the Department of Computer Science (CS) and Epstein Industrial and Systems Engr. (ISE) Dept.; Director of the USC Center for Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence (AAI); Leader of the ECE Control, Learning, Autonomy and Robotics (CLEAR) Group; Head of the AI for Dynamic Systems (AIDyS) Lab; and the USC AutoDRIVE Lab.
Education
PhD, Advisor: Pravin P. Varaiya (IEEE Simon Ramo Medal recipient).
Background
Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence for Dynamic Systems, including Reinforcement Learning, Online Learning, Statistical Learning Theory, and Intelligent Autonomy. Applications: Autonomous Robotic Systems, Smart Energy Systems, Digital Health, and Communication Systems.
Miscellany
Office hours conducted via Zoom; Beware of phishing emails offering remote research positions in his name; Welcomes smart and driven PhD students and postdocs interested in AI and ML for dynamic systems.