Scholar
Yiwei Lyu
Google Scholar ID: jGNvKs8AAAAJ
Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
Citations & Impact
Citations
248
H-index
10
i10-index
10
Publications
20
Co-authors
15
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Recipient of the 2023–2024 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship; honorable mention for the 2024 Jane Street Graduate Research Fellowship; named an IEEE/ACM Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Pioneer (2024); selected as an MIT EECS Rising Star (2024); received best paper awards and nominations at leading venues such as AAMAS, AAAI, IFAC CPHS, and workshops at ICRA, IROS, and IJCAI.
Research Experience
- Started as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University in 2025; serving as an Associate Editor for ICRA 2026; Junior Co-chair for the Technical Committee on Multi-Robot Systems since August 2025; welcomed her first PhD student, Joonkyung Kim, in August 2025.
Education
- Earned a Bachelor's degree in Electronic and Information Engineering from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-Shenzhen) in 2019; received a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2025, working closely with Dr. John Dolan.
Background
- Research interests lie at the intersection of control theory, machine learning, and social science, with a focus on safe control and verification, behavior planning, and human-robot interaction. Develops methods to enable robot autonomy in uncertain and dynamic environments.
Miscellany
- Actively looking for self-motivated students at all levels (BS/MS/PhD) with relevant backgrounds to join her research team.
