Research Group
The students I’ve had the privilege to advise and work with.
Current students
Former Ph.D. students
Jianzong Pi
Thesis: Authentication, System Identification and Optimization of High Dimensional Dynamical Systems
Interests: Reinforcement learning, optimization, information theory, cybersecurity
Jiacheng (Johnny) Tang
Thesis: Cybersecurity for Networked Control System
Interests: Control theory, game theory, optimization, cybersecurity
Shiping Shao
Interests: Transportation markets, game theory, reinforcement learning, optimization
Jayanth Regatti
Thesis: Learning at the Edge under Resource Constraints
Interests: Reinforcement learning, federated learning, learning in adversarial settings
Yuntian Deng
Thesis: Operation of Multi-modal Transportation Networks: Optimization and Reinforcement Learning
Interests: Transportation markets, communication networks
Hao Li
Thesis: Decentralized Multi-Agent Collision Avoidance and Reinforcement Learning
Interests: Robotics, reinforcement learning
Joseph Heyman
Thesis: On the Computation of Strategically Equivalent Games
Interests: Computational game theory, security games, cyber security, secure control systems
Balsam Dakhil
Thesis: Market Mechanisms for the Deep Integration of Renewable Energy
Interests: Electricity markets, auction theory
Former M.S. students
Zhaoyuan Yang
Engineer at GE Global Research
Thesis: Adversarial Reinforcement Learning for Control System Design: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach
Interests: Machine learning, computer vision, optimization, robotics, IoT / cyber-physical systems
Former undergraduate students
Emily Reed
Ph.D. candidate at the University of Southern California
Interests: Cloud computing, robotics, body dynamics, renewable energy integration in microgrids
Meghan Booker
Graduate Student Researcher at Princeton University
Thesis: Effects of Hacking an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Connected to the Cloud
Interests: How cyber attacks impact control systems, for future joint cyber-security and control design
Fellowships: OSU College of Engineering Undergraduate Research Scholarship; Gordon Wu Fellow at Princeton University