Current CODES Lab Members
Yingqing Chen
yqchenn@bu.edu
PhD Student,
Division of Systems Engineering
Yingqing is interested in intelligent traffic light control for a single and multiple interconnected intersections and their deployment in smart cities.
H M Sabbir Ahmad
sabbir92@bu.edu
PhD Student,
Division of Systems Engineering
Sabbir’s interests are Autonomous Driving, Cyber-Physical Systems, Cybersecurity of CPS, Control Systems, Reinforcement Learning and Multi-Agent systems.
Selected Past CODES Lab Members
Christos G. Panayiotou
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director, KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence, University of Cyprus
PhD Thesis: Sample Path Optimization Techniques for Dynamic Resource Allocation in Discrete Event Systems
Kağan Gökbayrak
Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Hacettepe University, Turkey
PhD Thesis: New Optimization Methods for Complex Systems
Wei Li
Principal Engineer and Team Lead, MathWorks Inc., Natick, MA
PhD Thesis: Cooperative Control and applications to UAV and Sensor Networks
Shixin (Brenda) Zhuang
Software Development Manager, MathWorks Inc., Natick, MA
PhD Thesis: Optimization Approaches for Reducing Energy Consumption in Wireless Sensor Nodes and Networks
Lei Miao
Professor, Mechatronics Engineering, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN.
PhD Thesis: Energy-Latency Trade-Offs in Real-Time Wireless Sensor Networks
Haining Yu
Principal Scientist, Amazon, Seattle, WA
PhD Thesis: Perturbation Analysis of Feedback-Controlled Stochastic Flow Systems
Xu (Nikko) Ning
Engineering Manager, AI Platform, Snap, Seattle, WA
PhD Thesis: Control and Optimization Approaches for Power Management in Wireless Sensor Networks
Minyi Zhong
Director of Software Engineering, UiPath, Seattle, WA
PhD Thesis: Distributed control and optimization for power limited cooperative systems
Chen Yao
Head of Machine Learning, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Chicago, IL
PhD Thesis: Perturbation Analysis, Optimization and Resource Contention Games in Stochastic Hybrid Systems
Tao (Reno) Wang
Senior Manager, Alibaba, Hangzhou, China
PhD Thesis: Control and optimization approaches for power management in energy-aware battery-powered systems
Ali Kebarighotbi
Applied Science Manager, Alexa AI, Amazon, Boston, MA
PhD Thesis: Perturbation Analysis in Fluid Scheduling and Optimization of Stochastic Hybrid Systems
Jianfeng Mao
Associate Professor, School of Data Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
PhD thesis: Dynamic Energy Management in Resource Limited Systems with Real-Time Constraints
Yanfeng Geng
Senior Quantitative Analyst, Fidelity, Boston, MA
PhD Thesis: Optimization Methods for Intelligent Transportation Systems in Urban Settings
Xuchao Lin
Research Scientist, Lujiazui International Financial Asset Exchange Co. Ltd. Boston, MA
PhD Thesis: Optimal Control Approaches for Persistent Monitoring Problems.
Julia Lima Fleck
Assistant Professor, Center for Biomedical and Healthcare Engineering , Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne, France
PhD Thesis: Topics in Perturbation Analysis for Stochastic Hybrid Systems
Yasaman Khazaeni
VP of Data Science and Machine Learning, WSO2Con, Needham, MA
PhD Thesis: An event-driven approach to control and optimization of multi-agent systems
Sepideh Pourazarm
Senior Manager of Data Science, Walmart Corp., San Carlos, CA
PhD Thesis: Control and Optimization Approaches for Energy-Limited Systems: Applications to Wireless Sensor Networks and Battery-Powered Vehicles
Xinmiao Sun (孙新苗)
Assistant Professor, School of Automation and Electrical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China
PhD Thesis: Static and Dynamic Optimization Problems in Cooperative Multi-Agent Systems
Nan Zhou
Senior Software Engineer, Symbolic, Boston, MA
PhD Thesis: Cooperative Control for Multi-Agent Persistent Monitoring Problems
Xiangyu Meng
Associate Professor, Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Post Doctoral Associate, 2017-19
Yue Zhang
Research Scientist, Meta, Inc., Menlo Park, CA
PhD Thesis: Methods in Intelligent Transportation Systems Exploiting Vehicle Connectivity, Autonomy and Roadway Data
Rebecca Swaszek
Systems Engineer, U.S. DOT Volpe National Transportation Center, Cambridge, MA
PhD Thesis: Data-Driven Fleet Load Balancing Strategies for Shared Mobility-On-Demand Systems
Arian Houshmand
Principal Systems Engineer, Symbotic, Palo Alto, CA
PhD Thesis: Eco-Routing and Scheduling of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Rui Chen
Algorithm Developer, Aptiv, Troy, MI
PhD Thesis: Control and Optimization Methods for Problems in Intelligent Transportation Systems
Wei Xiao
Assistant Professor, Robotics Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
PhD Thesis: Optimal Control and Learning for Safety-Critical Autonomous Systems
Salomon Wollenstein Betech
Post Doctoral Fellow, Graduate Business School, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
PhD Thesis: Estimation and Optimization Methods in Transportation Networks
Shirantha Welikala
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ
PhD Thesis: Overcoming Local Optima in Control and Optimization of Cooperative Multi-Agent Systems
Kaiyuan Xu
Software Engineer, Zoox, CA
PhD Thesis: Safety-Critical Optimal Control in Autonomous Traffic Systems
James Queeney
Research Scientist, Amazon Robotics, Boston, MA
PhD Thesis: Reliable Deep Reinforcement Learning: Stable Training and Robust Deployment
Andres Chavez Armijos
PhD Thesis: From Selfish to Social Optimal Planning for Cooperative Autonomous Vehicles in Transportation Systems
Ehsan Sabouni
PhD Thesis: Safety-Critical Multi-Agent Control and Coordination for Autonomous Vehicles: Barrier Functions, Learning, and Deployment
Jonas Hall
PhD Thesis: Decomposing Persistent Monitoring Problems Using Numerical Optimal Control
Anni Li
PhD Thesis: Optimal Maneuvering for Safe and Cooperative Autonomous Vehicles in Mixed Traffic
