Geir Dullerud

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Education

• Ph.D., Information Engineering, Cambridge University, England, 1994
• M.A.Sc. Elec Eng University of Toronto, Canada 1990
• B.A.Sc. Eng Science University of Toronto, Canada 1988

Academic Positions

• W. Grafton and Lillian B. Wilkins Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 2016-present.
• Affiliate, Department of Computer Science, UIUC, Jan 14, 2016-present
• Visiting Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology(KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, April-July, 2013
• Research Professor, Coordinated Science Laboratory, UIUC, August 16, 2006-date
• Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC, August 16, 2006-date
• Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, July 20, 2005- July 19, 2006
• Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, UIUC, Aug. 16, 2003-2006
• Research Associate Professor, Coordinated Science Laboratory, UIUC, Aug. 16, 2003-2006
• Willett Faculty Scholar , College of Engineering, UIUC, 2002-date
• Affiliate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC, Oct. 2000-date
• Research Assistant Professor, Coordinated Science Laboratory, UIUC, Aug. 2000-2003
• Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, UIUC, July 16, 1998-Aug. 15, 2003
• Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, Jan. 1996-July 1998
• Research Fellow and Lecturer, Department of Control and Dynamical Systems, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, Feb. 1994-Nov. 1995
• Research Associate, Information Engineering Department, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, July 1993-Jan. 1994

Documents

• cVitae_Dullerud

Other Professional Employment

• Research Associate, Control Engineering Department, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, Oct. 1990-May 1993
• Teaching Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Jan. 1989-May 1990
• Research Associate, SPAR Aerospace, Toronto, Canada, May-Aug. 1987
• Programmer, Nortel Research, Toronto, Canada, May-Aug. 1985, 1986

Research Statement

Program is focused on cyber-physical and complex systems with applications to mechanical, electrical, and computer systems. Professor Dullerud is particularly interested in networked, distributed and mobile cyber-physical settings. His areas of current research interest include convex optimization and machine learning in control, cyber-physical system security, cooperative robotics, stochastic simulation, and hybrid dynamical systems.

Research Interests

• Dynamic modeling
• Optimization and control

Research Topics

• Autonomous Systems and Artificial Intelligence
• Autonomous vehicular technology, UAVs
• Cyberphysical systems and internet of things
• Cybersecurity and privacy
• Robotics

Selected Articles in Journals

• J. Zhu, C. H. Du and G. E Dullerud, Model-based offline reinforcement learning with uncertainty estimation and policy constraint, IEEE Trans. on Artificial Intelligence (Published Online, DOI: 10.1109/TAI.2024.3372939), 2024
• Negin Musavi, Dawei, Sun, Sayan Mitra, Geir E. Dullerud, and Sanjay Shakkottai, "HyHooVer:Verification and Parameter Synthesis in Stochastic Systems with Hybrid State-space using Optimistic Optimization", IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems, 2:263-276, 2023
• A. Havens, D. Keivan, P. Seiler, G. Dullerud and B. Hu, "Revisiting PGD Attacks for Stability Analysis of High-Dimensional Nonlinear Systems and Perception-Based Control", volume 7, IEEE Control Systems Letters (L-CSS), 2023.
• Y. Wang, H. Sibai, M. Yen, S. Mitra, G.E. Dullerud,"Differentially Private Algorithms for Statistical Verification of Cyber-Physical Systems", volume 1, IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems (OJ-CSYS), 2022.
• J. Jansch-Porto, B. Yu, G.E. Dullerud, "Global Convergence of Policy Gradient Methods for Markovian Jump Linear Quadratic Optimal Control, accepted to IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2022.
• Wang, Y., N. Roohi, M. West, M. Viswanathan, and G. Dullerud, "Verifying Stochastic Hybrid Systems with Temporal Logic Specifications via Model Reduction", ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, 20(6):1-27, 2021
• J. Jansch-Porto and G.E. Dullerud, "Decentralized Control of Switched-Systems with Receding Horizon Modal Information and Path-Dependent Performance Specifications: Theory and an Application", accepted to IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 2021.
• N. Strijbosch, G.E. Dullerud, A. Teel, M. Heemels, "L2-gain Analysis of Periodic, Event-Triggered Control and Self-Triggered Control using Lifting", accepted to IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2020.
• Zhu, J., T. Luo, L. Yang, W. Xie, and G.E. Dullerud, "An Average Queue-length-difference Based Congestion Detection Algorithm in TCP/AQM Network", to appear in International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, 2018.
• Naghnaeian, M., P.G. Voulgaris, and G.E. Dullerud, "Lp Analysis and Synthesis of Linear Switched Systems: A Unified Framework," to appear in SIAM Journal of Control and Optimization, 2018.
• Wang, Y., Z. Huang, S. Mitra, and G.E. Dullerud, "Differential Privacy and Entropy-minimizing Mechanisms in Feedback Systems," IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 4:118-130, 2017.
• Wang, Y., N. Roohi, M. Viswanathan, and G. Dullerud, "Stability of Linear Autonomous Systems Defined by Regular Switching Sequences," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 62:2568-2575, 2016.
• Maginnis, P. A., M. West, and G. Dullerud, "Variance-reduced Tau-leaping using Anticorrelated Sample Paths," Journal of Computational Physics, 322:400-414, 2016.
• Philippe, M., R. Essick, G.E. Dullerud, and R.M. Jungers, "Stability of discrete-time switching systems with constrained switching sequences," accepted to Automatica, 72:242-250, 2016.
• Heemels, W.P.M.H., G. Dullerud, and A.R. Teel, "L2-gain Analysis for a Class of Hybrid Systems with Applications to Reset and Event-triggered Control: A Lifting Approach," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 61:2766 - 2781, 2016.
• Xie, W., B. Zhang, J. Zhu, and G.E. Dullerud, "Decision-Control Mechanism for Markovian Jump Linear Systems with Gaussian Noise," Optimal Control, Applications and Methods, 37: 381-393, 2016.
• Prabhakar, P., M. Viswanathan, and G.E. Dullerud, "Stability preserving Simulations and Bisimulations for hybrid systems," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 60: 3210 - 3225, 2015.
• Zhang, B., J. Zhu, and G.E. Dullerud, "Time Series Analysis for Congestion Detection in TCP/AQM Networks," IEEE Communications Letters, 19:331-334, 2015.
• Mishra, A., C. Langbort, and G.E. Dullerud, "Decentralized Control of Linear Switched Nested Systems with L-2 induced Norm Performance," IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 2:420-432, 2015.
• Prabhakar P., Vladimerou, V., M. Viswanathan, and G. E. Dullerud, "A Decidable Class of Planar Linear Hybrid Systems," Theoretical Computer Science, 574:1-17, 2015.
• Mishra, A., C. Langbort, and G.E. Dullerud, "Optimal Control of a Stochastically Switched System with Decentralized Policies and Local Parameter Knowledge," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 60:2086-2101, 2015.
• Farhood, M., D. Zhe, and G.E. Dullerud, "Distributed Control of Linear Time-varying Systems Interconnected over Arbitrary Graphs," International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 25(2):163–319, 2015.

Articles in Conference Proceedings

• Negin Musavi, Ziyao Guo, Yingying Li, and Geir E. Dullerud, "Real Analytic Dynamical System Identification with Non-asymptotic Guarantees", accepted to NeurIPS, 2024.
• Sahel Vahedi Noori , Bin Hu, Geir E. Dullerud, and Peter Seiler"Stability and Performance Analysis of Discrete-Time ReLU Recurrent Neural Networks", accepted to IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2024.
• Kuan-Yu Tseng, Mengchao Zhang , Kris Hauser, and Geir E. Dullerud, "Adaptive Trajectory Database Learning for Nonlinear Control with Hybrid Gradient Optimization", to appear in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2024.
• Hussein Darir, Nikita Boris, and Geir E. Dullerud, "DiProber: Estimating Relays Capacities in Underloaded Anonymous Communication Networks", to appear in Proceedings of American Control Conference (ACC), 2024.
• Xingang Guo, Darioush Esfahani, Peter Seiler, Geir Dullerud, and Bin Hu, "Complexity of Derivative-Free Policy Optimization for Structured H-infinity Control", Proceedings of NeurIPS, 2023.
• Negin Musavi and Geir E. Dullerud, "Convergence of Gradient-based MAML in LQR", to appear at IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2023.
• Hussein Darir, Geir E. Dullerud, and Nikita Borisov, "ProbFlow : Using Probabilistic Programming in Anonymous Communication Network", Proceedings of Network and Distributed Security System Symposium (NDSS), 2023.
• K.-Y. Tseng, J.S. Shamma, G.E. Dullerud, "Low-fidelity Gradient Updates for High-fidelity Reprogrammable Iterative Learning Control", Proceedings of American Control Conference (ACC), 2022.
• K.-Y. Tseng, J.S. Shamma, G.E. Dullerud, "GRILC: Gradient-based Reprogrammable Iterative Learning Control for Autonomous Systems", accepted to NeurIPS 2021 Workshop on Deployable Decision Making in Embodied Systems(EXTENDED ABSTRACT ONLY), 2021.
• Essick, R. and G.E. Dullerud, "Application of a Message-Passing Decomposition of Sparsely-Coupled Linear Programming Problems to the Uniform Stabilization of Positive Switched Linear Systems", Proceedings of the American Control Conference (ACC), 2018.
• Porto, J.J. and G.E. Dullerud, "Decentralized Control of Switched-Systems with Path-Dependent l2-induced Bounds", Proceedings of the American Control Conference (ACC), 2018.
• Strijbosch, N., G.E. Dullerud, A.R. Teel, and W.P.M.H. Heemels, "L2-gain Analysis of Periodic Event-triggered and Self-triggered Control Systems with Delays using Lifting Techniques," Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2017.
• Buccafusca, L., C.L. Beck, and G.E. Dullerud, "Modeling and Maximizing Power in Wind Turbine Arrays," IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), 2017.
• Wang, Y., S. Mitra, and G.E. Dullerud, "Differential Privacy and Minimum-Variance Unbiased Estimation in Multi-agent Control Systems," Proceedings of IFAC World Congress, 2017.
• Wang, Y., N. Roohi, M. West, G. Dullerud, and M. Viswanathan, "Statistical Verification of the Toyota Powertrain Control Verification Benchmark," Proceedings of Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control (HSCC), 2017.
• Jansch-Porto, J.P. and G.E. Dullerud, "Decentralized Control with Moving-Horizon Linear Switched Systems: Synthesis and Testbed Implementation," Proceedings of American Control Conference (ACC), 2017.
• J. Cortes, G. E. Dullerud, S. Han, J. Le Ny, S. Mitra, G. J. Pappas, "Differential privacy in control and network systems", Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2016.
• Wang, Y., Z. Huang, S. Mitra, and G.E. Dullerud, "Differential Privacy, Entropy, and Distributed Systems," Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2016.
• Philippe, M., R. Essick, G.E. Dullerud, and R.M. Jungers, "Extremal storage functions and minimal realizations of discrete-time linear switching systems," Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2016.
• Wang, Y., M. Hale, M. Egerstedt, and G. Dullerud, "Differentially Private Objective Functions in Distributed Cloud-based Optimization," Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2016.
• Wang, Y., N. Roohi, M. Viswanathan, M. West, and G. Dullerud, "Verifying Continuous-time Stochastic Hybrid Systems via Mori-Zwanzig Model Reduction," Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2016.
• G.E. Dullerud, "Lyapunov Constructions, Formal Proof Frameworks, and Computation-Based Verification for Complex Systems," Proceedings of the European Control Conference, 2016. (ABSTRACT ONLY)
• Naghnaeian, M., P.G. Voulgaris, and G.E. Dullerud, "A Unified Framework for l-p Analysis and Synthesis of Linear Switched Systems," Proceedings of American Control Conference, 2016.
• Maginnis, P.A., M. West, and G.E. Dullerud, "Model Predictive Control of Markov Jump Processes with Anticorrelated Variance Reduced Monte Carlo Estimation," Proceedings of American Control Conference, 2016.

Professional Societies

• Technical Committee on Systems with Uncertainty, 2008-present
• IEEE Control Systems Society, Nov. 2002-Dec. 2004
• Chair, Technical Committee on Robust Control
• Senior Member, IEEE, 2004-date
• Fellow, IEEE, 2008-date
• Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1996-2004
• Member, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), 1996-date
• Fellow, ASME, 2011-date
• Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997-date

Teaching Honors

• Listed in the Daily Illini “Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students” for Fall 2001, Fall 2004, Spring 2008, Fall 2010, Fall 2012, Spring 2014, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2019, Spring 2022 (ECE528/ME546), Spring 2023 (ME561).

Research Honors

• Plenary Lecture, International Workshop on Frontiers of Autonomous Systems and Application ( IWFASA 2019), Chengdu, China, 2019.
• Keynote Lecture, Design and Analysis of Robust Systems Workshop, Computer Aided Verification (CAV), Heidelberg, Germany, 2017.
• Plenary Lecture , International Workshop on Operator Theory and Applications (IWOTA), St. Louis, MO, 2016.
• W. Grafton and Lillian B. Wilkins Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 2016-present.
• Keynote Lecture, Workshop on Function Theory in Several Complex Variables in Relation to Modelling Uncertainty, International Centre for the Mathematical Sciences, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2014.
• Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2011.
• Semi-Plenary Lecture, IEEE Chinese Conference on Decision and Control, Guilin, China, 2009.
• Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2008.
• Xerox Award for Faculty Research, College of Engineering, UIUC, 2005.
• Willett Faculty Scholar Award, College of Engineering, UIUC, 2002-date.
• NSF Faculty Early Development (CAREER) Award, 1999.
• NSERC of Canada Initiation Grant, 1996.

Public Service Honors

• Exhibit Award Winner (3rd place), Engineering Open House, 2012
• Design Competition Judge, Engineering Open House, 2000

Other Honors

• Research Fellowship, Department of Control and Dynamical Systems, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 1994-1995
• Peterhouse College Graduate Scholarship, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, Oct. 1990-Sept. 1993
• NSERC of Canada Postgraduate Scholarship, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Jan. 1989-Sept. 1990
• University Open Admissions Scholarship, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 1984-1988

Recent Courses Taught

• ECE 528 (ME 546, SE 520) - Analysis of Nonlinear Systems
• ME 340 - Dynamics of Mechanical Systems
• ME 360 AL1 (ME 360 OL1, ME 360 ZJ1, ME 360 ZJE, ME 360 ZJU) - Signal Processing
• ME 561 - Convex Methods in Control