Hiroyasu Tsukamoto
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Education
- Ph.D., Space Engineering (Best Dissertation), Caltech, 2023
- M.S., Space Engineering, Caltech, 2018
- B.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Kyoto University, 2017
Academic Positions
- Assistant Professor of Aerospace, UIUC, 2024 – present
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Aerospace, UIUC, 2023 – 2024
- Postdoctoral Researcher in Robotics, NASA-JPL, Caltech, 2023 – 2024
Other Professional Employment
- Affiliate, Maritime and Multi-Agent Autonomy, Mobility and Robotic Systems Section, NASA-JPL, Caltech, 2023 – 2024
Graduate Research Opportunities
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Research Interests
- Nonlinear Systems and Control
- Aerospace and Robotic Autonomy
- Formal Guarantees for Autonomy
- Data-Diven Control and Learning
Research Areas
Selected Articles in Journals
- H. Tsukamoto, S.-J. Chung, and J.-J. E. Slotine, “Contraction Theory for Nonlinear Stability Analysis and Learning-based Control: A Tutorial Overview,” Annual Reviews in Control, Nov. 2021
- H. Tsukamoto, S.-J. Chung, Y. K. Nakka, B. Donitz, D. Mages, and M. Ingham, “Neural-Rendezvous: Provably Robust Guidance and Control to Encounter Interstellar Objects,” in AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Oct. 2024
Honors
- Innovators Under 35 Japan Award, MIT Technology Review (Nov. 2024 )
- William F. Ballhaus Prize for Best Dissertation, Caltech (Jan. 2023 )
Recent Courses Taught
- AE 598 EDO (AE 598 EDS, AE 598 ONE) - Estimation of Dynamical System