Hiroyasu Tsukamoto
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Education
- Ph.D., Space Engineering (Outstanding Dissertation), Caltech, 2023
- M.S., Space Engineering, Caltech, 2018
- B.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Kyoto University, 2017
Academic Positions
- Affiliate, Center for Autonomy, UIUC, 2026 – present
- 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 Theory
- Statistical Learning and Control
- Statistical Robot Control with Non-Traditional Data
- Trustworthiness in Aerospace and Robotic Autonomy
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, vol. 52, pp. 135–169, 2021. (DOI: 10.1016/j.arcontrol.2021.10.001)
- 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, vol. 47, no. 12, pp. 2525–2543, 2024. (DOI: 10.2514/1.G007671)
- T.-W. Hsu and H. Tsukamoto, "Statistical guarantees in data-driven nonlinear control: Conformal robustness for stability and safety,” IEEE Control Systems Letters, vol. 9, pp. 997–1002, 2025. (DOI: 10.1109/LCSYS.2025.3578062).
Journal Editorships
- Associate Editor, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)
Honors
- AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics Editor's Choice Award (Jul. 2025)
- Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia, Class of 2025 (May 2025)
- Innovators Under 35 Japan Award, MIT Technology Review (Nov. 2024)
- William F. Ballhaus Prize for Outstanding Dissertation, Caltech (Jun. 2023 )
Recent Courses Taught
- AE 403 - Spacecraft Attitude Control
- AE 598 EDO (AE 598 EDS, AE 598 ONE) - Estimation of Dynamical System
- AE 598 SR - Formal Methods in AE Robotics