Mihailo R. Jovanovic - Students and Postdocs

Ibrahim Ozaslan
Control for optimization; Optimization-based control
Alma mater: Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Hometown: Konya, Turkey

Mohammad Tinati
Reinforcement learning and data-driven optimal control
Alma mater: Sharif University, Tehran, Iran
Hometown: Mashhad, Iran

Jointly with Stephen Tu

Dusan Bozic
Modeling, dynamics, and control of fluid flows
Alma mater: University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Hometown: Belgrade, Serbia

Justin Shao
TBD
Alma mater: University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Hometown: San Jose, CA

Nevena Nikolic
TBD
Alma mater: University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Hometown: Uzice, Serbia

Samantha Samuelson
PhD Thesis: Performance tradeoffs of accelerated first-order optimization algorithms
First Position: TBD
Current Position: TBD

Hesameddin Mohammadi
PhD Thesis: Robustness of gradient methods for data-driven decision making
First Position: System Software Engineer – Autonomous Vehicle Control Validation; Nvidia.
Current Position: System Software Engineer – Autonomous Vehicle Control Validation; Nvidia.

Dongsheng Ding
PhD Thesis: Provable reinforcement learning for constrained and multi-agent control systems
First Position: Post-doctoral Fellow; University of Pennsylvania
Current Position: Post-doctoral Fellow; University of Pennsylvania

Wei Ran
PhD Thesis: Modeling and analysis of parallel and spatially-evolving wall-bounded shear flows
First position: Assistant Research Scientist, China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center
Current position: Assistant Research Scientist, China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center

Sepideh Hassan-Moghaddam
PhD Thesis: Analysis, design, and optimization of large-scale networks of dynamical systems
First position: Data and Applied Scientist; Microsoft, Seattle, WA
Current position: Machine Learning Engineer; Apple, Cupertino, CA

Anubhav Dwivedi
PhD Thesis: Global input-output analysis of flow instabilities in high-speed compressible flows
First Position: Post-doctoral Fellow; University of Southern California
Current Position: Post-doctoral Fellow; University of Southern California

Jointly with Graham Candler and Joseph Nichols

Gokul Hariharan
PhD Thesis: Transition to elastic turbulence in channel flows
First Position: Post-doctoral Fellow; University of Southern California
Current Position: Formal Verification Engineer; Intel

Jointly with Satish Kumar

Neil Dhingra
PhD Thesis: Optimization and control of large-scale networked systems
First position: Research Scientist, Numerica Corporation; Fort Collins, CO
Current position: Director – Optimization and Machine Learning, Orbit Logic; Longmont, CO

Armin Zare
PhD Thesis: Low-complexity stochastic modeling of wall-bounded shear flows
First position: Post-doctoral Fellow; University of Southern California
Current position: Assistant Professor; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas

Xiaofan Wu
PhD Thesis: Sparsity-promoting optimal control of power networks
First position: Research Scientist; Autonomous Systems, Siemens Corporate Technology, Princeton, NJ
Current position: Head of Research Group, Autonomous Systems and Control, Siemens Corporate Technology, Princeton, NJ

Binh Lieu
PhD Thesis: Dynamics and control of Newtonian and viscoelastic fluids
First position: Senior Servo Engineer; Seagate Technology, Shakopee, MN
Current position: Engineering Manager; Apple, Cupertino, CA

Fu Lin
PhD Thesis: Structure identification and optimal design of large-scale networks of dynamical systems
First position: Post-doctoral Fellow; University of Minnesota
Current position: Team Lead, Data Analytics Engineering; Travelers, Hartford, CT

Rashad Moarref
PhD Thesis: Model-based control of transitional and turbulent wall-bounded shear flows
First position: Post-doctoral Fellow; California Institute of Technology
Current position: Tech Lead – Backend Engineering; GumGum, Santa Monica, CA

Anubhav Dwivedi
Current position: Post-doctoral Fellow; Stanford University

Gokul Hariharan
Current position: Formal Verification Engineer; Intel

Armin Zare
Current position: Assistant Professor; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas

Fu Lin
Current position: Team Lead, Data Analytics Engineering; Travelers, Hartford, CT

Makan Fardad
Current position: Associate Professor; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Syracuse University