Bio – Haimin Hu

I am an incoming Assistant Professor at JHU CS. I obtained a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Princeton University, where I was advised by Jaime Fernández Fisac, and worked closely with Naomi Ehrich Leonard, Bartolomeo Stellato, and Andrea Bajcsy. My research aims at enabling safe human-centered robotic systems that can be built, deployed, and verified. Towards this goal I work on new algorithms and theorems centered around dynamic game theory, integrating insights from robust optimal control, machine learning, and numerical optimization. I ground my work in real-world robotic and cyber-physical systems such as miniature autonomous vehicles, quadrupedal robots, AI-assisted race cars, and quadrotors. My work has been recognized with several honors such as the RSS Pioneer, HRI Pioneer, and CPS Rising Star.

Previously, I worked at Toyota Research Institute and Honda Research Institute. I did my masters in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. I was fortunate to work with George Pappas, Manfred Morari and Nikolai Matni in the GRASP Lab. I am a recipient of the 2020 SEAS Outstanding Research Award.

I received my bachelor’s degree from ShanghaiTech University, proudly among its first cohort of bachelor students since the university was founded in 2013. My bachelor thesis was supervised by Boris Houska. I spent my senior year at UC Berkeley working with Claire Tomlin.