I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at AMBER Lab, California Institute of Technology, USA. I am currently collaborating with Prof. Aaron Ames and Prof. Paulo Tabuada on investigating safe autonomy under sensor spoofing attacks. Prior to this position, I held a short Postdoctoral Researcher position at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, supervised by Prof. Dimos V. Dimarogonas. In the same group, I obtained my Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in May, 2023. My Ph.D. thesis is about safe and correct control design for nonlinear systems. I was visiting Prof. Antonis Papachistodoulou at University of Oxford, UK, in early 2023.

Research Interests

I have a broad interest in control, estimation, optimization and formal methods, and their applications in robotics. My research aeras include

• Secure and risk-aware state estimation
• Safe control for nonlinear systems
• Formal methods in robotics
• Multi-agent systems

I am currently on the academic job market!

Getting in touch

I am constantly looking for students that are interested in related fields and want to do a summer/semester project with us.
E-mail: xiaotan at caltech dot edu
Address: 300 Gates-Thomas Laboratory, Caltech, Pasadena

News

[October 2024] We submitted two papers to ACC 2025!

[July 2024] Our paper titled “Safety of Linear Systems under Severe Sensor Attacks” was accepted by IEEE CDC 2024! Check out here for more details.

[June 2024] My paper titled “A contract negotiation scheme for safety verification of interconnected systems” was accepted by the 2024 ECC Special Issue of the European Journal of Control! Check here for more details.

[June 2024] My paper titled “Enhancing Precision Agriculture Through Human-in-the-Loop Planning and Control” was accepted by 2024 IEEE 20th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)!

[March 2024] We submit a paper on security and safety for linear systems to IEEE CDC 2024!

[November 2023] I started my new postdoctoral researcher position at Caltech.