Hiroyasu Tsukamoto

For More Information

• Research Group Website
• STEM Outreach for Japanese Students

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

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 )