Research
Topics
Machine Learning for Cyber-Physical Systems
- Supervised learning for data-driven modeling: identification of plant models
- Unsupervised learning for data-pattern recognition: modeling time-varying control specifications
- Deep reinforcement learning for scalable and safe control of large-scale systems
- Application: data-driven modeling and control of smart logistic automation systems using networks of AGVs
Discrete-Event Systems
- Supervisor localization: top-down approach for distributed control
- Distributed control with communication delays
- Distributed control under partial observation
- Relative observability: partially-observed supervisory control
- Scalable supervisory control
- Application to warehouse automation served by multiple robots
Networked Multi-Agent Systems
- Surplus averaging algorithms: solving average consensus over general strongly connected digraphs
- Eigenstructure assignment: top-down approach for formation control
- Distributed optimization based on surplus averaging algorithms
- Distributed internal model principle: general theory of cooperative control
- Complex networks: algebraic connectivity and controllability
- Application to formation control of multi-UAV system
Research Grants
- “A Mathematical Modeling and Control Framework of Cybersecurity”, Osaka City University Strategic Research Grant, 2020-2021
- “Research and Development of Innovative Network Technologies to Create High-Density, High-Mobility, and Large-Scale Wireless Networks”, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), 2016-2021
- “Data-Driven Control Framework for Intelligent Logistic Automation”, Osaka City University Strategic Research Grant, 2018-2019
- “Cooperative synchronization of networked multi-agent systems”, Collaborative Research Grant, National Institute of Informatics (NII), 2018-2019
- "Robust and adaptive distributed control of discrete-event systems", JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists, 2016-2020
- "Internal-model distributed control design for complex networks of dynamic agents", JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists, 2014-2015
- MEXT Program to Disseminate Tenure Tracking System, 2014-2016