Jing Yu

I am a PhD candidate in the department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences (CMS) at Caltech , advised by John Doyle and Adam Wierman.


I am broadly interested in the interplay between control and learning theory, with a focus on distributed algorithms for large-scale cyber-physical systems. 

My work has been supported in part by the Amazon/Caltech AI4Science Fellowship. Prior to Caltech, I received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech. I previously interned at GE Research Center, Bosch Rexroth, and STERIS.



Email: first name (at) caltech (dot) edu

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Invited poster presentation at the Young Researcher Workshop hosted at Cornell University 


I have been selected as an Amazon/Caltech AI4Science Fellow of the 2022-2023 class! The AI4Science Fellows program is a result of a partnership between Caltech and Amazon around machine learning and artificial intelligence. The program recognizes graduate students and postdoctoral scholars that have had a remarkable impact in these areas, and in their application to fields beyond computer science



Talk at the ControlX meeting hosted by Prof. Mehran Mesbahi at University of Washington. 

I presented a poster on our recent work on online control of unknown adversarial systems at the Data-driven Decision Process (D3P) program at the Simons Institute.

I'm co-organizing a workshop on System Level Synthesis (SLS) for the Conference on Decision and Control (CDC'22). 

Our paper On Infinite-horizon System Level Synthesis was accepted to the Conference on Decision and Control (CDC'22).

Our paper on robust online voltage control was selected as the finalist for the Best Paper Award of e-Energy’22. Check out the presentation by Chris Yeh.

Talk at Prof. Jason Marden's group at UC San Diego. 
I passed my candidacy!

Publications 

  • Learning the Uncertainty Sets for Control Dynamics via Set Membership: A Non-Asymptotic Analysis [pdf] 
Y. Li*, J. Yu*, L. Conger, A. Wierman.In Submission 2023. 
  • Online Stabilization of Unknown Linear Time-Varying Systems [arXiv] [code]
J. Yu, V. Gupta, A. Wierman.Accepted to Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) 2023.
  • Online Adversarial Stabilization of Unknown Networked Systems [arXiv] [code]
J. Yu, D. Ho, A. Wierman.ACM SIGMETRICS 2023. 
  • Robust online voltage control with an unknown grid topology [arXiv] [code]
C. Yeh, J. Yu, Y. Shi, A. Wierman.ACM e-Energy 2022. Best paper award finalist. 
  • On Infinite-horizon System Level Synthesis [arxiv] [code]
O. Kjellqvist*, J. Yu*Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) 2022.
  • Robust Reinforcement Learning: A Constrained Game-theoretic Approach [paper] [code]
J. Yu, C. Gehring, F. Schäfer, A. Anandkumar.Learning for Dynamics and Control Conference (L4DC) 2021.
  • Localized and Distributed H2 State Feedback Control [arXiv] [code]
J. Yu, Y. Wang, J. Anderson.American Control Conference (ACC) 2021
  • Achieving performance and safety in large scale systems with saturation using a nonlinear system level synthesis approach [arXiv]
J. Yu*, D. Ho*.American Control Conference (ACC) 2020

* Equal Contribution

Teaching

I was a teaching assistant (TA) / co-instructor of the following courses at Caltech:

Mentor high school clubs developing techniques to convert sunlight to consumable energy

work on a year-long sustainable energy project



Outreach and Mentoring 


  • (2023) Sustainable Energy Activity Lab (SEAL): I am a mentor for high school clubs where I work with students on a year-long sustainable energy project related to microbial fuel cells. We meet weekly for labs, lectures, and discussions.

  • (2023) FUTURE Ignited: I am a peer advisor and accountability partner to help undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds to apply to graduate school, where I meet with students weekly to discuss progress and advise on graduate school applications from Sep - Dec.

  • (2023) First-year Success Research Institute (FSRI): I was currently a summer research mentor for a group of 3-4 students within a research pod/group where I dedicate at least 2 hours per week to in-person lab work, office hours, and/or meeting with students.

  • (2021-2023) Caltech: I mentored the following undergraduate students (U) and junior graduate students (G) during my time at Caltech: Agnim Agarwal (U, 2023) ; Lauren Conger (G, 2021-2022) ; Tinashe Handina (G, 2022-2023) ; Eric Ma (U, 2023); Patrick Martinez (U, 2023).

  • (2018-2020) Muir High School, Pasadena, CA: I tutored high school students in Math and Science as part of an outreach initiative of the Caltech Y Rise Program.


  • (2013-2016) Georgia Tech: I was a Peer-led Undergraduate Study (PLUS) Leader for Physics I,II and Calculus I, II, III, where I worked with faculties to develop innovative and interactive weekly review sessions to help students better understand challenging course materials.

  • (2014-2016) Georgia Tech: I was a volunteer instructor for the Georgia Tech Invention Studio, committing at least 3 hours per week teaching students how to use the fabrication machines for their engineering projects. I also host outreach workshops for local high schools to engage underrepresented groups in STEM.