TYLER SUMMERS
tyler.summers@utdallas.edu
Phone: 972-883-4554
Mailstop: ECW 31
Office: ECSW 2.355F
800 West Campbell Rd.
Richardson, TX 75080-3021
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Education
PhD, Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
MS, Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Texas Christian University
Research Interests
Control and optimization, power and energy networks, distributed robotics
Five Most Recent Journal Publications, Book Chapters, and Books
- S. Safaoui, T. Summers, “cvxRiskOpt: A Risk-Based Optimization Tool Based on CVXPY,” IEEE Control Systems Letters, Vol. 8, (2024):2163-2168.
- A. Vinod, S. Safaoui, T. Summers, N. Yoshikawa, S. Di Cairano, “Decentralized Safe Multi- Agent Motion Planning for Drones Under Uncertainty via Filtered Reinforcement Learning”, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Early Access, August 2024.
- Y. Guo, S. Ognjen, G. Hug, T. Summers, “Sparse Structure Design of Feedback Controllers for Stochastic Linear Systems via a Linear Matrix Inequality Approach,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 32, No. 4, (July 2024):1528 – 1535.
- K. Fathian, T. Summers, “CLIPPER+: A Fast Maximal Clique Algorithm for Fast Global Registration”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 9, No. 4, (April 2024):3562 – 3569.
- V. Renganathan, S. Safaoui, A. Kothari, B. Gravell, I. Shames, T. Summers, “Risk Bounded Nonlinear Robot Motion Planning with Integrated Perception and Control”, Artificial Intelligence Journal, special issue on Risk-Aware Autonomous Systems, Vol. 314, (January 2023):103812.
Major Honors and Awards
- NSF CAREER Award (2021)
- Army Research Office Young Investigator Award (2017)
- ETH Postdoctoral Fellowship (2011-2014)
- Fulbright Postgraduate Fellowship (Australia 2007-2008)
- U.S. Fulbright Alumni Postgraduate Scholar (highest ranked applicant to Australia)
- University of Texas Thrust 2000 Graduate Fellowship (2005-2010)