Teaching

Supervision

I am fortunate to work with many excellent students and are proud of their achievements.

Feedback Optimization

  • Wenbin Wang (ETH, MA, 2023), Feedback Optimization over Networks: Decentralized and Distributed Approaches
    Co-supervised with Dr. Saverio Bolognani
    W. Wang, Z. He, G. Belgioioso, S. Bolognani, and F. Dörfler, Decentralized Feedback Optimization via Sensitivity Decoupling: Stability and Sub-optimality, European Control Conference, 2024. [pdf] [arxiv]
    W. Wang, Z. He, G. Belgioioso, S. Bolognani, and F. Dörfler, Online Feedback Optimization over Networks: A Distributed Model-Free Approach, 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2024. [arxiv]

  • Wen Yi Chan (ETH, MA, 2024), Robustify Feedback Optimization via Regularization
    Co-supervised with Dr. Keith Moffat
    Manuscript in preparation

  • Christian Hartnik (ETH, MA, 2022), Online Bayesian Optimization: A Closed-Loop Approach
    co-supervised with Dr. Marta Zagorowska and Dr. Alisa Rupenyan

Distribution Optimization and Network Systems

The following projects are all co-supervised with Prof. Jianping He.

  • Wenzhe Zheng (SJTU, 2021), Accurate Resilient Average Consensus
    W. Zheng, Z. He, J. He, and C. Zhao, Accurate Resilient Average Consensus via Detection and Compensation, 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2021. [pdf]

  • Yilin Zhang (SJTU, 2021), Resilient Approximation-based Distributed Optimization
    Y. Zhang, Z. He, and J. He, Resilient Approximation-Based Distributed Nonconvex Optimization, American Control Conference, 2022. [pdf] [full text]

  • Jisheng Xu (SJTU, 2022), Inference Attack in Distributed Optimization
    J. Xu, Z. He, C. Fang, J. He, and Y. Peng, Inference Attack in Distributed Optimization via Interpolation and Manipulation, 61st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2022. [pdf] [full text]

Applications in Mobility Systems

  • Vinzenz Tütsch (ETH, MA, 2023), Towards Autonomous and Distributed Traffic Signal Control
    Co-supervised with Prof. Kenan Zhang
    V. Tütsch, Z. He, F. Dörfler, and K. Zhang, Distributed Traffic Signal Control Via Coordinated Maximum Pressure-Plus-Penalty, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2024. [arxiv]

  • Jan Ghadamian (ETH, MA, 2025), Hierarchical Decision-Making in Layered Urban Mobility Systems
    Co-supervised with Mingjia He

Teaching Assistants

  • Control Systems, Prof. Florian Dörfler
    2023 Fall
    Duties: coding exercises and hands-on experiments

  • Large-Scale Convex Optimization, Dr. Michael Mühlebach
    2023 Spring, 2024 Summer
    Duties: exercises, tutorials, and exams