Yanze (Youngzee) Liu

I am a PhD student at the Robotics Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), advised by Prof. Guranrui Li and Prof. Wei Xiao.

Prior to this, I obtained my M.S. at Univerisity of Wisconsin-Madison advised by Prof. Xiangru Xu; I was fortunate to be advised by Prof. Dong Shen back to my undergrad at Beijing Univeristy of Chemical Technology. (Fun fact: Alumni of Grace Wang)

My research goal is to advance next-generation robotics technologies by integrating tools from control theory, optimization, and machine learning. Specifically, I am more familier with Model Predictive Control (MPC), Interior Point Method(IPM), Control Barrier Function (CBF), and Reinforcement Learning (RL).

Besides my research, I enjoy running, swimming, CrossFit, cooking, investment, arts and museum.