James Usevitch
Assistant Professor at Brigham Young University
Utah, United States
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Top SchoolJames Usevitch is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at BYU specializing in autonomy, control theory, optimization, and machine learning with nine years of experience translating rigorous research into real-world multi-agent systems. He earned a PhD in Aerospace Controls from the University of Michigan, where he developed provably safe, resilient multi-agent control algorithms for unmanned vehicles and led large hardware demonstrations and benchmarking efforts. At MIT Lincoln Laboratory he implemented mixed-integer convex optimization solutions and led an eight-robot field demonstration, bridging algorithm design with production-grade C++/Python systems and open-source readiness. His work emphasizes safety and adversary resilience in distributed autonomy, combining deep theoretical guarantees with hands-on software and hardware integration. Based in Utah, he also has a track record of cost-conscious lab building and mentoring students to deliver complex multi-robot demonstrations.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at University of MichiganBachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.61/4.0 GPA, Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.61/4.0 GPA at Brigham Young University
Github Skills (91)
simulator10
unreal10
graph-convolutional-networks10
graph-neural-network10
mojo10
geometric-deep-learning10
modular9
convex-optimization9
airsim9
ai9
autonomous-vehicles9
platform-independent9
control-systems9
computer-vision9
deep-reinforcement-learning9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
jusevitch/Julia_k_armed_bandit
May 2019 - Jun 2020
Implementation of k-armed Bandit problems from Sutton and Barto book in Julia
Contributions:8 commits, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 1 year 1 month
julia
byu-magicc/magiccdp
Jun 2024 - Jul 2025
A set of differentiable programming tutorials for the BYU MAGICC Lab
Contributions:3 PRs, 10 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 1 month
differentiable-programming
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