Ye Zhao
Associate Professor
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYe Zhao is an associate professor and robotics researcher at Georgia Tech who leads the Laboratory for Intelligent Decision and Autonomous Robots (LIDAR), focusing on computationally efficient optimization algorithms with formal guarantees for robustness, autonomy, agility, and real-time performance. With a PhD from UT Austin and prior postdoctoral work at Harvard, he has spent nine years translating rigorous controls and optimization theory into practical solutions for compliant humanoid and mobile robots and human-assistive devices. His work emphasizes operating in cluttered, human-populated environments and enabling collaborative, high-agility behaviors that are provably safe and fast. Ye’s research portfolio blends academic depth with applied engineering, aiming to mature algorithms from simulation to real hardware. Based in Atlanta, he has steadily progressed from graduate research to leading his own lab, signaling both mentorship and program-building strengths. A less obvious strength is his focus on computational efficiency—pushing for methods that can run on onboard hardware in real time rather than only in idealized settings.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at AustinBachelor of Engineering Control Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering Control Science and Engineering at Harbin Institute of Technology
Github Skills (18)
nonlinear10
crossword10
robotics10
verification10
dynamical-systems10
toolbox9
agent-based-modeling9
nonlinear-dynamics9
drake9
structural-engineering9
planning9
python8
depth-camera5
kinect-v25
kinect4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
YeZhao/drake
Nov 2016 - Dec 2018
Contributions:398 pushes, 15 branches in 2 years 1 month
nonlineartoolboxdynamical-systemsmore-infodynamical
YeZhao/phase-space-planner-locomotion
Aug 2017 - Sep 2018
Contributions:4 commits, 4 pushes in 1 year 1 month
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