Alan Papalia
Afonso S. Bandeira
Afonso S. Bandeira
Description: Assistant Professor
I am an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering ( ECE ) and Mathematics and the Khoury College of Computer Sciences (by courtesy) at Northeastern University, where I lead the Robust Autonomy Lab .
I am broadly interested in the mathematical and algorithmic foundations of trustworthy autonomy . My research applies analytical and computational tools from nonlinear optimization, differential geometry and topology, abstract algebra, and probability and statistics to design principled , computationally efficient , and provably robust algorithms for machine learning, perception, and control .
A major focus of my research is the design of practical estimation and control algorithms for nonlinear systems that provide explicit performance guarantees in real-world operation. To that end, much of my recent work has explored the use of convex relaxation as a general strategy for recovering provably-good approximate solutions to hard computational problems in artificial intelligence. Check out our recent survey article if you’d like to know more!
Alan Papalia
Afonso S. Bandeira
Afonso S. Bandeira