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Assistant Professor
Navid Azizan
Alfred H. (1929) and Jean M. Hayes Career Development Professor
Interests
- AI, machine learning, and intelligent systems
- Control, optimization, and autonomous systems
- Dynamics, networks, and sociotechnical systems
Professor Azizan News + Media
A simpler method for learning to control a robot
Researchers develop a machine-learning technique that can efficiently learn to control a robot, leading to better performance with fewer data.
How to assess a general-purpose AI model’s reliability before it’s deployed
A new technique enables users to compare several large models and choose the one that works best for their task.
AI-enabled control system helps autonomous drones stay on target in uncertain environments
The system automatically learns to adapt to unknown disturbances such as gusting winds.
Faculty Details
Education
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2020
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Ph.D. -
2015
University of Southern California
M.Sc. -
2013
Sharif University of Technology
B.Sc.
Honors + Awards
- 2025, Alfred H. (1929) and Jean M. Hayes Career Development Chair
- 2025, Frank E. Perkins Award for Excellence in Graduate Advising
- 2024 and 2023, List of Outstanding Academic Leaders in Data from the CDO Magazine
- 2023, Amazon Science Hub Research Award
- 2023, Outstanding UROP Faculty Mentor
- 2022, Esther and Harold E. Edgerton (1927) Career Development Chair
- 2020, Information Theory and Applications (ITA) Gold Graduation Award
Teaching
- Numerical Computation (2.086)
- Statistics, Computation, and Applications (IDS.012/2.092/6.3730 & IDS.131/2.093/6.3732)
- Dynamics and Control II (2.004)