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Assistant Professor
Navid Azizan
- Alfred Henry (1929) and Jean Morrison Hayes Career Development Professor
- Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Interests
- AI, machine learning, and intelligent systems
- Control, optimization, and autonomous systems
- Dynamics, networks, and sociotechnical systems
Professor Azizan News + Media
A smarter way for large language models to think about hard problems
This new technique enables LLMs to dynamically adjust the amount of computation they use for reasoning, based on the difficulty of the question.
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)
- Dynamics and Control II (2.004)
- Statistics, Computation, and Applications (IDS.012/2.092/6.3730 & IDS.131/2.093/6.3732)
- Safe and Reliable Artificial Intelligence Systems (2.S999/IDS.S22)