Hello!

I am a postdoctoral researcher in the School of ECE at Cornell University. I am broadly interested in embodied intelligence, experimental robotics, and environmental sustainability. My current research focuses on autonomous driving, electric vehicles, optimal control, and mechatronics.

If you are interested in collaboration or would like to chat, feel free to reach out at fangyuwu (at) cornell (dot) edu.

Below is an overview of who I am and what I do.

Education

UC Berkeley. PhD+MEng in Electrical Eng. and Comp. Sci. May 2018 - Jul 2024.
UIUC. MS+BS in Civil Eng. with Minor in Architecture. Aug 2012 - May 2018.

Experiences

NVIDIA. Optimization Intern. May 2023 - Aug 2023.
Berkeley AI Research, UC Berkeley. Research Assistant. May 2018 - Jul 2024.
Intel. Machine Learning Intern. Jan 2018 - April 2018.
Coordinated Science Lab., UIUC. Research Assistant. May 2016 - May 2018.

Publications

Journals:

1. F. Wu, J. Carpio, M. Bunting, M. Nice, D. Work, J. Sprinkle, J. Lee, S. Hornstein, and A. Bayen. “Modifying adaptive cruise control systems for string stable stop-and-go wave control.” in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2024.
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2. M. S. Chauhan, A. Chauhan, M. Bayen, F. Wu, F. A. Althukair, M. T. Kaiser, and L. F. Jacobs. “enut: A sensing system to measure the acquisition of foraging proficiency in wild tree squirrels.” in IEEE Sensors Journal. 2024.
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3. J. Lee, H. Wang, K. Jang, A. Hayat, M. Bunting, A. Alanqary, W. Barbour, Z. Fu, X. Gong, G. Gunter, S. Hornstein, A. R. Kreidieh, N. Lichtle, M. Nice, W. Richardson, A. Shah, E. Vinitsky, F. Wu, S. Xiang, S. Almatrudi, F. Althukair, R. Bhadani, J. Carpio, R. Chekroun, E. Cheng, M. T. Chiri, F.-C. Chou, R. DeLorenzo, M. Gibson, D. Gloudemans, A. Gollakota, J. Ji, A. Keimer, N. Khoudari, M. Mahmood, M. Mahmood, H. Matin, S. McQuade, R. Ramadan, D. Urieli, X. Wang, Y. Wang, R. Xu, M. Yao, Y. You, Z. Gergely, Y. Zhao, M. Ameli, N. Baig, S. Bhaskaran, K. Butts, M. Gowda, C. Janssen, J. Lee, L. Pedersen, R. Wagner, Z. Zhang, C. Zhou, D. Work, B. Seibold, J. Sprinkle, B. Piccoli, M. L. Delle Monache, and A. Bayen. “Traffic control via connected and automated vehicles: An open-road field experiment with 100 cavs.” in IEEE Control Systems Magazine. 2024.
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4. N. Lichtle, E. Vinitsky, M. Nice, R. Bhadani, M. Bunting, F. Wu, B. Piccoli, B. Seibold, D. Work, J. Lee, J. Sprinkle, and A. Bayen. “From sim to real: A pipeline for training and deploying traffic smoothing cruise controllers.” in IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 2024.
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5. F. Wu, G. Wang, K. Wang, A. Keimer, I. Stoica, and A. Bayen. “Composing MPC with LQR and Neural Networks for Amortized Efficiency and Stable Control.” in IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 2023.
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6. F. Wu, and A. Bayen. “A MPC Approach to Car Following with Linearly Constrained Quadratic Programming.” in IEEE Control Systems Letters. 2022.
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7. R. Stern, Y. Chen, F. Wu, M. Churchill, and D. Work. “Quantifying air quality benefits resulting from few autonomous vehicles stabilizing traffic.” in Transportation Research Part D: Transportation and the Environment. 2018.
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8. F. Wu, R. Stern, S. Cui, M. L. Delle Monache, R. Bhadanid, M. Bunting, M. Churchill, N. Hamilton, R. Haulcy, B. Piccoli, B. Seibold, J. Sprinkle, D. Work. “Tracking vehicle trajectories and fuel rates in oscillatory traffic.” in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. 2017.
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9. R. Stern, S. Cui, M. L. Delle Monache, R. Bhadani, M. Bunting, M. Churchill, N. Hamilton, R. Haulcy, H. Pohlmann, F. Wu, B. Piccoli, B. Seibold, J. Sprinkle, D. Work. “Dissipation of stop-and-go waves via control of autonomous vehicles: Field experiments.” in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. 2017.
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Conferences / Workshops:

1. X. Wang, M. Nice, M. Bunting, F. Wu, M. L. Delle Monache, J. Lee, B. Piccoli, B. Seibold, A. Bayen, D. Work, and J. Sprinkle. “Human-in-the-loop Classification of Adaptive Cruise Control at a Freeway Scale.” submitted to International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems. 2024.
2. F. Wu, D. Wang, M. Hwang, C. Hao, J. Lu, J. Zhang, C. Chou, T. Darrell, and A. Bayen. “Decentralized Vehicle Coordination: The Berkeley DeepDrive Drone Dataset and Consensus-Based Models.” submitted to International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 2024.
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3. R. Bhadani, M. Bunting, M. Nice, F. Wu, A. Hayat, J. Lee, A. Bayen, B. Piccoli, B. Seibold, D. Work and J. Sprinkle. “Approaches for Synthesis and Deployment of Controller Models on Automated Vehicles for Car-following in Mixed Autonomy.” in Workshop on Data-Driven and Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems. 2023.
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4. F. Wu, D. Wang, M. Hwang, C. Hao, J. Lu, T. Darrell, and A. Bayen. “Motion Planning in Understructured Road Environments with Stacked Reservation Grids.” in ICRA Workshop on Perception, Action, Learning. 2020.
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5. T. Cabannes, J. Li, F. Wu, H. Dong, and A. Bayen. “Learning Optimal Traffic Routing Behaviors Using Markovian Framework in Microscopic Simulation.” in Transportation Review Board Annual Meeting. 2020.
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6. E. Vinitsky, A. Kreidieh, C. Wu, L. Flem, N. Kheterpal, K. Jang, C. Wu, F. Wu, R. Liawand, E. Liang, and A. Bayen. “Benchmarks for reinforcement learning in mixed-autonomy traffic.” in Conference on Robot Learning. 2018.
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7. F. Wu, and D. Work. “Connections between classical car following models and artificial neural networks.” in IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 2018.
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8. F. Wu, R. Stern, M. Churchill, M. L. Delle Monache, K. Han, Piccoli, and D. Work. “Measuring Trajectories and Fuel Consumption in Oscillatory Traffic: Experimental Results.” in Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. 2017.
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