Short Bio
Yuchun Li is a PhD candidate in the Department of Computer Engineering at the University of California Santa Cruz. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 2007 and 2010, respectively. He started working with Dr. Sanfelice since 2010. His research focuses on the design and analysis of distributed state estimation algorithms, incmremental stability, finite-time stability, limit cycles for hybrid dynamical systems and their applications. In the summers of 2014, he worked at BOSCH Research and Technology Center on developing advanced parameter and state estimation algorithms for Li-ion battery used for EVs.
Research Interests
Yuchun has an strong interest in the modeling, simulation, and stability analysis of linear/nonlinear/hybrid systems with applications to mechanical systems and decentralized and robust networked systems.
Teaching
Teaching Assistant: AME 455 (Feeback Control Systems) University of Arizona, Fall 2011 and Spring 2012.
Lecturer (part time): Foundamentals of Computer Science, Zhejiang Institute of Education, Spring 2007.
Publications
Y. Li, S. Phillips, and R. G. Sanfelice "Basic Properties and Characterizations of Incremental Stability Prioritizing Flow Time for a Class of Hybrid Systems", Systems and Control Letters, vol. 90, pp. 7-15, 04/2016.
Y. Li, and R. G. Sanfelice "Interconnected Observers for Linear Systems to Improve Rate of Convergence and Robustness to Measurement Noise", IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 2015.
Y. Li, and R. G. Sanfelice "A Finite-time Convergent Observer with Robustness to Piecewise-constant Measurement Noise", Automatica, vol. 57, pp. 222-230, July, 2015.
Y. Li, and R. G. Sanfelice "Results on Finite Time Stability for A Class of Hybrid Systems", To appear in Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2016.
Y. Li, and R. G. Sanfelice "A Decentralized Consensus Algorithm for Distributed State Observers with Robustness Guarantees", To appear in Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2016.
Y. Li, and R. G. Sanfelice "On Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Incremental Stability of Hybrid Systems using the Graphical Distance between Solutions", Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 5575-5580, 2015.
X. Lou, Y. Li, and R. G. Sanfelice "Results on Stability and Robustness of Hybrid Limit Cycles for A Class of Hybrid Systems", Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2235-2240, 2015.
X. Lou, Y. Li, and R. G. Sanfelice "On Robust Stability of Limit Cycles for Hybrid Systems With Multiple Jumps", Proc. 5th Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems, pp. 199-204, 2015.
Y. Li, S. Phillips, and R. G. Sanfelice "Results on Incremental Stability for A Class Hybrid Systems", Proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 3089-3094, December, 2014.
Y. Li, and R. G. Sanfelice "Robust Distributed State Observers with Performance Guarantees and Optimized Communication Graph", Proceedings of the 2014 American Control Conference, pp. 1090-1095, 2014.
Y. Li, and R. G. Sanfelice "A Robust Finite-time Convergent Hybrid Observer for Linear Systems", Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 3349-3354, 2013.
Y. Li, and R. G. Sanfelice "A Coupled Pair of Luenberger Observers for Linear Systems to Improve Rate of Convergence and Robustness to Measurement Noise", Proceedings of the American Control Conference, pp. 2503-2508, June, 2013.
Selected Awards
09/2015 Chancellor’s Dissertation-Year Fellowship at University of California, Santa Cruz, CA.
06/2014 Finalist for Student Best Paper Award, American Control Conference, Portland, OR, 2014.
08/2010 Graduate College fellowship at University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
03/2006 The third prize of the 2nd Mechanics Innovative Contest at Zhejiang University, China.
03/2005 The third prize of the 1st Mechanics Innovative Contest at Zhejiang University, China.
Personal Interests
Hiking, cycling, bicycle touring, table tennis, badminton.
Contact
Yuchun Li
yuchunli@ucsc.edu
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Computer Engineering
University of California Santa Cruz
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