Derya Aksaray
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Contact
- d.aksaray@northeastern.edu
- 360 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Research Focus
Autonomous systems, control theory, formal methods, machine learning, and aerospace systems
Education
- PhD, Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014
- MS, Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011
- BS, Aerospace Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2008
Professional Affiliations
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Research Overview
Autonomous systems, control theory, formal methods, machine learning, and aerospace systems
Selected Research Projects
- Context-Aware Reinforcement Learning with Complex Objectives and Constraints
- – PI, DARPA, 2021
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- Y. Yazicioglu, R. Bhat, and D. Aksaray, “Distributed Path Planning for Serving Cooperative Tasks with Time Windows: A Game Theoretic Approach”, Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, vol. 103(2), 1-19, 2021.
- R. Peterson, A. T. Buyukkocak, D. Aksaray, and Y. Yazicioglu, “Safe Reactive Motion Planning Using Time Window Temporal Logic Specifications”, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 142, pages 103801, 2021.
- A.T. Buyukkocak, D. Aksaray, and Y. Yazicioglu, “Planning of Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems under Signal Temporal Logic Specifications with Integral Predicates”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol 6, no 2, 1375-1382, 2021.
- K.E. Schaefer, J. Oh, D. Aksaray, and D. Barber, “Integrating Context into Artificial Intelligence: Research from the Robotics Collaborative Technology Alliance”, AI Magazine 2019: Special Issue on Context, vol 40, no 3, Fall 2019.
- R. Paul, J. Arkin, D. Aksaray, N. Roy, and T.M. Howard, “Efficient Grounding of Abstract Spatial Concepts for Natural Language Interaction with Robot Platforms”, International Journal of Robotics Research, vol.37(10), 1269-1299, 2018.
Aug 17, 2022
New Faculty Spotlight: Derya Aksaray
Derya Aksaray joins the Electrical and Computer Engineering department in August 2022 as an Assistant Professor.