About
I am an Associate Professor of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering with affiliations with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and Coordinated Science Labratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I am broadly interested in problems in control theory, stochastic processes and probability theory, game theory, and optimization.
My research focuses on developing theoretical tools that bridge mathematical rigor with real-world applications across various engineering and systems domains. My research includes, dynamics over networkss, stochastic control, game theory, and distributed computation and optimization.
Selected Awards & Recognition
Current Teaching
IE 521: Convex Optimization
An advanced course covering the theory and applications of convex optimization, including convex analysis and algorithms for solving convex optimization problems.
SE 424: State Space Design for Control
A comprehensive exploration of modern control theory, bridging the gap between theoretical stability analysis and practical system design. It shifts focus from classical frequency-domain techniques to state-space representations, offering students the tools to model, analyze, and control complex multi-variable systems.
Resources:
Current PhD Students
- Xinran Zheng - PhD Student
- Zhuqing Li - PhD Student
- Sunreet Khanna (UCSD) - PhD Student
Past PhD Students
- Dr. Ashwin Verma - postdoc at Purdue
- Dr. Rohit Parasnis - postdoc at MIT
- Dr. Adel Aghajan - postdoc at UCSD
- Dr. Kaitlyn Garifi - senior data scientist at Lineage Logistics
Contact Information
touri1@illinois.edu
CSL 161
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
104 S. Mathews Ave
Urbana, IL 61801