Yulin Li

I am currently a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in Robotics and Autonomous Systems at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), where I am jointly supervised by Prof. Jun Ma and Prof. Michael Yu Wang. Prior to my time at HKUST, I earned the M.Sc. degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and my B.Eng. degree in Mechatronic Engineering from Tongji University.

My research interests lie at the intersection of Optimization and Robot Motion Planning, particularly in designing algorithms that enable robots to intelligently interact with their surroundings. I focus on creating solutions that achieve safe and agile motion in complex environments while delivering both high practical performance and rigorous theoretical guarantees.

During my Ph.D. studies, I have collaborated with Prof. Xindong Tang on the theory and application of Moment and Polynomial Optimization. I also had the opportunity to visit the Computational Robotics Lab at Harvard University, where I worked with Prof. Heng Yang to develop high-performance numerical solvers for Contact-Implicit Motion Planning.