Control, Approximation and Optimization Systems Lab (CAOSLab)

Debojyoti Dey: debojyot[AT]campus.technion.ac.il

Debojyoti is a postdoctoral researcher in the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering with an interest in the theory of optimization and Machine learning. His current research focuses on analyzing total positivity of matrices and their variation bounding properties on generalized spaces, which has major implications in control theory and fundamental learning problems like regularized regression. He earned his PhD  and Master's degree in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. In his PhD, he worked on efficient parameter learning in non-convex and robust optimization problems for Generalized Linear Models, distribution learning for graphical models, etc. He joined CAOSLab in November, 2025.

Kang Tong: kang.tong[AT]campus.technion.ac.il

Kang is a PhD student at the Stephen B. Klein Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, with interest in the intersection of system & control theory, machine learning and optimization. His current research includes the exploitation and application of total positivity and variation diminishing in systems (see Projects & Software). He received a B.Sc. in Automation Engineering from the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2021 and an M.Sc. in Control Science and Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2024. He joined the CAOSLab in September 2024.

Co-Supervisor: Michelle S. Chong from TU Eindhoven

Yameng Bing: byameng[AT]campus.technion.ac.il

Yameng will join the group as a PhD student from June 2026. She is currently finishing her MSc at the Faculty of Mechancial Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. 

Yide Wang

Yide will join the group as an MSc student with Research Thesis from October 2026. He is currently finishing his BSc at the Faculty of Mechancial Engineering, The Guangdong Technion - IIT. 

Qiu Qiqian: qiu.qiqan[AT]campus.technion.ac.il

Qiu is an MSc student  with Research Thesis at the Stephen B. Klein Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Her research projects explores inverse problem techniques with application to DiffusionCam.  She joined CAOSLab in April, 2026.

Co-Supervisor: René van Hout from Mechanical Engineering, Technion - IIT

Tom Ashani: tom.ashani[AT]campus.technion.ac.il

Tom is an MSc student with Research Thesis in the Applied Mathematics Program, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He works on geometric and algebraic characterization of sign consistency properties in linear operators and matrices. He joined CAOSLab in February, 2026.

Zijian Liu: zijian-liu[AT]campus.technion.ac.il

Zijian is a Master’s student with Research Thesis at the Stephen B. Klein Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, with research interests in mathematical foundations of control systems. He received his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Guangdong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He joined the CAOSLab in October 2025.

Dan Kurulkar: dankurulkar[AT]campus.technion.ac.il

Dan’s research topic centers around the fascinating realm of data-driven control. He is an M.Sc. candidate with Research Thesis at the Mechanical Engineering Faculty. Dan holds a B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, with professional experience as a Mechatronics Engineer.

Maya Marmary: maya.marmary[AT]campus.technion.ac.il

Maya is an MSc student with Research Thesis at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,  – Israel Institute of Technology, with interest in sparse/low-rank optimization. Her research project explores the properties of optimal solutions attained by different low-rank inducing norms (see Projects & Software). She holds a B.Sc. degree in Economics from Tel Aviv University. She joined the CAOSLab in October 2023 and is currently on maternity leave.

Nadav Barak:  nadav.barak[AT]campus.technion.ac.il

Nadav is an external M.Sc. student with Research Thesis at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Technion with interest in data-driven control of robotic arms. He holds a B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institue of Technology.  

Tomer Yosipovich: yosipovich[AT]campus.technion.ac.il

Tomer Yosipovich is a Master’s student with Research Thesis at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, specializing in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on autonomous vehicles. His research centers on developing a real-time SLAM algorithm for autonomous vehicles in multi-story parking structures, addressing navigation and perception challenges in Autonomous Valet Underground Parking systems. Tomer holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Technion.

Co-Supervisor: Anna Clark  from Aerospace Engineering, Technion - IIT

Dan Hazzan: danhazzan[AT]campus.technion.ac.il

Dan Hazzan is an M.Sc. student with Research Thesis at the Technion's Faculty of Mechanical Engineering with an interest in autonomous vehicles. His current research deals with Autonomous Valet Underground Parking: Navigation and Perception Challenges. He holds a B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

Primary Supervisor: Anna Clark from Aerospace Engineering, Technion - IIT

Mansour Kardosh:  mansourk[AT]campus.technion.ac.il

Mansour is a B.Sc. student at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, with an interest in control systems. He currently conducts his final B.Sc. project on data-driven PID-tuning methods.