M. Umar B. Niazi

About

I am a researcher at KTH (Sweden). Formerly, I was a postdoctoral researcher at MIT (USA) and at KTH. I received my Ph.D. in automatic control engineering from Université Grenoble Alpes (France).

I specialize in the modeling and control of sociotechnical systems. My work combines nonlinear control, scientific machine learning, and game theory to build safer and smarter infrastructure for urban mobility and public health.

I am a full member of Sigma Xi, nominated in August 2025. I was a Marie-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow from September 2022 to August 2025.

I serve on the Conference Editorial Board of the IEEE Control Systems Society. I am also serving as the finance chair of NextCom, a committee supported by the IEEE Control Systems Society. Read our introductory article in IEEE Control Systems Magazine: Empowering the Next Generation of CSS Leaders: From NextCom to ExCom.

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Recent Preprints

• A. Raghavan, M. U. B. Niazi, and K. H. Johansson: Sequential Binary Hypothesis Testing with Competing Agents under Information Asymmetry

• Z. Zhang, M. U. B. Niazi, M. S. Chong, K. H. Johansson, and A. Alanwar: Data-Driven Nonconvex Reachability Analysis using Exact Multiplication

• V. de Heij, M. U. B. Niazi, K. H. Johansson, and S. Ahmed: Distributed Prescribed-Time Observer for Nonlinear Systems in Block-Triangular Form

• M. U. B. Niazi, J. Cao, M. Barreau, and K. H. Johansson: KKL observer synthesis for nonlinear systems via physics-informed learning

• M. U. B. Niazi, J.-H. Cho, M. A. Dahleh, R. Dong, and C. Wu: Eco-driving incentive mechanisms for mitigating emissions in urban transportation

For a complete list of publications, click here.