Xinyi (Cindy) Wang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering (248) 370-2686 [email protected] https://lawliet9666.github.io/ Ph.D., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Teaching

• ME 5400 - Numerical Methods for Mechanical Engineering

Research

• Safety-critical control and planning
• Uncertainty-aware optimization
• Safe reinforcement learning and learning-based control
• Multi-robot task and motion planning
• Generative models for robot policy

Selected Publications

† denotes co-first author; * denotes corresponding author.

1. Haejoon Lee, Xinyi Wang, Taekyung Kim, and Dimitra Panagou. “Distributed Model-Based Diffusion for Scalable Multi-Robot Trajectory Optimization.” arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.20992, 2026.
2. Xinyi Wang, Taekyung Kim, Bardh Hoxha, Georgios Fainekos, and Dimitra Panagou. “Reinforcement Learning for Risk Adaptation via Differentiable CVaR Barrier Functions.” arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.21257, 2026.
3. Xinyi Wang^†*, Devansh R. Agrawal†, and Dimitra Panagou. “Kalman-Bucy Filtering with Randomized Sensing: Fundamental Limits and Sensor Network Design for Field Estimation.” arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.03740, 2025.
4. Xinyi Wang, Taekyung Kim, Bardh Hoxha, Georgios Fainekos, and Dimitra Panagou. “Safe Navigation in Uncertain Crowded Environments Using Risk Adaptive CVaR Barrier Functions.” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025.
5. Chenggang Wang, Xinyi Wang, Yutong Dong, Lei Song, and Xinping Guan. “Multi-Constraint Safe Reinforcement Learning via Closed-Form Solution for Log-Sum-Exp Approximation of Control Barrier Functions.” Learning for Dynamics and Control Conference (L4DC), 2025.
6. Vishnu S. Chipade, Xinyi Wang, and Dimitra Panagou. “IDCAIS: Inter-Defender Collision-Aware Interception Strategy against Multiple Attackers.” IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 2025.
7. Xinyi Wang, Jiwen Xu, Chuanxiang Gao, Yizhou Chen, Jihan Zhang, Chenggang Wang, and Ben M. Chen. “Sensor-based Multi-Robot Coverage Control with Spatial Separation in Unstructured Environments.” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024.
8. Xinyi Wang, Yulong Ding, Yizhou Chen, Ruihua Han, Lele Xi, and Ben M. Chen. “OA-ECBVC: A Cooperative Collision-free Encirclement and Capture Approach in Cluttered Environments.” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2023.
9. Xinyi Wang, Chuanxiang Gao, Xi Chen, and Ben M. Chen. “Fast and Secure Distributed Multi-agent Coverage Control with an Application to Infrastructure Inspection and Reconstruction.” Chinese Control Conference (CCC), 2023. Guan Zhao-Zhi Award Finalist.
10. Xinyi Wang, Lele Xi, Yulong Ding, and Ben M. Chen. “Distributed Encirclement and Capture of Multiple Pursuers with Collision Avoidance.” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2023.
11. Chuanxiang Gao, Xinyi Wang^*, Xi Chen, and Ben M. Chen. “A Hierarchical Multi-UAV Cooperative Framework for Infrastructure Inspection and Reconstruction.” Control Theory and Technology, Best paper award, 2023.
12. Xinyi Wang, Lele Xi, Yizhou Chen, Shupeng Lai, Feng Lin, and Ben M. Chen. “Decentralized MPC-based Trajectory Generation for Multiple Quadrotors in Cluttered Environments.” Guidance, Navigation and Control, 2021.