Bio
Haimin Hu is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University. His research focuses on the algorithmic foundations of human-centered autonomy. By integrating dynamic game theory with machine learning and safety-critical control, his work enables scalable, verifiable, and trustworthy robotic systems, from autonomous vehicles to manipulators and legged robots. Specifically, his research covers the following topics:
- Human-Robot Co-Evolution: How can robots learn from, and adapt to human teammates while helping them acquire and practice new skills in a safe, personalized manner?
- Reliable and Competitive Agility: How can agile robots plan safe and competitive motion by accounting for the evolving interaction uncertainty and their ability to safely reduce it through future interaction, sensing, communication, and learning?
- Safe and Human-Compatible Autonomy: How can autonomous systems ensure prescribed safety while remaining aligned with human values and attuned to human cognitive limitations?
He has received several awards and recognitions, including a 2026 Penn AI Fellow, a 2025 Robotics: Science and Systems Pioneer, a 2025 NSF Cyber-Physical Systems Rising Star, and a 2024 Human-Robot Interaction Pioneer. Currently, he serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L).
Haimin received a PhD (2025) and an MA (2022) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Princeton University, an MSE (2020) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and a BEng (2018) in Electronic and Information Engineering from ShanghaiTech University. From 2025 to 2026, he was a postdoctoral fellow with the PRECISE Center and the GRASP Lab at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Skiing, road trips, video gaming, photography