{"id":60,"date":"2017-08-17T21:16:28","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T05:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2020-10-05T10:43:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T18:43:52","slug":"jingjing-bu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/jingjing-bu\/","title":{"rendered":"Jingjing Bu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1869 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Jingjing_Bu1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Jingjing_Bu1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Jingjing_Bu1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Electrical Engineering. I am currently a member of Robotics, Aerospace, and Information Networks (RAIN) lab and advised by <a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.washington.edu\/mesbahi\/\">Mehran Mesbahi<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.washington.edu\/mfazel\/\">Maryam Fazel<\/a>. I am broadly interested in machine learning, convex and distributed optimization, optimal control, game thoery, multi-agent systems and Koopman operator theory with a particular focus on bridging learning and control. My current work blends linear quadratic optimal control, optimization, reinforcement learning, dynamic and differential game theory.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D Student in Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle ( 2015 &#8211; present)<\/li>\n<li>Master Student in Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle (2013 &#8211; 2015)<\/li>\n<li>B.Sc in Physics, Beijing University of Aeronautic and Astronautics, Beijing, China (2009)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Professional Experience<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Datang Telecom, Beijing, China 2009-2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Research Interests<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Reinforcement Learning<\/li>\n<li>Convex Optimization and Distributed Optimization<\/li>\n<li>Optimal Control<\/li>\n<li>Multi-agent Systems<\/li>\n<li>Game Theory<\/li>\n<li>Koopman Operator Theory in Dynamical Systems and Control<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Publications<\/h2>\n<h3>Preprint:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jingjing Bu<\/strong>, Afshin Mesbahi, Mehran Mesbahi, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2006.09178\">Policy Gradient-based Algorithms for Continuous-time Linear Quadratic Control<\/a>&#8220;, arXiv:2006.09178, 2020.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jingjing Bu<\/strong>, Mehran Mesbahi, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2006.08548\">A Note on Nesterov&#8217;s Accelerated Method in Nonconvex Optimization: a Weak Estimate Sequence Approach<\/a>&#8220;, arXiv:2006.08548, 2020.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jingjing Bu,\u00a0<\/strong>Lillian J. Ratliff, Mehran Mesbahi, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1911.04672\">Global Convergence of Policy Gradient for Sequential Zero-Sum Linear Quadratic Dynamic Games<\/a>&#8220;, arXiv:1911.04672, 2019.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jingjing Bu<\/strong>,\u00a0 Afshin Mesbahi, Maryam Fazel, Mehran Mesbahi, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1907.08921\">LQR through the Lens of First Order Methods: Discrete-time Case<\/a>&#8220;, arXiv:1907.08921, 2019.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jingjing Bu<\/strong>, Afshin Mesbahi, Mehran Mesbahi, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1904.02737\">On Topological and Metrical Properties of Stabilizing Feedback Gains: the MIMO Case<\/a>&#8220;, arXiv:1904.02737, 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Journal Papers:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jingjing Bu<\/strong>, Mehran Mesbahi, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2002.05023\">Global Convergence of Policy Gradient Algorithms for Indefinite Least Squares Stationary Optimal Control<\/a>&#8220;, to appear in \u00a0IEEE Control Systems Letters<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jingjing Bu<\/strong>, Afshin Mesbahi, Mehran Mesbahi, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1904.08451\">On Topological and Metrical Properties of Stabilizing Feedback Gains<\/a>&#8220;, to appear as full paper in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Afshin Mesbahi, <strong>Jingjing Bu<\/strong>, Mehran Mesbahi, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1904.08449\">Nonlinear Observability via Koopman Analysis: Characterizing the Role of Symmetry<\/a>&#8220;, to appear in Automatica, 2019<\/li>\n<li>Guofeng Zhang, <strong>Jingjing Bu<\/strong>, \u201cEntanglement Evolution between Atoms in the Non-degenerate Two Photons Tavis-Cummings Model in Resonance and Non-resonance cases\u201d, Acta Physica Sinica, 2010.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Conference Papers:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jingjing Bu<\/strong>, Mehran Mesbahi, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2002.05023\">Global Convergence of Policy Gradient Algorithms for Indefinite Least Squares Stationary Optimal Control<\/a>&#8220;, to be presented in IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 2020<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jingjing Bu<\/strong>, Afshin Mesbahi, Mehran Mesbahi, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9147853\">LQR via the Lens of First Order Flows<\/a>&#8220;, 2020 American Control Conference, Denver, CO.<\/li>\n<li>Afshin Mesbahi, <strong>Jingjing Bu<\/strong>, Mehran Mesbahi, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/8815342\">On Modal Properties of the Koopman Operator for Nonlinear Systems with Symmetry<\/a>&#8220;, 2019 American Control Conference, Philadelphia, PA.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jingjing Bu<\/strong>, Maryam Fazel, Mehran Mesbahi, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/8431817\">Accelerated Consensus with Linear Rate of Convergence<\/a>&#8220;, 2018 American Control Conference, Milwaukee, WI.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Teaching<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>EE215 Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering (2015)<\/li>\n<li>EE233 Circuit Theory, University of Washington (2014)<\/li>\n<li>EE447 Control System Analysis, University of Washington (2015)<\/li>\n<li>EE474 Introduction to Embedded Systems, University of Washington (2015)<\/li>\n<li>EE510 Mathematical Foundations of Systems Theory, University of Washington(2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Electrical Engineering. I am currently a member of Robotics, Aerospace, and Information Networks (RAIN) lab and advised by Mehran Mesbahi and Maryam Fazel. 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