Data-Driven Control and Online Optimization

I study how finite data, behavioral representations, regularization, and online optimization can be turned into reliable controllers without first building a full parametric model.

Publications

Thierry Schwaller, Feiran Zhao, Florian Dorfler. "A Bayesian Perspective on the Data-Driven LQR." IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Submitted, 2026.

Feiran Zhao, Alessandro Chiuso, Florian Dorfler. "Regularization for Covariance Parameterization of Direct Data-Driven LQR Control." IEEE Control Systems Letters, 9:961-966, 2025.

Shubo Kang, Feiran Zhao, Keyou You. "Linear convergence of data-enabled policy optimization for linear quadratic tracking." American Control Conference (ACC), pp. 2249-2254, 2025.

Zhinan Hou, Feiran Zhao, Keyou You. "Harnessing Data for Accelerating Model Predictive Control by Constraint Removal." IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 285-290, 2024.

Feiran Zhao, Florian Dorfler, Keyou You. "Data-Enabled Policy Optimization for the Linear Quadratic Regulator." IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 6160-6165, 2023.

Xingchen Li, Feiran Zhao, Keyou You. "Data-driven control of linear systems via quantized feedback." Journal of Systems Science and Complexity, 37(1):152-168, 2024.

Feiran Zhao, Xingchen Li, Keyou You. "Data-driven control of unknown linear systems via quantized feedback." Learning for Dynamics and Control (L4DC), pp. 467-479, 2022.