General Information:

I am currently a postdoctoral associate in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at UC Berkeley.

I received my Ph.D. in 2010 from UC Berkeley in EECS, and I was advised by Prof. Claire Tomlin. I also received a Designated Emphasis in Computational and Genomic Biology, which was advised by Prof. Peter Bickel in the Statistics Department.

My research focuses on designing new statistical, optimization, and control tools that utilize big data in order to generate empirical models of human-behavior within complex systems, which can then be used for better understanding, optimization, configuration, and design of these systems. I am currently interested in:

• Energy-efficient systems and infrastructure
• Personalized medicine and biological modeling
• Safety in semi-autonomous systems
• Game-theoretic analysis and visual analytics

Journal Publications:

A. Aswani, J. Taneja, N. Master, V. Smith, A. Krioukov, D. Culler, and C. Tomlin (2012), Empricial modeling, design, and performance evaluation methodologies for building HVAC. In preparation.

P. Bouffard, A. Aswani, and C. Tomlin (2012), Application of learning-based model predictive control to quadrotor helicopters. In preparation.

M. Lee, A. Aswani, A. Han, C. Tomlin, and J. Dueber (2012), Expression-level optimization of a multi-enzyme pathway in the absence of a high-throughput assay. Submitted.

A. Aswani, H. Gonzalez, S. Sastry, and C. Tomlin (2011), Provably safe and robust learning-based model predictive control, Automatica. To appear.
Technical Appendix - Statistical Results on Filtering and Epi-convergence for Learning-Based Model Predictive Control

A. Aswani, N. Master, J. Taneja, D. Culler, and C. Tomlin (2011), Reducing transient and steady state electricity consumption in HVAC using learning-based model predictive control, Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 100, no. 1: 240-253.
Open Access E-print

A. Aswani, P. Bickel, and C. Tomlin (2011), Regression on manifolds: Estimation of the exterior derivative, Annals of Statistics, vol. 39, no. 1: 48-81.
Supplementary Code

A. Aswani, S. Keränen, J. Brown, C. Fowlkes, D. Knowles, M. Biggin, P. Bickel, and C. Tomlin (2010), Nonparametric identification of regulatory interactions from spatial and temporal gene expression data, BMC Bioinformatics, vol. 11, no. 413.
Supplementary Code and Data

A. Aswani and C. Tomlin (2009), Monotone piecewise affine systems, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 54, no. 8: 1913-1918.

Book Chapters:

A. Aswani, M. Biggin, P. Bickel, and C. Tomlin (2012), Nonparametric variable selection and modeling for spatial and temporal regulatory networks, In Methods in Cell Biology, vol. 110: 243-261.

A. Aswani and C. Tomlin (2007), Reachability algorithm for biological piecewise-affine hybrid systems, In Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control 2007: 633-636.

Conference Publications:

J. Taneja, A. Aswani, N. Master, C. Tomlin, and D. Culler (2012), Design of residential HVAC systems responsive to dynamic pricing. In preparation.

Q. Hu, A. Aswani, J. Brown, M. Biggin, P. Bickel, and C. Tomlin (2012), Multi-scale, nonparametric statistical models of binding and genetic regulation. In preparation.

X. Zhang, A. Aswani, P. Bouffard, and C. Tomlin (2012), Experiments using sparse interior point solver for learning-based MPC with linear models. Submitted.

A. Aswani and C. Tomlin (2012), Incentive Design for Efficient Building Quality of Service, In Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing.

A. Aswani, N. Master, J. Taneja, A. Krioukov, D. Culler, and C. Tomlin (2012), Quantitative methods for comparing different HVAC control schemes, In International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools.
Supplementary Code

A. Aswani, N. Master, J. Taneja, A. Krioukov, D. Culler, and C. Tomlin (2012), Energy-efficient building HVAC control using hybrid system LBMPC, In Proceedings of IFAC Conference on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control.

A. Aswani, N. Master, J. Taneja, V. Smith, A. Krioukov, D. Culler, and C. Tomlin (2012), Identifying models of HVAC systems using semi-parametric regression, In Proceedings of the American Control Conference: 3675-3680.

A. Aswani, P. Bouffard, and C. Tomlin (2012), Extensions of learning-based model predictive control for real-time application to a quadrotor helicopter, In Proceedings of the American Control Conference: 4661-4666.

P. Bouffard, A. Aswani, and C. Tomlin (2012), Learning-based model predictive control on a quadrotor: Onboard implementation and experimental results, In Proccedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation: 279-284.

A. Aswani and C. Tomlin (2011), Game-theoretic routing of GPS-assisted vehicles for energy efficiency, In Proceedings of the American Control Conference: 3375-3380.

A. Aswani and C. Tomlin (2010), Computer-aided drug discovery for pathway and genetic diseases, In Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control: 4709-4714.

A. Aswani, H. Guturu, and C. Tomlin (2009), System identification of hunchback protein patterning in early Drosophila embryogenesis, In Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control: 7723-7728.

A. Aswani, N. Boyd, and C. Tomlin (2009), Graph-theoretic topological control of biological genetic networks, In Proceedings of the American Control Conference: 1700-1705.

A. Aswani, P. Bickel, and C. Tomlin (2009), Statistics for sparse, high-dimensional, and nonparametric system identification, In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation: 2133-2138.

A. Aswani and C. Tomlin (2008), Topology based control of biological genetic networks, In Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control: 781-786.

Ph.D. Thesis:

A. Aswani (2010), Systems Theory for Pharmaceutical Drug Discovery.

Teaching:

Spring 06 - EE40: Introduction to Microelectronic Circuits (GSI)
Fall 05 - EE128: Feedback Controls (GSI)