{"id":5641,"date":"2025-10-13T12:01:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T16:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/doctor-of-engineering\/faculty\/haimin-hu\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T14:47:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:47:26","slug":"haimin-hu","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/doctor-of-engineering\/faculty\/haimin-hu\/","title":{"rendered":"Haimin Hu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Haimin Hu is an assistant professor of computer science and a member of the Johns Hopkins <a href=\"https:\/\/ai.jhu.edu\/\">Data Science and AI Institute<\/a>,\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/lcsr.jhu.edu\/\">Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics,<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/iaa.jhu.edu\/\">Institute for Assured Autonomy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 deployable, verifiable, and trustworthy systems, from autonomous vehicles to drones and legged robots. Specifically, his research covers the following topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Uncertainty-aware motion planning: <\/strong>How can robots plan safe and efficient motion by accounting for their evolving uncertainty, as well as their ability to reduce it through future interaction, sensing, communication, and learning?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Human-AI co-evolution and co-adaptation:<\/strong> How can embodied AI systems learn from human teammates while helping them refine existing skills and acquire new ones in a safe, personalized manner?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Safe human-compatible autonomy: <\/strong>How can autonomous systems ensure prescribed safety while remaining aligned with human values and attuned to human cognitive limitations?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scalable and generalizable strategic decision-making:<\/strong> How can multi-robot systems make safe, coordinated decisions in dynamic, human-populated environments?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Hu has received several awards and recognitions, including being named a 2026 Penn AI Fellow, a 2025 Robotics: Science and Systems Pioneer, a 2025 Cyber-Physical Systems Rising Star, and a 2024 Human-Robot Interaction Pioneer. He has worked closely with industry partners such as the Toyota Research Institute and the Honda Research Institute to develop next-generation human-centered autonomy. Currently, he serves as an Associate Editor for <em>IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Hu 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. 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