Jiaoyang Li

I am an assistant professor in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. I received my Ph.D. degree in Computer Science at University of Southern California in 2022, advised by Professor Sven Koenig. I received my B.Eng. degree from Department of Automation, School of Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University in 2017. I am interested in a variety of topics related to Artificial Intelligence and optimization, such as combinatorial algorithms, heuristic search, scheduling and planning for robotics and transportation. My current research focuses on the coordination of large teams of mobile robots.

• Check out my research here.
• Check out my publications here.
• Check out my CV here.

Research Opportunities

I am always looking for self-motivated students at all levels.

• If you are a prospective graduate student and interested in working with me, please apply to one of the graduate programs offered by the Robotics Institute. Please contact me after you have been admitted.
• If you are a Carnegie Mellon student and interested in working with me, please send me an email with your CV and a short description of your background and interests.
• If you are an undergraduate student and looking for summer research opportunities, you are highly encouraged to apply to CMU’s RISS program.

I currently do not have any funding for postdoc positions.

News

• [CFP] We are delighted and excited to send out the call for papers and participation for ICAPS-24 System Demonstration track. The submission deadline is March 25, 2024.
• [CFP] We are delighted and excited to send out the call for papers and participation for the 17th International Symposium on Combinatorial Search (SoCS). The submission deadline is February 19, 2024. The conference will be held in Kananaskis, AB, Canada from June 6 to June 8, 2024.
• [CFP] We are delighted and excited to send out the call for papers and participation for the 15th Workshop on Optimization and Learning in Multiagent Systems (OptLearnMAS) at AAMAS-24. The submission deadline is extended to February 19, 2024.
• [2023/12] Two papers (one on multi-agent plan execution and the other on traffic assignment) accepted to AAAI-24.
• [2023/12] Our team was the winner of The League of Robot Runners, a competition sponsored by Amazon Robotics that focuses on the coordination of multiple moving robots. We ranked the first in both the overall best and the fast mover categories, as well as the second in line honours. See more details here.
• [2023/12] Our paper Solving Multi-Agent Target Assignment and Path Finding with a Single Constraint Tree was selected as the finalist for the MRS-23 Best Paper.
• [2023/10] One paper on environment generation accepted to NeurIPS 2023, one paper on target assignment and pathfinding accepted to MRS 2023, one paper on task and motion planning published at Autonomous Robots, and one paper on multi-agent meeting published at Artificial Intelligence.
• [2023/10] Organizing AAAI-23 Fall Symposium Series on Agent Teaming in Mixed-Motive Situations.
• [2023/07] Honored to receive the ICAPS-23 Best Dissertation Award for my dissertation!
• [2023/07] Our paper Deadline-Aware Multi-Agent Tour Planning received the Best Student Paper Honorable Mention at ICAPS-23!
• [2023/07] Organizing SoCS-23 Doctoral Consortium.
• [2023/06] Honored to receive the IFAAMAS Victor Lesser Distinguished Dissertation Award for my dissertation!
• [2023/05] Organizing AAMAS-23 workshop on Optimization and Learning in Multiagent Systems.
• [2023/05] Invited talk at OMRON innovation center.
• [2023/05] Honored to receive the USC Viterbi School of Engineering Best Dissertation Award, called the William F. Ballhaus, Jr. Prize for Excellence in Graduate Engineering Research, for my dissertation!
• [2023/04] Our paper on layout optimization for multi-robot systems was accepted to IJCAI 2023.
• [2023/04] Invited talk at Robotics and Controls Seminar at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
• [2023/02] Organizing AAAI-23 workshop on Multi-Agent Path Finding.