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Junkai Tan · 谭浚楷

M.S. Student · Incoming HKPFS Ph.D. Fellow
Xi'an Jiaotong University
tanjk@stu.xjtu.edu.cn


About Me

I am an M.S. student in Electrical Engineering at Xi’an Jiaotong University, where I received my B.Eng. degree in 2023. At the BIR Lab, I work with Prof. Hui Cao and Dr. Shuangsi Xue on safe reinforcement-learning control for unmanned and autonomous systems.

Beginning in September 2026, I will join the Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University as an HKPFS Ph.D. Fellow. I have also had research experiences at Peking University and SUSTech.

Recent Highlights

2026.05 Paper Paper accepted by IEEE T-NNLS.
2026.05 Award Best Student Paper Award at 2026 IEEE ICAIS & ISAS, Xuzhou.
2026.04 Award Hong Kong PhD Fellowship, RGC, Hong Kong.
2026.02 Paper Paper accepted by IEEE T-ASE.
2026.02 Award PolyU Presidential PhD Fellowship, PolyU, Hong Kong.
2025.10 Honor Student Pacesetter at XJTU, Top 15/30,000+. Details
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Research Interests

Google Scholar
346 Citations
11 H-index
11 i10-index

Research Mission: My research aims to build safe, adaptive, and human-aligned control frameworks for unmanned and autonomous systems operating in complex real-world environments.

Unmanned Systems

Robotic control, UAV-UGV coordination, and autonomous navigation in uncertain environments.

UAV-UGV Robotics Autonomy

Safe & Intelligent Control

Learning-based control methods that balance performance, safety, and adaptability.

Safe RL Adaptive Control Optimal Control

Human-Machine Collaboration

Shared autonomy and human-in-the-loop control for hybrid enhanced systems.

Shared Autonomy HITL Human-AI
Research framework for safe learning-based control of unmanned systems
Research Overview: Safe Learning-Based Control for Unmanned Systems

Selected Publications

2026

  1. IEEE TNNLS
    Flexible Prescribed-Time Optimal Control with Adaptive State-Input Constraint Bounds via Actor–Critic Learning
    Junkai Tan, S. Xue, H. Cao, B. Chen
    IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2026
    Accepted

  2. IEEE TASE
    Nesterov accelerated gradient-based fixed-time convergent actor-critic control for nonlinear systems
    S. Xue, Junkai Tan, H. Cao, B. Chen
    IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2026
    PDF Citations: 2

  3. EAAI
    Adaptive hierarchical control of quadcopters via safe reinforcement learning from human demonstration
    Junkai Tan, S. Xue, Z. Guo, H. Li, X. Zheng, H. Cao
    Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2026
    PDF Citations: 4

2025

  1. IEEE TIE
    Fixed-time stochastic learning from human-UAV interaction with state-input constraints
    Junkai Tan, S. Xue, Q. Guan, Z. Guo, H. Cao, B. Chen
    IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2025
    PDF Citations: 16

  2. Information Sciences ESI Highly Cited
    Finite-time safe reinforcement learning control of multi-player nonzero-sum game for quadcopter systems
    Junkai Tan, S. Xue, Q. Guan, K. Qu, H. Cao
    Information Sciences, 2025
    PDF Citations: 42

  3. Nonlinear Dynamics ESI Highly Cited
    Fixed-time concurrent learning-based robust approximate optimal control
    Junkai Tan, S. Xue, T. Niu, K. Qu, H. Cao, B. Chen
    Nonlinear Dynamics, 2025
    PDF Code Citations: 23

  4. IEEE TASE ESI Highly Cited
    Prescribed Performance Robust Approximate Optimal Tracking Control via Stackelberg Game
    Junkai Tan, S. Xue, H. Li, Z. Guo, H. Cao, D. Li
    IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2025
    PDF Citations: 43

  5. IJRNC ESI Highly Cited
    Human–Machine Shared Stabilization Control Based on Safe Adaptive Dynamic Programming With Bounded Rationality
    Junkai Tan, J. Wang, S. Xue, H. Cao, H. Li, Z. Guo
    International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 2025
    PDF Code Citations: 24

  6. IEEE TIE
    Prescribed Performance Optimized Control of UAV with Robust Approximate Dynamic Programming under Disturbance
    S. Xue, Junkai Tan, T. Niu, K. Qu, H. Cao, B. Chen
    IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2025
    PDF Citations: 11

  7. IEEE/CAA JAS
    Fixed-time hierarchical game-based unmanned aerial-ground vehicle docking control
    Junkai Tan, S. Xue, Z. Guo, H. Cao, B. Chen
    IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, 2025
    PDF Accepted

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Professional Activities

Academic Service

Peer Review

I serve as a reviewer for 200+ manuscripts across leading journals.

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  • Artificial Intelligence Review (AIR)
  • IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE)
  • IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics: Systems (T-SMC)
  • IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence (T-AI)
  • Transportation Research Part B: Methodological (TR-B)
  • Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies (TR-C)
  • IEEE Control Systems Letters (L-CSS)
  • Chinese Journal of Aeronautics (CJA)
  • Neural Networks (NN)
  • Knowledge-Based Systems (KBS)
  • Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (EAAI)
  • Expert Systems with Applications (ESWA)
  • Information Sciences (IS)
  • Applied Energy (APEN)
  • Applied Soft Computing (ASOC)
  • Nonlinear dynamics (NODY)
  • Ocean engineering (OE)
  • Neurocomputing (Neuro)
  • Journal of the Franklin Institute (JFI)
  • Franklin Open (FO)
  • Acta Astronautica (AA)
  • Measurement (Meas)
  • Scientific Reports (SCI-REP)
  • IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (IEEE CDC)

You can verify my review activities via my ORCID Profile.

Education

2026.09 –
Incoming Ph.D. Student, Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering (AAE)
Research Centre for Low Altitude Economy · The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
HKPFS Fellow, starting September 2026
2023.09 – 2026.06
M.S. Student, Electrical Engineering (EE)
School of Electrical Engineering · Xi'an Jiaotong University
2019.09 – 2023.06
B.Eng., Electrical Engineering (EE)
School of Electrical Engineering · Xi'an Jiaotong University

GitHub Activity

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Contact

Innovation Harbor, Building 3
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, China

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