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Junkai Tan / 谭浚楷

Graduate Student
Xi'an Jiaotong University
tanjk@stu.xjtu.edu.cn


About Me

I am a Master’s student in Electrical Engineering at the EE, XJTU, where I also received my B.Eng. degree in 2023. I work at the BIR Lab under the supervision of Prof. Hui Cao and Dr. Shuangsi Xue, focusing on safe RL and intelligent control for unmanned systems. I also spent time at PKU and SUSTech.

Starting in Sep. 2026, I will join the AAE at PolyU as a Ph.D. student, affiliated with the RCLAE, working with Prof. Wen-Hua Chen.

🔥 Recent Highlights

  • [2025.12] 🏆 “Outstanding Report Award” at DUT Robotics & Intelligent Systems Academic Forum, Dalian, China. (link)
  • [2025.11] 🎓 National Scholarship & Guodian Nanzi Special Scholarship
  • [2025.11] 📄 Papers accepted by EAAI, T-SMC, and T-AES.
  • [2025.10] ⭐ “Student Pacesetter” honor at XJTU (Top 15/30,000+). (link)
  • [2025.10] 🏅 “Excellent Report Award” at ZJU Swarm Intelligence Academic Forum, Hangzhou, China.
  • [2025.07] 📄 Papers accepted by IEEE/CAA JAS (IF: 19.2) and IEEE T-IE.
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Research Interests

Research Mission: Enabling autonomous systems to learn and adapt safely in complex real-world environments through human–AI collaboration.

🤖 Unmanned Systems: Robotics control and UAV–UGV collaborative frameworks

🧠 Intelligent Control: Learning-based methods and reinforcement learning

🤝 Human–Machine Interaction: Shared autonomy and hybrid enhanced control systems

Research Framework

Research Overview & System Framework

Selected Publications

2026

  1. 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: 1

2025

  1. Information Sciences ESI 1%
    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: 31

  2. Nonlinear Dynamics ESI 1%
    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

  3. 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

  4. 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: 5

  5. IJRNC ESI 1%
    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: 20

  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: 5

  7. IEEE TASE ESI 1%
    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: 33

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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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  • IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE)
  • 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 –
Ph.D. Student, Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering (AAE)
Research Centre for Low Altitude Economy · The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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

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📍 Location

Currently located at: Innovation Harbor, Building 3, Xi’an Jiaotong University Xi’an, Shaanxi 710049, P.R. China


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