Derya Aksaray
Assistant Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Contact
- d.aksaray@northeastern.edu
- 360 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Office
- EXP 710B
Research Focus
Robotics, control theory, formal methods, machine learning, and aerospace systems
Education
- PhD, Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014
- MS, Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011
- BS, Aerospace Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2008
Professional Affiliations
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Research Overview
Robotics, control theory, formal methods, machine learning, and aerospace systems
Selected Research Projects
- Context-Aware Reinforcement Learning with Complex Objectives and Constraints
- – PI, DARPA, 2021
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
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A.T. Buyukkocak, D. Aksaray, and Y. Yazicioglu, “Sequential control barrier functions for mobile robots with dynamic temporal logic specifications“, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 176, pages 104681, 2024.
- R. Peterson, A. T. Buyukkocak, D. Aksaray, and Y. Yazicioglu, “Safe Reactive Motion Planning Using Time Window Temporal Logic Specifications”, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 142, pages 103801, 2021.
- A.T. Buyukkocak, D. Aksaray, and Y. Yazicioglu, “Planning of Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems under Signal Temporal Logic Specifications with Integral Predicates”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol 6, no 2, 1375-1382, 2021.
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A.T. Buyukkocak and D. Aksaray, “Temporal Relaxation of Signal Temporal Logic Specifications for Resilient Control Synthesis”, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, 2022.
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D. Aksaray, Y. Yazicioglu, and A.S. Asarkaya, “Probabilistically Guaranteed Satisfaction of Temporal Logic Constraints During Reinforcement Learning”, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2021.

Aug 17, 2022
New Faculty Spotlight: Derya Aksaray
Derya Aksaray joins the Electrical and Computer Engineering department in August 2022 as an Assistant Professor.