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Dr. Tsz-Chiu Au

  • Associate Professor - Computer Science
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Biography and expertise

Before joining Texas State University, Dr. Au was an associate professor at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea, where he conducted research in artificial intelligence, robotics, and intelligent transportation systems. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Austin from 2008 to 2012, where he worked on research projects on autonomous vehicles and traffic management. Dr. Au received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2008. He is an associate editor of IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters and an advisory board member of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Technical Committee on Algorithms for Planning and Control of Robot Motion.

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Computer Science

Univ of Maryland College Park, 2008

Master's Degree

MS in Computer Science

Univ of Maryland College Park, 2002

Bachelor's Degree

BS in Computer Science

Hong Kong Univ of Sci and Tech, 1997

Teaching Interests

Research Interests

  • Park, MinHyuk (Principal), Percent Contribution: %50, Au, Tsz Chiu (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %50. High-Fidelity Digital Twin for Autonomous Micro-Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) for Ingram Hall Makerspace, Texas State University, $7000. (Submitted: December 19, 2025, Funded: January 16, 2026 - May 31, 2026). Grant.
  • Au, Tsz Chiu (Principal), Percent Contribution: %50, Chow, Tzee Kiu E (Principal), Percent Contribution: %50. Optimization of Flood-Responsive Traffic Management for Emergency Evacuation, TXST Center for Analytics and Data Science, Texas State University, $6000. (Submitted: December 4, 2024). Grant.
  • Park, M., Mok, A. K., & Au, T. C. (2026). Robust Evacuation for Multi-Drone Failure in Drone Light Shows.
  • Zaman, T. U., Gonzalez, A., Au, T. C., & Lu, Q. (2025). Queue-Based Traffic Management for Collision Reduction in Scalable Swarm Foraging.
  • Au, T. C. (2025). Contingency Formation Planning for Interactive Drone Light Shows.
  • Park, M., & Au, T. C. (2024). Wind Field Modeling for Formation Planning in Multi-Drone Systems.
  • Au, T. C. (2024). Block-Level Goal Recognition Design.
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Dean’s Fellowship Award, University of Maryland, College Park. August 15, 2007 - August 14, 2008
  • Award / Honor Recipient: First-Class Honors, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. November 14, 1997
  1. Editorial Review Board Member

    IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

  2. Editorial Review Board Member

    AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence

  3. Editorial Review Board Member

    AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence-Special Track on AI Alignment

  4. Editorial Review Board Member

    IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)

  5. Reviewer / Referee

    AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence

  6. Editorial Review Board Member

    International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

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