Biography and education
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.
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured grants
- 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.

Featured scholarly/creative works
- Au, T. C. (n.d.). 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.
- Au, T. C. (2023). A Dynamic Programming Algorithm for Grid-based Formation Planning of Multiple Vehicles.
- Park, M., & Au, T. C. (2023). Challenges in Using Drone Swarms as Video Game Platforms.
Featured awards
- 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

Featured service activities
- Member
Library Committee