About
Dr. Anastasios Tsiamis is a Lecturer at the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at ETH Zürich, working in the Automatic Control Laboratory (Professur Control and Computation). His research focuses on the intersection of control theory and machine learning, specifically investigating how system theoretic properties affect the statistical difficulty of learning in system identification, online estimation, and control.
Dr. Tsiamis received his Diploma (MEng, five-year degree) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). He completed his Ph.D. in Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania under Professor George Pappas, following graduate research with Professor Petros Maragos and undergraduate work with Professor Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos at NTUA.
His primary research areas include Statistical Learning and Control, Data-Driven Control, Online Learning, Risk-Aware Control, and Security and Privacy in Networked Control Systems. Dr. Tsiamis has made significant contributions to understanding the fundamental statistical limits of learning in control systems, particularly focusing on sample complexity. His work on risk-aware optimization develops algorithms that safeguard against catastrophic events while maintaining good average performance, and his security research addresses eavesdropping attacks in remote estimation and motion planning.
Analysis of Dr. Tsiamis's recent publications reveals a strong focus on data-driven approaches to control theory with emphasis on distributionally robust methods, risk-aware optimization, and finite sample guarantees. His work bridges theoretical foundations with practical applications across system identification, online learning, and adaptive control, providing rigorous non-asymptotic guarantees for learning-based control algorithms.
Dr. Tsiamis has received several notable research recognitions:
- Best student paper award at IEEE 61th Conference on Decision and Control (2022)
- Spotlight Presentation at 41st International Conference on Machine Learning (2024)
- Finalist for best student paper award at American Control Conference (2019)
- Finalist for young author prize at IFAC World Congress (2017)
- Oral presentation at 2nd L4DC Conference (2020)
Dr. Tsiamis teaches Linear System Theory (227-0225-00L) at ETH Zürich and collaborates extensively with Professor John Lygeros, Professor Manfred Morari, and researchers from the University of Pennsylvania. His publication record demonstrates strong collaborative research across multiple institutions while advancing theoretical foundations of learning-based control.
As an active member of the Automatic Control Laboratory at ETH Zürich, Dr. Tsiamis contributes to advancing control systems science through rigorous mathematical analysis and innovative algorithmic development, with applications spanning robotics, energy systems, and networked control.
