Chuchu Fan

Chuchu Fan is the Wilson Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, where she leads the Reliable Autonomous Systems Lab (Realm Lab). She completed her PhD at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and holds a Bachelor's degree from Tsinghua University. Her research bridges machine learning with formal methods and control theory to develop provably safe autonomous systems that can handle complex nonlinear dynamics and high-level specifications.

Research interests focus on dependable robotics and AI systems capable of certified decision-making in multi-agent environments. Work addresses challenges in autonomous system design through rigorous mathematical frameworks.

Honors include the prestigious ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award for contributions to autonomous system reliability.