Lantao Liu

Lantao Liu is Associate Professor of Intelligent Systems Engineering at Indiana University's Luddy School, directing the Vehicle Autonomy and Intelligence Lab (VAIL). His research enhances autonomy capabilities for unmanned ground, aerial and aquatic vehicles.

Research develops planning, learning and coordination algorithms for single/multi-robot systems applied to autonomous navigation, environmental monitoring, search and rescue operations, and intelligent transportation systems. Current projects focus on adaptive control strategies for heterogeneous robot teams in dynamic environments.

Prior to joining IU, Dr. Liu held postdoctoral positions at University of Southern California and Carnegie Mellon University. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Texas A&M University (2013) and BS from Beijing Institute of Technology (2007).