Boya Hou
I am a postdoctoral research associate hosted by Prof. Maxim Raginsky and Prof. Olgica Milenkovic at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). I obtained my Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering at UIUC, advised by Prof. Subhonmesh Bose. Prior to this, I received B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering from Zhejiang University. My research interests cover AI, machine learning, applied probability, stochastic processes, control, and optimization.
Selected Publications:
⭐ Nonparametric Sparse Online Learning of the Koopman Operator
Minor Revision at SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (SICON) Preprint
B. Hou, S. Sanjari, N. Dahlin, A. Koppel, S. Bose
⭐ Sparse Learning of Dynamical Systems in Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space: An Operator-Theoretic Approach
Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2023 download
B. Hou, S. Sanjari, N. Dahlin, S. Bose, U. Vaidya
📄 Data-Driven Transient Stability Analysis Using the Koopman Operator
International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, 2024 download
A. Reddy Ramapuram Matavalam, B. Hou, H. Choi, S. Bose, U. Vaidya
📄 Propagating Uncertainty Through System Dynamics in Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space
Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, Special Issue: Topics at the Interface of Machine Learning and Dynamical Systems, 2024 download
Also presented as a poster at the American Control Conference (ACC), 2023.
B. Hou, A. Reddy Ramapuram Matavalam, S. Bose, U. Vaidya
📄 Compressed Decentralized Learning of Conditional Mean Embedding Operators in Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space
Proceedings of the 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2023 download
B. Hou, S. Sanjari, N. Dahlin, S. Bose
📄 A Behavioral Framework for Data-Driven Modeling of Nonlinear Systems in Vector-Valued Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces
B. Hou, M. Raginsky
Preprint
Selected Awards
- Best Poster Award, Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC), 2024
- Rising Stars in EECS, 2023
- M.A.Pai Scholarship, 2023
- Mavis Future Faculty Fellows (MF3), 2023-2024
- AAAI Student Scholarship, 2023
- The second-place winner in the United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE) Case Competition, 2019
- UCLA Cross-disciplinary Scholars in Science and Technology (CSST) Scholarship, 2017
Teaching
- Fall 2021, Teaching Assistant, ECE 365 Data Science and Engineering, UIUC.
- Fall 2023, Organized and taught a weekly reading group on Learning in Games, UIUC.
- Summer 2021, Organized and taught a weekly reading group on Functional and Operator-Theoretic Foundation of Learning.
Fun
Outside of mathematics and engineering, I pursue my passion for dancing. I performed contemporary ballet and dance of the Han-Tang dynasties (a subcategory of Classical Chinese Dance) with the Champaign Park District and Zhejiang Wenqin Art Troupe.