Intelligent Robotics & Autonomy Lab — iRaL

Vasileios Tzoumas

Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. We build scalable, reliable algorithms for autonomous systems that perceive, navigate, and collaborate in resource-constrained, contested environments.

Vasileios Tzoumas

About

We research resource-aware, near-optimal algorithms for perception, control, and multi-agent coordination — and morphable aerial vehicles that grant superior control authority and situational awareness.

Previously: research scientist at MIT (AeroAstro & LIDS); Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania (ESE); M.A. in Statistics from Wharton; diploma from the National Technical University of Athens. Elevated to IEEE Senior Member in 2025.

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Research Themes

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Our work sits at the intersection of control, robotics, combinatorial optimization, and online learning — targeting autonomy for defense, disaster response, and smart cities.

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Ithaca · Constantine P. Cavafy, 1911

As you set out for Ithaca
hope your road is a long one,
full of adventures, full of learning.

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Ithaca gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you wouldn't have set out.