Curriculum Vitae

Lukas Schäfer joined the Cyber-Physical Systems Group as a PhD candidate under the supervision of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Althoff in 2021. He received his M.Sc. in robotics, cognition, intelligence and B.Sc. in mechanical engineering both from the Technical University of Munich and his B.Eng. in Business Administration and Engineering from the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Stuttgart. His research is focused around robust safety-preserving controller synthesis of nonlinear systems.

Offered Thesis Topics

I am always looking for motivated students who are interested in writing a thesis related to my area of research. If you are considering one of the currently offered topics or want to discuss your own research idea, please get in touch via email including your CV, transcript of records, and a brief statement of your motivation.

Currently Available

• [MA] Model Predictive Control of Autonomous Drones for Power Line Inspection
• [MA] Safety Certification for Learning-Based Control

Teaching

Lecture

• Formal Methods for Cyber-Physical Systems [WiSe 2021/22] - Reachset Model Predictive Control

Seminar Course - Cyber-Physical Systems [WiSe 2021/22]

• Convexification of Polynomial Optimization Problems
• Robust Nonlinear Model Predictive Control