Yorai Wardi received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences under the guidance of Professor E. Polak at UC Berkeley in 1982. From 1982 to 1984 he was a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Telephone Laboratories and Bell Communications Research. Since 1984 he has been at Georgia Tech where currently he is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He spent the 1987-88 academic year at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben Gurion University, Israel. Dr. Wardi is an associate editor of Discrete Event Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications, a past associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (2001-2003), and a past member of the IEEE Control Systems Society Conference Editorial Board (1999-2000).
- Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, 1982
Professor Wardi’s research investigates control theory and systems engineering, with particular emphasis on optimization, discrete event systems, and networked control. His work addresses the analysis and design of complex dynamic systems, including stability and performance under uncertainty. The research actively integrates theoretical frameworks and computational methods to improve the understanding and functionality of engineered and natural systems.
Professor Wardi’s teaching interests focus on core electrical and computer engineering topics, including control systems, system dynamics, and mathematical foundations of engineering. He is dedicated to delivering rigorous undergraduate and graduate education that emphasizes theoretical understanding and practical application. His teaching approach encourages critical thinking and problem-solving skills necessary for advancing students’ knowledge in modern systems engineering disciplines.
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- K. Niu, Y. Wardi, and C. T. Abdallah, “Stability Analysis of the Newton‑Raphson Controller for a Class of Differentially Flat Systems,” CDC, pp. 7469–7474, 2025.
- G. Notomista and Y. Wardi, “A Safe and Computationally Efficient Tracking Control Algorithm for Autonomous Vehicles,” ACC, pp. 3734–3739, 2024.
- E. Morales‑Cuadrado, C. Llanes, Y. Wardi, and S. Coogan, “Newton‑Raphson Flow for Aggressive Quadrotor Tracking Control,” ACC, pp. 3879–3884, 2024.
- K. Niu, Y. Wardi, C. T. Abdallah, and M. Hayajneh, “Consensus Controller for Heterogeneous Multi‑Agent Systems Using Output Prediction,” IEEE Control Systems Letters, vol. 7, pp. 673–678, 2023.
- K. Niu, Y. Wardi, C. T. Abdallah, and M. Hayajneh, “A Model‑Free Tracking Controller Based on the Newton‑Raphson Method and Feedforward Neural Networks,” ACC, pp. 3254–3259, 2022.