Karen Leung
kymleung [at] uw [dot] edu
Assistant Professor @ UW A&A
Faculty Scientist @ NVIDIA
Director of UW-Amazon Science Hub
I'm excited to step into the role of Director of the UW-Amazon Science Hub. Here's the UW College of Engineering announcement.
I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington Aeronautics and Astronautics department and am the Juris Vagners and Linda Christianson Endowed Faculty Fellow in Aeronautics & Astronautics.
I direct the Control and Trustworthy Robotics Lab (CTRL). I also am a part-time faculty scientist at NVIDIA Research working in the Autonomous Vehicle Research Group.
My research focuses on building trustworthy autonomous systems that can operate seamlessly with, alongside, and around humans. My work lies in the intersection of dynamics and control, robotics, and machine learning. You can learn more by checking out my lab website.
Prior to joining UW, I was a research scientist at the Autonomous Vehicle Research Group at NVIDIA, where I currently holds a partial appointment. I received a Ph.D. and M.S. degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University.
recent news
Jul, 2025
I’m incredible grateful to be awarded an NSF Career Award!Jul, 2025
I gave an invited talk to at the American Control Conference Workshop on Mixed Autonomy in Transportation. Thank you to the organizers for the invitation. It was a great workshop!Jul, 2025
Excited to start my new role as Director of UW-Amazon Science Hub!Jun, 2025
Paper on Safe Probabilistic Planning for Human-Robot Interaction using Conformal Risk Control accepted to IROS. [Project website].May, 2025
I gave an invited talk to at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation Workshop on Public Trust in Autonomous Systems. Thank you to the organizers for the invitation. It was a great workshop!>> Link to CTRL news <<