Will Sharpless

Email: wsharpless (at) ucsd.edu

Will is a Ph.D. student in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCSD. His interests revolve around control and optimization in nonlinear, stochastic systems for autonomous devices in robotics, medicine and economics. He is particularly captivated by the graphs underlying differential systems and how their topology influences stability.

He also generally enjoys employing learning methods in these spaces. As an undergraduate, Will studied applied math and biology at UC Berkeley, during which he discovered a fascination for the theory of nonlinear systems and control that arose in the metabolic networks and cellular ecology.

When away from work, Will is likely running, reading, or listening to music.

Related Papers

• Sharpless, Will, Yat Tin Chow, and Sylvia Herbert. “Conservative Linear Envelopes for High-Dimensional, Hamilton-Jacobi Reachability for Nonlinear Systems via the Hopf Formula.” under review

• Sharpless, Will, Yat Tin Chow, and Sylvia Herbert. “State-Augmented Linear Games with Antagonistic Error for High-Dimensional, Nonlinear Hamilton-Jacobi Reachability.” IEEE CDC 2024.