Ing. Denis Efremov
received the M.S. degree in Cybernetics and Robotics from Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic, in 2018. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at CTU in Prague. Also, he is working as a researcher in Toyota Research Lab and Smart Driving Solution Research Center at CTU in Prague. His research interests include the design and development of driving assistance systems for vehicle longitudinal and lateral stability.
Education
2018 - present
PhD candidate – Control Engineering and Robotics
Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Control Engineering, Czech Republic
Future thesis: Vehicle-Road Envelope Definition and Its Protection
Technical skills: Non-linear and linear dynamical systems modelling and analysis, Vehicle dynamics of a rigid body and tires, Dynamical model development based on physical insight, Control system development using classical as well as optimization-based techniques, Model predictive control
2006 - 2018
Master (Ing.) – Cybernetics and Robotics
Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Control Engineering, Czech Republic
Thesis: Unstable Ground Vehicles and Artificial Stability Systems (Finished with honor)
Technical skills: Non-linear vehicle dynamics model development and implementation in Matlab and Simulink, Driving scenarios simulations, Linearized vehicle dynamics analysis from the stability point of view
2013 - 2016
Bachelor (Bc.) – Cybernetics and Robotics
Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Control Engineering, Czech Republic
Thesis: Virtual Sensor of Mixing Ratio of Air
Technical skills: Auto-regressive with exogenous input (ARX) application for parameter identification and detection, Virtual sensors approach
Awards
2019
Dean's award - for outstanding pedagogical performance
2019
Dean's award - for outstanding results during master studies
PUBLICATIONS
Conference papers
Efremov, D., Haniš, T., & Hromčík, M. (2019, June). Introduction of driving envelope and full-time-full-authority control for vehicle stabilization systems. In 2019 22nd International Conference on Process Control (PC19) (pp. 173-178). IEEE.
Efremov, D., Klaučo, M., Haniš, T., & Hromčík, M. (2020, July). Driving envelope definition and envelope protection using model predictive control. In 2020 American Control Conference (ACC) (pp. 4875-4880). IEEE.
Efremov, D., Haniš, T., & Klaučo, M. (2020). Haptic Driver Guidance for Lateral Driving Envelope Protection Using Model Predictive Control. In 2020 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV) (pp. 1992-1997). IEEE.
Efremov, D., Zhyliaiev, Y., Kashel, B., & Haniš, T. (2021, October). Lateral Driving Envelope Protection Using Cascade Control. In 2021 21st International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS) (pp. 1440-1446). IEEE.