Illés Vörös

Postdoctoral Researcher

Resume

Education

2024 - 2026 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Mechanical Engineering
2019 - 2023 Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)
PhD in Mechanical Engineering
Department of Applied Mechanics
Qualification of degree: Summa cum laude
2016 - 2019 Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)
Mechanical Engineering MSc
Specialization of Applied Mechanics
Diploma grade: excellent with highest honors (4.92 / 5.00)
2017 - 2018 RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Exchange student for 2 semesters (Automotive and Control)
2012 - 2016 Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)
Mechatronics Engineering BSc
Diploma grade: excellent (4.73 / 5.00)

Professional Experience

2018 - 2019 Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, Germany
VW Group Research, Integral safety team intern
Statistical analysis of accident data in R
2015 - 2017 AUDI HUNGÁRIA Zrt. Győr
Engine development, Friction analysis team intern
Development of CO2 calculation algorithm in MATLAB

Language Skills

English Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) (2011)
Italian ECL C1 Advanced Level Exam (2014)
German ECL B2 Intermediate Level Exam (2016)
Spanish ECL B2 Intermediate Level Exam (2012)

Scholarships and Awards

2024 Scholarship of the Rosztoczy Foundation
2023 American Control Conference (ACC 2023), Automotive and Transportation Systems Technical Committee's Best Student Paper Award finalist
2022 17th IFAC Workshop on Time Delay Systems (TDS 2022) Best Student Paper Award
2022 15th International Symposium on Advanced Vehicle Control (AVEC’22) Best Paper Award
2022 Scholarship of the New National Excellence Program, Ministry of Human Capacities
2020 ASME IDETC/CIE 2020, MSNDC Student Paper Competition finalist
2017 - 2018 Scholarship of the New National Excellence Program, Ministry of Human Capacities
2017 - 2018 National Scholarship of Higher Education
2017 - 2018 Erasmus+ and Campus Mundi scholarship at RWTH Aachen
2017 National Scientific Conference of Students, Dunaújváros
2016 Scientific Conference of Students, 1st place
2014 Scientific Conference of Students, 3rd place

Teaching

Research

Main research areas

  • Dynamics and control of autonomous vehicles
  • Safety critical control
  • Predictor feedback control, finite spectrum assignment
  • Non-holonomic mechanical systems
  • Time delay systems

Publications

Journal papers

I. Vörös, C. Jiang, H. Gan, D. Takács, X. Li, I. Kolmanovsky, J. Talbot, J. Dallas, J. Subosits, G. Orosz: Safe Lane-Keeping with Control Barrier Functions: From Theory to Practical Implementation, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, accepted manuscript, (2026)

X. A. Ji, S. S. Avedisov, M. I. Khan, I. Vörös, O. Altintas, G. Orosz: On the effects of latency in teleoperated driving: stability and performance analysis, Vehicle System Dynamics, published online, (2025) DOI

J. Li, D. Takács, J. Lu, I. Vörös, G. Stépán: Exploring optimal feedback delays of lane-keeping controller, Vehicle System Dynamics, published online, (2025) DOI

I. Vörös, G. Orosz, D. Takács: On the global dynamics of path-following control of automated passenger vehicles, Nonlinear Dynamics, vol. 111, pp. 8235–8252, (2023) DOI  

I. Vörös, D. Takács, G. Orosz: Safe lane-keeping with feedback delay: bifurcation analysis and experiments, IEEE Control Systems Letters, vol. 7, pp. 1147-1152, (2023) DOI  

A. Bártfai, I. Vörös, D. Takács: Stability analysis of a digital hierarchical steering controller of autonomous vehicles with multiple time delays, Journal of Vibration and Control, (2023) DOI  

I. Vörös, D. Takács: Lane-keeping control of automated vehicles with feedback delay: Nonlinear analysis and laboratory experiments, European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, 93, 104509, (2022) DOI  

L. C. Schaefer, M. Junge, I. Vörös, K. Kocaslan, U. Becker: Odds ratios for reclined seating positions in real-world crashes, Accident Analysis & Prevention, 161, (2021) DOI  

I. Vörös, L. Turányi, B. Várszegi, D. Takács: Small-scale Experimental Test Rig for Lateral Vehicle Control, Periodica Polytechnica Mechanical Engineering, 65(2), pp. 163–170, (2021) DOI  

I. Vörös, B. Várszegi, D. Takács: The effects of tire dynamics on the performance of finite spectrum assignment of vehicle motion control, Journal of Vibration and Control, 28(1-2), pp. 45-57, (2022) DOI  

Book chapter

G. Orosz, I. Vörös, D. Takács: On the handling dynamics of automated vehicles: an Appellian view, Vehicle Dynamics, Control and Design, CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol. 620, B. Lenzo and F. Naets, eds., Springer, pp. 221-280 (2025) DOI  

Conference papers

Y. Chen, I. Vörös, T. G. Molnár, G. Orosz: Safe lane-keeping with lag-compensating control barrier functions, 37th IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV 2026), June 22 - 25, 2026, Detroit, MI, USA, accepted manuscript

M. B. Vizi, I. Vörös, B. Yu, T. Biallas, P. J. Richmond, G. Orosz: Controlling the nonlinear dynamics of trailer sway, 37th IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV 2026), June 22 - 25, 2026, Detroit, MI, USA, accepted manuscript

X. Li, I. Kolmanovsky, A. Girard, I. Vörös, G. Orosz, M. Suminaka, J. Talbot, J. Dallas, J. Subosits: Lane keeping using Lyapunov function-based reference governor: an optimization-free approach, American Control Conference (ACC 2025), IEEE, pp. 2342-2349, July 8 - 10, 2025, Denver, CO, USA DOI  

I. Vörös, D. Takács, and G. Orosz: Cornering with driving torque: steady state cornering, donuts, drifting, 29th IAVSD International Symposium on Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks (IAVSD 2025), August 18 - 22, 2025, Shanghai, China  

X. A. Ji, S. S. Avedisov, I. Vörös, M. I. Khan, O. Altintas, G. Orosz: Learning teleoperated driving behavior from limited trajectory data, 36th IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV 2025), pp. 2130-2135, June 22 - 25, 2025, Cluj-Napoca, Romania DOI  

I. Vörös, X. Li, I. Kolmanovsky, J. Talbot, J. Dallas, M. Suminaka, J. Subosits, G. Orosz: Lane-keeping guardian with safety filter: Experimental validation, 36th IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV 2025), pp. 1490-1495, June 22 - 25, 2025, Cluj-Napoca, Romania DOI  

S. Lim, I. Vörös, Y. Lim, G. Orosz: The effects of four-wheel steering on the path-tracking control of automated vehicles, 22nd Asia Pacific Automotive Engineering Conference (APAC22), November 18 - 20, 2024, Jeju Island, Korea  

C. Jiang, H. Gan, I. Vörös, D. Takács, G. Orosz: Safety filter for lane-keeping control, Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Advanced Vehicle Control (AVEC’24), September 1 - 5, 2024, Milan, Italy DOI  

J. Li, D. Takács, J. Lu, I. Vörös, G. Stépán: Tuning Time Delays to Improve the Performance of a Steering Controller, Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Advanced Vehicle Control (AVEC’24), September 1 - 5, 2024, Milan, Italy DOI  

X. A. Ji, S. S. Avedisov, M. I. Khan, M. C. Lucas-Estañ, B. Coll-Perales, I. Vörös, O. Altintas, G. Orosz: Fundamental rules of teleoperated driving with network latency on curvy roads, 35th IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV 2024), June 2 - 5, 2024, Jeju Island, Korea DOI  

I. Vörös, D. Takács: The effects of road curvature on the stability of path-following of automated vehicles, Third International Nonlinear Dynamics Conference (NODYCON 2023), June 18 - 22, 2023, Rome, Italy  

I. Vörös, D. Takács: Stability Analysis of a Hierarchical Lane-keeping Controller with Feedback Delay, 17th IFAC Workshop on Time Delay Systems (TDS 2022), September 27 - 30, 2022, Montreal, Canada DOI  

I. Vörös, D. Takács, G. Orosz: Unsafe Parameter Zones of a Lane-Keeping Controller with Feedback Delay: Bifurcation Analysis and Experiments, Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Advanced Vehicle Control (AVEC’22), September 12 - 15, 2022, Virtual Conference  

L. Mihályi, I. Vörös, D. Takács: Reversing a Truck-Full Trailer Considering the Feedback Delay, Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Advanced Vehicle Control (AVEC’22), September 12 - 15, 2022, Virtual Conference  

I. Vörös, D. Takács: The Effects of Measurement Noise on Vehicle Motion Control with Delayed State Feedback, 10th European Nonlinear Dynamics Conference (ENOC 2022), July 17 - 22, 2022, Lyon, France  

I. Vörös, D. Takács: The Effects of Trailer Towing on the Dynamics of a Lane-Keeping Controller, In Proceedings of ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC 2020), October 5 - 7, 2020, Virtual Conference DOI  

I. Vörös, D. Takács: Bifurcation Analysis of a Lane Keeping Controller With Feedback Delay, In Proceedings of ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2020), August 17 - 19, 2020, Virtual Conference DOI  

I. Vörös, B. Várszegi, D. Takács: Lane Keeping Control Using Finite Spectrum Assignment with Modeling Errors, In Proceedings of ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC 2019), October 8 - 11, 2019, Park City, Utah, USA DOI  

I. Vörös, B. Várszegi: Lateral Vehicle Control Using Finite Spectrum Assignment, In Proceedings of 14th IFAC Workshop on Time Delay Systems (IFAC-TDS 2018), pp. 306-311, June 28 – 30, 2018, Budapest, Hungary DOI  

A. Bártfai, I. Vörös, D. Takács: Időkésés és mintavételezés hatása egy autó sávtartó szabályozásában, In Proceedings of 29th Nemzetközi Gépészeti Konferencia (OGÉT 2021), pp. 204-207, April 23, 2021, Virtual conference

I. Vörös, B. Várszegi, D. Takács: Időkéséssel terhelt járműmodell predikció alapú szabályozása, In Proceedings of XIII. Magyar Mechanikai Konferencia (MaMeK 2019), August 27 - 29, 2019, Miskolc, Hungary  

I. Vörös, B. Várszegi: Sávváltás prediktív modell alapú szabályozása, In Proceedings of 25th Nemzetközi Gépészeti Konferencia (OGÉT 2017), pp. 476-479, April 27 – 30, 2017, Cluj-Napoca, Romania  

Contact

illesvoe@umich.edu
G034 Autolab
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Michigan
1231 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor,
Michigan, 48109-2121, USA
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