Publications

Comprehensive list of research outputs from the Dynamics and Control Systems Laboratory.

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Books and Book Chapters

B3.

Tsiotras, P., “Attitude Controls,” in Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey, 1999; revised and updated in 2014, ISBN: 9780471346081.

B1.

Bernstein D. S. and Tsiotras, P., A Course in Classical Optimal Control, (in preparation).

Journal Publications

J158.

Driver, T., Vaughan, A., Cheng, Y., Ansar, A., Christian, J., and Tsiotras, P., “Stereophotoclinometry Revisited,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 49, No. 5, pp. 1404-1428, May 2026.

J131.

Tsiotras, P., King-Smith, M., and and Ticozzi, L., “Spacecraft-Mounted Robotics,” Annual Reviews: Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 6, pp. 335-362, May 2023.

J31.

Tsiotras, P., “A Discussion on the paper ‘Attitude Control of Underactuated Spacecraft’ by K. Spindler,” European Journal on Control, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 243, 2000.

Conference Publications

C324.

Florez, J.-D., and Tsiotras, P., “Toward Image-Based Inertia Estimation for Partially Resolved Tumbling Spacecraft: Localizing the Image-to-Attitude Bottleneck,” AIAA SciTech, Orlando, FL, Jan. 11-15, 2027.

C323.

Wang, Z., and Tsiotras, P., “On Uncertainty Propagation for 6DOF Rigid-Body Motion,” AIAA SciTech, Orlando, FL, Jan. 11-15, 2027.

C322.

Rapakoulias, G., and Tsiotras, P., “Stochastic Control of UAVs: An Optimal Tradeoff between Performance, Flight Smoothness and Control Effort,” AIAA SciTech, Orlando, FL, Jan. 11-15, 2027.

C321.

Pan, L., Guan, Y., Shishika, D., and Tsiotras, P., “Asymmetric-Information Resource Allocation Games: An LP Approach to Purposeful Deception,” Conference on Game Theory and AI for Security, Ann Arbor, MI, Oct. 26-28, 2026.

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C320.

Kumar, M., Guan, Y., and Tsiotras, P., “Offline Nash Solvers Meet Online Tree Search in Multi-Agent Games on Graphs,” Conference on Game Theory and AI for Security, Ann Arbor, MI, Oct. 26-28, 2026.

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C319.

Psomiadis, E., and Tsiotras, P., “Distributed Event-Triggered Distance-Based Formation Control for Multi-Agent Systems,” 65th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Honolulu, HI, Dec. 15–18, 2026.

C318.

Rapakoulias, G., Liu, F., and Tsiotras, P., “Schrödinger Bridge and Density Steering for Gaussian Mixtures in Discrete-Time,” 65th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Honolulu, HI, Dec. 15–18, 2026.

C317.

Guan, Y., Shishika, D., Maity, D., Dorothy, M., and Tsiotras, P., “Feedback Dominance Analysis for Pursuit–Evasion Games on Graphs,” 65th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Honolulu, HI, Dec. 15–18, 2026.

C316.

Moustroufis, D., and Tsiotras, P., “Data-Driven Covariance Steering with Output Feedback,” 65th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Honolulu, HI, Dec. 15–18, 2026.

C315.

Jeloka, B., Guan, Y., and Tsiotras, P., “Robust Mean-Field Games with Risk Aversion and Bounded Rationality,” 65th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Honolulu, HI, Dec. 15–18, 2026.

C314.

Velentzas, I., Ahuja, D., and Tsiotras, P., “GABI: Geometry-Aware Boundary Integration for Spacecraft Segmentation,” Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Workshop on AI for Space (AI4Space), Denver, CO, June 3-7, 2026.

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C313.

Xue, S., Dill, J., Ahuja, D., Dellaert, F., Tsiotras, P., and Xu, D., “Uncertainty-Driven 3D Gaussian Splatting Active Mapping via Anisotropic Visibility Field,” Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Denver, CO, June 3-7, 2026.

C312.

Guan, Y., Maity, D., and Tsiotras, P., “Strategic Concealment of Environment Representations in Competitive Games,” American Control Conference, New Orleans, LA, May 26-29, 2026.

C311.

Rapakoulias, G., Pedram, A., Liu, F., Zhu, L., and Tsiotras, P., “Go With the Flow: Fast Diffusion for Gaussian Mixture Models,” Thirty-Ninth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), San Diego, CA, Dec. 2-7, 2025.

C310.

Velentzas, I. G., Florez, J.-D., Bruckner, N., Dor, M., and Tsiotras, P., “SISIFOS: Specialized Illumination SImulator For Orbiting Spacecraft,” AIAA SciTech, Orlando, FL, Jan. 12-16, 2026.

C309.

Rapakoulias, G., Pedram, A.-R., and Tsiotras, P., “Steering Large Agent Populations using Mean-Field Schrödinger Bridges with Gaussian Mixture Models,” 64th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 9-12, 2025.

C308.

Florez, J.-D., Dor, M., and Tsiotras, P., “Initialization of Monocular Visual Navigation for Autonomous Agents Using Modified Structure from Small Motion,” American Control Conference, Denver, CO, July 8-10, 2025, pp. 5184-5189.

C307.

Yin, J., So, O., Yang E. Y., Fan, C., and Tsiotras, P., “Safe Beyond the Horizon: Efficient Sampling-based MPC with Neural Control Barrier Functions,” Robotics: Science and Systems, Los Angeles, CA, June 21-25, 2025.

C306.

Zhang, Z., and Tsiotras, P., “Residual Descent Differential Dynamic Game (RD3G) – A Fast Newton Solver for Constrained General Sum Games,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Atlanta, GA, May 19-23, 2025, pp. 15007-15013.

C305.

Parashar, A., Yin, J., Dawson, C., Tsiotras, P., and Fan, C., “Learning-based Bayesian Inference for Testing of Autonomous Systems,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Atlanta, GA, May 19-23, 2025.

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C304.

Psomiadis, E., Pedram, A.-R., Maity, D., and Tsiotras, P., “Communication-Aware Iterative Map Compression for Online Path-Planning,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Atlanta, GA, May 19-23, 2025, pp. 6580-6586.

C303.

Sivaramakrishnan, V., Kalagarla,K. C., Devonport, R., Pilipovsky, J., Tsiotras, P., and Oishi, M., “SAVER: A Toolbox for Sampling-Based, Probabilistic Verification of Neural Networks,” Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, Irvine, CA, May 6-9, 2025.

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C302.

Driver, T., Vaughan, A., Cheng, Y., Ansar, A., Christian, J., and Tsiotras, P., “Keypoint-Based Stereophotoclinometry,” 4th Space Imaging Workshop, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 7-9, 2024.

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C301.

Kapu, D., Driver, T., and Tsiotras, P., “Seeing in the Dark: Feature Extraction and Matching in Low-Light Regions Using Deep Learning,” 4th Space Imaging Workshop, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 7-9, 2024.

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C300.

Velentzas, I. G., Dor, M., and Tsiotras, P., “Line-Based Monocular SLAM for Spacecraft RPO,” 4th Space Imaging Workshop, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 7-9, 2024.

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C299.

Afshari, M., Maity, D., and Tsiotras, P., “Communication- and Control-aware Optimal Quantizer Selection for Multi-agent Control,” 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Milan, Italy, Dec. 16-19, 2024.

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C298.

Yin, J., Tsiotras, P., and Berntorp, K., “Chance-Constrained Information-Theoretic Stochastic Model Predictive Control with Safety Shielding,” 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Milan, Italy, Dec. 16-19, 2024, pp. 653-658.

C297.

Rapakoulias, G., and Tsiotras, P., “Discrete-Time Maximum Likelihood Neural Distribution Steering,” 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Milan, Italy, Dec. 16-19, 2024, pp. 2195-2200.

C296.

Knaup, J., and Tsiotras, P., “Adaptive Dual Covariance Steering with Active Parameter Estimation,” 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Milan, Italy, Dec. 16-19, 2024, pp. 659-664.

C295.

Pilipovsky, J., and Tsiotras, P., “Computationally Efficient Chance Constrained Covariance Control with Output Feedback,” 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Milan, Italy, Dec. 16-19, 2024, pp. 677-682.

C294.

Pilipovsky, J., and Tsiotras, P., “Distributionally Robust Density Control with Wasserstein Ambiguity Sets,” 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Milan, Italy, Dec. 16-19, 2024, pp. 1081-1086.

C293.

Psomiadis, E., Maity, D., and Tsiotras, P., “Multi-agent Task-Driven Exploration via Intelligent Map Compression and Sharing,” 17th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS), Cornell Tech, New York, NY, Oct. 28-30, 2024.

C292.

Zhang, Z., and Tsiotras, P., “BuzzRacer: A Palm-sized Autonomous Vehicle Platform for Testing Multi-Agent Adversarial Decision-Making,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Oct. 13-17, 2024, pp. 8510-8515.

C291.

Ticozzi, L., and Tsiotras, P., “Factor Graph-Based Active SLAM for Spacecraft Proximity Operations,” AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Broomfield, CO, Aug. 11-15, 2024.

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C290.

Pilipovsky, J., and Tsiotras, P., “Data-Driven Robust Covariance Control for Uncertain Linear Systems,” 6th Annual Learning for Dynamics & Control Conference, Oxford, UK, July 15-17, 2024, selected for oral presentation (only 7.5% of reviewed papers were selected for oral presentation), Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, Vol. 242, pp. 667-678, 2024.

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C289.

Xue, S., Dill, J., Mathur, P., Dellaert, F., Tsiotras, P., and Xu, D., “Neural Visibility Field for Uncertainty-Driven Active Mapping,” Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Seattle, WA, June 17-21, 2024, pp. 18122-18132.

C288.

Zheng, D., and Tsiotras, P., “IBBT: Informed Batch Belief Trees for Motion Planning Under Uncertainty,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Yokohama, Japan, May 13-17, 2024, pp. 2403-2409.

C287.

Yin, J., Dawson, C., Fan, C., and Tsiotras, P., “Shield Model Predictive Path Integral: A Computationally Efficient Robust MPC Approach Using Control Barrier Functions,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Yokohama, Japan, May 13-17, 2024.

C286.

Knaup, J., D'sa J., Chalaki, B., Naes, T., Mahjoub, H.-N., Moradi-Pari, E., and Tsiotras, P., “Active Learning with Dual Model Predictive Path-Integral Control for Interaction-Aware Autonomous Highway On-ramp Merging,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Yokohama, Japan, May 13-17, 2024, pp. 14191-14197.

C285.

Psomiadis, E., Maity, D., and Tsiotras, P., “Communication-Aware Map Compression for Online Path-Planning,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Yokohama, Japan, May 13-17, 2024, pp. 12368-12374.

C284.

Guan, Y., Afshari, M., and Tsiotras, P., “Zero-Sum Games between Mean-Field Teams: Reachability-Based Analysis under Mean-Field Sharing,” 38th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Vancouver, Canada, Feb. 20-27, Vol. 38, No. 9, 2024 (20% acceptance rate), selected for oral presentation (fewer than 20% of accepted papers are selected for oral presentation).

C283.

Zheng, D., and Tsiotras, P., “Kinodynamic FMT* with Dimensionality Reduction Heuristics and Neural Network Controllers,” AIAA SciTech, Orlando, FL, Jan. 8-12, 2024, AIAA Paper 2024-0711.

C282.

Driver, T., Vaughan, A., Cheng, Y., Ansar, A., Christian, J., and Tsiotras, P., “Keypoint-based Stereophotoclinometry for Characterizing and Navigating Small Bodies: A Factor Graph Approach,” AIAA SciTech, Orlando, FL, Jan. 8-12, 2024, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control, Best Paper Award, AIAA Paper 2024-0513.

C281.

Velentzas, I. G., Dor, M., and Tsiotras, P., “A Robust Monocular Line-based Relative Navigation Approach for Spacecraft Rendezvous and Proximity Operations,” AIAA SciTech, Orlando, FL, Jan. 8-12, 2024, AIAA Paper 2024-0434.

C280.

Knaup, J., and Tsiotras, P., “Covariance Steering for Systems Subject to Unknown Parameters,” 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, Dec. 13-15, 2023, pp. 1790-1795.

C279.

Pilipovsky, J., and Tsiotras, P., “Data-Driven Covariance Steering Control Design,” 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Marina Bay Sands. Singapore, Dec. 13-15, 2023, pp. 2610-2615.

C278.

Rapakoulias, G., and Tsiotras, P., “Discrete-time Optimal Covariance Steering via Semidefinite Programming,” 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, Dec. 13-15, 2023, pp. 1802-1807.

C277.

Knaup, J., and Tsiotras, P., “Computationally Efficient Covariance Steering for Systems Subject to Parametric Disturbances and Chance Constraints,” 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, Dec. 13-15, 2023. pp. 1796-1801.

C276.

Pilipovsky, J., Sivaramakrishnan, V., Oishi, M., and Tsiotras, P., “Probabilistic Verification of ReLU Neural Networks via Characteristic Functions,” 5th Annual Learning for Dynamics & Control Conference, Philadelphia, PA, June 15-16, 2023, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, Vol. 211, pp. 966-979.

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C275.

Renganathan, V., Pilipovsky, J., and Tsiotras, P., “Distributionally Robust Covariance Steering with Optimal Risk Allocation,” American Control Conference, San Diego, CA, May 31-June 2, 2023, pp. 2607-2614.

C274.

Guan, Y., Pan, L., Shishika, D., and Tsiotras, P., “On the Adversarial Convex Body Chasing Problem,” American Control Conference, San Diego, CA, May 31-June 2, 2023, pp. 435-440.

C273.

Yin, J., Zhang, Z., and Tsiotras, P., “Risk-Aware Model Predictive Path Integral Control Using Conditional Value-at-Risk,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, London, UK, May 29-June 2, 2023, pp. 7937-7943.

C272.

Larsson, D., Asgharivaskasi, A., Lim, J., Atanasov, N., and Tsiotras, P., “Information-Theoretic Abstraction of Semantic Octree Models for Integrated Perception and Planning,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, London, UK, May 29-June 2, 2023, pp. 6937-6943.

C271.

Joshi, S., Hutchinson, S., and Tsiotras, P., “LES: Locally Exploitative Sampling for Robot Path Planning,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, London, UK, May 29-June 2, 2023, pp. 1551-1557.

C270.

Tomita, K., Driver, T., Ho, K., and Tsiotras, P., “Deep Monocular Hazard Detection for Safe Small Body Landing,” AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Austin, TX, Jan. 15-19, 2023.

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C269.

Driver, T., and Tsiotras, P., “Efficient Feature Description for Small Body Relative Navigation using Binary Convolutional Neural Networks,” 45th Annual AAS Guidance, Navigation and Control (GN&C) Conference, Breckenridge, CO, Feb. 2-8, 2023.

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C268.

Driver, T., and Tsiotras, P., “Deep Feature Detection and Description for Small Body Relative Navigation,” 3rd Space Imaging Workshop, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 10-12, 2022.

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C267.

Dor, M., and Tsiotras, P., “Realistic Small-Body Imagery Data Generation in a Controlled Lab Environment,” 3rd Space Imaging Workshop, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 10-12, 2022.

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C266.

Guan, Y., Afshari, M., Zhang, Q., and Tsiotras, P., “Hierarchical Decompositions of Stochastic Pursuit-Evasion Games,” 61st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, Dec. 6-9, 2022. pp. 5062-5067.

C265.

Lim, J., Srinivasa, S., and Tsiotras, P., “Lazy Lifelong Planning for Efficient Replanning in Graphs with Expensive Edge Evaluation,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Kyoto, Japan, October 23-27, 2022, pp. 8778-8783.

C264.

Manjunatha, H., Pak, A., and Tsiotras, P., “Improving Autonomous Driving Policy Generalization via Neural Network Over-Parameterization,” International Conference on Machine Learning, Workshop on Safe Learning for Autonomous Driving, Baltimore, MD, July 22, 2022.

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C263.

Makkapati, V. R., Comandur, V., Sarabu, H., Tsiotras, P., and Hutchinson, S., “Desensitized Strategies for Pursuit-Evasion Games with Asymmetric Information,” 6th IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, Trieste, Italy, Aug. 22-25, 2022, pp. 219-224.

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C262.

Manjunatha, H., Ghanei, M., Pak, A., and Tsiotras, P., “Improving Autonomous Driving Policy Generalization via Auxiliary Tasks and Latent Modeling,” 5th Multi-disciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making, Providence, RI, June 8-11, 2022.

C261.

Brewer, M. J., and Tsiotras, P., “Exponential Stabilization of the Complete Attitude of an Underactuated Spacecraft,” American Control Conference, Atlanta, GA, June 8-10, 2022, pp. 1139-1144.

C260.

Guan, Y., Zhou, M., Pakniyat, A., and Tsiotras, P. “Shaping Large Population Agent Behaviors Through Entropy-Regularized Mean-Field Games,” American Control Conference, Atlanta, GA, June 8-10 , 2022.

C259.

Sivaramakrishnan, V., Pilipovsky, J., Oishi, M., and Tsiotras, P., “Distribution Steering for Discrete-Time Linear Systems with General Disturbances using Characteristic Functions,” American Control Conference, Atlanta, GA, June 8-10 , 2022.

C258.

King-Smith, M., Tsiotras, P., and Dellaert, F., “Simultaneous Control and Trajectory Estimation for Collision Avoidance of Autonomous Robotic Spacecraft Systems,” International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Philadelphia, PA, May 23-27, 2022, pp. 257-264.

C257.

Yin, J., Zhang, Z., Theodorou, E., and Tsiotras, P., “Trajectory Distribution Control for Model Predictive Path Integral Control using Covariance Steering,” International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Philadelphia, PA, May 23-27, 2022.

C256.

Zheng, D., Ridderhof, J., Tsiotras, P., and Agha-mohammadi, A., “Belief Space Planning: A Covariance Steering Approach,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Philadelphia, PA, May 23-27, 2022, pp. 1051-1057.

C255.

Ridderhof, J., Tsiotras, P., Albert, S., and Schaub, H., “Linear Covariance Analysis of Entry and Aerocapture Trajectories in an Uncertain Atmosphere,” AIAA SciTech Forum, Guidance, Navigation, and Control, San Diego, CA, Jan. 3-7, 2022.

C254.

Makkapati, V. R., Ridderhof, J., and Tsiotras, P., “Reachability-based Covariance Control for Pursuit-Evasion in Stochastic Flow Fields,” AIAA SciTech Forum, Guidance, Navigation, and Control, San Diego, CA, Jan. 3-7, 2022.

C253.

Pakniyat, A., and Tsiotras, P., “Partially Observed Steering the State of Linear Stochastic Systems,” 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Austin, TX, Dec.13-15, 2021, pp. 3780-3785.

C252.

Hawkins, K., Pakniyat, A., and Tsiotras, P., “On Time Discretization of the Feynman-Kac Forward-Backward Stochastic Differential Equations for Value Function Approximation,” 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Austin, TX, Dec. 13-15, 2021, pp. 892-897.

C251.

Hawkins, K., Pakniyat, A., Theodorou, E., and Tsiotras, P., “Forward-Backward Rapidly-Exploring Random Trees for Stochastic Optimal Control,” 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Austin, TX, Dec. 13-15, 2021, pp. 912-917.

C250.

“Visual SLAM for Asteroid Relative Navigation,” with M. Dor, T. Driver, and K. Skinner, Workshop on AI for Space (AI4Space), Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, June 19-25, 2021 (virtual).

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C249.

Lim, J., Salzman, O., and Tsiotras, P., “Class-Ordered LPA : An Incremental-Search Algorithm for Weighted Colored Graphs,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Prague, Czech Republic, Sept. 27-Oct. 1, 2021.

C248.

Zheng, D., and Tsiotras, P., “Accelerating Kinodynamic RRT* through Dimensionality Reduction,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Prague, Czech Republic, Sept. 27-Oct. 1, 2021.

C247.

Ticozzi, L., Corinaldesi, G., Massari, M., Cavenago, F., King-Smith, M., and Tsiotras, P., “Coordinated Control of Spacecraft-Manipulator with Singularity Avoidance using Dual Quaternions,” 72nd International Astronautical Congress, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 25-29, 2021, Paper IAC-21-D1.6.1.

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C246.

Zhang, Q., Guan, Y., and Tsiotras, P., “Learning Nash Equilibria in Zero-Sum Stochastic Games via Entropy-Regularized Policy Approximation,” 30th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Montreal, Canada, Aug. 21-26, 2021, pp. 2462-2468.

C245.

Joshi, S., Hutchinson, S., and Tsiotras, P., “TIE: Time-Informed Exploration for Robot Motion Planning,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Xi'an, China, May 30-June 5, 2021.

C244.

Lim, J., and Tsiotras, P., “A Generalized A* Algorithm for Finding Globally Optimal Paths in Weighted Colored Graphs,” International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Xi'an, China, May 30-June 5, 2021.

C243.

Pakniyat, A., and Tsiotras, P., “Steering the State of Linear Stochastic Systems: A Constrained Minimum Principle Formulation,” American Control Conference, New Orleans, LA, May 26-28, 2021.

C242.

Brewer, J. M., Tsiotras, P., Lang, K., and Phillips, S., “Falsification-based Verification for Spacecraft Attitude Control Systems,” American Control Conference, New Orleans, LA, May 26-28, 2021.

C241.

Pilipovsky, J. and Tsiotras, P., “Chance-Constrained Optimal Covariance Steering with Iterative Risk Allocation,” American Control Conference, New Orleans, LA, May 26-28, 2021, pp. 2011-2016.

C240.

Guan, Y., Maity, D., Kroninger, C., and Tsiotras, P., “Bounded-Rational Pursuit-Evasion Games,” American Control Conference, New Orleans, LA, May 26-28, 2021, pp. 3216-3221.

C239.

Makkapati, V. R., Ridderhof, J., Hart, J., van Bloemen Waanders, B., and Tsiotras, P., “Desensitized Trajectory Optimization for Hypersonic Vehicles,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 6-13, 2021.

C238.

Goddard, Z., Wardlaw, K., Krishnan, R., Tsiotras, P., Smith, M., Sena, M. R., Parish, J., and Mazumdar, A., “Utilizing Reinforcement Learning to Continuously Improve a Primitive-Based Motion Planner,” AIAA SciTech Forum, Guidance, Navigation, and Control, Nashville, TN, Jan. 11-15, 2021.

C237.

Zheng, D., and Tsiotras, P., “Sampling-based Kinodynamic Motion Planning Using a Neural Network Controller,” AIAA SciTech Forum, Guidance, Navigation, and Control, Nashville, TN, Jan. 11-15, 2021.

C236.

Zheng, D., and Tsiotras, P., “Near-Optimal Finite-Time Feedback Controller Synthesis Using Supervised and Unsupervised Learning,” AIAA SciTech Forum, Guidance, Navigation, and Control, Nashville, TN, Jan. 11-15, 2021.

C235.

Lang, K., Klett, C., Hawkins, K., Feron, E., Tsiotras, P., and Phillips, S., “Formal Verification Applied to Autonomous Spacecraft Attitude Control,” AIAA SciTech Forum, Guidance, Navigation, and Control, Nashville, TN, Jan. 11-15, 2021.

C234.

Ridderhof, J., and Tsiotras, P., “Planetary Entry in a Randomly Perturbed Atmosphere,” AIAA SciTech Forum, Guidance, Navigation, and Control, Nashville, TN, Jan. 11-15, 2021 (best student paper award, 2nd place).

C233.

Ridderhof, J., Okamoto, K., and Tsiotras, P., “Chance Constrained Covariance Control for Linear Stochastic Systems With Output Feedback,” 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Jeju Island, South Korea, Dec. 8-11, 2020.

C232.

Makkapati, V. R., Rajpurohit, T., Okamoto, K., and Tsiotras, P., “Covariance Steering for Discrete-Time Linear-Quadratic Stochastic Dynamic Games,” 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Jeju Island, South Korea, Dec. 8-11, 2020, pp. 1771-1776.

C231.

King-Smith, M., Dor, M., Valverde, A., and Tsiotras, P., “Nonlinear Dual Quaternion Control of Spacecraft-Manipulator Systems,” International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS), Pasadena, CA, Oct. 18-21, 2020.

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C230.

Makkapati, V. R., Sarabu, H., Comandur, V., Tsiotras, P., and Hutchinson, S., “Safe Optimal Control under Parametric Uncertainties,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Las Vegas, NV, Oct. 25-29, 2020, pp. 5725-5731.

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C229.

Joshi, S., and Tsiotras, P., “Relevant Region Exploration on General Cost-Maps for Sampling-Based Motion Planning,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Las Vegas, NV, Oct. 25-29, 2020, pp. 6689-6695.

C228.

Lawson, R. C, Wills, L., and Tsiotras, P., “GPU Parallelization of Policy Iteration RRT#,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Las Vegas, NV, Oct. 25-29, 2020.

C227.

Driver, T., Dor, M., Skinner, K., and Tsiotras, P., “Shape Carving in Space: A Visual SLAM Approach to 3D Shape Reconstruction of a Small Celestial Body,” AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialists Conference, South Lake Tahoe, CA, Aug. 9-13, 2020.

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C226.

Ridderhof, J., Pilipovsky, J., and Tsiotras, P., “Chance-Constrained Covariance Control for Low-Thrust Minimum-Fuel Trajectory Optimization,” AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialists Conference, South Lake Tahoe, CA, August 9-13, 2020.

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C225.

Makkapati, V. R., Maity, D., Dor, M., and Tsiotras, P., “C-DOC: Co-State Desensitized Optimal Control,” American Control Conference, Denver, CO, July 1-3, 2020, pp. 1761-1766.

C224.

Lim, J., and Tsiotras, P., “MAMS-A*: Multi-Agent Multi-Scale A*,” International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Paris, France, May 31-June 4, 2020.

C223.

Ridderhof, J., and Tsiotras, P., “Stochastic Atmosphere Modeling for Risk-Adverse Aerocapture Guidance,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 7-14, 2020.

C222.

Ridderhof, J., Okamoto, K. and Tsiotras, P., “Nonlinear Uncertainty Control with Iterative Covariance Steering,” 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Nice, France, Dec. 11-13, 2019.

C221.

Okamoto, K. and Tsiotras, P., “Input Hard Constrained Optimal Covariance Steering,” 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Nice, France, Dec. 11-13, 2019.

C220.

Joshi, S. and Tsiotras, P., “Non-Parametric Informed Exploration for Sampling-Based Motion Planning,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Montreal, Canada, May 20-24, 2019, pp. 5915-5921.

C219.

Okamoto, K. and Tsiotras, P., “Optimal Stochastic Vehicle Path Planning Using Covariance Steering,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Montreal, Canada, May 20-24, 2019, pp. 2276-2281.

C218.

Antonello, A., Valverde, A., and Tsiotras, P., “Free-flying Spacecraft-mounted Manipulators: A Tool for Simulating Dynamics and Control,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, San Diego, CA, Jan. 7–11, 2019.

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C217.

Ridderhof, J., and Tsiotras, P., “Minimum-fuel Powered Descent in the Presence of Random Disturbances,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, San Diego, CA, Jan. 7-11, 2019 (Best Student Paper Award).

C216.

Hawkins, K., and Tsiotras, P., “Anticipating Human Collision Avoidance Behavior for Safe Robot Reaction,” 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami, FL, Dec. 17-19, 2018, pp. 6301-6306.

C215.

Makkapati, V. R., Dor, M., and Tsiotras, P., “Trajectory Desensitization in Optimal Control Problems,” 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami, FL, Dec. 17-19, 2018, pp. 2478-2483.

C214.

Larsson, D., Kotsalis, G., and Tsiotras, P., “Nash and Correlated Equilibria for Pursuit- Evasion Games Under Lack of Common Knowledge,” 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami, FL, Dec. 17–19, 2018, pp. 3579–3584.

C213.

Okamoto, K., Goldshtein, M., and Tsiotras, P., “Optimal Covariance Control for Stochastic Systems Under Chance Constraints,” 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami, FL, Dec. 17-19, 2018, pp. 266-271.

C212.

You, C., Lu, J., Filev, D., and Tsiotras, P., “Autonomous Vehicle Planning in Traffic Using Deep Inverse Reinforcement Learning,” The 29th IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, Changshu, China, June 26-30, 2018.

C211.

Valverde, A., and Tsiotras, P., “Modeling of Spacecraft-Mounted Robot Dynamics and Control Using Dual Quaternions,” American Control Conference, Milwaukee, WI, June 27-29, 2018, pp. 670–675.

C210.

Okamoto, K., and Tsiotras, P., “A Comparative Study of Data-Driven Human Driver Lateral Control Models,” American Control Conference, Milwaukee, WI, June 27-29, 2018, pp. 3988-3993.

C209.

You, C., and Tsiotras, P., “Real-Time Trail-Braking Maneuver Generation for Off-Road Vehicle Racing,” American Control Conference, Milwaukee, WI, June 27-29, 2018, pp. 4751– 4756.

C208.

Valverde, A., and Tsiotras, P., “Relative Pose Stabilization using Backstepping Control with Dual Quaternions,” AAS Spaceflight Mechanics Conference, Kissimmee, FL, Jan. 8-12, 2018.

C207.

Dor, M., and Tsiotras, P., “ORB-SLAM Applied to Spacecraft Non-Cooperative Rendezvous,” AAS Spaceflight Mechanics Conference, Kissimmee, FL, Jan. 8-12, 2018.

C206.

Makkapati, V. R., Sun, W., and Tsiotras, P., “Pursuit-Evasion Problems Involving Two Pursuers and One Evader,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Kissimmee, FL, Jan. 8-12, 2018.

C205.

Ridderhof, J., and Tsiotras, P., “Uncertainty Quantification and Control During Mars Powered Descent and Landing using Covariance Steering,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Kissimmee, FL, Jan. 8-12, 2018.

C204.

Valverde, A., and Tsiotras, P., “Spacecraft Trajectory Tracking with Identification of Mass Properties Using Dual Quaternions,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Kissimmee, FL, Jan. 8-12, 2018.

C203.

Larsson, D., Braun, D., and Tsiotras, P., “Hierarchical State Abstractions for Decision-Making Problems with Computational Constraints,” 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 12-15, 2017, pp. 1138-1143.

C202.

Goldshtein, M., and Tsiotras, P., “Finite-Horizon Covariance Control of Linear Time-Varying Systems,” 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 12-15, 2017, pp. 3606-3611.

C201.

Hauer, F., and Tsiotras, P., “Deformable Rapidly-Exploring Random Trees,” Robotics: Science and Systems, Cambridge, MA, July 12-16, 2017.

C200.

Sun, W., Tsiotras, P., Lolla, T., Subramani, D. N., and Lermusiaux, P. F. J., “Pursuit-Evasion Games in Dynamic Flow Fields via Reachability Set Analysis,” American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, May 24-26, 2017, pp. 4595-4600.

C199.

You, C., and Tsiotras, P., “Vehicle Modeling and Parameter Estimation Using Adaptive Limited Memory Joint-State UKF,” American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, May 24-26, 2017, pp. 322-327.

C198.

Arslan, O., Berntorp, K., and Tsiotras, P.,“Sampling-based Algorithms for Optimal Motion Planning Using Closed-loop Prediction,” International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Singapore, May. 12-14, 2017, pp. 4991-4996.

C197.

Sun, W., Theodorou, E., and Tsiotras, P., “Stochastic Game Theoretic Trajectory Optimization in Continuous Time,” 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, NV, Dec. 12-14, 2016, pp. 6167-6172.

C196.

Arslan, O., and Tsiotras, P., “Incremental Sampling-based Motion Planners using Policy Iteration Methods,” 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, NV, Dec. 12-14, 2016, pp. 5004-5009.

C195.

Exarchos, I., Theodorou, E., and Tsiotras, P., “Game-Theoretic and Risk-Sensitive Stochastic Optimal Control via Forward and Backward Stochastic Differential Equations,” 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, NV, Dec. 12-14, 2016, pp. 6154-6160.

C194.

Brewer, M. J., and Tsiotras, P., “Partial Attitude Consensus for Underactuated Satellite Clusters,” 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, NV, Dec. 12-14, 2016, pp. 3524-3529.

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C193.

Okamoto, K., and Tsiotras, P., “A New Hybrid Sensorimotor Driver Model with Model Predictive Control,” IEEE Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Budapest, Hungary, Oct. 9-12, 2016, (best student paper finalist).

C192.

You, C., Lu, J., and Tsiotras, P., “Driver Parameter Estimation Using Joint E-/UKF and Dual E-/UKF Under Nonlinear State Inequality Constraints,” IEEE Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Budapest, Hungary, Oct. 9-12, 2016.

C191.

Antonello, A., and Tsiotras, P., “Vision Based Attitude Determination Using a Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Algorithm During Relative Circumnavigation of Non-Cooperative Objects,” International Astronautical Congress, Guadalajara, Mexico, Sept. 26-30, 2016.

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C190.

Antonello, A., Carron, A., Carli, R., and Tsiotras, P., “Performance Analysis of Three Cost Policies for the Control of a Camera in Relative Circumnavigation Scenarios,” International Astronautical Congress, Guadalajara, Mexico, Sept. 26-30, 2016.

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C189.

You, C., and Tsiotras, P., “Optimal Two-Point Visual Driver Model and Controller Development for Driver-Assist Systems for Semi-Autonomous Vehicles,” American Control Conference, Boston, MA, July 6-8, 2016.

C188.

Hauer, F., Tsiotras, P., “Reduced Complexity Multi-Scale Path-Planning on Probabilistic Maps,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Stockholm, Sweden, May 16-21, 2016, pp. 83-88.

C187.

Kontitis, M., Tsiotras, P. and Theodorou, E., “An Information-Theoretic Active Localization Approach during Relative Circumnavigation in Orbit,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, San Diego, CA, January 4-8, 2016.

C186.

Exarchos, I., Tsiotras, P., and Pachter, M., “UAV Collision Avoidance based on the Solution of the Suicidal Pedestrian Differential Game,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, San Diego, CA, January 4-8, 2016.

C185.

Arslan, O., and Tsiotras, P., “Machine Learning Guided Exploration for Sampling-based Motion Planning Algorithms,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Hamburg, Germany, September 28-October 3, 2015, pp. 2646-2652.

C184.

Sun, W., Theodorou, E. and Tsiotras, P., “Game Theoretic Continuous Time Differential Dynamic Programming,” American Control Conference, Chicago, IL, July 1-3, 2015, pp. 5593-5598.

C183.

Sun, W., and Tsiotras, P., “Pursuit Evasion Game of Two Players under an External Flow Field,” American Control Conference, Chicago, IL, July 1-3, 2015, pp. 5617-5622.

C182.

Filipe, N., Kontitsis, M. and Tsiotras, P., “An Extended Kalman Filter for Spacecraft Pose Estimation Using Dual Quaternions,” American Control Conference, Chicago, IL, July 1-3, 2015.

C181.

Arslan O., and Tsiotras, P., “Dynamic Programming Guided Exploration for Sampling-based Motion Planning Algorithms,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Seattle, WA, May 26-30, 2015, pp. 4819-4826.

C180.

Hauer, F., Kundu, A., Rehg, J., and Tsiotras, P., “Multi-scale Perception and Path Planning on Probabilistic Obstacle Maps,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Seattle, WA, May 26-30, 2015, pp. 4210-4215.

C179.

Valverde, A., Filipe, N., Kontitsis, M. and Tsiotras, P., “Experimental Validation of an Inertia-Free Controller and a Multiplicative EKF for Pose Tracking and Estimation Based on Dual Quaternions,” 38th AAS Guidance and Control Conference, Breckenridge, CO, Jan. 30-Feb. 4, 2014, AAS Paper 2015-017.

C178.

Sun, W., Theodorou, E., and Tsiotras, P., “Continuous-Time Differential Dynamic Programming with Terminal Constraints,” IEEE Symposium on Adaptive Dynamic Programming and Reinforcement Learning, Orlando, FL, Dec. 9-12, 2014, pp. 289-294.

C177.

Arslan, O., Theodorou E., and Tsiotras, P. “Information-Theoretic Stochastic Optimal Control via Incremental Sampling-based Algorithms,” IEEE Symposium on Adaptive Dynamic Programming and Reinforcement Learning, Orlando, FL, Dec. 9-12, 2014, pp. 71-78.

C176.

van de Hoef, A., Dimarogonas, D. V., and Tsiotras, P., “Spectral Analysis of Extended Consensus Algorithms for Multiagent Systems,” 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Los Angeles, CA, Dec. 15-17, 2014, pp. 2204-2209.

C175.

Sun, W. and Tsiotras, P., “An Optimal Evader Strategy in a Two-Pursuer One-Evader Problem,” 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Los Angeles, CA, Dec. 15-17, 2014, pp. 4266-4271.

C174.

Exarchos, I., and Tsiotras, P., “An Asymmetric Version of the Two Car Pursuit-Evasion Game,” 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Los Angeles, CA, Dec. 15-17, 2014, pp. 4272-4277.

C173.

Filipe, N., Holzinger, M. J., and Tsiotras, P., “Pose-Tracking Controller for Satellites with Time-Varying Inertia,” AIAA Space and Astronautics Forum and Exposition, San Diego, CA, August 4-7, 2014, AIAA Paper 2014-4455.

C172.

Zhang, G., Vela, P., Tsiotras, P., and Cho, D.-M., “Efficient Closed-Loop Detection and Pose Estimation for Vision-Only Relative Localization in Space with a Cooperative Target,” AIAA Space and Astronautics Forum and Exposition, San Diego, CA, August 4-7, 2014, AIAA Paper 2014-4262.

C171.

Zafeiropoulos, S., and Tsiotras, P., “Design and Evaluation of a Lane-Tracking Driver Steering Assist System with a Two-Point Visual Driver Model,” American Control Conference, Portland, OR, June 4-6, 2014, pp. 3911-3917.

C170.

Tsiotras, P., “ASTROS: A 5DOF Experimental Facility for Research in Space Proximity Operations,” 37th AAS Guidance and Control Conference, Breckenridge, CO, Jan. 31-Feb. 5, 2014, AAS Paper 14-114.

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C169.

Sun, W., and Tsiotras, P., “A Sequential Pursuer-Target Assignment Problem Under External Disturbances,” 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control Conference, Florence, Italy, Dec. 10-13, 2013, pp. 3994-3999.

C168.

Filipe, N., and Tsiotras, P., “Adaptive Position and Attitude Tracking Controller for Satellite Proximity Operations using Dual Quaternions,” Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Hilton Head, SC, August 11-15, 2013.

C167.

Zhao, Y., and Tsiotras, P., “Fuel-Economic Flight Optimization for Descent and Approach Phases,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Boston, MA, August 19-22, 2013, AIAA Paper 2013-4539.

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C166.

Cho, D.-M., Tsiotras, P., and Holzinger, M., “Robust Feature Detection, Acquisition and Tracking for Relative Navigation in Space with a Known Target,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Boston, MA, August 19-22, 2013.

C165.

Filipe, N., and Tsiotras, P., “Adaptive Model-Independent Tracking of Rigid Body Position and Attitude Motion with Mass and Inertia Matrix Identification using Dual Quaternions,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Boston, MA, August 19-22, 2013.

C164.

Filipe, N., and Tsiotras, P., “Rigid Body Motion Tracking Without Linear and Angular Velocity Feedback Using Dual Quaternions,” European Control Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, July 17-19, 2013.

C163.

Chakraborty, I., Sanz-Diaz, R., and Tsiotras, P. “Time-Optimal Vehicle Posture Control to Mitigate Unavoidable Collisions Using Conventional Control Inputs,” American Control Conference, Washington, DC, June 17-19, 2013, pp. 2165-2170.

C162.

Zhao, Y., and Tsiotras, P., “Speed Profile Optimization for Optimal Path Tracking,” American Control Conference, Washington, DC, June 17-19, 2013, pp. 1173-1178.

C161.

Nuno, F., and Tsiotras, P., “Simultaneous Position and Attitude Control Without Linear and Angular Velocity Feedback Using Dual Quaternions,” American Control Conference, Washington, DC, June 17-19, 2013.

C160.

Jeon, J.-H., Cowlagi, R., Peters, S., Karaman, S., Frazzoli, E., Tsiotras, P., and Iagnemma, K., “Optimal Motion Planning with the Half-Car Dynamical Model for Autonomous High-Speed Driving,” American Control Conference, Washington, DC, June 17-19, 2013, pp. 188-193.

C159.

Arslan, O. and Tsiotras, P., “Use of Relaxation Methods in Sampling-Based Algorithms for Optimal Motion Planning,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Karlsrühe, Germany, May 6-10, 2013, pp. 2413-2420.

C158.

Delahaye, D., Puechmorel, S., Feron, E., and Tsiotras, P., “Mathematic Models for Aircraft Trajectory Design : A Survey,” The 3rd ENRI International Workshop on ATM/CNS, Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 19-22, 2013.

C157.

Anderson, R., Bakolas, E., Milutinović, D. and Tsiotras, P., “The Markov-Dubins Problem in the Presence of a Stochastic Drift Field,” 51th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control Conference, Maui, HI, Dec. 10-13, 2012, pp. 130-135.

C156.

Cowlagi, R. and Tsiotras, P., “Hierarchical Motion Planning with Kinodynamic Feasibility Guarantees: Local Trajectory Planning via Model Predictive Control,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, St. Paul, MN, May 14-18, 2012, pp. 4003-4008.

C155.

Chakraborty, I., Tsiotras, P. and Lu, J., “Vehicle Posture Control through Aggressive Maneuvering for Mitigation of T-bone Collisions,” 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, Orlando, FL, Dec. 12-15, 2011, pp. 3264-3269.

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C154.

Bakolas, E. and Tsiotras. P., “On the Relay Pursuit of a Maneuvering Target,” 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, Orlando, FL, Dec.12-15, 2011, pp. 4270-4275.

C153.

Arslan, O., Tsiotras, P., and Huo, X., “Solving Shortest Path Problems with Curvature Constraints Using Beamlets,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, Sept. 25-30, 2011, pp. 3533-3538.

C152.

Lu, Y., Huo, X., Arslan, O. and Tsiotras, P., “Multi-Scale LPA* with Low Worst-Case Complexity Guarantees,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, Sept. 25-30, 2011, pp. 3507-3512.

C151.

Cowlagi, R. and Tsiotras, P., “Multiresolution H-Cost Motion Planning: A New Framework for Hierarchical Motion Planning for Autonomous Mobile Vehicles,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, Sept. 25-30, 2011, pp. 3501-3506.

C150.

Bakolas, E., Zhao, Y. and Tsiotras, P., “Initial Guess Generation for Aircraft Landing Trajectory Optimization,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Portland, OR, Aug. 8-11, 2011, AIAA Paper 2011-6689.

C149.

Tsiotras, P. and Reyes Castro L. I., “Extended Multi-agent Consensus Protocols for the Generation of Geometric Patterns in the Plane,” American Control Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 29-July 1, 2011, pp. 3850-3855.

C148.

Zhao, Y. and Tsiotras, P., “A Quadratic Programming Approach to Path Smoothing,” American Control Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 29-July 1, 2011, pp. 5324-5329.

C147.

Bakolas, E. and Tsiotras, P., “Optimal Pursuer and Moving Target Assignment using Dynamic Voronoi Diagrams,” American Control Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 29-July 1, 2011, pp. 5444-5449.

C146.

Tsiotras, P. and Reyes Castro L. I., “A Note on the Consensus Protocol with Some Applications to Agent Orbit Pattern Generation,” 10th Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS), Lausanne, Switzerland, November 1-3, 2010.

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C145.

Bakolas, E. and Tsiotras, P., “Optimal Pursuit of Moving Targets using Dynamic Voronoi Diagrams,” 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, GA, Dec. 15-17, 2010, pp. 7431-7436.

C144.

Cowlagi, R., and Tsiotras, P., “Multi-resolution Path Planning: Theoretical Analysis, Efficient Implementation, and Extensions to Dynamic Environments,” 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, GA, Dec. 15-17, 2010, pp. 1384-1390.

C143.

Lu, Y., Huo, Y., and Tsiotras, P., “Beamlet-like Data Processing for Accelerated Path-Planning Using Multiscale Information of the Environment,” 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, GA, Dec. 15-17, 2010, pp. 3808-3813.

C142.

Steinfeldt, B, and Tsiotras, P., “A State-Dependent Riccati Equation Approach to Atmospheric Entry Guidance,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Toronto, Canada, Aug. 2-4, 2010, AIAA Paper 2010-8310.

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C141.

Velenis, E., Katzourakis, D., Frazolli, E., Tsiotras, P. and Happee, R., “Stabilization of Steady-State Drifting for a RWD Vehicle,” 10th International Symposium on Advanced Vehicle Control (AVEC), Loughborough, UK, August 22- 26, 2010.

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C140.

Cowlagi, R. and Tsiotras, P., “Kinematic Feasibility Guarantees in Geometric Path Planning using History-based Transition Costs over Cell Decompositions,” American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD, June 30-July 2, 2010.

C139.

Cowlagi, R. and Tsiotras, P., “On the Existence and Synthesis of Curvature-Bounded Paths Inside Nonuniform Rectangular Channels,” American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD, June 30-July 2, 2010, pp. 5382-5387.

C138.

Bakolas, E. and Tsiotras, P., “The Zermelo-Voronoi Diagram: a Dynamic Partition Problem,” American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD, June 30-July 2, 2010, pp. 1320-1325.

C137.

Bakolas, E. and Tsiotras, P., “Time-Optimal Synthesis for the Zermelo-Markov-Dubins Problem: the Constant Wind Case,” American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD, June 30-July 2, 2010.

C136.

Bakolas, E. and Tsiotras, P., “Minimum-Time Paths for a Light Aircraft in the Presence of Regionally-Varying Strong Winds,” Infotech at Aerospace, Atlanta, GA, April 20-22, 2010.

C135.

Zhao, Y. and Tsiotras, P., “Time-Optimal Parameterization of Geometric Path for Fixed-Wing Aircraft,” Infotech at Aerospace, Atlanta, GA, April 20-22, 2010.

C134.

Velenis, E., Frazzoli, E. and Tsiotras, P., “On Steady-State Cornering Equilibria for Wheeled Vehicles with Drift,” 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, Dec. 16-18, 2009, pp. 3545-3550.

C133.

Bakolas, E., and Tsiotras, P., “The Asymmetric Sinistral/Dextral Markov-Dubins Problem,” 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, Dec. 16-18, 2009, pp. 5649-5654.

C132.

Watts, R., Tsiotras, P. and Johnson, E., “Pilot Feedback for an Automated Planning Aid System in the Cockpit,” 28th Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Orlando, FL, Oct. 25-29, 2009.

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C131.

Scacchioli, A., Tsiotras, P., and Lu, J., “Nonlinear-Feedback Vehicle Traction Force Control with Load Transfer for Accident Avoidance,” ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC'09), Hollywood, CA, Oct. 12-14, 2009.

C130.

Bakolas, E. and Tsiotras, P., “On the Generation of Nearly Optimal, Planar Paths of Bounded Curvature and Curvature Gradient,” American Control Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 10-12, 2009, pp. 385-390.

C129.

Cowlagi, R. and Tsiotras, P., “Shortest Distance Problems in Graphs Using History-Dependent Transition Costs with Application to Kinodynamic Path Planning,” American Control Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 10-12, 2009, pp. 414-419, (Best Student Paper Award).

C128.

Cho, D., Jung, D. and Tsiotras, P., “A 5-dof Experimental Platform for Spacecraft Rendezvous and Docking,” Infotech at Aerospace Conference, Seattle, WA, April 6-9, 2009, AIAA Paper 2009-1869.

C127.

Zhao, Y. and Tsiotras, P., “A Density-Function Based Mesh Refinement Algorithm for Solving Optimal Control Problems,” Infotech at Aerospace Conference, Seattle, WA, April 6-9, 2009, AIAA Paper 2009-2019 (invited).

C126.

Dutta, A. and Tsiotras, P., “A Cooperative Egalitarian Peer-to-Peer Strategy for Refueling Satellites in Circular Constellations,” AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Savannah, GA, Feb. 8-12, 2009, AAS Paper 2009-109.

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C125.

Kim, B. and Tsiotras, P., “Image Segmentation on Cell-Center Sampled Quadtree and Octree Grids,” Wavelet Applications in Industrial Processing VI, San Jose, CA, Jan. 18-22, 2009, IS&T/SPIE Paper 7248-22.

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C124.

Velenis, E., Tsiotras, P. and Lu J., “Trail-Braking Driver Input Parameterization for General Corner Geometry,” SAE Motorsports Engineering Conference, Concord, NC, Dec. 2-4, 2008, SAE Paper 2008-01-2986.

C123.

Chakrabortty, A., Arcak, M. and Tsiotras, P., “Robust Design of a Spacecraft Attitude Tracking Control System with Actuator Uncertainties,” 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, Dec. 9-11, 2008, pp. 1587-1592.

C122.

Bakolas, E. and Tsiotras, P., “On-Line, Kinodynamic Trajectory Generation Through Rectangular Channels Using Path and Motion Primitives,” 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, Dec. 9-11, 2008, pp. 3725-3730.

C121.

Dutta, A., and Tsiotras, P., “A Cooperative P2P Refueling Strategy for Circular Satellite Constellations,” AIAA Space Conference and Exhibit, San Diego, Sept. 9-11, 2008, AIAA Paper 2008-7643.

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C120.

Bakolas, E., and Tsiotras, P., “Multiresolution Path Planning Via Sector Decompositions Compatible to On-Board Sensor Data,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Honolulu, HI, Aug. 18-21, 2008, AIAA Paper 2008-7238.

C119.

Jain, S., and Tsiotras, P., “Sequential Multiresolution Trajectory Optimization for Moving Targets,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Honolulu, HI, Aug. 18-21, 2008, AIAA Paper 2008-6980.

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C118.

Jung, D., and Tsiotras, P., “On-line Path Generation for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles using B-Spline Path Templates,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Honolulu, HI, Aug. 18-21, 2008, AIAA Paper 2008-7135.

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C117.

Jung, D., Ratti, J., and Tsiotras, P., “Real-time Implementation and Validation of a New Hierarchical Path Planning Scheme for UAVs via Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation,” International Symposium of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV'08), Orlando, FL, June 23-24, 2008.

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C116.

Dutta, A., and Tsiotras. P., “Hohmann-Phasing Cooperative Rendezvous Maneuvers,” F. Landis Markley Astronautics Symposium, Chesapeake Bay, June 28-July 2, 2008, Paper AAS 08-297.

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C115.

Jain, S., Tsiotras, P., and Velenis, E., “Optimal Feedback Velocity Profile Generation for a Vehicle with Given Acceleration Limits: A Level Set Implementation,” 16th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Ajaccio, Corsica, France, June 25-26, 2008, pp. 451-456.

C114.

Dimarogonas, D. V., Tsiotras, P. and Kyriakopoulos, K. J., “Leader-Follower Cooperative Attitude Control of Multiple Rigid Bodies,” American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, June 11-13, 2008, pp. 801-806.

C113.

Cowlagi, R., and Tsiotras, P., “Multiresolution path planning with wavelets: A local replanning approach,” American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, June 1-13, 2008, pp. 1220-1225.

C112.

Jung, D., and Tsiotras, P., “Multiresolution On-Line Path Planning for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles,” American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, June 11-13, 2008, pp. 2744-2749.

C111.

Jung, D., and Tsiotras, P., “Bank-to-Turn Control for a Small UAV using Backstepping and Parameter Adaptation,” 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, South Korea, July 6-11, 2008, pp. 4406-4411.

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C110.

Cowlagi, R. and Tsiotras, P., “Beyond Quadtrees: Cell Decompositions for Path Planning using Wavelet Transforms,” 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 12-14, 2007, pp. 1392-1397.

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C109.

Jain, S. and Tsiotras, P., “Adaptive Multiresolution Mesh Refinement for the Solution of Evolution PDEs,” 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 12-14, 2007, pp. 3525-3530.

C108.

Jain, S. and Tsiotras, P., “Multiresolution-Based Direct Trajectory Optimization,” 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 12-14, 2007, pp. 5991-5996.

C107.

Tsiotras, P., “Multiresolution Hierarchical Path-Planning for Small UAVs,” European Control Conference, Kos, Greece, July 2-5, 2007 (invited).

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C106.

Velenis, E., Tsiotras, P., and Lu, J., “Modeling Aggressive Maneuvers on Loose Surfaces: The Cases of Trail-Braking and Pendulum-Turn,” European Control Conference, Kos, Greece, July 2-5, 2007.

C105.

Tsiotras, P., and Bakolas, E.,“A Hierarchical On-Line Path-Planning Scheme Using Wavelets,” European Control Conference, Kos, Greece, July 2-5, 2007.

C104.

Velenis, E., Tsiotras, P., and Lu, J., “Aggressive Maneuvers on Loose Surfaces: Data Analysis and Input Parameterization,” 15th IEEE Mediterranean Control Conference, Athens, Greece, June 26-29, 2007, pp. 1-6.

C103.

Jung, D., and Tsiotras, P., “Modelling and Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation for a Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle,” AIAA Infotech at Aerospace, Rohnert Park, CA, May 7-10, 2007, AIAA Paper 07-2768.

C102.

ung, D., and Tsiotras, P., “Inertial Attitude and Position Reference System Development for a Small UAV,” AIAA Infotech at Aerospace, Rohnert Park, CA, May 7-10, 2007, AIAA Paper 07-2763.

C101.

Dutta, A., and Tsiotras, P., “A Network Flow Formulation for an Egalitarian P2P Satellite Refueling Strategy,” AAS Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, Sedona, AZ, Jan. 28-Feb. 1, 2007, AAS Paper 2007-151.

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C100.

Dutta, A., and Tsiotras, P., “A Greedy Random Adaptive Search Procedure for Optimal Scheduling of P2P Satellite Refueling,” AAS Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, Sedona, AZ, Jan. 28-Feb. 1, 2007, AAS Paper 2007-150.

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C99.

Jung, D., and Tsiotras, P., “An Experimental Validation of Spacecraft Attitude and Power Tracking with Variable Speed Control Moment Gyroscopes,” AAS Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, Sedona, AZ, Jan. 28-Feb. 1, 2007, AAS Paper 07-130.

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C98.

Dimarogonas, D., Tsiotras, P. and Kyriakopoulos, K., “Laplacian Cooperative Attitude Control of Multiple Rigid Bodies,” 2006 CCA/CACSD/ISIC, Münich, Germany, October 4-6, 2006, pp. 3064-3069.

C97.

Salazar A. and Tsiotras, P., “An Auction Algorithm for Allocating Fuel in Satellite Constellations Using Peer-to-Peer Refueling,” American Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June 14-16, 2006, pp. 4214-4219, (invited).

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C96.

Jung, D., Levy E., Zhou, D., Fink, R., Earl, A., Moshe, J. and Tsiotras, P., “Design and Development of a Low-Cost Test-Bed for Undergraduate Education in UAVs,” 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control/European Control Conference ECC 2005, Seville, Spain, Dec. 12-15, 2005.

C95.

Salazar A. and Tsiotras, P., “An Auction Algorithm for Optimal Satellite Refueling,” Georgia Tech Space Systems Engineering Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 8-10, 2005, Paper No. GT-SSEC.F.5,.

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C94.

Tsiotras, P., and de Nailly, A.., “Comparison Between Peer-to-Peer and Single-Spacecraft Refueling Strategies for Spacecraft in Circular Orbits,” Infotech at Aerospace Conference, Crystal City, DC, September 26-29, 2005, AIAA Paper 2005-7115.

C93.

Dutta, A. and Tsiotras, P., “Asynchronous Optimal Mixed P2P Satellite Refueling Strategies,” D. Shuster Astronautics Symposium, Buffalo, NY, June 13-15, 2005, AAS Paper 2005-474.

C92.

Velenis, E., and Tsiotras, P., “Optimal Velocity Profile Generation for Given Acceleration Limits: The Half-Car Model Case,” IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE05), Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 20-23, 2005, pp. 361-366 (invited).

C91.

Velenis, E., and Tsiotras, P., “Minimum Time vs. Maximum Exit Velocity Path Optimization During Cornering,” IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE05), Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 20-23, 2005.

C90.

Yoon, H. and Tsiotras, P., “Spacecraft Angular Velocity and Line-of-Sight Control Using A Single-Gimbal Variable-Speed Control Moment Gyro,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, San Francisco, CA, August 15-18, 2005, AIAA Paper 2005-6393.

C89.

Yoon, H. and Tsiotras, P., “Adaptive Spacecraft Attitude Tracking Control with Actuator Uncertainties,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, San Francisco, CA, August 15-18, 2005, AIAA Paper 2005-6392.

C88.

Wilson, B. C., Tsiotras, P., and Heck, B., “Experimental Validation of Control Designs for Low-Loss Active Magnetic Bearings,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, San Francisco, CA, August 15-18, 2005, AIAA Paper 2005-5953 (invited).

C87.

Wilson B. C., Tsiotras, P., and Heck-Ferri, B., “Implementation of the Generalized Complementary Flux Condition for Low-Loss Active Magnetic Bearings,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, San Francisco, CA, August 15-18, 2005, AIAA Paper 05-5952 (invited).

C86.

Wilson, C. B., Tsiotras, P. and Heck-Ferri, B., “Control Designs for Low-Loss Active Magnetic Bearings,” IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Monterey, CA, July 24-28, 2005 (invited).

C85.

Zhang, X., Tsiotras, P. and Bliman, P.-A., “Multi-Parameter Dependent Lyapunov Functions for the Stability Analysis of LTI Parameter-Dependent Systems,” 13th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Limassol, Cyprus, June 27-29, 2005, pp. 1263-1268.

C84.

Jain, S. and Tsiotras, P., “The Method of Reflection for Solving the Time-Optimal Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Equation on the Interval Using Wavelets,” 13th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Limassol, Cyprus, June 27-29, 2005, pp. 1062-1067.

C83.

Iwasaki, T., Tsiotras, P., and Zhang, X., “State-Feedback Controller Synthesis for Parameter Dependent LTI Systems,” American Control Conference, Portland, OR, June 8-10, 2005, pp. 593-597.

C82.

Dienmusch, K. and Tsiotras, P., “Use of Describing Functions for Predicting Low-Loss AMB Performance,” American Control Conference, Portland, OR, June 8-10, 2005, pp. 3048-3053.

C81.

Velenis, E. and Tsiotras, P., “Optimal Velocity Profile Generation for Given Acceleration Limits: Receding Horizon Implementation,” American Control Conference, Portland, OR, June 8-10, 2005, pp. 2147-2152.

C80.

Velenis, E. and Tsiotras, P., “Optimal Velocity Profile Generation for Given Acceleration Limits: Theoretical Analysis,” American Control Conference, Portland, OR, June 8-10, 2005, pp. 1478-1483.

C79.

Jung, D. and Tsiotras, P., “An Experimental Comparison of CMG Steering Controls,” AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2004-5294, Providence, RI, August 16-19, 2004.

C78.

Yoon, H. and Tsiotras, P., “Singularity Analysis and Avoidance for VSCMGs - Part II: Power Constraint Case,” AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2004-5208, Providence, RI, August 16-19, 2004.

C77.

Yoon, H. and Tsiotras, P., “Singularity Analysis and Avoidance for VSCMGs - Part I: No Power Constraint Case,” AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2004-5207, Providence, RI, August 16-19, 2004.

C76.

Chaplais, F., Tsiotras, P. and Jung, D., “On-Line Wavelet Denoising with Application to the Control of a Reaction Wheel System,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Providence, RI, August 16-19, 2004, AIAA Paper 2004-5345.

C75.

Jain, S. and Tsiotras, P.,“Solution of the Time-Optimal Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Equation using Wavelets,” 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Paradise Island, Bahamas, Dec. 14-17, 2004, pp. 2728-2733.

C74.

Chaplais, F., Tsiotras, P. and Jung, D., “Redundant Wavelet Filter Banks on the Half-Axis with Applications to Signal Denoising with Small Delays,” 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Paradise Island, Bahamas, Dec. 14-17, 2004, pp. 3102-3108.

C73.

Tsiotras, P. and Bliman, P.-A., “An Exact Stability Analysis Test for One-Parameter Poly-nomially-Dependent Linear Systems,” 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Paradise Island, Bahamas, Dec. 14-17, 2004, pp. 1337-1340.

C72.

Tsiotras, P., Velenis, E. and Sorine, M., “A LuGre Tire Friction Model with Exact Aggregate Dynamics,” Proceedings, American Control Conference, Boston, MA, June 30-July 2, 2004, pp. 1457-1462.

C71.

Shen, H. and Tsiotras, P., “Extension of Battin's Method for the Multiple-Revolution Lambert's Problem,” AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialists Conference, Big Sky, MO, August 3-7, 2003.

C70.

Jung, D. and Tsiotras, P.,“A 3-DoF Experimental Test-Bed for Integrated Attitude Dynamics and Control Research,” AIAA Paper 03-5331, AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Austin, TX, 2003.

C69.

Marshall, A. and Tsiotras P., “Spacecraft Angular Velocity Stabilization Using A Single-Gimbal Variable Speed Control Moment Gyro,” AIAA Paper 03-5654, AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Austin, TX, 2003.

C68.

Shen, H. and Tsiotras, P., “Peer-to-Peer Refueling within a Satellite Constellation Part II: Nonzero-Cost Rendezvous Case,” Proceedings, 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, HI, December 9-12, 2003, pp. 4363-4368.

C67.

Shen, H. and Tsiotras, P., “Peer-to-Peer Refueling within a Satellite Constellation Part I: Zero-Cost Rendezvous Case,” Proceedings, 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, HI, December 9-12, 2003, pp. 4345-4350.

C66.

Zhang, X., Tsiotras, P. and Iwasaki, T., “Parameter-Dependent Lyapunov Functions for Exact Stability Analysis of Single-Parameter LTI Systems,” Proceedings, 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, HI, December 9-12, 2003, pp. 5168-5173.

C65.

Park, C. and Tsiotras, P.,“Approximations to Optimal Feedback Control Using a Successive Wavelet-Collocation Algorithm,” Proceedings, American Control Conference, Denver, Colorado, June 4-6, 2003, pp. 1950-1955.

C64.

Park, C. and Tsiotras, P., “Suboptimal Feedback Control Using a Successive Wavelet-Galerkin Algorithm,” Proceedings, American Control Conference, Denver, Colorado, June 4-6, 2003, pp. 1926-1931.

C63.

Shen, H. and Tsiotras, P., “Optimal Scheduling for Servicing Multiple Satellites in a Circular Constellation,” AIAA Paper 02-4907, AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialists Conference, Monterey, California, August 5-8, 2002.

C62.

Shen, H. and Tsiotras, P., “Optimal Two-Impulse Rendezvous Between Two Circular Orbits Using Multiple Revolution Lambert's Solutions,” AIAA Paper 02-4844, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Monterey, California, August 5-8, 2002.

C61.

Canudas-de-Wit, C., Tsiotras, P., Velenis, E., Basset, M. and Gissinger, G. “Dynamic Friction Models for Longitudinal Road/Tire Interaction: Experimental Results,” 21st IASTED Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control, Innsbruck, Austria, February 18-21, 2002.

C60.

Canudas-de-Wit, C., Tsiotras, P. and Velenis, E., “Dynamic Friction Models for Longitudinal Road/Tire Interaction: Theoretical Advances,” 21st IASTED Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control, Innsbruck, Austria, February 18-21, 2002, pp. 48-53.

C59.

Tsiotras, P. and Arcak, M., “Low-Bias Control of AMB Subject to Voltage Saturation: State-Feedback and Observer Designs,” Proceedings, 41st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 10-13, 2002, pp. 2474-2479.

C58.

Luo, J. and Tsiotras, P., “LFT Representations for Nonlinear Mechanical Systems,” Proceedings, 15th IFAC World Congress, Barcelona, Spain, July 21-26, 2002.

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C57.

Lanzon, A. and Tsiotras, P., “Robust Control of Energy Momentum Wheels Supported on Active Magnetic Bearings using H-infinity Loop-Shaping and mu-Synthesis,” Proceedings, 15th IFAC World Congress, Barcelona, Spain, July 21-26, 2002.

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C56.

Zhang, X., Lanzon, A. and Tsiotras, P., “On Robust Stability of LTI Parameter Dependent Systems,” Proceedings, 10th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED2002), Lisbon, Portugal, July 9-12, 2002.

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C55.

Velenis, E., Tsiotras, P. and C. Canudas de Wit, “Extension of the LuGre Dynamic Tire Friction Model to 2D Motion,” Proceedings, 10th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED2002), Lisbon, Portugal, July 9-12, 2002.

C54.

Richie, D., Tsiotras, P. and Fausz, J., “Variable Speed Control Moment Gyroscope Workbench: A New Simulation Tool for Tomorrow's Spacecraft,” 20th Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Daytona Beach, Florida, October 14-18, 2001, pp. (8.A.3)1-12.

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C53.

Kim, B., Velenis, E., Kriengsiri, P. and Tsiotras, P., “A Spacecraft Simulator for Research and Education,” AAS Paper 01-367, AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Conference, Quebec City, Canada, July 30-August 2, 2001, pp. 897-914.

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C52.

Yoon, H., and Tsiotras, P., “Spacecraft Adaptive Attitude Control and Power Tracking with Single-Gimballed VSCMGs and Wheel Speed Equalization,” AAS Paper 01-379, AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Conference, Quebec City, Canada, July 30-August 2, 2001, pp. 1121-1138.

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C51.

Canudas de Wit, C., Tsiotras, P., Claeys, X. and Horowitz, R., “Friction Road/Tire Modeling, Estimation and Optimal Braking Control,” Proceedings of the Workshop on Automotive Control, ``Nonlinear and Adaptive Control Network (NACO2)'', Lund, Sweden, May 18-19, 2001.

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C50.

Zhang, J., Knospe C., and Tsiotras, P., “H-infinity Performance and Robust Stability of Linear Time-Delayed Systems: A Padé Comparison System Approach,” Proceedings, 3rd IFAC Workshop on Time Delay Systems, Santa Fe, New Mexico, December 8-10, 2001.

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C49.

Richie, D., Tsiotras, P. and Fausz, J., “Simultaneous Attitude Control and Energy Storage Using VSCMGs: Theory and Simulation,” Proceedings, American Control Conference, Arlington, Virginia, June 25-27, 2001, pp. 3973-3979 (invited).

C48.

Tsiotras, P., and Schleicher, A., “Detumbling and Partial Attitude Stabilization of a Rigid Spacecraft under Actuator Failure,” AIAA Paper 00-4044, AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Denver, Colorado, Aug. 14-17, 2000.

C47.

Tsiotras, P. and Doumtchenko, V., “Control of Spacecraft Subject to Actuator Failures: State-of-the-Art and Open Problems,” AAS Paper 00-264, R. H. Battin Astrodynamics Symposium, Texas A&M, College Station, Texas, March 20-21, 2000, pp. 325-351 (invited).

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C46.

Kim, B., and Tsiotras, P., “Experimental Comparison of Control Laws for Unicycle-Type Mobile Robots,” Proceedings, 8th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Patras, Greece, July 17-19, 2000.

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C45.

Zhang, J., Knospe, C. and Tsiotras, P., “Asymptotic Stability of Linear Systems with Multiple Time-Invariant State-Delays,” IFAC Workshop on Linear Time Delay Systems, Ancona, Italy, September 11-13, 2000, pp. 123-128.

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C44.

Zhang, X., Tsiotras, P. and Knospe, C., “Stability Criteria for LPV Time-Delayed Systems: Delay-Independent Case,” IFAC Workshop on Linear Time Delay Systems, Ancona, Italy, September 11-13, 2000, pp. 111-116.

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C43.

Tsiotras, P., Wilson, B., and Bartlett, R., “Control of a Zero-Bias Magnetic Bearing Using Control Lyapunov Functions,” Proceedings, 39th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Sydney, Australia, December 12-15, 2000, pp. 4048-4053.

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C42.

Tsiotras, P. and Velenis, E., “Low-Bias Control of AMB's Subject to Saturation Constraints,” IEEE International Conference on Control Applications, Ancorage, Alaska, September 25-27, 2000, pp. 138-143 (invited).

C41.

Kim, B., and Tsiotras, P., “Time-Invariant Stabilization of a Unicycle-Type Mobile Robot: Theory and Experiments,” IEEE International Conference on Control Applications, Ancorage, Alaska, September 25-27, 2000, pp. 443-448.

C40.

Zhang, J., Knospe, C., and Tsiotras, P., “Stability of Linear Time-Delay Systems: A Delay-Dependent Criterion with a Tight Conservatism Bound,” Proceedings, American Control Conference, Chicago, Illinois, June 28-30, 2000, pp. 1458-1462.

C39.

Tsiotras, P. and Canudas de Wit, C., “On the Optimal Braking of Wheeled Vehicles,” Proceedings, American Control Conference, Chicago, Illinois, June 28-30, 2000, pp. 569-573.

C38.

Tsiotras, P., Shen, H. and Hall, C., “Satellite Attitude Control and Power Tracking with Momentum Wheels,” AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Conference, AAS Paper 99-317, Girdwood, Alaska, August 16-18, 1999; also Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 103, pp. 275-296.

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C37.

Tsiotras, P., “Feasible Trajectory Generation for Underactuated Spacecraft Using Differential Flatness,” AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Conference, AAS Paper 99-323, Girdwood, Alaska, August 16-18, 1999; also Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 103, pp. 361-377.

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C36.

Zhang, J., Knospe, C., and Tsiotras, P., “Toward Less Conservative Stability Analysis of Time-Delay Systems,” Proceedings, 38th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Phoenix, Arizona, December 7-11, 1999, pp. 2017-2022.

C35.

Canudas de Wit, C., and Tsiotras, P., “Dynamic Tire Friction Models for Vehicle Traction Control,” Proceedings, 38th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Phoenix, Arizona, December 7-11, 1999, pp. 3746-3751.

C34.

Zhang, J., Knospe, C. R., and Tsiotras, P., “A Unified Approach to Time-Delay System Stability via Scaled Small Gain,” American Control Conference, San Diego, California, June 2-4, 1999, pp. 307-308.

C33.

Mason, S., Tsiotras, P. and Allaire, P., “Linear Parameter Varying Controllers for Flexible Rotors Supported on Magnetic Bearings,” 6th International Symposium on Magnetic Bearings, Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 5-7, 1998.

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C32.

Tsiotras, P., “Asymptotic Properties of Higher Order Cayley Transforms,” AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialists Conference, AIAA Paper 98-4387, Boston, Massachusetts, August 10-12, 1998, pp. 208-212.

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C31.

Hall C., and Tsiotras, P., and Shen, H., “Tracking Rigid Body Motion Using Thrusters and Reaction Wheels,” AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialists Conference, AIAA Paper 98-4471, Boston, Massachusetts, August 10-12, 1998, pp. 302-307.

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C30.

Shen, H., and Tsiotras, P., “Time-Optimal Control of Axi-symmetric Rigid Spacecraft,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, AIAA Paper 98-4328, Boston, Massachusetts, August 10-12, 1998, pp. 1259-1272.

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C29.

Tsiotras, P., and Luo, J., “Stabilization and Tracking of Underactuated Axisymmetric Spacecraft with Bounded Control,” 4th IFAC Nonlinear Control Systems Design Symposium (NOLCOS '98), Twente, Netherlands, July 1-3, 1998, pp. 151-156 (invited).

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C28.

Luo, J., and Tsiotras, P., “Control Design for Systems in Chained Form with Bounded Inputs,” American Control Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 24-26, 1998, pp. 473-477, (best student paper finalist).

C27.

Tsiotras, P. and Knospe, C., “Reducing Conservatism for Gain-Scheduled H-infinity Controllers for AMB's,” MAG '97 Industrial Conference and Exhibition on Magnetic Bearings, Alexandria, Virginia, August 19-22, 1997, pp. 290-299.

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C26.

Tsiotras, P., and Luo, J., “A Low Authority Control Law for Underactuated Rigid Spacecraft,” 35th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Symposium, AIAA Paper 97-0113, Reno, Nevada, January 6-10, 1997, pp. 57-66 (invited).

C25.

Luo, J., and Tsiotras, P., “Exponentially Convergent Controllers for n-Dimensional Nonholonomic Systems in Power Form,” American Control Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 4-6, 1997, pp. 398-402 (best student paper finalist).

C24.

Krstić, M., and Tsiotras, P., “Inverse Optimality Results for the Attitude Motion of a Rigid Spacecraft,” American Control Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 4-6, 1997, pp. 1884-1888.

C23.

Tsiotras, P., and Mason, S., “Self-Scheduled H-infinity Controllers for Magnetic Bearings,” Nonlinear Dynamics and Controls Symposium, Eds. A.K. Bajaj, N.S. Namachchivya, and M.A. Franchek, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, (ASME Winter Meeting), Atlanta, GA, November 17-22, 1996, pp. 151-158.

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C22.

Tsiotras, P., and Longuski, J. M., “Comments on a New Parameterization of the Attitude Kinematics,” AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, AAS Paper 96-3627, San Diego, California, July 29-31, 1996, pp. 514-522.

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C21.

Tsiotras, P., Junkins, J. L., and Schaub, H., “Higher Order Cayley-Transforms with Applications to the Attitude Problem,” AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, AAS Paper 96-3628, San Diego, California, July 29-31, 1996, pp. 523-534.

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C20.

Tsiotras, P., “On the Choice of Coordinates for Control Problems on SO(3),” 30th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton University, March 20-22, 1996, pp. 1238-1243 (invited).

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C19.

Tsiotras, P., “On the Optimal Regulation of an Axi-Symmetric Rigid Body with two Controls,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, AIAA Paper 96-3791, San Diego, California, on July 29-31, 1996.

C18.

Tsiotras, P., Corless, M., and Rotea, M., “Optimal Control of Rigid Body Angular Velocity with Quadratic Cost,” 35th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Kobe, Japan, December 11-13, 1996, pp. 1630-1635.

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C17.

Tsiotras, P., and Luo, J., “Reduced Effort Control Laws for Underactuated Rigid Bodies,” 35th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Kobe, Japan, December 11-13, 1996, pp. 495-496.

C16.

Rotea, M., Tsiotras, P., and Corless, M., “Suboptimal Control of Rigid Body Motion with a Quadratic Cost,” 3rd IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems Design, Tahoe City, California, June 26-28, 1995.

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C15.

Tsiotras, P., “A Passivity Approach to Attitude Stabilization Using Nonredundant Sets of Kinematic Parameters,” 34th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 13-15, 1995, pp. 515-520.

C14.

Tsiotras, P., Corless, M., and Rotea, M., “An L2 Disturbance Attenuation Approach to the Nonlinear Benchmark Problem,” American Control Conference, Seattle, Washington, June 21-23, 1995, pp. 4352-4356.

C13.

Junkins, J.L., Schaub, H., and Tsiotras, P., “Orthogonal Projections Revisited: Concepts from Classical Mechanics and Modern Dynamical Systems Analysis,” 31st Annual Meeting, Society of Engineering Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, October 10-12, 1994.

C12.

Tsiotras, P., “New Control Laws for the Attitude Stabilization of Rigid Bodies,” 13th IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in Aerospace, Palo Alto, California, September 12-16, 1994, pp. 316-321.

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C11.

Wan, C.J., Tsiotras, P., Bernstein, D.S., and Coppola, V.T., “Global Asymptotic Stabilization of a Spinning Top with Torque Actuators using Stereographic Projection,” American Control Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, June 29-July 1, 1994, pp. 536-540.

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C10.

Longuski, J.M., Puig-Suari, J., Tsiotras, P., and Tragesser, S., “Optimal Mass for Aerobraking Tethers,” 44th Congress, International Astronautical Federation, Graz, Austria, Oct. 16-22, 1993.

C9.

Tsiotras, P., and Longuski, J.M., “Analytic Solution of Euler's Equations of Motion for an Asymmetric Rigid Body,” AAS Paper 93-580, AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Conference, Victoria, B.C., Canada, August 16-19, 1993.

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C8.

Tsiotras, P., Corless M., and Longuski, J. M., “Invariant Manifold Techniques for Attitude Control of a Symmetric Spacecraft,” 32nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Antonio, Texas, December 15-17, 1993 pp. 1470-1475.

C7.

Tsiotras, P., and Longuski, J. M., “On Attitude Stabilization of Symmetric Spacecraft with Two Control Torques,” American Control Conference, San Francisco, California, June 2-4, 1993, pp. 46-50.

C6.

Tsiotras, P., and Longuski, J. M., “On the Large Angle Problem in Rigid Body Attitude Dynamics,” IAF Paper 92-0034, 43rd Congress, International Astronautical Federation, Washington, D.C., August 28-September 6, 1992.

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C5.

Tsiotras, P. and Longuski, J. M., “A Complex Analytic Solution for the Attitude Motion of a Near-Symmetric Rigid Body Under Body-Fixed Torques,” IAF Paper 91-359, 42nd Congress, International Astronautical Federation, Montreal Canada, October 5-11, 1991.

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C4.

Longuski, J. M., and Tsiotras, P., “Attitude Motion of a Rigid Body Subject to Polynomial Torques,” AAS Paper 91-405, AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Conference, Durango, Colorado, August 19-22, 1991; also in Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 76, pp. 679-690.

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C3.

Tsiotras, P., and Longuski, J. M., “Analytic Solutions for the Attitude Motion of Spinning Rigid Bodies Subject to Periodic Torques,” AAS Paper 91-404, AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Conference, Durango, Colorado, August 19-22, 1991; also in Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 76, pp. 661-678.

C2.

Tsiotras, P., and Kelley, H. J., “Drag-Law Effects in the Goddard Problem,” IFAC Optimization Workshop, Tbilisi, USSR, June 21-25, 1988.

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C1.

Tsiotras, P., and Kelley, H. J., “The Goddard Problem with Constrained Time-of-Flight,” American Control Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, June 15-17, 1988, pp. 1412-1421.

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Preprints

P16.

Ganguly, S., Rapakoulias, G., and Tsiotras, P., “Lifted Schrödinger Bridges for Gaussian Mixture Endpoints: Projection Gaps and Path-Space Obstructions,” 2026.

P15.

Gould, B., Zhang, Z., Tsiotras, P., and Coogan, S., “Online, Reachability-Aware, Sampling-Based Motion Planning,” 2026.

P14.

Guan, Y., Maity, D., and Tsiotras, P., “Performance-Driven Environment Abstraction with Multi-Timescale Learning,” 2026.

P13.

Jeloka, B., Ganguly, S., and Tsiotras, P., “Beyond Nominal Equilibria: Risk-Averse Multi-Population Mean-Field Games,” 2026.

P12.

Liu, F., Zhang, Y., and Tsiotras, P., “Reachability Analysis of the State Transition and State Covariance Matrices for an LTV System,” 2026.

P11.

Prakash, A., and Tsiotras, P., “Multi-Contact Force Estimation for Continuum Robots via Gaussian-Parameterized Factor Graphs,” 2026.

P10.

Psomiadis, E., Maity, D., and Tsiotras, P., “Collaborative Navigation and Exploration with β-Sparse Gaussian Processes,” 2026.

P9.

Rapakoulias, G., Garud, P., Zhu, L., and Tsiotras, P., “Stochastic Transition-Map Distillation for Fast Probabilistic Inference,” 2026.

P8.

Selim, A., Ganguly, S., Pakniyat, A., and Tsiotras, P., “Nonlinear Stochastic Optimal Control and Optimal Stopping using the Fokker-Planck Transformation,” 2026.

P7.

Selim, A., Liu, F., Ganguly, S., and Tsiotras, P., “Continuous-Time Covariance Steering with Common Free-Final Time: Finite-Horizon Solutions and Infinite-Horizon Limits,” 2026.

P6.

Ticozzi, L., Vela, P. A., and Tsiotras, P., “Factor Graph-Based Shape Estimation for Continuum Robots via Magnus Expansion,” 2026.

P5.

Wang, F., Ganguly, S., and Tsiotras, P., “Covariance Steering of Discrete-Time Markov Jump Linear Systems with Multiplicative Noise,” 2026.

P4.

Jeloka, B., Guan, Y., and Tsiotras, P., “Learning Large-Scale Competitive Team Behaviors with Mean-Field Interactions and Online Opponent Modeling,” 2025.

P3.

Knaup, J., D'sa, J., Chalaki, B., Mahjoub, H., Moradi-Pari, E., and Tsiotras, P., “Dual Control for Interactive Autonomous Merging with Model Predictive Diffusion,” 2025.

P2.

Pedram, A.-R., Psomiadis, E., Maity, D., and Tsiotras, P., “Communication-Aware Map Compression for Online Path-Planning: A Rate-Distortion Approach,” 2025.

P1.

Manjunatha, H., Pak, A., Filev, D., and Tsiotras, P., “KARNet: Kalman Filter Augmented Recurrent Neural Network for Learning World Models in Autonomous Driving Tasks,” 2023.