Publications

Missy Cummings

Leigh McCue

Autonomous modular water collection system

Athapaththu, A., Barth, V., Jones, V., and McCue, L., “Autonomous modular water collection system,” 2023 IEEE Oceans Conference, June 5-8, Limerick, Ireland.

Gaze controlled underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to improve accessibility in maritime robotics

Barth, V., Jones, V., Athapaththu, A., and McCue, L., “Gaze controlled underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to improve accessibility in maritime robotics,” 2023 IEEE Oceans Conference, June 5-8, Limerick, Ireland.

On the vertical and horizontal integration of robotics within engineering and computing education

Barth, V., Berg, C., Costa, P., Cummings, M., Denham, W., Handler, R., Hayes, M., Karri, D., Kathir, N., McCue, L., Miller Hooks, E., Nowzari, C., Reagle, C., Rosenblum, D., Rostobaya, V., Sanders, Q., Shishika, D., Shortle, J., and Sinanovic, E., “On the vertical and horizontal integration of robotics within engineering and computing education,” IUTAM Symposium on Optimal Guidance and Control for Autonomous Systems, March 15-17, 2023, Honolulu, Hawaii.

On the use of video in support of a maritime robotics STEM outreach program

McCue, L., Rathbun, S., Raz, A., Shishika, D., Smith, C., Hagarty, A., Wood, R., Williams, E., Nowzari, C., and Yang, J., “On the use of video in support of a maritime robotics STEM outreach program,” ASEE Southeastern Section Conference, Fairfax, VA, March 12-14, 2023.

SeaPerch and SeaGlide Camp Implementation

McCue, L., Barth, V., and Hall, J., “SeaPerch and SeaGlide Camp Implementation,” ASEE Southeastern Section Conference, Fairfax, VA, March 12-14, 2023.

A Pandemic Pivot Podcast

McCue, L., “A Pandemic Pivot Podcast,” ASEE Southeastern Section Conference, Fairfax, VA, March 12-14, 2023.

Work-in-Progress: Development of a new hands-on STEM program for biologically inspired maritime robotics

McCue, L., Hagarty, A., Nowzari, C., Raz, A., Riggi, M., Rosenberg, J., Shishika, D., Smith, C., Nelson, J., “Work-in-Progress: Development of a new hands-on STEM program for biologically inspired maritime robotics,” Ocean and Marine Engineering Division, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June, 2022.

Operational measures for intact ship stability

Shigunov, Vladimir; Themelis, Nikos; Bačkalov, Igor; Begovic, Ermina; Boulougouris, Evangelos; Cichowicz, Jakub; Eliopoulou, Eleftheria; Hashimoto, Hirotada; Hinz, Tomasz; González, Marcos Míguez; Karolius, Kristian; Manderbacka, Teemu; McCue, Leigh; Rodríguez, Claudio, “Operational measures for intact ship stability,” First International Conference on the Stability and Safety of Ships and Ocean Vehicles, June 2021.

A case study on the practical use of low-fidelity modeling to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 amongst the underserved farmworker community

McCue, L., Knight, M., Driscoll, M., Jenkins, P., and Sorensen, J., “A case study on the practical use of low-fidelity modeling to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 amongst the underserved farmworker community,” La Matematica, 2023.

Field-test of two mobile apps for commercial fishing safety: feedback from fishing vessel captains

Bulzacchelli, M., Bellantoni, J., McCue, L., and Dzugan, J., “Field-test of two mobile apps for commercial fishing safety: feedback from fishing vessel captains,” WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation, 2023.

The receptivity to safety-related mobile apps among commercial fishing captains: descriptive exploratory study

Bulzacchelli, M., Bellantoni, J., McCue, L., and Dzugan, J., “The receptivity to safety-related mobile apps among commercial fishing captains: descriptive exploratory study,” JMIR Formative Research, Vol 6, Issue 11, 2022.

A Low-Fidelity Stochastic Model of Viral Spread in Aircraft to Assess Risk Mitigation Strategies

McCue, L, “A Low-Fidelity Stochastic Model of Viral Spread in Aircraft to Assess Risk Mitigation Strategies,” ASME. ASME J. Risk Uncertainty Part B. Available online February 4, 2021.

Low cost unmanned surface vehicle swarm formation control using a potential field

Bhanderi, D. and McCue, L., “Low cost unmanned surface vehicle swarm formation control using a potential field,” Global OCEANS 2020: Singapore-U.S. Gulf Coast, October 2020.

A coupled SPH-FEM Solver for Modeling Surface Effect Ship (SES) Bow Seal Dynamics

Gilbert, J. and McCue, L., “A coupled SPH-FEM Solver for Modeling Surface Effect Ship (SES) Bow Seal Dynamics,” Virtual 39th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore & Arctic Engineering (OMAE) 2020, June 28-July 3, 2020.

The Portia Hypothesis: Mechanical Engineering Student Perceptions of Qualifications

McCue, L., “The Portia Hypothesis: Mechanical Engineering Student Perceptions of Qualifications,” Virtual American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, June 2020.

Design Trends in Unmanned Systems

McCue, L., “Design Trends in Unmanned Systems,” SNAME/IBEX 2019, Tampa, FL, September 30, 2019.

Utilization of KNN Algorithms on AIS data for Enhanced Maritime Domain Awareness

McCue, L., “Utilization of KNN Algorithms on AIS data for Enhanced Maritime Domain Awareness,” Technology, Systems and Ships, Washington, DC, June 18-20, 2019.

Implementing and Integrating an engineering video game into a variety of educational contexts

Briscoe, M., McCue, L., and Lumme, D., “Implementing and Integrating an engineering video game into a variety of educational contexts,” 2019 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Tampa, Florida, June, 2019.

Gamifying Engineering: Initial data and results from implementing a naval engineering video game

Briscoe, M., McCue, L., Kring, D., and Craig, M., “Gamifying Engineering: Initial data and results from implementing a naval engineering video game (work in progress),” 2019 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference, Rayleigh, NC, March 10-12, 2019.

Cooper, M. and McCue, L., “Design of a Controller for Autonomous Vessel Recovery Utilizing the Prediction of Host Vessel Motions,” Naval Engineers Journal, Volume 129, Number 1, 1 March 2017, pp. 117-131(15).

Cooper, M., Wu, W., and McCue, L., “Non-intrusive Polynomial Chaos for Efficient Uncertainty Analysis in Parametric Roll Simulations,” Journal of Marine Science and Technology, Volume 21, Issue 2, pp. 282-296, June 2016.

Battista, T., Woolsey, C., McCue, L., Paterson, E., and Valentinis, F., “Underwater Vehicle Depth and Attitude Regulation in Plane Progressive Waves,” 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Osaka, Japan, 2015.

Sherman, Stephanie, McCue, Leigh, and Roberts, Billy, “Quantifying the Effects of Uncertainty in a Decentralized National Airspace System,” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Volume 2600, Issue 1, pp. 94-101, January 1, 2016.

Allen, David, Jones, Matthew, McCue, Leigh, Moore, William, Philen, Michael, and Woolsey, Craig, “Exploring the oceans of Europa with biologically-inspired underwater vehicles,” Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, August 2015.

Sherman, S. and McCue, L., “A Framework for Quantifying the Effects of Uncertainty in a Decentralized National Airspace System,” 2014 AIAA Region I Student Conference, Cornell, April 2014.

Lee, Evan, Pavkov, Mark, and McCue, Leigh, “The systematic variation of step configuration and displacement for a double step planing craft,” Journal of Ship Production and Design, Volume 30, Number 2, May 2014.

Yang, Q., Jones, V., Kumar, P., and McCue, L., “Validation of a SPH-FEM Model for Seal Dynamics of Surface Effect Ships” Naval Engineers Journal, Volume 125, Number 4, December 2013.

Allen, D., Jones, M., Woolsey, C., Moore, W., and McCue, L., “Mapping a mission profile for the exploration of Europa’s ocean,” AIAA Space 2013 Conference and Exposition, San Diego, CA, September 2013.

McCue, L., “On the use of mobile apps for improved maritime safety,” Safety and energy efficiency in river transportation for a sustainable development of the peruvian Amazon region, First International Conference, 17th-19th July 2013, Iquitos, Peru.

Yang, Q., Jones, V., and McCue, L., “Free-surface Flow Interactions with Deformable Structures Using an SPH-FEM Model,” Ocean Engineering, Volume 55, December 2012, pp. 136-147.

McCue, L., “A comparative analysis of personal electronic devices as data acquisition systems,” 2012 Launch and Recovery Symposium, Maryland, November, 2012.

Kumar, P., Yang, Q., Jones, V., and McCue, L., “Coupled SPH-FVM simulation within the OpenFOAM framework,” IUTAM Symposium on Particle Methods in Fluid Mechanics, Lyngby, Denmark, October 2012.

Cooper, M. and McCue, L., “Effectiveness of chaotic system measures for the validation of ship dynamics simulations”, 11^th International Conference on the Stability of Ships and Ocean Vehicles, Athens, Greece, September 2012.

McCue, L., “Putting vessel motion research into the hands of operators,” 11^th International Conference on the Stability of Ships and Ocean Vehicles, Athens, Greece, September 2012.

McCue, L.S., “Statistics of extreme slam responses and implications for small craft design,” Journal of Ship Production and Design, August 2012, pp. 112-127.

McCue, L.S., Jacobson, D., Weil, C., and Zseleczky, J., “A look at the impact of filter selection on characterization of vertical acceleration peaks,” Chesapeake Powerboat Symposium, Annapolis, Maryland, June 2012.

Venturella, M., Patil, M. and McCue, L., “Modal analysis of the ice-structure interaction problem,” Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Volume 133, Issue 4, 2011. Originally presented at the 27th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2008), Estoril, Portugal, June 2008.

Yang, Q., Jones, V., and McCue, L., “Investigation of skirt dynamics of air cushion vehicles under non-linear wave impact using a SPH-FEM model,” 11^th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation (FAST), Honolulu, HI, September 2011.

Wu, W., Bulian, G., and McCue, L., “Uncertainty analysis for parametric roll using non-intrusive polynomial chaos,” Proceedings of the 12^th International Ship Stability Workshop, Washington DC, June 2011.

McCue, L. and Schetz, J., “A combined curriculum in aerospace and ocean engineering—38 years later,” 2011 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, paper number AC2011-2787, Vancouver, Canada, June 2011.

Cooper, M. and McCue, L., “Experimental study on deformation of flexible wedge upon water entry,” 9^th Symposium on High-Speed Marine Vehicles, Naples, Italy, May 2011.

Wu, W., McCue, L.S., and Roy, C., “The Method of Manufactured Solutions Applied to Chaotic Systems,” Nonlinear Dynamics, 2011, Volume 63, Issue 4, pp. 667-679.

Xing, Z. and McCue, L.S., “Modeling ship equations of roll motion using neural networks,” Naval Engineers Journal, 2010, Volume 122, Issue 3, pp. 49-60.

Story, W.R., Xing, Z., Wu, W., and McCue, L.S., “Validation: a historical look and two suggested techniques,” ITTC Workshop on Seakeeping – V&V for Non-linear Seakeeping Analysis-, Seoul, Korea, October 2010.

Wu, W., Spyrou, K.J., and McCue, L.S., “Improved prediction of the threshold of surf-riding of a ship in steep following seas” Ocean Engineering, 2010, Volume 37, pp. 1103-1110.

Jones, V., Yang, Q., and McCue, L., “SPH Boundary Deficiency Correction for Improved Boundary Conditions at Deformable Surfaces,” Ship Science and Technology/Ciencia y Tecnología de Buques, Volume 4, Number 7, July 2010.

McCue, L., Sanjuan. M., and Hubbard, R., “Concepts and conclusions from the 2010 Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute on Dynamics and Control of Manned and Unmanned Marine Vehicles,” Ship Science and Technology/Ciencia y Tecnología de Buques, Volume 4, Number 7, July 2010.

Yang, Q., Jones, V., and McCue, L., “Numerical Study on Fluid Structure Interaction Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics and the Finite Element Method” 5^th International SPHERIC Workshop, Manchester UK, June 2010.

Wu, W. and McCue, L., “Melnikov’s method applied to a multi-DOF ship model,” 11^th  International Ship Stability Workshop, Wageningen, The Netherlands, June 2010.

McCue, L., Waller, T., Crede, E., and Gaines, J., “Give them what they want: A look at student directed curriculum revision in a summer bridge camp,” ASEE-SE Annual Conference, Blacksburg, VA, April 2010.

Watford, B., Crumpton-Young, L., Davidson, S., McCue, L., and Schulz, N., “Taking a break from academia,” panel discussion with summary paper, 2009 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Austin, Texas, June 2009.

McCue, L.S., Wu, W., Story, W.R., and Xing, Z., “Modeling, verification, and validation of chaotic systems with application to ship motions and the Lorenz oscillator,” 2009 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Honolulu, HI, June 2009.

Xing, Z. and McCue, L.S., “Parameter identification for two nonlinear models of ship rolling using neural networks,” 10^th International Conference on Stability of Ships and Ocean Vehicles, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 2009.

Wu, W. and McCue, L.S. “Application of the extended Melnikov’s method for single-degree-of-freedom vessel roll motion” Ocean Engineering, 2008, Volume 35, Numbers 17-18, pp. 1739-1746.

Alford, L., Banik, A., Belenky, V., Ellermann, K., Hashimoto, H., Maki, A., McCue, L., Neves, M.A.S., Rodriguez, C., Troesch, A., Umeda, N., and Weems, K., “Discussion on analytical approaches to the study of vessel dynamics – Outcomes of the two part minisymposium at the 2007 SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems –” Marine Technology, 2008, Volume 45, Number 4, pp. 211-220.

McCue, L.S., Story, W.R., and Reed, A.M., “Nonlinear dynamics applied to the validation of computational methods,” 27^th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Seoul, Korea, October 2008.

Venturella, M., Patil, M. and McCue, L., “Modal analysis of the ice-structure interaction problem,” OMAE2008-57099, Proceedings of the 27^th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2008), Estoril, Portugal, June 2008.

McCue, L.S. and Pace, C., “Sea-based aviation to bridge the gap between aerospace and naval engineering students,” 2008 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Pittsburg, PA, June 2008.

McCue, L.S., “Motion prediction envelopes for intact and damaged hulls,” Proceedings of the 10^th International Ship Stability Workshop, Korea, March 2008.

McCue, L.S., Campbell, B., and Belknap, W., “On the parametric resonance of tumblehome hullforms in a longitudinal seaway,” Naval Engineers Journal 2007, Volume 119, Issue 3, pp. 35-44.

Sherman, B., McCue, L.S., Bi, P., and Milgram, J., “Assessing the effectiveness of dynamic deck motion limit systems,” Conference Paper No. PRADS2007-20290, 10^th International Symposium on Practical Design of Ships and Other Floating Structures, Houston, Texas, October, 2007.

McCue, L.S. and Bulian, G., “A numerical feasibility study of a parametric roll advance warning system,” Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 2007, Volume 129, Issue 3, pp. 165-175. Originally presented at the 25th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2006), Hamburg, Germany, June 2006.

McCue, L.S. and Campbell, B., “Approximation of ship equations of motion from time series data,” 9^th International Ship Stability Workshop, Hamburg, Germany, August 2007.

Bassler, C., Peters, A., Campbell, B., Belknap, W., and McCue, L.S., “Dynamic stability of flared and tumblehome hull forms in waves,” 9^th International Ship Stability Workshop, Hamburg, Germany, August 2007.

Wu, W. and McCue, L.S., “Melnikov’s method for ship motions without the constraint of small linear-damping,” IUTAM Symposium on Fluid-Structure Interaction in Ocean Engineering, Hamburg, Germany, July 2007.

Cotting, M.C., McCue, L.S., and Durham, W.C., “The instructional design and redesign of an undergraduate-level, simulator-based course on ‘Flight Test Techniques,’” ASEE Conference Paper No. AC2007-93, 2007 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2007.

Brown, A., Hughes, O., McCue, L.S., Neu, W., and Tretola, B., “Distance learning in the graduate-level ocean engineering curriculum,” ASEE Conference Paper No. AC2007-49, 2007 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2007.

McCue, L.S. and Scales, G.R., “Embracing the middle ground: Engaging on- and off-campus students within the same ‘classroom,’” ASEE-SE Conference Paper No. 2007015MCC, 2007 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, April 2007.

Cotting, M.C., McCue, L.S., and Durham, W.C., “Simulator-based flight test engineering as a capstone to the dynamics and control curriculum,” AIAA Conference Paper No. AIAA-2007-0699, 45^th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, January 2007.

McCue, L.S., Belknap, W., and Campbell, B., “Reconciling experimental and numerical data: techniques of nonlinear seakeeping code validation,” invited submission to Marine Systems and Ocean Technology, 2006, Volume 2, Numbers 1-2, pp. 55-62. Originally presented at the 8th International Ship Stability Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey, October 2005.

Alford, L.K., Troesch, A.W., and McCue, L.S., “Design wave elevations leading to extreme roll motion,” invited submission to Marine Systems and Ocean Technology, 2006, Volume 2, Numbers 1-2, pp. 45-53. Originally presented at the 8th International Ship Stability Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey, October 2005.

McCue, L.S., Bassler, C., and Belknap, W., “Real-time identification of behavior leading to capsize,” 9^th International Conference on Stability of Ships and Ocean Vehicles (STAB 2006), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 2006.

Delorme, L., Bulian, G., McCue, L.S., and Souto-Iglesias, A., “Coupling between sloshing and ship roll motion: Comparison between nonlinear potential theory and SPH,” 26^th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Rome, Italy, September 2006.

McCue, L.S. and Troesch, A.W. “A combined numerical-empirical method to calculate finite time Lyapunov exponents from experimental time series with application to vessel capsizing,” Ocean Engineering, 2006, Volume 33, Issue 13, pp. 1796-1813.

McCue, L.S. and Bulian, G., “A numerical feasibility study of a parametric roll advance warning system,” ASME Conference Paper No. OMAE2006-92277, 25^th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2006), Hamburg, Germany, June 2006.

Story, W., LeCroy, B., Pace, C., Palmer, M., and McCue, L.S., “Case studies: catastrophic vessel dynamics in extreme sea conditions,”  ASEE Conference Paper No. 2006-469, 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, June, 2006.

Lee, Y.-W., McCue, L.S., Obar, M.S., and Troesch, A.W., “Experimental and numerical investigation into the effects of initial conditions on a three degree of freedom capsize model,” Journal of Ship Research, 2006, Volume 50, Number 1, pp. 63-84.

McCue, L.S., Alford, L., Belknap, W., Bulian, G., Delorme, L., Francescutto, A., Lugni, C., Troesch, A.W., and Vakakis, A., “An overview of the minisymposium on ‘Extreme Ship Dynamics’ presented at the 2005 SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems,” Marine Technology, 2006, Volume 43, No. 1, pp. 55-61.

McCue, L.S., Belknap, W., and Campbell, B., “Reconciling experimental and numerical data: techniques of nonlinear seakeeping code validation,” 8^th International Ship Stability Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey, October 2005.

McCue, L.S., “Applications of finite-time Lyapunov exponents to the study of capsize in beam seas,” 8^th International Ship Stability Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey, October 2005.

Alford, L.K., Troesch, A.W., and McCue, L.S., “Design wave elevations leading to extreme roll motion,” 8^th International Ship Stability Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey, October 2005.

McCue, L.S. and Troesch, A.W., “Identification of nonlinear and chaotic behavior in model-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier experimental data,” ASME Conference Paper No. DETC2005-84459, ASME 2005 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Long Beach, CA, September 2005.

McCue, L.S. and Troesch, A.W., “Probabilistic determination of critical wave height for a multi-degree of freedom capsize model,” Ocean Engineering, 2005, Volume 32, Issue 13, pp. 1608-1622.

McCue, L.S. and Troesch, A.W., “Use of Lyapunov exponents to predict chaotic vessel motions,” 7^th International Ship Stability Workshop, Shanghai, China, November 2004.

McCue, L.S. and Troesch, A.W., “The effect of coupled heave/heave velocity or sway/sway velocity initial conditions on capsize modeling,” 8^th International Conference on the Stability of Ships and Marine Vehicles, Madrid, Spain, September 2003.

Cameron Nowzari

Journal Articles

C. Taylor and C. Nowzari. The impact of catastrophic collisions and collision avoidance on a swarming behavior   Robotics and Autonomous Systems 140, pp. 103754

S. M. P. Dinakarrao, X. Guo, H. Sayadi, C. Nowzari, A. Sasan, S. Rafatirad, L. Zhao and H. Homayoun. Scalable technique for securing IoT networks against malware epidemics IEEE Access 8 (2), 2020, pp. 138508-138528

D. Tabatabai, M. Ajina, and C. Nowzari. Self-triggered k-order coverage control. IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems 8 (3), 2021, pp. 1059-1068

J. Berneburg and C. Nowzari. Robust dynamic event-triggered coordination of multi-agent systems with a designable minimum inter-event time. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 66 (8), 2021, pp. 3417-3428

M. Ajina, D. Tabatabai, and C. Nowzari. Asynchronous distributed event-triggered coordination for multi-agent coverage control. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics 51 (12), 2021, pp. 5941-5953

P. Xu, C. Nowzari, and Z. Tian. A class of distributed event-triggered average consensus algorithms for multi-agent systems. pdf International Journal of Control 95 (2), 2022, pp. 502-515

S. L. Bowman, C. Nowzari, G. J. Pappas. Consensus of multi-agent systems via asynchronous cloud communication. IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems 7 (2), 2019, pp. 627-637

C. Nowzari, E. Garcia, and J. Cortes. Event-triggered communication and control of networked systems for multi-agent consensus. Automatica 105, 2019, pp. 1-27

N. J. Watkins, C. Nowzari, and G. J. Pappas. Robust economic Model Predictive Control of continuous-time epidemic processes. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 63 (3), 2019, pp. 1116-1131

N. J. Watkins, C. Nowzari, V. M. Preciado, and G. J. Pappas. Optimal resource allocation for competitive spreading processes on bilayer networks. IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems 5 (1), 2018, pp. 298-307

C. Nowzari, V. M. Preciado, and G. J. Pappas. Analysis and control of epidemics. IEEE Control Systems Magazine 36 (1), 2016, pp. 26-46. IEEE Control Systems Magazine Outstanding Paper Award

C. Nowzari, V. M. Preciado, and G. J. Pappas. Optimal resource allocation for control of networked epidemic models. IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems 4 (2), 2017, pp. 159-169

S. Han, V. M. Preciado, C. Nowzari, and G. J. Pappas. Data-driven network resource allocation for controlling spreading processes. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering 2 (4), 2015, pp. 127-138

C. Nowzari and J. Cortes. Distributed event-triggered coordination for average consensus on weight-balanced digraphs. Automatica 68, 2016, pp. 237-244

C. Nowzari and J. Cortes. Team-triggered coordination for real-time control of networked cyber-physical systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 61 (1), 2016, pp. 34-47

C. Nowzari and J. Cortes. Self-triggered optimal servicing in dynamic environments with acyclic structure. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 58 (5), 2013, pp. 1236-1249

C. Nowzari and J. Cortes. Self-triggered coordination of robotic networks for optimal deployment. Automatica 48 (6), 2012, pp. 1077-1087

Book Chapters

C. Nowzari, J. Cortes, and G. J. Pappas. Event-triggered control for multi-agent average consensus. Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Systems: Theory and Applications, Wiley, 2017, pp. 177-208

V. M. Preciado, M. Zargham, C. Nowzari, S. Han, M. Ogura, and G. J. Pappas. Bio-inspired framework for allocation of protection resources in cyber-physical networks. Principles of Cyber-Physical Systems, Cambridge University Press, 2020, pp. 293-324

C. Nowzari and J. Cortes. Self-triggered and team-triggered control of networked cyber-physical systems. Event-Based Control and Signal Processing, Series in Embedded Systems, CRC Press, 2015, pp. 203-220

C. Nowzari and J. Cortes. Robust team-triggered coordination of networked cyberphysical systems. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol. 449, Springer-Verlag, 2013, pp. 317-336

Conference Proceedings

J. Prince Mathew and C. Nowzari. Real-time distributed multi-robot target tracking via virtual pheromones. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Kyoto, Japan, 2022, pp. 5833-5839

M. Mubarak, J. Berneburg, and C. Nowzari. Stochastic vs. Deterministic Modeling for the Spread of COVID-19 in Small Networks. American Control Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2021, pp. 1342-1347

C. Taylor, A. Siebold, and C. Nowzari. On the Effects of Minimally Invasive Collision Avoidance on an Emergent Behavior. Twelfth International Conference on Swarm Intelligence, Barcelona, Spain, 2020, pp. 324-332

J. Berneburg, E. Garcia, A. Gerlach, D. Casbeer, and C. Nowzari. Strongly Non-Zeno Event-Triggered Wireless Clock Synchronization. International Federation of Automatic Control World Congress, Berlin, Germany, 2020, pp. 2787-2792

C. Taylor, C. Luzzi, and C. Nowzari. On the effects of collision avoidance on emergent swarm behavior. American Control Conference, Denver, Colorado, 2020, pp. 931-936

J. Berneburg and C. Nowzari. Distributed dynamic event-triggered algorithms with positive minimum inter-event times on weight-balanced digraphs. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Nice, France, 2019, pp. 2598-2603

X. Guo, L. Zhao, C. Nowzari, S. Rafatirad, H. Homayoun and S. M. P. Dinakarrao. Deep multi-attributed graph translation with node-edge co-evolution. IEEE International Conference on Data Mining, Beijing, China, 2019, pp. 250-259 ICDM Best Paper Award

J. Berneburg and C. Nowzari. Distributed dynamic event-triggered coordination with a designable minimum inter-event time. American Control Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2019, pp. 1424-1429 ACC Best Student Paper Award Finalist

D. Tabatabai and C. Nowzari. Higher-order optimal deployment with self-triggered coordination. American Control Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2019, pp. 2710-2715

S. M. P. Dinakarrao, H. Sayedi, H. M. Makrani, C. Nowzari, S. Rafatirad, and H. Homayoun. Lightweight node-level malware detection and network-level malware confinement in IoT networks. Design, Automation, and Test, Florence, Italy, 2019, pp. 776-781

N. J. Watkins, C. Nowzari, and G. J. Pappas. A robust moment closure for general continuous-time epidemic processes. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami, Florida, 2018, pp. 244-249

P. Xu, C. Nowzari, and Z. Tian. A class of event-triggered coordination algorithms for multi-agent systems on weight-balanced digraphs. American Control Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2018, pp. 5988-5993

M. Ajina and C. Nowzari. An event-triggered virtual force algorithm for multi-agent coverage control with obstacles. American Control Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2018, pp. 1009-1014

C. Nowzari. Multi-agent coordination via a shared wireless spectrum. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Melbourne, Australia, 2017, pp. 6714-6719

N. J. Watkins, K. Gatsis, C. Nowzari, and G. J. Pappas. Battery management for control systems with energy harvesting sensors. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Melbourne, Australia, 2017, pp. 4538-4543

Y. Liu, C. Nowzari, Z. Tian, and Q. Ling. Asynchronous periodic event-triggered coordination of multi-agent systems. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Melbourne, Australia, 2017, pp. 6696-6701

N. J. Watkins, C. Nowzari, and G. J. Pappas. Inference, prediction, and control of networked epidemics. American Control Conference, Seattle, Washington, 2017, pp. 5611-5616

S. L. Bowman, C. Nowzari, and G. J. Pappas. Coordination of multi-agent systems via asynchronous cloud communication. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2016, pp. 2215-2220

M. Fazlyab, C. Nowzari, G. J. Pappas, A. Ribeiro, and V. M. Preciado. Self-triggered time-varying convex optimization. PIEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2016, pp. 3090-3097

N. Bezzo, K. Mohta, C. Nowzari, I. Lee, V. Kumar, and G. J. Pappas. Online planning for energy-efficient and disturbance-aware UAV operations. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Daejeon, Korea, 2016, pp. 5027-5033

C. Nowzari and G. J. Pappas. Multi-agent coordination with asynchronous cloud access. American Control Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 2016, pp. 4649-4654

C. Nowzari, M. Ogura, V. M. Preciado, and G. J. Pappas. Optimal resource allocation for containing epidemics on time-varying networks. Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, California, 2015, pp. 1333-1337

C. Nowzari, M. Ogura, V. M. Preciado, and G. J. Pappas. A general class of spreading processes with non-Markovian dynamics. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Osaka, Japan, 2015, pp. 5073-5078

S. A. Aleem, C. Nowzari, and G. J. Pappas. Self-triggered pursuit of a single evader. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Osaka, Japan, 2015, pp. 1433-1440

X. Meng, L. Xie, Y. C. Soh, C. Nowzari, and G. J. Pappas. Periodic event-triggered average consensus over directed graphs. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Osaka, Japan, 2015, pp. 4151-4156

C. Nowzari, J. Cortes, and G. J. Pappas. Team-triggered coordination of robotic networks for optimal deployment. American Control Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 2015, pp. 5744-5751

N. J. Watkins, C. Nowzari, V. M. Preciado, and G. J. Pappas. Optimal resource allocation for competing epidemics over arbitrary networks. American Control Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 2015, pp. 1381-1386

C. Nowzari, V. M. Preciado, and G. J. Pappas. Stability analysis of generalized epidemic models over directed networks. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Los Angeles, California, 2014, pp. 6197-6202

C. Nowzari and J. Cortes. Zeno-free, distributed event-triggered communication and control for multi-agent average consensus. American Control Conference, Portland, Oregon, 2014, pp. 2148-2153

C. Nowzari and J. Cortes. Team-triggered coordination of networked systems. American Control Conference, Washington, D.C. 2013, pp. 3827-3832

C. Nowzari and J. Cortes. Robust optimal decision policies for servicing targets in acyclic digraphs. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, 2012, pp. 136-141

C. Nowzari and J. Cortes. Self-triggered coordination of robotic networks for optimal deployment. American Control Conference, San Francisco, California, 2011, pp. 1039-1044 O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award ACC Best Student Paper Award Finalist

Daigo Shishika

Journal Publications

N. Zahabi, and D. Shishika, “Nonlinear Opinion Dynamics Models With Stubborn Individuals Over Signed Graphs”, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 2022.

A. V. Moll, M. Pachter, D. Shishika, Z. Fuchs, "Circular Target Defense Differential Games," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2022.

A. V. Moll, D. Shishika, Z. Fuchs, M. Dorothy, "Turret-Runner-Penetrator Differential Game with Role Selection," IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 2022.

X. Yu, D. Saldana, D. Shishika, and M. A. Hsieh, "Resilient consensus in robot swarms with periodic motion and intermittent communication," IEEE Transactions on Robotics, pp. 1-16, 2021

A. K. Chen, D. G. Macharet, D. Shishika, G. J. Pappas, V. Kumar, “Optimal multi-robot perimeter defense using flow networks,” Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS), pp. 282-293, 2021

D. G. Macharet, A. A. Neto, D. Shishika, “Minimal exposure dubins orienteering problem,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 6 (2), pp. 2280-2287, 2021

D. Shishika, J. Paulos, and Vijay Kumar. “Cooperative team strategies for multi-player perimeter defense games," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 5 (2), pp. 2738-2745 2020.

D. Shishika and D. A. Paley. “Mosquito-inspired quadrotor swarming and pursuit for cooperative defense against fast intruders," Autonomous Robots, pp. 1-19, 2019.

D. Shishika J. K. Yim, D. A. Paley. “Robust Lyapunov control design for bio-inspired pursuit with autonomous hovercraft,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, no. 99, pp. 1-12, 2016.

D. Shishika N. C. Manoukis, S. Butail, and D. A. Paley. “Male motion coordination in anopheline mating swarms," Scientific Reports, vol. 4, pp. 1-7, 2014.

Peer-reviewed Conference Publications

Y. Guan, L. Pan, D. Shishika, P. Tsiotras, "Chasing Convex Bodies Generated by an Adversary," IEEE American Control Conference (ACC), 2023.

A. K. Chen, B. L. Ferguson, D. Shishika, M. Dorothy, J. R. Marden, G. J. Pappas, V. Kumar, "Path Defense in Dynamic Defender-Attacker Blotto Games (dDAB) with Limited Information," IEEE American Control Conference (ACC), 2023.

A. Pourghorban, M Dorothy, D. Shishika, A. Von Moll, D. Maity “Target Defense against Sequentially Arriving Intruders”, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 6594-6601, 2022

B. L. Ferguson, D. Shishika, J. R. Marden, "Ensuring the Defense of Paths and Perimeters in Dynamic Defender-Attacker Blotto Games (dDAB) on Graphs" 58th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton), pp. 1-7, 2022

Leigh McCue, Adrian Hagarty, Cameron Nowzari, Ali Raz, Michael Riggi, Jessica Rosenberg, Daigo Shishika, Cynthia Smith, Jill Nelson, "Work-in-Progress: Development of a new hands-on STEM program for biologically inspired maritime robotics," ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2022

G. Das and D. Shishika, "Guarding a Translating Line with an Attached Defender," IEEE American Control Conference (ACC), pp. 4436-4442, 2022.

D. Shishika, Y. Guan, M. Dorothy, and V. Kumar, "Dynamic defender-attacker Blotto game," IEEE American Control Conference, pp. 4422-4428, 2022.

E. S. Lee, D. Shishika, G. Loianno, and V. Kumar. "Defending a perimeter from a ground intruder using an aerial defender: Theory and practice." IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), pp. 184-189, 2021.

D. Shishika, Dipankar Maity, Michael Dorothy, “Partial information target defense game”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 8111-8117, 2021

A. Von Moll, D. Shishika, Z. Fuchs, M. Dorothy, “The turret-runner-penetrator differential game,” IEEE American Control Conference (ACC), pp. 3202-3209, 2021.

A. Von Moll, M. Pachter, D. Shishika, Z. Fuchs, “Guarding a circular target by patrolling its perimeter,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 1658-1665, 2020.

E. S. Lee, D. Shishika, V. Kumar, “Perimeter-defense game between aerial defender and ground intruder,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 1530-1536, 2020.

D. Shishika, V. Kumar, “A review of multi agent perimeter defense games,” International Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security, pp. 472-485, 2020.

D. G. Macharet, A. K. Chen, D. Shishika, G. J. Pappas, V. Kumar, “Adaptive partitioning for coordinated multi-agent perimeter defense”, International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp.-7971-7977, 2020

D. Shishika, D. Macharet, B. M. Sadler, and V. Kumar. “Game theoretic formation design for probabilistic barrier coverage,” International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2020

X. Yu, D. Shishika, D. Saldana, and M. A. Hsieh. “Modular robot formation and routing for resilient consensus," IEEE American Control Conference, Denver, 2020.

Michael Whitzer, D. Shishika Ani M. Hsieh, and Vijay Kumar. “DC-CAPT: concurrent assignment and planning of trajectories for Dubins cars," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 8791-8797, (2020).

D. Shishika, J. Paulos, M. R. Dorothy, M. A. Hsieh, and V. Kumar. “Team Composition for Perimeter Defense with Patrollers and Defenders," IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 7325-7332, France, 2019.

J. Paulos, S. W. Chen, D. Shishika, and V. Kumar. “Decentralization of multiagent policies by learning what to communicate," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 7990-7996, Montreal, 2019.

D. Shishika, V. Kumar. “Local-game decomposition for multiplayer perimeter-defense problem," IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2093-2100, Florida, 2018.

D. Shishika, K. Sherman and D. A. Paley. “Competing swarms of autonomous vehicles: intruders versus guardians," ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Virginia, 2017.

D. Shishika and D. A. Paley. “Mosquito-inspired swarming for decentralized pursuit with autonomous vehicles," IEEE American Control Conference, pp. 923-929, Seattle, 2017.

D. Shishika and D. A. Paley. “Lyapunov stability analysis of a mosquito-inspired swarm model," IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 482-488, Osaka Japan, 2015.

D. Shishika, J. K. Yim, and D. A. Paley. “Bio-inspired pursuit with autonomous hovercraft using Lyapunov-based control," IEEE American Control Conference, pp. 3107-3113, Chicago, 2015.

Ningshi Yao

Journal Paper

• Ningshi Yao, Michael Malisoff and Fumin Zhang, “Contention-Resolving Model Predictive Control for Coupled Control Systems with a Shared Resource,” in Automatica, 122, 109219, 2020. [bibtex]
• Ningshi Yao and Fumin Zhang, “Contention-Resolving Model Predictive Control for Scheduling and Controlling Automated Vehicles at an Intelligent Traffic Intersection,” in Discrete Event Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10626-020-00336-8.
• Carl Young, Ningshi Yao, and Fumin Zhang, “Adaptiveness and Consistency of A Class of Online Ensemble Learning Algorithms,” in International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 31(6), 2018-2043, 2021. [bibtex]
• Ningshi Yao, Qiuyang Tao, Weiyu Liu, Zhen Liu, Ye Tian, Peiyu Wang, Timothy Li and Fumin Zhang, “Autonomous flying blimp interaction with human in an indoor space,” in Frontiers of Information Technology and Electronic Engineering, 20(1), 45-59, 2019. [bibtex]

Book Chapter

• Zhenwu Shi, Ningshi Yao, and Fumin Zhang, “Scheduling Feasibility of Energy Management in Micro-grids Based on Significant Moment Analysis,” in Cyber-Physical Systems: Foundations, Principles and Applications, 431-450, Elsevier, 2017.[bibtex]

Conference Papers

• Ningshi Yao and Fumin Zhang, “Event-triggered Scheduling and Control Co-design for Networked Control Systems with Sub-schedulability”, in Proc. 2022 American Control Conference (ACC), Atlanta, GA, 2022, Accepted.
• Ningshi Yao and Fumin Zhang, “Optimal Real-time Scheduling of Human Attention for a Human and Multi-robot Collaboration System”, in Proc. 2020 American Control Conference (ACC), 30-35, Denver, CO, 2020. [bibtex]
• Ningshi Yao, Michael Malisoff and Fumin Zhang, “Contention-Resolving Model Predictive Control for Coordinating Automated Vehicles at a Traffic Intersection”, in Proc. 2019 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2233-2238, Nice, France, 2019. [bibtex]
• Carol Young, Ningshi Yao, and Fumin Zhang, “Avoiding Chatter in an Online Co-Learning Algorithm Predicting Human Intention”, in Proc. 2019 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 6504-6509, Nice, France, 2019. [bibtex]
• Ningshi Yao and Fumin Zhang, “Resolving Contentions for Intelligent Traffic Intersections using Optimal Priority Assignment and Model Predictive Control”, in Proc. 2018 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), 632-637, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2018. [bibtex]
• Ningshi Yao, Emily Anaya, Qiuyang Tao, Sunji Cho, Hongrui Zheng, and Fumin Zhang, “Monocular Vision-based Human Following on Miniature Robotic Blimp,” in Proc. 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 3244-3249, Singapore, 2017. [bibtex]
• Ningshi Yao, Michael Malisoff and Fumin Zhang, “Contention Resolving Optimal Priority Assignment for Event-Triggered Model Predictive Controllers,” in Proc. 2017 American Control Conference (ACC), 2357-2362, Seattle, WA, 2017. [bibtex]
• Muhammad Asif Rana, Ningshi Yao, Shayok Mukhopadhyay, Fumin Zhang, Emilie Warren, and Christine Payne, “Modeling the effect of nanoparticles and the bistability of transmembrane potential in non-excitable cells,” in Proc. 2016 American Control Conference (ACC), 400-405, Boston, MA, 2016. [bibtex]