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- Our paper on “Adaptive Feedback
Control by Constrained Approximate Dynamic
Programming,” by Ferrari S., Steck
J. E, and Chandramohan R., appears in
the IEEE Transactions on Systems,
Man, and Cybernetics - Part B: Cybernetics,
August 2008 issue.
- Our paper on “A Geometric Approach
to Analyzing Track Coverage in Sensor
Networks”, by Baumgartner, K. C.,
and Ferrari, S., appears in the IEEE
Transactions on Computer, August
2008 issue.
- Our paper on “Constructing Bayesian
Networks for Criminal Profiling from Limited
Data,” by Baumgartner, K. C., Ferrari,
S., and Palermo, G., has been accepted
by Knowledge-Based Systems, and
is available on line at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2008.03.019
- Our paper on “Network Models
of Criminal Behavior: Comparing Bayesian
and Neural Networks for Decision Support
in Criminal Investigations” by Ferrari,
S., Baumgartner, K. C., Palermo, G., Bruzzone,
R., Strano, M., appears in the IEEE
Control Systems Magazine, August
2008 issue.
- Our paper on “A Constrained Optimization
Approach to Preserving Prior Knowledge
During Incremental Training,” by
S. Ferrari and M. Jensenius, appears in
the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks,
June 2008 issue.
- Our paper on “Multi-Objective
Algebraic Synthesis of Neural Control
Systems by Implicit Model Following,”
by S. Ferrari, is accepted by the IEEE
Transactions on Neural Networks.
- Our paper on“Information-Driven
Search Strategies in the Board Game of
CLUE®,” by S. Ferrari and C.
Cai, is accepted by the IEEE Transactions
on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part
B.
- Our paper on “Information-Driven
Sensor Path Planning by Approximate Cell
Decomposition,” by C. Cai and S.
Ferrari, is accepted by the IEEE Transactions
on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part
B.
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Kelli Baumgartner completes her Ph.D.
degree in May 2008, and joins the launch
vehicle flight design and control division
at Analex
Corporation, in Cleveland OH.
- Chenghui
Cai completes his Ph.D. in May 2008,
and joins Prof. Lawrence Carin’s
research group in the Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering
at Duke University.
- The National
Science Foundation awards us a research
grant on “A Constrained-Optimization
Approach to Preserving Prior Knowledge
in Neural-Network Modeling and Control
of Dynamical Systems,” for the amount
of $322,112.
- NASA awards
us a research grant on “Optimal
Predictions of Ecohydrologic Processes
in Semiarid Ecosystems: Multi-sensor Fusion
and Multi-scale Data Assimilation,”
for the amount: $715,217. PI: John Albertson,
CEE Department.
- The Office
of Naval Research awards us two research
grants on “Optimal Control of Mobile
Sensor Networks,” for the amount:
$139,587.
- In collaboration with Dr. Sebastian
Sager from Interdisciplinary
Center for Scientific Computing at Heidelberg
University, we are organizing a special
session on “Complex Systems Design
and Control,” for the NAE
German-American Frontiers of Engineering
Symposium, to be held in Potsdam,
Germany, in April 2009.
- In collaboration with Frank Lewis and
Jagannath Sarangapani, we are preparing
a proposal for a special session on “Approximate
Dynamic Programming,” for the Mediterranean
Control Conference, which will be held
in Thessaloniki, Greece, in June 2009.
- June 2008: Gianluca, Guoxian, and Silvia
attend the World
Congress on Computational Intelligence,
in Hong Kong.
- Our paper on “An Information-Driven
Framework for Motion Planning in Robotic
Sensor Networks: Complexity and Experiments,”
by R. Fierro, C. Cai, and S. Ferrari was
accepted by the Conference
on Decision and Control, to be held
in Cancun, MX, in December 2008.
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Chenghui,
Silvia, Kelli, Guoxian, and Gianluca
at the LISC graduation party. |
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Guoxian
meets Prof. Zadeh, the father of fuzzy
logic, at WCCI08. |
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Gianluca
enjoys the Hong Kong night life. |
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Guoxian,
Silvia, and Gianluca at the Hong Kong
Convention and Exhibition Center. |
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Dr. Kelli
Baumgartner. |
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Congratulations
Dr. Chenghui Cai! |
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Congratulations
Dr. Kelli Baumgartner! |
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