We address research on diverse topics of optimization, learning, multi-agent systems and control. This includes safe learning, stochastic control (safety, reachability), distributed control, game theory (learning equilibria and mechanism design). The selected publications below are a sample of our research results. Please see google scholar for a more detailed list.
Selected presentations
Plenary talk in ”European Control Conference”, 2024
A summary of work on learning in games, presented in ”Alpine Game Theory Symposium”, 2023
A summary of work on stochastic control, presented in ”Nordic Congress of Mathematicians”, 2023
S8. Identifiability and Generalizability in Constrained Inverse Reinforcement Learning, Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Machine Learning, PMLR 202:30224-30251, 2023
S7. I. Usmanova, A. Krause and M. Kamgarpour, Safe non-smooth black-box optimization with application to policy search, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, Learning for Dynamics and Control (L4DC), 2020
S6. P. G. Sessa, I. Bogunovic, A. Krause and M. Kamgarpour, Contextual Games: Multiagent Learning with Side Information, Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2020
S5. T. Tatarenko and M. Kamgarpour, Learning Generalized Nash Equilibria in a Class of Convex Games, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 64(4):1426-1439, 2019
S4. O. Karaca, P. G. Sessa, N. Walton and M. Kamgarpour, Designing Coalition-Proof Mechanisms for Auctions over Continuous Goods, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 64(11):4803-4810, 2019
S3. L. Furieri, Y. Zheng, A. Papachristodoulou and M. Kamgarpour, Sparsity Invariance for Convex Design of Distributed Controllers, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 2019
S2. O. Karaca*, B. Guo*, T. H. Summers and M. Kamgarpour, Actuator Placement under Structural Controllability using Forward and Reverse Greedy Algorithms, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2021, to appear, *: equal contribution
S1. P. G. Sessa, D. Frick, T. A. Wood and M. Kamgarpour, From Uncertainty Data to Robust Policies for Temporal Logic Planning, Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, ACM Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp.157-166, 2018
C63. P. G. Sessa, I. Bogunovic, A. Krause and M. Kamgarpour, Contextual Games: Multiagent Learning with Side Information, Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2020
C62. P. G. Sessa, I. Bogunovic, M. Kamgarpour and A. Krause, Learning to Play Sequential Games versus Unknown Opponents, Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2020
C61. O. Karaca*, P. G. Sessa*, A. Leidi and M. Kamgarpour, No-regret Learning from Partially Observed Data in Repeated Auctions, IFAC World Congress, 2020
C60 P. G. Sessa, I. Bogunovic, M. Kamgarpour and A. Krause, Mixed Strategies for Robust Optimization of Unknown Objectives, AISTATS, 2020, accepted
C59. L. Furieri and M. Kamgarpour, First Order Methods For Distributed Control: Unique Stationarity Beyond Quadratic Invariance, American Control Conference, 2020
C58. Y. Lu and M. Kamgarpour, Safe Mission Planning under Dynamical Uncertainties, International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2020
C57. P. G. Sessa, I. Bogunovic, M. Kamgarpour and A. Krause, No-Regret Learning in Unknown Games with Correlated Payoffs, NeurIPS, Vancouver, Canada, 2019
C56. E. Andèrs, M. Kamgarpour, M. Soler and M. Sanjurjo-Rivo and D. Gonzáez-Arribas, Scenario Based RRT* for Aircraft Trajectory Planning under Uncertain Thunderstorm Development, Proceedings of ENRI International Workshop on ATM/CNS (EIWAC), Tokyo, Japan, 2020
C55. M. Ghoddousi, D. Fay, C. Dimitrakakis and M. Kamgarpour, Privacy of real-time pricing in smart grid, Conference on Decision and Control, Nice, France, 2019
C54. T. Tatarenko and M. Kamgarpour, Learning Nash Equilibria in Monotone Games, Conference on Decision and Control, Nice, France, 2019
C53. B. Guo, O. Karaca, T. H. Summers and M. Kamgarpour, Actuator Placement for Optimizing Network Performance under Controllability Constraints, Conference on Decision and Control, Nice, France, 2019
C52. Vasileios Lefkopoulos and M. Kamgarpour, Using Uncertainty Data in Chance-Constrained Trajectory Planning, European Control Conference, 2019
C51. L. Furieri, Y. Zheng, A. Papachristodoulou and M. Kamgarpour, On Separable Quadratic Lyapunov Functions for Convex Design of Distributed Controllers, European Control Conference, 2019
C50. T. Summers and M. Kamgarpour, Performance guarantees for greedy maximization of non-submodular controllability metrics, European Control Conference, 2019
C49. I. Usmanova, A. Krause and M. Kamgarpour, Safe convex learning under uncertain constraints, Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS) 2019, Naha, Okinawa, Japan. PMLR: Volume 89
C48. P. G. Sessa, M. Kamgarpour and A. Krause, Bounding Inefficiency of Equilibria in Continuous Actions Games using Submodularity and Curvature, Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS) 2019, Naha, Okinawa, Japan. PMLR: Volume 89
C47. L. Furieri and M. Kamgarpour, Robust Distributed Controller Beyond Quadratic Invariance, Conference on Decision and Control, pp.3728-3733, Miami Beach, FL, USA, 2018
C46. O. Karaca and M. Kamgarpour, Exploiting weak supermodularity for coalition-proof mechanisms, Conference on Decision and Control, pp.1118-1123, Miami Beach, FL, USA, 2018
C45. A. Elahidoost, E. Tedeschi, L. Furieri and M. Kamgarpour, Reducing HVDC Network Oscillations Considering Wind Intermittency in View of Grid Expansion Decision, IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Portland, OR, USA, pp.2683-2690, Sep 2018
C44. T. Tatarenko and M. Kamgarpour, Minimizing Regret in Unconstrained Online Convex Optimization, European Control Conference, pp.143-148, Limassol, Cyprus, Jun 2018
C43. Y. Zheng, M. Kamgarpour, A. Sootla and A. Papachristodoulou, Scalable analysis of linear networked systems via chordal decomposition, European Control Conference, pp.2260-2265, Limassol, Cyprus, Jun 2018
C42. A. Elahidoost, L. Furieri, M. Kamgarpour and E. Tedeschi, Optimizing HVDC Grid Expansion and Control for Enhancing DC Stability, IEEE Power Systems Computation Conference, Dublin, Ireland, Jun 2018
C41. P. G. Sessa* , D. Frick* , T. A. Wood and M. Kamgarpour, From Data to Robust Policies for Temporal Logic Planning, Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, ACM Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp.157-166, Porto, Portugal, Apr 2018
C40. L. Furieri and M. Kamgarpour, Robust Control of Constrained Systems given an Information Structure, Conference on Decision and Control, pp.3481-3486, Melbourne, Australia, Dec 2017
C39. O. Karaca and M. Kamgarpour, Game Theoretic Analysis of Electricity Market Auction Mechanisms, Conference on Decision and Control, pp.6211-6216, Melbourne, Australia, Dec 2017
C38. D. G. Gonzalez-Arribas, D. Hentzen, M. Sanjurjo-Rivo, M. Soler and M. Kamgarpour, Optimal Aircraft Trajectory Planning in the Presence of Stochastic Convective Weather Cells, pp.1-13, AIAA Aviation Conference, Denver, CO, USA, Jun 2017
C37. P. G. Sessa, N. Walton and M. Kamgarpour, Exploring the Vickrey-Clarke-Groves Mechanism for Electricity Markets, IFAC World Congress, 50(1):189-194, Toulouse, France, Jul 2017
C36. T. Tatarenko and M. Kamgarpour, Payoff-based approach to learning Nash equilibria in convex games, IFAC World Congress, 50(1):1508-1513, Toulouse, France, Jul 2017
C35. M. Kamgarpour and T. H. Summers, On infinite dimensional linear programming approach to stochastic control, IFAC World Congress, 50(1): 6148-6153, Toulouse, France, Jul 2017
C34. T. H. Summers, C. Li and M. Kamgarpour, Information Structure Design in Team Decision Problems, IFAC World Congress, 50(1): 2530-2535, Toulouse, France, Jul 2017
C33. F. Farshidian, M. Kamgarpour, D. Pardo and J. Buchli, Sequential Linear Quadratic Optimal Control for Nonlinear Switched Systems, IFAC World Congress, 50(1): 1463-1469, Toulouse, France, Jul 2017
C32. B. Gentile, D. Paccagnan, F. Parise, M. Kamgarpour and J. Lygeros, Distributed computation of generalized Nash equilibria in quadratic aggregative games with affine coupling constraints, Conference on Decision and Control, pp.6123-6128, Las Vegas, USA, Dec 2016
C31. M. Kamgarpour, C. Beyss and A. Fuchs, Reachability-based Control Synthesis for Power System Stability, IFAC Conference on Control of Transmission and Distribution Grid, 49(27):238-243, Prague, Czech Republic, Oct 2016
C30. T. A. Wood and M. Kamgarpour, Automaton-Based Stochastic Control for Navigation of Emergency Rescuers in Buildings, Multi-conference on Control, pp.587-592, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug 2016
C29. M. Kamgarpour and T. H. Summers, Stochastic Control: A Moment Approach to Sparse Control Design, Mathematical Theory of Networked Systems, pp.279-282, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jul 2016
C28. D. Držajíc, N. Kariotoglou, M. Kamgarpour and J. Lygeros, A Semidefinite Programming Approach to Control Synthesis for Stochastic Reach-Avoid Problems, Applied Verification for Continuous and Hybrid Systems, EPiC Series in Computing, 43:134-143, 2017
C27. D. Paccagnan, M. Kamgarpour and J. Lygeros, On Aggregative and Mean Field Games with Ap- plications to Electricity Markets, European Control Conference, pp.196-201, Aalborg, Denmark, Jul 2016
C26. D. Paccagnan, M. Kamgarpour and J. Lygeros, On the Range of Feasible Power Trajectories for a Population of Thermostatically Controlled Loads, Conference on Decision and Control, pp.5883-5888, Osaka, Japan, Dec 2015
C25. X. Zhang*, E. Vrettos*, M. Kamgarpour and J. Lygeros, Stochastic Frequency Reserve Provision by Chance-constrained Control of Commercial Buildings, European Control Conference, pp.1134-1140, Linz, Austria, Jul 2015
C24. X. Zhang, M. Kamgarpour, P. Goulart and J. Lygeros, Selling Robustness Margins: A Framework for Optimizing Reserve Capacities for Linear Systems, Conference on Decision and Control, pp.6419- 6424, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Dec 2014
C23. F. Heer, P. Mohajerin Esfahani, M. Kamgarpour and J. Lygeros, Model Based Power Optimisation of Wind Farms, European Control Conference, pp.1145-1150, Strasbourg, France, Jun 2014
C22. M. Soler, M. Kamgarpour and J. Lygeros, A Numerical Framework and Benchmark Case study for Multi-modal Fuel Efficient Aircraft Conflict Avoidance, International Conference on Research in Air Transportation, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2014
C21. M. Maasoumy, P. Nuzzo, F. Iandola, M. Kamgarpour, C. Tomlin and A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Optimal Load Management System for Aircraft Electric Power Distribution, Conference on Decision and Control, pp.2939-2945, Florence, Italy, Dec 2013
C20. M. Kamgarpour, C. Ellen, S. Esmaeil Zadeh Soudjani, S. Gerwinn, J. L. Mathieu, N. Müllner, A. Abate, D. S. Callaway, M. Fr¨anzle and J. Lygeros, Modeling Options for Demand Side Participation of Thermostatically Controlled Loads, IREP Bulk Power System Dynamics & Control Symposium, Rithymna, Crete, Greece, Aug 2013
C19. M. Kamgarpour and H. Tembine, A Bayesian Mean Field Game Approach to Supply Demand Analysis of the Smart Grid, IEEE Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking, pp.196-200, Batumi, Georgia, Jul 2013
C18. J. L. Mathieu, M. Kamgarpour, J. Lygeros and D. S. Callaway, Energy Arbitrage with Thermo- statically Controlled Loads, European Control Conference, pp.2519-2526, Zürich, Switzerland, Jul 2013
C17. N. Kariotoglou, S. Summers, T. H. Summers, M. Kamgarpour and J. Lygeros, Approximate Dy- namic Programming for Stochastic Reachability, European Control Conference, pp.584-589, Zürich, Switzerland, Jul 2013
C16. T. H. Summers, K. Kunz, N. Kariotoglou, M. Kamgarpour, S. Summers and J. Lygeros, Approximate Dynamic Programming via Sum of Squares Programming, European Control Conference, pp.191-197, Zürich, Switzerland, Jul 2013
C15. B. Svetozarevic, P. Mohajerin Esfahani, M. Kamgarpour and J. Lygeros, A Robust Fault Detection and Isolation Filter for a Horizontal Axis Variable Speed Wind Turbine, American Control Confer- ence, pp.4453-4458, Washington, DC, USA, Jun 2013
C14. M. Kamgarpour, S. Summers and J. Lygeros, Control Design for Specifications on Stochastic Hybrid Systems, In C. Belta and F. Ivancic, editors, Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, ACM Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp.303-312, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Apr 2013
C13. M. Soler, M. Kamgarpour, C. Tomlin and E. Staffetti, Multiphase Mixed-Integer Optimal Control Framework for Aircraft Conflict Avoidance, Conference on Decision and Control, pp.1740-1745, Maui, HI, USA, Dec 2012
C12. M. Kamgarpour*, J. Ding*, S. Summers, A. Abate, J. Lygeros and C. Tomlin, Discrete-Time Stochas- tic Hybrid Dynamical Games: Verification and Controller Synthesis, Conference on Decision and Control, pp.6122-6127, Orlanado, FL, USA, Dec 2011
C11. M. Kamgarpour, W. Zhang and C. Tomlin, Modeling and Optimization of Terminal Airspace and Air- craft Arrival subject to Weather Uncertainties, AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, pp.6516-6521, Portland, OR, USA, Oct 2011
C10. M. Kamgarpour, M. Soler, C. Tomlin, A. Olivares and J. Lygeros, Hybrid Optimal Control for Aircraft Trajectory Design with a Variable Sequence of Modes, IFAC World Congress, pp.7238-7243, Milan, Italy, Aug 2011
C9. W. Zhang, M. Kamgarpour, D. Sun and C. Tomlin, Decentralized Flight Path Planning for Air Traffic Management, American Control Conference, pp.2137-2142, San Francisco, CA, USA, Jun 2011
C8. S. Summers, M. Kamgarpour, C. Tomlin and J. Lygeros, A Stochastic Reach-Avoid Problem with Random Obstacles, In E. Frazzoli and R. Grosu, editors, Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, ACM Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp.251-260, Chicago, IL, USA, Apr 2011
C7. H. Gonzalez, R. Vasudevan, M. Kamgarpour, S. Sastry, R. Bajcsy and C. Tomlin, A Numerical Method for the Optimal Control of Switched Systems, Conference on Decision and Control, pp.7519- 7526, Atlanta, GA, USA, Dec 2010
C6. M. Kamgarpour, V. Dadok and C. Tomlin, Trajectory Generation for Multiple Aircraft subject to Dynamic Weather Uncertainty, Conference on Decision and Control, pp.2063-2068, Atlanta, GA, USA, Dec 2010
C5. J. Robinson and M. Kamgarpour, Benefits of Continuous Descent Operations in High-Density Termi- nal Airspace under Scheduling Constraints, AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference, pp.1-21, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Sep 2010
C4. M. Kamgarpour and C. Tomlin, Modeling and Analysis of Cell Differentiation using Hybrid Systems, American Control Conference, pp.4355-4360, Baltimore, MD, USA, Jun 2010
C3. H. Gonzalez, R. Vasudevan, M. Kamgarpour, S. Sastry, R. Bajcsy and C. Tomlin, Computable Optimal Control of Switched Systems with Constraints, In K. H. Johansson and W. Yi, editors, Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, ACM Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp.51-60, Stockholm, Sweden, Apr 2010
C2. M. Kamgarpour and C. Tomlin, Convergence Properties of a Decentralized Kalman Filter, Conference on Decision and Control, pp.3205-3210, Cancun, Mexico, Dec 2008
C1. S. Jackson, J. Tisdale, M. Kamgarpour, B. Basso and K. Hedrick, Tracking Controllers for Small UAVs with Wind Disturbances: Theory and Flight Results, Conference on Decision and Control, pp.3205-3210, Cancun, Mexico, Dec 2008
J32. T. Tatarenko and M. Kamgarpour, Bandit Online Learning of Nash Equilibria in Monotone Games, 2020, under review
J31. V. Lefkopoulos and M. Kamgarpour, Trajectory Planning Under Environmental Uncertainty With Finite-Sample Safety Guarantees, 2020, under review
J30. O. Karaca, S. Delikaraogloub, G. Hug and M. Kamgarpour, Enabling inter-area reserve exchange through stable benefit allocation mechanisms, 2020, provisionally accepted
J29. Y. Zheng, L. Furieri, M. Kamgarpour and N. Li, System-level, Input-output and New Parameterizations of Stabilizing Controllers, and Their Numerical Computation, 2020, under review
J28. O. Karaca, B. Guo and M. Kamgarpour, A comment on “Performance guarantees of a greedy algorithm for minimizing a supermodular set function on comatroid”, 2020, under review
J27. L. Furieri, Y. Zheng and M. Kamgarpour, Learning the Globally Optimal Distributed LQ Regulator, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, Learning for Dynamics and Control (L4DC), 2020, accepted
J26. I. Usmanova, A. Krause and M. Kamgarpour, Safe non-smooth black-box optimization with application to policy search, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, Learning for Dynamics and Control (L4DC), 2020, to appear
J25. B. Guo, O. Karaca, T. H. Summers and M. Kamgarpour, Actuator Placement under Structural Controllability using Forward and Reverse Greedy Algorithms, under review, 2020
J24. Y. Zheng, L. Furieri, A. Papachristodoulou, N. Li and M. Kamgarpour, On the Equivalence of Youla, System-level and Input-output Parametrizations, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2019, accepted
J23. L. Furieri, Y. Zheng, A. Papachristodoulou and M. Kamgarpour, Sparsity Invariance for Convex Design of Distributed Controllers, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 2020, to appear
J22. L. Furieri, Y. Zheng, A. Papachristodoulou and M. Kamgarpour, An Input-Output Parametrization of Stabilizing Controllers: amidst Youla and System Level Synthesis, IEEE Control Systems Letters, 3(4):1014-1019, 2019
J21. O. Karaca and M. Kamgarpour, Core-Selecting Mechanisms in Electricity Markets, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2019, accepted
J20. Y. Zheng, M. Kamgarpour, A. Sootla and A. Papachristodoulou, Distributed Design for Decentralized Control using Chordal Decomposition and ADMM, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 2019, accepted
J19. T. Tatarenko and M. Kamgarpour, Minimizing Regret of Bandit Online Optimization in Unconstrained Action Spaces, under review, 2018
J18. D. Gonzalez-Arribas, M. Soler, M. Sanjurjo-Rivo, M. Kamgarpour and J. Simarro, Robust Aircraft Trajectory Planning under Uncertain Convective Environments with Optimal Control and Rapidly Developing Thunderstorms, accepted, 2019
J17. D. Frick*, P.G. Sessa*, T. A. Wood and M. Kamgarpour, Exploiting structure of chance constrained programs via submodularity, Automatica, 105:89-95, 2019
J16. D. Hentzen, M. Kamgarpour, M. Soler and D. Gonzalez-Arribas, On Maximizing Safety in Stochastic Aircraft Trajectory Planning with Uncertain Thunderstorm Development, Aerospace Science & Technology, 79:543-553, 2018
J15. O. Karaca, P. G. Sessa, N. Walton and M. Kamgarpour, Designing Coalition Proof Reverse Auctions over Continuous Goods, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, accepted, 2019
J14. L. Furieri and M. Kamgarpour, Unified Approach to Convex Robust Distributed Control given Arbitrary Information Structures, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, accepted, 64(12): 5199-5206, 2019
J13. F. Rey, X. Zhang, S. Merkli, V. Agliati, M. Kamgarpour and J. Lygeros, Strengthening the Group – Aggregating Frequence Reserve Bidding with ADMM, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2019, 10(4):3860- 3869
J12. T. Tatarenko and M. Kamgarpour, Learning Generalized Nash Equilibria in a Class of Convex Games, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 64(4):1426-1439, 2019
J11. B. Gentile, F. Parise, D. Paccagnan, M. Kamgarpour and J. Lygeros, Nash and Wardrop Equilibria in Aggregative Games with Coupling Constraints, 64(4):1373-1388, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2019
J10. N. Kariotoglou, M. Kamgarpour, T. H. Summers and J. Lygeros, The Linear Programming Approach to Reach-Avoid Problems for Markov Decision Processes, Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 60:263-284, 2017
J9. D. Frick, T. A. Wood, G. Ulli and M. Kamgarpour, Robust Control Policies Given Formal Specifications in Uncertain Environments, Systems & Control Letter, 1(1):20-25, 2017
J8. M. Kamgarpour, T. A. Wood, S. Summers and J. Lygeros, Control Synthesis for Stochastic Systems given Automata Specifications defined by Stochastic Sets, Automatica, 76:177-182, 2017
J7. X. Zhang, M. Kamgarpour, A. Georghiou, P. Goulart and J. Lygeros, Robust Optimal Control with Adjustable Uncertainty Sets, Automatica, 75:249-259, 2017
J6. M. Soler, M. Kamgarpour, J. Lloret and J. Lygeros, A Hybrid Optimal Control Approach to Fuel Efficient Aircraft Conflict Avoidance, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 17(7):1826-1838, Jul 2016
J5. J. L. Mathieu, M. Kamgarpour, J. Lygeros, G. Andersson and D. S. Callaway, Arbitraging Intraday Wholesale Energy Market Prices with Aggregations of Thermostatic Loads, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 30(2):763-772, Mar 2015
J4. S. Summers*, M. Kamgarpour*, C. Tomlin and J. Lygeros, Stochastic System Controller Synthesis for Reachability Specifications Encoded by Random Sets, Automatica, 49(9):2906-2910, 2013
J3. J. Ding*, M. Kamgarpour*, S. Summers, A. Abate, J. Lygeros and C. Tomlin, A Stochastic Games Framework for Verification and Control of Discrete Time Stochastic Hybrid Systems, Automatica, 49(9):2665-2674, 2013
J2. W. Zhang, M. Kamgarpour, D. Sun and C. Tomlin, A Hierarchical Flight Planning Framework for Air Traffic Management, Proceedings of the IEEE, 100(1):179-194, 2012
J1. M. Kamgarpour and C. Tomlin, On Optimal Control of Non-Autonomous Switched Systems under a Fixed Switching Sequence, Automatica, 48(6):1177-1181, 2012
The public Github of our lab with code repositories for our papers and certain student project.