Prof. Naira Hovakimyan
W. Grafton and Lillian B. Wilkins Professor
Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
Biography
Naira Hovakimyan received her MS degree in Theoretical Mechanics and Applied Mathematics in 1988 from Yerevan State University in Armenia. She got her Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics in 1992 from the Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, majoring in optimal control and differential games. Before joining the faculty of UIUC in 2008, she spent time as a research scientist at Stuttgart University in Germany, French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (INRIA) in France, Georgia Institute of Technology and she was on faculty of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering of Virginia Tech during 2003-2008. She is currently a W. Grafton and Lillian B. Wilkins Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering and the Director of AVIATE Center of UIUC, funded through NASA University Leadership Initiative (ULI) award. She has co-authored two books, eleven patents, and more than 500 refereed publications. She was the recipient of the SICE International scholarship for the best paper of a young investigator in the VII ISDG Symposium (Japan, 1996), the 2011 recipient of AIAA Mechanics and Control of Flight Award, the 2015 recipient of SWE Achievement Award, the 2017 recipient of IEEE CSS Award for Technical Excellence in Aerospace Controls, and the 2019 recipient of the AIAA Pendray Aerospace Literature Award. In 2014 she was awarded the Humboldt prize for her lifetime achievements. In 2015 and 2023 she was awarded the UIUC Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Advising. She is Fellow of AIAA, IEEE, ASME, and senior member of National Academy of Inventors. She is a co-founder and chief scientist of Intelinair. Her work in robotics for elderly care was featured in the New York Times, on Fox TV, CNBC, and her recent NASA ULI award on flying cars led her to a live interview on Cheddar Innovates and many other media platforms. Her research interests are in control and optimization, autonomous systems, machine learning, neural networks, game theory, and their applications in aerospace, robotics, mechanical, agricultural, electrical, petroleum, biomedical engineering, and elderly care.
Membership in Professional Organizations
- Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
- Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Member of Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
- Member of Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
- Member of Aerospace Control and Guidance Systems Committee (ACGSC)
- Member of American Mathematical Society (AMS)
- Member of the International Society of Dynamic Games (ISDG)
- Senior member of National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
Awards and Recognitions
- 2023 Engineering Council Outstanding Advising Award, UIUC
- 2022 Fulbright Scholar, Department of State, USA
- 2019 AIAA Pendray Aerospace Literature Award, for the book “L1 Adaptive Control Theory: Guaranteed Robustness with Fast Adaptation”, SIAM Series: Advances in Design and Control, ISBN: 0898-71704-3, Philadelphia, PA, 2010
- 2018 IEEE Fellow, with the citation “For contributions to control with applications to aerospace and robotic systems”
- 2017 IEEE CSS Award for Technical Excellence in Aerospace Controls, with the citation “For pioneering innovations in adaptive control and its application to aerospace systems”
- 2017 AIAA Fellow, with the citation “For pioneering development of technical knowledge in robust adaptive control and its transition to aerospace and commercial applications”
- 2016 Keynote speaker, Aging2.0 Optimize, San Francisco, CA
- 2016 Technical Achievement Award, ICNPAA World Congress, 11th International Conference on Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Aerospace and Sciences, La Rochelle, France
- 2015 W. Grafton and Lillian B. Wilkins professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC
- 2015 Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award, with the citation “For advancing a new control methodology with far-reaching applications and for pioneering contributions to the field of robust adaptive controls in aeronautics and aviation”
- 2015 Engineering Council Outstanding Advising Award, UIUC
- 2015 Plenary speaker, 55th Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences, Tel-Aviv, Israel
- 2014 Listed among the year’s five best drone movies by ArtSlant
- 2014 TUM-IAS honorary Hans Fischer senior fellow, Technical University of Munich, Germany
- 2014 Humboldt prize for lifetime achievements, Alexander von Humboldt foundation, Germany
- 2014 Keynote speaker, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Orlando, FL
- 2013 Plenary speaker, II Midwest Control and Game Workshop, University of Notre Dame, IN
- 2012 Best Presentation Award, AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference
- 2012 Technical Achievement Award, ICNPAA, Vienna, Austria
- 2012 Keynote speaker, ICNPAA World Congress: Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Sciences and Aerospace, Vienna, Austria
- 2011 Engineering Faculty Leadership Forum, UIUC
- 2011 University scholar
- 2011 AIAA Mechanics and Control of Flight award, with the citation “For ground breaking work in L1 robust adaptive control of nonlinear uncertain systems, vision-based guidance, navigation and control, and cooperative path planning of UAVs”
- 2011 Semiplenary Speaker in 23rd CCDC, Mianyang, China
- 2010 Keynote speaker in ICNPAA 2010 World Congress, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil
- 2010 Plenary speaker in 3rd ISSCAA, Harbin, China
- 2009 Plenary speaker in IASTED Conference on Identification and Control
- 2008, 2009 Outstanding reviewer for AIAA Journal of Guidance, control and Dynamics
- 2008 Golden Screw Award, bestowed by Virginia Tech aerospace and ocean engineering outgoing seniors
- 2008 Dean’s Award for Research Excellence, Virginia Tech
- 2008 Certificate for Distinguished Service to AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Technical Committee (2004-2008)
- 2007 Plenary speaker in VII SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications
- 2006 College of Engineering Faculty Fellow
- 2004, 2005, 2007 Pride@Boeing Award Recipient
- 2000, 2006, 2007 Best Presentation Award, American Control Conference
- 1998 Travel grant of ISF (International Science Foundation of George Soros), VIII International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications, Maastricht, the Netherlands
- 1996 Best paper, SICE International Award, VII International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications, Japan
- 1994 Principal Investigator, 2nd long-term grant of ISF
- 1993 1st grant of ISF for three papers in selected journals
Patents
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- 2022, (Jan 18) Patent #11,227,382 “Change Detection System” (with A. Nefian, H. Khachatryan, H. Karapetyan)
- 2021 Provisional patent application #63151141 “Nutrient Deficiency Detection and Forecasting System” (with S. Dadsetan, J. Hobbs, G. Rose)
- 2021, (Aug. 17) Patent #11094055 “Anomaly Detection System” (with A. Nefian, H. Khachatryan, H. Karapetyan)
- 2020 Provisional patent application #63121694 “Residue Analysis and Management System” (with J. Hobbs, I. Dozier)
- 2020 Provisional patent application #63030034 “Specialty Crop Analysis and Management System” (with J. Hobbs, R. Paull, G. Rose, B. Markowicz)
- 2019 Provisional patent application #16692779 “Agricultural Pattern Analysis System” (with H. Khachatryan, K. Ghandilyan)
- 2016 Provisional patent filed “Secure, High Performance Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Autopilot System” (with Lui Sha, Bo Liu, Xiaofeng Wang, Man-Ki Yoon)
- 2014 (April 29) Patent #8,712,559 “Adaptive Control for Uncertain Nonlinear Multi-Input Multi-Output Systems” (with C. Cao and E. Xargay)
- 2011 (May 17) Patent #7,945,353 “Adaptive Control in the Presence of Input Constraints” (with E. Lavretsky)
- 2008 (August 26) Patent #7,418,432, 7418432, “Adaptive Control System Having Direct Output Feedback and Related Apparatuses and Methods” (with A. Calise, M. Idan)
- 2007 (October 2) Patent #7,277,764, “An Improved Method for Adding Adaptation to an Existing Control System Applicable to Non-Minimum Phase Nonlinear Systems” (with A. Calise, B.-J. Yang)
- 2005 (June 23) Patent #0137724 “Adaptive Observer and Related Methods” (with A. Calise and V. Madyastha)
Publications
Books
- I. Kaminer, A. Pascoal, E. Xargay, N. Hovakimyan, V. Cichella, V. Dobrokhodov, Time-Critical Cooperative Control of Autonomous Air Vehicles, Elsevier, ISBN: 9780128099469, 2017
- N. Hovakimyan and C. Cao, L1 Adaptive Control Theory: Guaranteed Robustness with Fast Adaptation, SIAM Series: Advances in Design and Control, ISBN: 0898-71704-3, SIAM, Philadelphia, PA, 2010
Papers in Edited Volumes
- A. Kirlik, K. Ackerman, B. Seefeldt, E. Xargay, K. Riddle, D. Talleur, R. Carbonari, L. Sha, N. Hovakimyan, Visualizing Automation in Aviation Interfaces, In Advances in Aviation Psychology, Vol. 2 (Eds. J.M. Flach, P. Tsang and M. Vidulich), Ashgate, 2016.
- V. Kulkarni, H. Jiang, E. Kharisov, N. Hovakimyan, M. Riedel, K. Parhi, Synchronous Sequential Computations with Biomolecular Reactions. In V. Singh and P. Dhar (Ed.): Systems and Synthetic Biology Book, Springer Verlag, Netherlands, pp. 255-279, 2015.
- I. Kaminer, E. Xargay, V. Cichella, N. Hovakimyan, A. Pascoal, P. Aguiar, V. Dobrokhodov, R. Ghabcheloo, Time-Critical Cooperative Path Following of Multiple UAVs: Case Studies, In Advances in Estimation, Navigation, and Spacecraft Control – Itzhack Y. Bar-Itzhack Memorial Symposium (Eds.: D. Choukroun, Y. Oshman, J. Thienel, and M. Idan), Springer-Verlag, pp. 209-233, 2014.
- V. Kulkarni, H. Jiang, E. Kharisov, N. Hovakimyan, M. Riedel, K. Parhi, Synchronous Sequential Computations with Biomolecular Reactions. In V. Singh and P. Dhar (Ed.): Systems and Synthetic Biology Book, Springer Verlag, Netherlands, January 2014.
- E. Xargay, N. Hovakimyan, V. Dobrokhodov, I. Kaminer, C. Cao, I. Gregory, L1 Adaptive Control in Flight, in Intelligent Systems: AIAA Progress in Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2012.
- X. Wang, N. Hovakimyan, Performance Prediction in Uncertain Multi-Agent Systems Using L1 Adaptation-Based Distributed Event-Triggering, in Distributed Decision Making and Control: Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, Springer Verlag, 2011.
- D. M. Stipanović, A. Melikyan, N. Hovakimyan, Some Sufficient Conditions for Multi-Player Pursuit-Evasion Games with Continuous and Discrete Observations, in Advances in Dynamic Games and Applications: Annals of the International Society of Dynamic Games, Vol. 10, pp. 133-145, 2009.
- P. Bernhard, N. Hovakimyan, A Certainty Equivalence Principle and Minimax Team Problems, in Advances in Dynamic Games and Applications: Annals of the International Society of Dynamic Games, Vol. 6, 2001.
- E. Altman, T. Basar, N. Hovakimyan, Worst-Case Rate-Based Flow Control with an ARMA Model of the Available Bandwidth, in Advances in Dynamic Games and Applications: Annals of the International Society of Dynamic Games, Vol. 5, pp.3-29, 2000.
- N. Hovakimyan, L. Harutyunian, Game Problems on Rotation Surfaces, in Game Theory and Applications, (Eds: L. A. Petrosjan et al.), vol. IV. New York, Nova Science Publishers, pp.62-74, 1998.
Recent Journal Papers
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- H. Lee, S. Snyder, N. Hovakimyan, L1 Adaptive Output Feedback Augmentation for Missile Systems, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 2017.
- K. A. Ackerman, E. Xargay, R. Choe, N. Hovakimyan, M. C. Cotting, R. B. Jeffrey, M. P. Blackstun, T. P. Fulkerson, T. R. Lau, S. S. Stephens, Evaluation of an L1 Flight Control Law on Calspan’s Variable-Stability Learjet, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 2017.
- S. B. Mehdi, R. Choe, N. Hovakimyan, Piecewise Bézier Curves for Avoiding Collisions during Multi-Vehicle Coordinated Missions, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 2017.
- V. Cichella, T. Marinho, D. Stipanovic, N. Hovakimyan, I. Kaminer, A. Trujillo, Collision Avoidance Based on Line-of-Sight Angle: Guaranteed Safety using Low-Cost Sensors, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 2017.
- H. Jafarnejadsani, D. Sun, H. Lee, N. Hovakimyan, Optimized L1 Adaptive Controller for Trajectory Tracking of an Indoor Quadrotor, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 2017.
- X. Wang, N. Hovakimyan, L. Sha, A Robust Control Architecture against Cyber and Physical Failures, ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems, 2017.
- H. Lee, S. Snyder, N. Hovakimyan, L1 Adaptive Control within a Flight Envelope Protection System, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 2017.
- K. Ackerman, D. Talleur, R. Carbonari, E. Xargay, B. Seefeldt, A. Kirlik, N. Hovakimyan, A. Trujillo, An Automation Situation Awareness Display for a Flight Envelope Protection System, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 2017.
- N. Tekles, J. Chongvisal, E. Xargay, R. Choe, D. Talleur, N. Hovakimyan, Design of a Flight Envelope Protection System for NASA’s Transport Class Model, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 2017.
- H. Jafarnejadsani, J. Kim, N. Hovakimyan, V. Kulkarni, Load Capacity Improvements in Transcriptional Systems Using Discrete-Time L1 Adaptive Control, Submitted to ACS Synthetic Biology (IWBDA), 2016.
- S. Bhattacharya, T. Basar, N. Hovakimyan, Game-Theoretic Analysis of a Visibility-based Pursuit-Evasion Game in the Presence of a Circular Obstacle, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 2016.
- Z. Li, N. Hovakimyan, G.-O. Kaasa, C. Cao, State Estimation and L1 Adaptive Control for Managed Pressure Drilling Systems, International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, 2016.
- T. Marinho, W. Christopher, A. Oetting, A. Lakshmanan, H. Cui, N. Hovakimyan, R. Wang, A. Kirlik, A. LaViers, D. Stipanovic, Carebots: Prolonged Elderly Independence using Small Mobile Robots, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Magazine, Special Issue on Health Care Engineering, vol. 138, No.9, pp. 8-13, 2016.
- R. Choe, J. P. Navarro, V. Cichella, E. Xargay, N. Hovakimyan, Cooperative Trajectory Generation using Pythagorean Hodograph Bezier Curves, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, vol. 38, No. 8, pp. 1744-1763, 2016.
- V. Cichella, R. Choe, S. B. Mehdi, E. Xargay, N. Hovakimyan, V. Dobrokhodov, I. Kaminer, A. Pascoal, P. Aguiar, Safe Coordinated Maneuvering of Teams of Multirotor UAVs: A Cooperative Control Framework for Multi-Vehicle Time-Critical Missions, IEEE Control Systems Magazine, vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 59-82, 2016.
- H. Mahdianfar, N. Hovakimyan, A. Pavlov, O. M. Aamo, L1 Adaptive Output Regulator Design with Application to Managed Pressure Drilling, Journal of Process Control, vol. 42, pp. 1-13, 2016.
- R. Choe, E. Xargay, N. Hovakimyan, L1 Adaptive Control for a Class of Uncertain Nonaffine-in-Control Nonlinear Systems, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 61, No.3, pp. 840-846, 2016.
- Z. Zuo, V, Cichella, M. Xu, N. Hovakimyan, Three-Dimensional Coordinated Path-Following Control for Second-Order Multi-Agent Networks, Journal of Franklin Institute, vol. 352, No. 9, pp. 3852-3872, 2015.
- X. Wang, E. Kharisov, N. Hovakimyan, Real-Time L1 Adaptive Control for Uncertain Networked Control Systems, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 60, No. 9, pp. 2500-2505, 2015.
- V. Cichella, I. Kaminer, V. Dobrokhodov, E. Xargay, R. Choe, N. Hovakimyan, P. Aguiar, A. Pascoal, Cooperative Path-Following of Multiple Multirotors over Faulty Networks, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 12, No.3, pp. 945-957, 2015.
- V. Kulkarni, E. Kharisov, N. Hovakimyan, J. Kim, Load Capacity Improvements in Nucleic Acid Based Systems Using Partially Open Feedback Control, ACS Synthetic Biology (IWBDA Special Issue), vol. 3, No. 8, pp 617–626, 2014.
- E. Kharisov, N. Hovakimyan, K. Astrom, Comparison of Architectures and Robustness of MRAC and L1 Adaptive Controllers, International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, Special issue “Simple and Robust Adaptive Control”, vol. 28, No.7-8, pp. 633-663, 2014.
- E. Xargay, R. Choe, N. Hovakimyan, I. Kaminer, Multi-Leader Coordination Algorithm for Networks with Switching Topology and Quantized Measurements, Automatica, vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 841-851, 2014.
- K.-K. Kim, N. Hovakimyan, Multi-Criteria Optimization for Filter Design of L1 Adaptive Control, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, vol. 161, No. 2, pp. 557 -581, 2014.
- E. Xargay, I. Kaminer, A. Pascoal, N. Hovakimyan, V. Dobrokhodov, V. Cichella, A. Aguiar, R. Ghabcheloo, Time-Critical Cooperative Path Following of Multiple UAVs over Time-Varying Networks, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 499-516, 2013.
- D. Li, N. Hovakimyan, Positive Invariant Set for L1 Adaptive Controller in the Presence of Input Saturation, International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, vol. 27, No. 11, pp. 1012-1030, 2013.
- X. Wang, N. Hovakimyan, Distributed Control of Uncertain Networked Control Systems: A Decoupled Design, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 58, No.10, pp. 2536-2549, 2013.
- D. Li, N. Hovakimyan, Bode-like Integral for Continuous-Time Closed-Loop Systems in the Presence of Limited Information, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 58, No.6, pp. 1457-1469, 2013.
- V. Dobrokhodov, E. Xargay N. Hovakimyan, I. Kaminer, C. Cao, I. Gregory, Multicriteria Analysis of an L1 Adaptive Flight Control System, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I, Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, vol. 227, No. 4, pp.413-427, 2013.
- L. Ma, N. Hovakimyan, Vision-Based Cyclic Pursuit for Cooperative Target Tracking, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, vol. 35, No.2, pp. 617-622, 2013.
- D. Li, N. Hovakimyan, Bode-Like Integral for Stochastic Switched Systems in the Presence of Limited Information, Automatica, vol. 49, No.1, pp. 1-8, 2013.
- E. Xargay, V. Dobrokhodov, I. Kaminer, A. Pascoal, N. Hovakimyan, C. Cao, Time-Critical Cooperative Control of Multiple Autonomous Vehicles, IEEE Control Systems Magazine, pp. 49-73, October, 2012.
- X. Wang, Y. Sun, N. Hovakimyan, Asynchronous Task Execution in Decentralized Event-Triggered Networked Control Systems, Systems and Control Letters, vol. 61, No. 9, pp. 936-944, 2012.
- X. Wang, N. Hovakimyan, L1 Adaptive Controller for Nonlinear Time-Varying Reference Systems, Systems and Control Letters, vol. 61, No. 4, pp. 455-463, 2012.
- H. Sun, N. Hovakimyan, T. Basar, L1 Adaptive Controller for Uncertain Nonlinear Multi-Input Multi-Output Systems with Input Quantization, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 565-578, 2012.
Recent Conference Papers
2017
- D. Sun, N. Hovakimyan, A Bank Angle Protection Method Based on Potential Functions for Nonlinear Fixed-Wing Aircraft Model, In Proceedings of 17th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, Denver, CO, 2017
- H. Jafarnejadsani, H. Lee, N. Hovakimyan, An L1 Adaptive Control Design for Output-Feedback Sampled-Data Systems, In Proceedings of American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, 2017.
- M.-K. Yoon, B. Liu, N. Hovakimyan, L. Sha, VirtualDrone: Virtual Sensing, Actuation, and Communication for Attack-Resilient Unmanned Aerial Systems, In Proceedings of 8th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, Pittsburg, PA, 2017.
- J. Dodenhöft, F. Holzapfel, R. Choe, K. Ackerman, E. Xargay, N. Hovakimyan, Design and Evaluation of an L1 Adaptive Controller for NASA’s Transport Class Model, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Crapevine, TX, 2017.
- R. M. Jones, D. Sun, G. B. Haberfeld, A. Lakshmanan, T. Marinho, N. Hovakimyan, Design and Control of a Small Aerial Manipulator for Indoor Environments, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Crapevine, TX, 2017.
- D. Sun, X. Li, H. Jafarnejadsani, N. Hovakimyan, A Flight Envelope Protection Method Based on Potential Functions, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Crapevine, TX, 2017.
2016
- S. B. Mehdi, J. P. Navarro, R. Choe, V. Cichella, A. Trujillo, P. Rothhaar, M. Chandarana, L. Tran, J. Neilan N. Hovakimyan, and B. D. Allen, A Safe Cooperative Framework for Atmospheric Science Missions with Multiple Heterogeneous UAS using Piecewise Bézier Curves, In Proceedings of 16th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, Washington D.C., AIAA-2016-4229, 2016.
- T. Marinho, A. Lakshmanan, V. Cichella, C. Widdowson, H. Cui, R. M. Jones, B. Sebastian, C. Goudeseune, N. Hovakimyan, VR Study of Human-Multicopter Interaction in a Residential Setting, In Proceedings of IEEE-Virtual Reality, Greenville, SC, 2016.
- G. Blois, J. Best, K. Christensen, V. Cichella, A. Donahue, N. Hovakimyan, A. Kennedy, I. Pakrasi, Assessing the Use of an UAV to Quantify Flow Processes in Rivers, In Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, St. Louis, MO, 2016.
- K. A. Ackerman, E. Xargay, R. Choe, N. Hovakimyan, M. C. Cotting, R. B. Jeffrey, M. P. Blackstun, T. P. Fulkerson, T. R. Lau, S. S. Stephens, L1 Stability Augmentation System for Calspan’s Variable-Stability Learjet, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, San Diego, CA, 2016.
- M. C. Cotting, R. B. Jeffrey, M. P. Blackstun, T. P. Fulkerson, T. R. Lau, S. S. Stephens, K. A. Ackerman, E. Xargay, R. Choe, N. Hovakimyan, ‘Can I get L1 on?’ Providing Consistent Handling Qualities on Calspan’s Variable-Stability Learjet, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, San Diego, CA, 2016.
- H. Jafarnejadsani, H. Lee, N. Hovakimyan, Convex Multi-Objective Filter Optimization for Output Feedback L1 Adaptive Controller, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, San Diego, CA, 2016.
- H. Lee, S. Snyder, A. Patterson, N. Hovakimyan, Aircraft Actuator Fault Detection and Isolation using Piecewise Constant Fault Estimation Scheme, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, San Diego, CA, 2016.
- D. Sun, R. Choe, E. Xargay, N. Hovakimyan, An L1 Adaptive Backup Flight Control Law for Transport Aircraft with Vertical-Tail Damage, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, San Diego, CA, 2016.
- H-J. Yoon, V. Cichella, N. Hovakimyan, Robust Adaptive Control Allocation for an Octocopter under Actuator Faults, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, San Diego, CA, 2016.
2015
- C. Cotting, M. Blackstun, S. Stevens, K. Ackerman, E. Xargay, N. Hovakimyan, Test Techniques and Lessons Learned from Adaptive Flight Control Testing, In Proceedings of 46th Society of Flight Test Engineers International Symposium, 2015.
- V. Cichella, T. Marinho, D. Stipanovic, N. Hovakimyan, I. Kaminer, A. Trujillo, Collision Avoidance based on Line-of-Sight Angle, In Proceedings of 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Osaka, Japan, 2015.
- S. B. Mehdi, R. Choe, N. Hovakimyan, Avoiding Multiple Collisions through Path Replanning using Bezier Curves, In Proceedings of 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Osaka, Japan, 2015.
- A. Trujillo, H. Fan, C. Cross, L. Hempley, V. Cichella, J. P. Navarro, S. B. Mehdi, N. Hovakimyan, Operator Informational Needs for Multiple Autonomous Small Vehicles, In Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2015) and the Affiliated Conferences, AHFE 2015, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 2015.
- V. Cichella, I. Kaminer, V. Dobrokhodov, N. Hovakimyan, Coordinated Vision Based Tracking of Multiple UAVs, In Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Hamburg, Germany, pp. 656-661, 2015.
- L. Ma, N. Hovakimyan, Cooperative Target Tracking with Time-Varying Formation Radius, In Proceedings of 14th European Control Conference, Linz, Austria, 2015.
- A. Kirlik, K. Ackerman, B. Seefeldt, E. Xargay, D. Talleur, R. Carbonari, N. Hovakimyan, L. Sha, A. Trujillo, I. Gregory, Inverting Human/Automation Equation to Support Situation Awareness and Prevent Loss of Control, In Proceedings of 18th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Dayton, OH, 2015.
- R. Choe, J. P. Navarro, V. Cichella, E. Xargay, N. Hovakimyan, Trajectory Generation using Spatial Pythagorean Hodograph Bezier Curves, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Kissimmee, FL, January 2015.
- S. Snyder, N. Hovakimyan, Collision Avoidance: A Game Theoretic Approach, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Kissimmee, FL, January 2015.
- J. P. Navarro, E. Xargay, R. Choe, N. Hovakimyan, Cooperative Path-Following of Multiple UAVs with Absolute Temporal Constraints, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Kissimmee, FL, January 2015.
- S. Mehdi, R. Choe, V. Cichella, N. Hovakimyan, Collision Avoidance through Path Replanning using Bezier Curves, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Kissimmee, FL, January 2015.
- H. Jafarnejadsani, N. Hovakimyan, Optimal Filter Design for a Discrete-Time Formulation of L1 Adaptive Control, In Proceedings of AIAA Infotech @ Aerospace, Kissimmee, FL, January 2015.
- K. Ackerman, E. Xargay, B. Seefeldt, D. Talleur, R. Carbonari, A. Kirlik, N. Hovakimyan, A. Trujillo, C. Belcastro, I. Gregory, Flight Envelope Information-Augmented Display for Enhanced Pilot Situational Awareness, In Proceedings of AIAA Infotech @ Aerospace, Kissimmee, FL, January 2015.
- H. Mahdianfar, N. Hovakimyan, A. Pavlov, O. M. Aamo, Robust Regulation of Heave-Induced Pressure Oscillations in Offshore MPD, In Proceedings of 2nd IFAC Workshop on Automatic Control in Offshore Oil and Gas Production, Florianopolis, Brazil, 2015.
2014
- S. Bhattacharya, T. Basar, N. Hovakimyan, On the Construction of Barrier in Visibility based Pursuit-Evasion Game, European Control Conference, Strasbourg, France, 2014.
- H. Lee, V. Cichella, N. Hovakimyan, L1 Adaptive Output Feedback Augmentation of Model Reference Control, In Proceedings of American Control Conference, Portland, OR, 2014.
- N. Tekles, E. Xargay, R. Choe, N. Hovakimyan, I. Gregory, F. Holzapfel, Flight Envelope Protection for NASA’s Transport Class Model, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Washington DC, AIAA 2014-0269, 2014.
- J. Chongvisal, N. Tekles, E. Xargay, D. Talleur, A. Kirlik, N. Hovakimyan, Loss-of-Control Prediction and Prevention for NASA’s Transport Class Model, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Washington DC, AIAA 2014-0784, 2014.
- V. Cichella, R. Choe, S. Mehdi, E. Xargay, N. Hovakimyan, V. Dobrokhodov, I. Kaminer, Trajectory Generation and Collision Avoidance for Safe Operation of Cooperating UAVs, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Washington DC, AIAA 2014-0972, 2014.
- K. Ackerman, S. Pelech, R. Carbonari, N. Hovakimyan, A. Kirlik, Pilot-in-the-Loop Flight Simulator for NASA’s Transport Class Model, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Washington DC, AIAA 2014-0613, 2014.
- H. Lee, S. Snyder, N. Hovakimyan, An Adaptive Unknown Input Observer for Fault Detection and Isolation of Aircraft Actuator Faults, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Washington DC, AIAA 2014-0266, 2014.
2013
- H. Sun, N. Hovakimyan, T. Basar, Reference Tracking of Uncertain Nonlinear Multi-Input Multi-Output Quantized Systems using L1 Adaptive Control, In Proceedings of 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Florence, Italy, pp. 7546-7551, 2013.
- H. Sun, Z. Li, N. Hovakimyan, T. Basar, Performance Prediction of L1 Adaptive Control in Linear Stochastic Systems, In Proceedings of 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Florence, Italy, pp. 606-611, 2013.
- S. Mallikarjunan, Z. Zuo, B. Nesbitt, N. Hovakimyan, L1 Backstepping for Robust Trajectory Tracking, 2nd IFAC RED-UAS, In Proceedings of 2013 Workshop on Research, Education and Development of Unmanned Aerial Systems, Compiegne, France, 2013.
- V. Cichella, R. Choe, S. B. Mehdi, E. Xargay. N. Hovakimyan, I. Kaminer, and V. Dobrokhodov, A 3D Path-Following Approach for a Multirotor UAV on SO(3), In Proceedings of 2nd IFAC RED-UAS 2013 Workshop on Research, Education and Development of Unmanned Aerial Systems, Compiegne, France, 2013.
- K.-D. Nguyen, H. Dankowicz, N. Hovakimyan, Marginal Stability in L1 Adaptive Control of Manipulators, In Proceedings of the ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2013, Portland, OR, DETC2013-12744, 2013 (one of the five finalists for “best student paper award”).
- R. Choe, V. Cichella, E. Xargay, N. Hovakimyan, I. Kaminer, Cooperative Path Following and Collision Avoidance along Feasible Trajectories for UAVs, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Boston, MA, AIAA-2013-4582, 2013.
- M. Bichlmeier, F. Holzapfel, E. Xargay, N. Hovakimyan, L1 Adaptive Augmentation of a Helicopter Baseline Controller, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Boston, MA, AIAA-2013-4855, 2013.
- H. Vogel, W. Fichter, R. Choe, E. Xargay, N. Hovakimyan, Magnetic Momentum Control of a Satellite Augmented with an L1 Adaptive Controller, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Boston, MA, AIAA-2013-5092, 2013.
- V. Cichella, I. Kaminer, V. Dobrokhodov, N. Hovakimyan, Cooperative Vision-based Tracking of Multiple UAVs, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Boston, MA, AIAA-2013-5110, 2013.
- R. Choe, E. Xargay, and N. Hovakimyan, L1 Adaptive Control for a Class of Nonaffine-in-Control Nonlinear Systems, In Proceedings of IFAC International Workshop on Adaptation and Learning in Control and Signal Processing, Caen, France, July 2013.
- J. Wang, F. Holzapfel, E. Xargay, and N. Hovakimyan, “Non-cascaded Dynamic Inversion Design for Quadrotor Position Control with L1 Augmentation,” In Proceedings of CEAS Conference on Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Delft, The Netherlands, April 2013.
- X. Wang, E. Kharisov, N. Hovakimyan, L1 Adaptive Control of Uncertain Networked Control Systems, In Proceedings of American Control Conference, Washington, DC, pp. 4122-4127, 2013.
- J. Vanness, E. Kharisov, N. Hovakimyan, L1 Adaptive Output-Feedback Controller for Linear Time-Varying Reference Systems, In Proceedings of American Control Conference, Washington, DC, pp. 4183-4188, 2013.
- L. Ma, N. Hovakimyan, Cooperative Target Tracking in Balanced Vehicular Formations: Multiple UAVs Tracking a Ground Vehicle, In Proceedings of American Control Conference, Washington, DC, pp. 5386-5391, 2013.
- X. Wang, N. Hovakimyan, L. Sha, L1Simplex: Fault-Tolerant Control of Cyber-Physical Systems, In Proceedings of ACM/IEEE 4th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, Philadelphia, PA, pp. 41-50, 2013 (one of the four finalists for “best paper award”).
2012
- I. Kaminer, E. Xargay, V. Cichella, N. Hovakimyan, A. Pascoal,V. Dobrokhodov, Time-Critical Cooperative Path Following of Multiple UAVs: Case Studies, In Proceedings of Itzhack Y. Bar-Itzhack Memorial Symposium on Estimation, Navigation and Spacecraft Control, Technion, Haifa, Israel, 2012.
- S. Bhattacharya, T. Basar, N. Hovakimyan, Game-theoretic analysis of a visibility based pursuit-evasion game in the presence of a circular obstacle, In Proceedings (1479) of American Institute of Physics, pp. 1222-1225, 2012.
- V. Cichella, I. Kaminer, E. Xargay, V. Dobrokhodov, N. Hovakimyan, P. Aguiar, A. Pascoal, A Lyapunov-Based Approach for Time-Coordinated 3D Path-Following of Multiple Quadrotors in SO(3), In Proceedings of 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, HI, pp. 1776-1781, 2012.
- J. Vanness, E. Kharisov, N. Hovakimyan, Generalization of Proportional Adaptation Law for L1 Adaptive Controller, In Proceedings of 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, HI, pp. 3215-3220, 2012.
- E. Xargay, R. Choe, N. Hovakimyan, I. Kaminer, Convergence of a PI Coordination Protocol in Networks with Switching Topology and Quantized Measurements, pp. 6107-6112, In Proceedings of 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, HI, 2012.
- Z. Li, H. Sun, N. Hovakimyan, L1 Adaptive Controller for MIMO System with Unmatched Uncertainties Using Modified Piecewise Constant Adaptation Law, In Proceedings of 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, HI, pp. 7303-7308, 2012.
- D. Erdos, T. Shima, E. Kharisov, N. Hovakimyan, L1 Adaptive Control Integrated Missile Autopilot and Guidance, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN, AIAA-2012-4465, 2012.
- X. Wang, E. Xargay, N. Hovakimyan, I. Gregory, Integration of Dynamic Flight Envelope into the L1 Adaptive Control Framework, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN, AIAA-2012-4894, 2012 (best presentation award).
- S. Mallikarjunan, B. Nesbitt, E. Kharisov, E. Xargay, N. Hovakimyan, C. Cao, L1 Adaptive Controller for Attitude Control of Multirotors, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN, AIAA-2012-4831, 2012.
- F. Peter, F. Holzapfel, E. Xargay, N. Hovakimyan, L1 Adaptive Augmentation of a Missile Autopilot, In Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN, AIAA-2012-4832, 2012.
- Z. Li, N. Hovakimyan, G.-O. Kaasa, Bottomhole Pressure Estimation and L1 Adaptive Control in Managed Pressure Drilling System, In Proceedings of 1st IFAC Workshop on Automatic Control of Offshore Oil and Gas Production, Trondheim, Norway, pp. 128-133, 2012.
- H. Sun, Z. Li, N. Hovakimyan, T. Basar, G. Downton, L1 Adaptive Control for Directional Drilling Systems, In Proceedings of 1st IFAC Workshop on Automatic Control of Offshore Oil and Gas Production, Trondheim, Norway, pp. 72-77, 2012.
- E. Kharisov, N. Hovakimyan, Generalization of L1 Adaptive Control Architecture for Switching Estimation Laws, In Proceedings of American Control Conference, Montreal, Canada, pp. 1907 – 1912, 2012.
- J. Vanness, E. Kharisov, N. Hovakimyan, L1 Adaptive Control with Proportional Adaptation Laws, In Proceedings of American Control Conference, Montreal, Canada, pp. 1919 – 1924, 2012.
- M. Naghnaeian, P. Voulgaris, N. Hovakimyan, On the Robustness of L1 Adaptive Control Law with Time-Varying Perturbations and Filter Design, In Proceedings of American Control Conference, Montreal, Canada, pp. 1937 – 1942, 2012.
- X. Wang, N. Hovakimyan, A Decoupled Design in Distributed Control of Uncertain Networked Control Systems, In Proceedings of American Control Conference, Montreal, Canada, pp. 6497 – 6502, 2012.
A more detailed list of accomplishments can be found at naira-hovakimyan.mechse.illinois.edu