{"id":17,"date":"2013-02-26T20:32:40","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T20:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/template\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-04-06T18:32:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:32:46","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/kong\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=gnFnmOIAAAAJ\">Google Scholar Profile<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"paragraph\">\n<p><em>Please notice that this page is not updated regularly. Please visit my lab&#8217;s website (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cphslab.com\/publications.html\">link<\/a>) or my Google Scholar page (<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=gnFnmOIAAAAJ&amp;view_op=list_works&amp;gmla=AJsN-F47dgwQE5Wv7dMselxtp7IgiFkIMx_Io3xhtUz9zHpAo6PdjPi9lHOWD-NcarX6Dw9WVoREqbbTucdS3OOZyrvoE4bZ6Q\">link<\/a>) for my most recent publications.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large\">2025<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Ziquan Deng, Pinn Prugsanapan, and Zhaodan Kong,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/arc.aiaa.org\/doi\/10.2514\/6.2025-2252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anytime Communication: A Human-AI Collaboration Framework for Causal-Based Root Cause Analysis<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0\u00a0<em>AIAA SciTech Forum,\u00a0<\/em>Orlando, FL<em>.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Fanyu Meng, Xin Liu, Zhaodan Kong, and Xin Chen,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/openreview.net\/forum?id=q1PK1f2fkM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CohEx: A Generalized Framework for Cohort Explanation<\/a><\/strong>, The 39th\u00a0<em>Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence,\u00a0<\/em>Philadelphia, PA.<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Fanyu Meng, Ziwen Kan, Shahbaz Rezaei, Zhaodan Kong, Xin Chen, and Xin Liu,\u00a0<strong>Implet: A Post-hoc Subsequence Explainer for Time Series Models<\/strong>,<em>\u00a0IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM)<\/em>, Washington, DC.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Jiemin Wu, Boateng Asamoah, Zhaodan Kong, and Jochen Ditterich,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/neuroscience\/articles\/10.3389\/fnins.2025.1582080\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Exploring the Suitability of Piecewise-Linear Dynamical Models for Cognitive Neural Dynamics<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<em>Frontiers in Neuroscience,\u00a0<\/em>19, 1582080.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Logan Peters, Alec Roadarmel<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\">, Jacqueline Overton, Matthew Stickle, Jack Lin, Zhaodan Kong, Ignacio Saez, and Karen Moxon,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S030100822500067X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neural dynamics encoding risky choices during deliberation reveal separate choice subspaces<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<em>Progress in Neurobiology<\/em><em>,\u00a0<\/em>102776.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Nicolas Michel, Ayush Patnaik, Peng Wei, Zhaodan Kong, and Xinfan Lin<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\">,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S1270963825004195?via%3Dihub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Optimization of Three-Dimensional Waypoint Ordering for Energy-Optimal Multirotor Operation<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<em>Aerospace Science and Technology,\u00a0<\/em>110348<em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Logan Peters, Gregory Bales, Vincent Tran, Adriana Moghbel, Zhaodan Kong, and Karen Moxon,\u00a0<strong>Peak Delta Frequency Regulates the Timing of Decisions<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span><em><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">59th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers,\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Pacific Grove, CA (selected as the best student paper in the neuroengineering track and nominated for the best student paper)<\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Karen Moxon, Ariana Moghbel, Zhaodan Kong, Alec Roadarmel, Vincent Tran, Jochen Ditterich, and Logan Peters,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\"><strong>Latent variables, temporal convolutional neural networks, and decision making: Creating insight into how we deliberate<\/strong>,\u00a059th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Peng Wei, Prabhash Ragbir, Stavros G. Vougioukas, and Zhaodan Kong<\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0168169925009081?dgcid=author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vision-based Navigation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Orchards: An Imitation Learning Approach<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<em>Computers and Electronics in Agriculture<\/em><em>,\u00a0<\/em>238, 110802.\u00a0<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Gregory Bales, Allison Hayman, Torin Clark, Jason Dekarske, Sanjay Joshi, and Zhaodan Kong,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/neuroergonomics\/articles\/10.3389\/fnrgo.2025.1627483\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">An EEG-Network-Metrics Based Approach to Real-Time Trust Inference in Human-Autonomy Teaming<\/a><\/strong>,<em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Frontiers in Neuroergonomics,\u00a0<\/em>6, 1627483.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Abigail Rindfuss, Sarah Leary, Prachi Dutta, Ryan Chen, Torin\u00a0Clark, Zhaodan Kong, and Allison Hayman,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/robotics-and-ai\/articles\/10.3389\/frobt.2025.1624777\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Modeling Trust and Trust Dynamics from Physiological Signals and Embedded Measures for Operational Human-Autonomy Teaming<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<em>Frontiers in Robotics and AI,\u00a0<\/em>12, 1624777.<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Yongcan Cao, Lixian Zhang, Abhinav Sinha, Xiaocong Li, Yanan Li, Jun Ma, Silu Chen, and Zhaodan Kong,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/11195958\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guest Editorial: Special Selection on Safety, Robustness, and Effectiveness in Human-Machine Teaming<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<em>IEEE Control System Letters,\u00a0<\/em><em>9, 2271-2272<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large\">2024<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Sarah Leary, Jaekeun Sung, Vicki Hurd, Cristian Lee, Yimin Qin, Zhaodan Kong, Torin Clark, and Allison Anderson,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/openurl.ebsco.com\/EPDB%3Agcd%3A10%3A20447690\/detailv2?sid=ebsco%3Aplink%3Ascholar&amp;id=ebsco%3Agcd%3A178876135&amp;crl=c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Space-relevant Human-autonomy Teaming Task to Study the Multi-dimensional and Dynamic Nature of Trust<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<em>Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA) Annual Scientific Meeting<\/em>,\u00a0Chicago, IL.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Jaekeun Sung, Sarah Leary, Vicki Hurd, Cristian Lee, Yimin Qin, Zhaodan Kong, Torin Clark, and Allison Anderson,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/doi\/10.1145\/3610978.3640693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Operationally Realistic Human-autonomy Teaming Task Simulation to Study Multi-dimensional Trust<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<em>IEEE\/ACM International Conference on<\/em>\u00a0<em>Human Robot Interaction (HRI)<\/em>,\u00a0Boulder, CO.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Gang Chen, Zhaodan Kong, and Longhan Xie<\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00207179.2024.2310610\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Control\/Physical System Co-design with Spectral Temporal Logic Specifications and Its Applications to MEMS<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<em>International\u00a0<\/em><em>Journal of Control<\/em><em>,\u00a0<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\">DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00207179.2024.2310610\">10.1080\/00207179.2024.2310610<\/a><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Sarah Leary, Jaekeun Sung, Yimin Qin, Zhaodan Kong, Torin Clark, and Allison Anderson,\u00a0<strong>Validating Rapid Trust Measurements in Spaceflight-Relevant Human-Autonomy Teaming Applications<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>IAA Symposium on Human Exploration of\u00a0The Solar System<\/em>,\u00a0Milan, Italy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Peng Wei, Kaiming Fu, Juan Villacres, Thomas Ke, Kay Krachenfels, Curtis Ryan Stofer, Nima Alexander Bayati, Qikai Gao, Bill Zhang, Eric Vanacker, and Zhaodan Kong,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/1424-8220\/24\/8\/2494\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Compact Handheld Sensor Package with Sensor Fusion for Comprehensive and Robust 3D Mapping<\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\">,\u00a0<em>Sensors<\/em>, 24(8), 2494.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Xiwei Xuan, Ziquan Deng, Hsuan-Tien Lin, Zhaodan Kong, and Kwan-Liu Ma,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2303.00244\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SUNY: A Visual Interpretation Framework for Convolutional Neural Networks from a Necessary and Sufficient Perspective<\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\">,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/openaccess.thecvf.com\/CVPR2024_workshops\/XAI4CV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Explainable AI for Computer Vision (XAI4CV) Workshop<\/a>, CVPR 2024,\u00a0<\/em>Seattle, WA<em>.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Prabhash Ragbir, Ajith Kaduwela, Xiaodong Lan, Adam Watts, and Zhaodan Kong,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2504-446X\/8\/5\/169\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Control-theoretic Spatio-temporal Model for Wildfire Smoke Propagation using UAV-based Air Pollutant Measurements<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<em>Drones<\/em>, 8(5), 169.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Nicolas Michel, Ayush Patnaik, Zhaodan Kong, and Xinfan Lin,\u00a0<strong>Energy-Optimal Planning of Waypoint-Based UAV Missions &#8211; Does Minimum Distance Mean Minimum Energy?<\/strong>\u00a0<em>IEEE\/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS),\u00a0<\/em>Abu Dhabi, UAE<em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/span>\u200b\u200b<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Yawen Lu, Cheng Han, Qifan Wang, Heng Fan, Zhaodan Kong, Dongfang Liu, and Yingjie Chen,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/10705000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Optical Flow as Spatial-temporal Attention Leaners<\/a><\/strong>,<em>\u00a0IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence<\/em><em>,\u00a0<\/em><em>46(12), 11491-11506<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Tammer Barkouki, Ziquan Deng, Zhaodan Kong and Stephen Robinson,<a href=\"https:\/\/arc.aiaa.org\/doi\/10.2514\/6.2023-1828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arc.aiaa.org\/doi\/10.2514\/6.2023-1828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Explainable AI Design Goals and Evaluation Metrics for Space Exploration: A Survey of Human Spaceflight Domain Experts<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">,\u00a0<em>AIAA SciTech Forum,\u00a0<\/em>National Harbor, MD. <\/span>\u200b\u200b<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Nicolas Michel, Peng Wei, Zhaodan Kong and Xinfan Lin<\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1115\/1.4056534\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy-optimal UAV Motion Planning and Control based on Integrated System Physical Dynamics<\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><em>Journal of Dynamical Systems, Measurement and Control,\u00a0<\/em>145(4),<em>\u00a0<\/em>pp. 1-27<\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Ziquan Deng, James Eshima, James Nabity\u00a0and Zhaodan Kong,\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/10049111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Causal Fault Explanation for Environmental Control and Life Support System Anomaly Response<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">,\u00a0<em>IEEE Access,\u00a0<\/em>vol. 11, pp. 26471-26482.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Gregory Disse, Bharadwaj Nandakumar, Francois Pauzin, Gary Blumenthal, Zhaodan Kong, Jochen Ditterich and Karen Moxon,\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2211124723003583\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neural Ensemble Dynamics in Trunk and Hindlimb Sensorimotor Cortex Encode for The Control of Postural Stability<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">,\u00a0<em>Cell Reports,\u00a0<\/em>42(4), pp. 112347.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Prabhash Ragbir, Ajith Kaduwela, David Passovoy, Preet Amin, Shuchen Ye, Christopher Wallis, Christopher Alaimo, Thomas Young and Zhaodan Kong<\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #151e24\">,\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/1424-8220\/23\/7\/3561\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UAV-based Wildland Fire Air Toxics Data Collection and Analysis<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color: #151e24\">,\u00a0<\/span><em><span style=\"color: #151e24\">Sensors,\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #151e24\">23(7), pp. 3561<\/span><span style=\"color: #151e24\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Xiaoxiao Wang, Fanyu Meng, Zhaodan Kong, Xin Chen and Xin Liu,\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a\"><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10489-023-04649-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Causal Explanation for Reinforcement Learning: Quantifying State and Temporal Importance<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">,\u00a0<em>Applied Intelligence<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Xiaoxiao Wang, Minda Zhao, Fanyu Meng, Xin Liu, Zhaodan Kong\u00a0and Xin Chen,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2079-3197\/11\/7\/133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quantifying Causal Path-specific Importance in Structural Causal Model<\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">,\u00a0<em>Computation<\/em><em>,\u00a0<\/em>11(7), pp. 133.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Ashkan Zehfroosh, Stavros G. Vougioukas\u00a0and Zhaodan Kong,\u00a0<strong>Efficient Re-synthesis of Control Barrier Function via Safe Exploration<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)<\/em>, Singapore.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Nicolas Michel, Peng Wei, Zhaodan Kong and Xinfan Lin<\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><strong>Energy-optimal Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Motion Planning and Control Based on Integrated System Physical Dynamics<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">,\u00a0<em>Modelling, Estimation, and Control Conference (MECC)<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><em>,\u00a0<\/em>Lake Tahoe, NV<\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Peng Wei, Ryan Liang, Andrew Michelmore and Zhaodan Kong,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10846-022-01593-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Vision-Based 2D Navigation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Riverine Environments with Imitation Learning<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<em>Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems,\u00a0<\/em>104(47).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Xin Liu, Zhaodan Kong and Fanyu Meng,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/digicrop.de\/invited-talk-xin-liu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Autonomous Greenhouse Control: A Bayesian Optimization and Model-based Reinforcement Learning Approach<\/strong><\/a>, International Conference on Digital Technologies for Sustainable Crop Production (DIGICROP), held virtually.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Nicolas Michel, Zhaodan Kong and Xinfan Lin,\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/9867646\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy-efficient UAV Trajectory Generation Based on System-level Modeling of Multi-Physical Dynamics<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">,\u00a0<em>American Control Conference\u00a0<\/em><em>(ACC),\u00a0<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Atlanta, GA<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Peng Wei, Xinfan Lin and Zhaodan Kong,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007%2Fs41315-021-00185-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>System Identification of Wind Effects on Multirotor Aircraft<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><em>International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">, vol. 6, pp. 104-118.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Na Ma, Anil Mantri, Graham Bough, Ayush Patnaik, Siddhesh Yadav, Christian Nansen and Zhaodan Kong,\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/frobt.2022.854381\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data-Driven Vermiculite Distribution Modelling for UAV-Based Precision Pest Management<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">,\u00a0<em>Frontiers in Robotics and AI<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Nicolas Michel, Anish Kumar Sinha, Peng Wei, Zhaodan Kong and Xinfan Lin<\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2590116822000194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Modeling and Validation of Electric Multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System Energy Dynamics<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><em>eTransportation<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\"><em>,\u00a0<\/em>vol. 12, pp. 100173.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Karen Moxon, Jochen Ditterich and Zhaodan Kong,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/referenceworkentry\/10.1007\/978-981-15-2848-4_36-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Brain-machine Interfaces: From Resotirng Sensorimotor Control to Augmenting Cognition<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<em>Handbook of Neuroengineering<\/em>, pp. 1-38.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Gregory Bales and Zhaodan Kong,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/doi\/10.1145\/3527928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Neurophysiological and Behavioral Differences in Human-Multiagent Tasks: An EEG Network Perspective<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">,\u00a0<\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: small\">ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction,\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: small\">11(4), pp. 1-25.<\/span>\u200b\u200b<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Ziquan Deng, James Eshima, James Nabity\u00a0and Zhaodan Kong,\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1v5nTvsdIsBQwfHQYxG8h8sHNSukLuv1K\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Causal Fault Explanation for Environmental Control and Life Support System Anomaly Response<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a\">(poster)<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">,\u00a0<em>SmartHab Workshop,\u00a0<\/em>San Antonio, TX.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Jason Dekarske, Zhaodan Kong\u00a0and Sanjay Joshi,\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1gWF7d9KOpuy_KotLq8gHNpzcoZl_L5zj\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Operationalizing Human Cognitive State Assessment<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a\">(poster)<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">,\u00a0<em>SmartHab Workshop,\u00a0<\/em>San Antonio, TX.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Gang Chen, Mei Liu and Zhaodan Kong, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/9059032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Temporal-Logic-Based Semantic Fault Diagnosis with Time-Series Data from Industrial Internet of Things<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">, <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: small\">IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics,<span style=\"color: #2a2a2a\"> 68(55), 4393-4403<\/span><\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a\">.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Peng Wei, Xinfan Lin and Zhaodan Kong, <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007%2Fs41315-021-00185-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>System Identification of Wind Effects on Multirotor Aircraft<\/strong><\/a>, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><em>International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\"><em>, in press.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Ziquan Deng and Zhaodan Kong, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/9524654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Interpretable Fault Diagnosis for Cyber-Physical Systems: A Learning Perspective<\/strong><\/a>, <em>Computer<\/em>,<em> 54(9), 30-38<\/em>. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: large\"><strong>2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Fernando H. Iost Filho, Wieke B. Heldens, Zhaodan Kong and Elvira S. de Lange, <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jee\/article\/113\/1\/1\/5666881?login=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Drones: Innovative Technology for Use in Precision Pest Management<\/strong><\/a>, <em>Journal of Economic Entomology<\/em>, 113(1), <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\">1-25<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Nicolas Michel, Zhaodan Kong and Xinfan Lin, <a href=\"https:\/\/asmedigitalcollection.asme.org\/DSCC\/proceedings\/DSCC2020\/84287\/V002T36A004\/1096582\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Optimal Control of a Multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based on a Multiphysical Model<\/strong><\/a>,<em> ASME 2020 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC)<\/em>, Pittsburg, PA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Ziquan Deng and Zhaodan Kong, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/9145668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Multi-Agent Cooperative Attack-Defense Strategy<\/strong> <strong>Against One Single Attacker<\/strong><\/a>, <em>IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters<\/em><em>, <\/em>5(4), 5772-5778.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Gang Chen, Xinfan Lin and Zhaodan Kong, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/9142280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Data-Driven Real-Timed-Failure-Propagation-Graph Refinement for Complex System Fault Diagnosis<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">, <em>IEEE Control Systems Letters<\/em><em>, <\/em>5(3), 1049-1054.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Allison Anderson, Torin Clark and Zhaodan Kong, <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1asJPk7r73hya8PVN0nwB7IBFIxyuk5ij\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Adaptive Autonomy for Future Spacecraft Habitats<\/strong><\/a>,<\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\"> <em>International Conference on Social Robotics: Human Robot Interaction for Space Robotics Workshop, <\/em>Golden, CO<\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\"> (held virtually).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: large\"><strong>2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Nicolas Michel, Anish Kumar Sinha, Zhaodan Kong, and Xinfan Lin, <strong>Multiphysical Modeling of Energy Dynamics for Multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles<\/strong>, <em>International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems<\/em><em>, <\/em>Atlanta, GA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Gang Chen, Mei Liu, and Zhaodan Kong, <strong>Semantic Inference for Cyber-Physical Systems with Signal Temporal Logic<\/strong>, <em>IEEE Conference on Decision and Control<\/em><em> (CDC), <\/em>Nice, France<em>.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Peng Wei, Sui Nam Chan, Seongkyu Lee, and Zhaodan Kong, <strong>Mitigating Ground Effect On Mini Quadcopters with Model Reference Adaptive Control<\/strong>, <em>International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications<\/em>, 3(3), 283-297<em>.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">April L. Teske, Gang Chen, Christian Nansen, and Zhaodan Kong, <strong>Optimized Dispensing by Multirotor UAVs in Wind: A Distribution Pattern Modelling Approach for Precision Pest Management<\/strong>, <em>Biosystems Engineering, <\/em>187, 226-238.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Aravind Sreejith, Ajith Kaduwela, and Zhaodan Kong, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><strong>Development of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Episodic Air Pollutant Measurements<\/strong><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a\">, <em>Refinery And Chemical Industry Emissions Symposium<\/em><\/span><em>,<\/em> <span style=\"color: #2a2a2a\">Davis, CA.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: medium\"><strong>2018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Gang Chen and Zhaodan Kong, <strong>Data-Driven Approximate Abstraction for Black-Box Piecewise Affine Systems<\/strong>, <em>American Control Conference (ACC), <\/em>Milwaukee, WI.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Jayanti Das, Gregory Bales, Zhaodan Kong, and Barbara Linke, <strong>Integrating Operator Information for Manual Grinding and Characterization of Process Performance based on Operator Profile<\/strong>, <em>ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, <\/em>140(8), 081011.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Christian Nansen, Alison Stewart, April van Hise, Elvira de Lange, Hoang Danh Nguyen, and Zhaodan Kong, <strong>Precision Ornamental Production in the 21st Century<\/strong>, <em>AFE(American Floral Endowment)&#8217;s Thrips &amp; Botrytis Research Newsletter<\/em><em>, <\/em>June, 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Gang Chen, Zachary Sabato, and Zhaodan Kong, <strong>Formal Interpretation of Cyber-Physical System Performance with Temporal Logic<\/strong>, <em>Cyber-Physical Systems, <\/em>4(3), 175-203.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Gregory Bales and Zhaodan Kong, <strong>The Impact of Dynamic Complexity on Human-Multi-Agent Performance: A Neuro-Behavioral Perspective<\/strong>, <em>2nd IFAC Conference on Cyber-Physical &amp; Human-Systems (CPHS&#8217;18), <\/em>Miami, FL<em>.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Kayhan Ozcimder, Zhaodan Kong, Shuai Wang, and John Baillieul, <strong>Perceiving Artistic Expression: A Formal Exploration of Performance Art Salsa<\/strong>, <em>IEEE Access, 6, <\/em>61867-61875<em>.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Gregory Bales and Zhaodan Kong, <strong>Cognitive Correlates of EEG Spectral Power Indicate Human-Swarm Task Performance<\/strong>, <em>International Workshop on Human-in-the-loop Internet of Things Systems (Hit-IoT)<strong>,<\/strong> <\/em>Santa Barbara, CA<em>.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Gang Chen, Zachary Sabato, and Zhaodan Kong, <strong>Semantic Parsing of Automobile Steering Systems<\/strong>, <em>International Workshop on Human-in-the-loop Internet of Things Systems (Hit-IoT)<strong>,<\/strong> <\/em>Santa Barbara, CA<em>.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Ajith Kaduwela, Roberto Hurtado, Longji Yin, Russell Evangelista, Daniel Andenmatten, Peng Wei, Amal Kaduwela, Anthony Wexler, and Zhaodan Kong, <strong>Measuring Air Pollution with a small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (sUAV)<\/strong>, <em>Air Sensors International Conference<strong>,<\/strong> <\/em>Oakland, CA<em>.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: medium\"><strong>2017<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Zhaodan Kong, Austin Jones and Calin Belta, <strong>Temporal Logics for Learning and Detection of Anomalous Behaviors<\/strong>, <em>IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control<\/em>, 62(3), 1210-1222.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Gregory Bales, Jayanti Das, Jason Tsugawa, Barbara Linke and Zhaodan Kong, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><strong>Digitalization of Human Operations in the Age of Cyber-Manufacturing: Sensorimotor Analysis of Manual Grinding Performance<\/strong><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a\">, <em>Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, <\/em>139(10), 101011.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Gang Chen and Zhaodan Kong, <strong>Correct-by-Construction Approach for Self-Evolvable Robots<\/strong>, <em>IEEE\/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, <\/em>Cleveland, OH.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Zhichao Wang, Zhaodan Kong and Hong Liu, <strong>Recurrent Convolutional Networks Based Intention Recognition for Human-Robot Collaboration Tasks<\/strong>,<em> IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), <\/em>Banff, Canada, 2017.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Gregory Bales and Zhaodan Kong<em>,<\/em> <strong>Neurophysiological and Behavioral Studies of Human-Swarm Interaction Tasks<\/strong><em>, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), <\/em>Banff, Canada.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: medium\"><strong><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a\">2016<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Gregory Bales, Jayanti Das, Barbara Linke and Zhaodan Kong, <strong>Recognizing Gaze-Motor Behavioral Patterns in Manual Grinding Tasks<\/strong>, <em>Procedia Manufacturing,<\/em> 5, 106-121.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Derya Aksaray,<\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\"> Austin Jones, Zhaodan Kong, Mac Schwager and Calin Belta, <strong>Q-Learning for Robust Satisfaction of Signal Temporal Logic Specifications<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), <\/em>Las Vegas, NV<\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Gang Chen, Zachary Sabato, and Zhaodan Kong, <strong>Active Learning Based Requirement Mining for Cyber-Physical Systems<\/strong>, <em>IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)<\/em><em>, <\/em>Las Vegas, NV.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Zhaodan Kong, Nathan Fuller, Shuai Wang, Kayhan Ozcimder, Erin Gillam, Diane Theriault, Magrit Betke and John Baillieul, <strong>Perceptual Modalities Guiding Bat Flight in a Native Habitat<\/strong>, <em>Scientific Reports<\/em>, 6, 27252.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Gregory Bales, Jayanti Das, Barbara Linke and Zhaodan Kong, <strong>Recognizing Gaze-Motor Behavioral Patterns in Manual Grinding Tasks<\/strong>, <em>the 44th SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC),<\/em> Blacksburg, VA.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: large\"><strong>2015<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Berenice Mettler, Zhaodan Kong, Bin Li and Jonathan Andersh, <strong>Systems View on Spatial Planning and Perception Based on Invariants in Agent-Environment Dynamics<\/strong>, <em>Frontiers in Neuroscience<\/em>, 8, 439. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Iman Haghighi, Austin Jones, Zhaodan Kong, Ezio Bartocci, Radu Grosu and Calin Belta, <strong>SpaTeL: A Novel Spatial-Temporal Logic and Its Applications to Networked Systems<\/strong>, <em>International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control (HSCC)<\/em>, Seattle, WA.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Austin Jones, Derya Aksaray, Zhaodan Kong, Mac Schwager and Calin Belta, <strong>Enforcing Temporal Logic Specifications via Reinforcement Learning<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control (HSCC)<\/em>, Seattle, WA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Nathan Fuller, Diane Theriault, Zhaodan Kong, Shuai Wang, Magrit Betke and John Baillieul, <strong>Understanding Bat Flight as a Model for Bio-inspired Aircraft Designs<\/strong>, <em>The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting<\/em>, West Palm Beach, FL.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: medium\"><strong>2014 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Berenice Mettler, Zhaodan Kong, Chad Goerzen and Matthew Whalley, <strong>Guidance Performance Benchmarking for Autonomous Rotorcraft<\/strong>, <em>Journal of the American Helicopter Society<\/em>, 59 (4), 1-16.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Austin Jones, Zhaodan Kong and Calin Belta, <strong>Anomaly Detection in Cyber-Physical Systems: A Formal Methods Approach<\/strong>, <em>The 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)<\/em>, Los Angeles, CA. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">John Baillieul and Zhaodan Kong, <strong>Saliency Based Control in Random Feature Networks<\/strong>, <em>The 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)<\/em>, Los Angeles, CA. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Kayhan Ozcimder, Zhaodan Kong and John Baillieul, <strong>Algorithmic Approaches to Artistic Movement<\/strong>, <em>The 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)<\/em>, Los Angeles, CA.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Zhaodan Kong, Kayhan Ozcimder, Nathan W. Fuller, Diane Theriault, Magrit Betke and John Baillieul, <strong>Perception and Steering Control in Paired Bat Flight<\/strong>, <em>The 19th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)<\/em>, Cape Town, South Africa.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Zhaodan Kong, Austin Jones, Ana Medina Ayala, Ebru Aydin Gol and Calin Belta, <strong>Temporal Logic Inference for Classification and Prediction from Data<\/strong>, <em>International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control (HSCC)<\/em>, Berlin, Germany.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Zhaodan Kong, Austin Jones and Calin Belta, <strong>Formal Methods for Learning and Detection of Anomalous Behavior<\/strong>, <em>New England Machine Learning Day<\/em>, Cambridge, MA. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: medium\"><strong>2013 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Zhaodan Kong and Berenice Mettler, <strong>Modeling Human Guidance Behavior Based on Patterns in Agent-Environment Interactions<\/strong>, <em>IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems<\/em>, 43 (4), 371-384.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Berenice Mettler and Zhaodan Kong, <strong>Mapping and Analysis of Human Guidance Performance from Trajectory Ensembles<\/strong>, <em>IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems<\/em>, 43 (1), 32-45. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Berenice Mettler, Navid Dadkhah, Zhaodan Kong and Jonathan Andersh, <strong>Research Infrastructure for Interactive Human- and Autonomous Guidance<\/strong>, <em>Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems<\/em>, 70 (1-4), 437-459.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Zhaodan Kong, Kayhan Ozcimder, Nathan Fuller, Alison Greco, Diane Theriault, Zheng Wu, Thomas Kunz, Magrit Betke and John Baillieul, <strong>Optical Flow Sensing and the Inverse Perception Problem for Flying Bats<\/strong>, <em>IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)<\/em>, Florence, Italy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">John Baillieul and Zhaodan Kong, <strong>The Standard Parts Problem and Quantization in Optimal Control Problems<\/strong>, <em>SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications<\/em>, San Diego, CA. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: medium\"><strong>2012<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Berenice Mettler, Navid Dadkhah, Zhaodan Kong and Jonathan Andersh, <strong>Infrastructure and Research Framework for Interactive Human and Autonomous Guidance<\/strong>, <em>International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)<\/em>, Philadelphia, PA. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Berenice Mettler and Zhaodan Kong, <strong>Hierarchical Model of Human Guidance Performance Based on Interaction Patterns in Behavior<\/strong>, <em>2nd International Conference on Application and Theory of Automation in Command and Control Systems (ICARUS)<\/em>, London, UK.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: medium\"><strong>2011<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Zhaodan Kong and Berenice Mettler, <strong>Evaluation of Guidance Performance in Urban Terrains for Different UAV Types and Performance Criteria Using Spatial CTG Maps<\/strong>, <em>Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems<\/em>, 61, (1), 135-156.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Zhaodan Kong and Berenice Mettler, <strong>Foundations of Formal Language for Humans and Artificial Systems Based on Intrinsic Structure in Spatial Behavior<\/strong>, <em>IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)<\/em>, San Francisco, CA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Zhaodan Kong and Berenice Mettler, <strong>An Investigation of Spatial Behavior in Agile Guidance Tasks<\/strong>, <em>IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)<\/em>, Anchorage, AK. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: medium\"><strong>2010<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Berenice Mettler, Navid Dadkhah and Zhaodan Kong, <strong>Agile Autonomous Guidance Using Spatial Value Functions<\/strong>, <em>Journal of Control Engineering Practice<\/em>, 18 (7), 773-788.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Chad Goerzen, Zhaodan Kong and Berenice Mettler, <strong>A Survey of Motion Planning and Trajectory Optimization Algorithms from the Perspective of Autonomous UAV Guidance<\/strong>, <em>Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems<\/em>, 57 (1), 65-100.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Zhaodan Kong and Berenice Mettler, <strong>Evaluation of Guidance Performance in Urban Terrains for Different UAV Classes and Performance Criteria<\/strong>, <em>International Conference on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (ICUAS)<\/em>, Dubai, UAE.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Berenice Mettler, Zhaodan Kong, Chad Goerzen and Matthew Whalley, <strong>Benchmarking of Obstacle Field Navigation Algorithms for Autonomous Helicopter<\/strong>s, <em>American Helicopter Society (AHS) 66th Annual Forum<\/em>, Phoenix, AZ.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: medium\"><strong>2009<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Navid Dadkhah, Venkateshwar R. Korukanti, Zhaodan Kong and Berenice Mettler, <strong>Experimental Demonstration of an Online Trajectory Optimization with Spatial Value Functions for Autonomous Guidance of Agile Vehicles<\/strong>, <em>IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)<\/em>, Shanghai, China.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Zhaodan Kong and Berenice Mettler, <strong>On the General Characteristics of 2D Optimal Obstacle-Field Guidance Solution<\/strong>, <em>IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)<\/em>, Shanghai, China. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Zhaodan Kong, Venkateshwar R. Korukanti and Berenice Mettler, <strong>Mapping 3D Guidance Performance Using Approximate Optimal Cost-to-go Function<\/strong>, <em>AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference (GNC)<\/em>, Chicago, IL. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: medium\"><strong>2008<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Berenice Mettler and Zhaodan Kong, <strong>An Extremal Fields Approach for the Analysis of Human Planning and Control Performance<\/strong>, <em>IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)<\/em>, Pasadena, CA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Berenice Mettler and Zhaodan Kong, <strong>Receding Horizon Trajectory Optimization with a Finite-State Value Function Approximation<\/strong>, <em>American Control Conference (ACC)<\/em>, Seattle, WA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Berenice Mettler and Zhaodan Kong, <strong>A Control-Theoretic Investigation of Dynamic Spatial Behavior<\/strong>, <em>Advances in Computational Motor Control Symposium, Society for Neuroscience Conference<\/em>, Washington, DC.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: medium\"><strong>2007<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;font-size: small\">Zhaodan Kong, Wenbo Luo and Rui He, <strong>Research on Black-Box Identification Based on DBM Method<\/strong>, <em>Journal of System Simulation<\/em>, 19 (11), 2429-2433. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Scholar Profile Please notice that this page is not updated regularly. 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