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Journal Articles
[1] Fumin Zhang and P. S. Krishnaprasad, “Co-ordinated Orbit Transfer of Satellite Clusters,” Astrodynamics, Space Missions, and Chaos, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences,1017:112-137, May, 2004.  Available online [bibtex]

[2] Fumin Zhang and N. E. Leonard, “Coordinated Patterns of Unit Speed Particles on a Closed Curve,Systems and Control Letters, 56(6):397-407, 2007. Preprint [bibtex]

[3] Fumin Zhang, D. M. Fratantoni, D. Paley, J. Lund, N. E. Leonard, “Control of Coordinated Patterns for Ocean Sampling,International Journal of Control, 80(7):1186-1199, special issue on the Navigation, Guidance and Control of Uninhabited Underwater Vehicles, 2007. Preprint [bibtex] Demos

[4] D. Paley, Fumin Zhang  and N. E. Leonard, “Cooperative Control for Ocean Sampling: The Glider Coordinated Control System,IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology, 16(4):735-744, 2008. Preprint [bibtex]

[5] J. Kim, Fumin Zhang, and M. Egerstedt, “Curve Tracking Control for Autonomous Vehicles with Rigidly Mounted Range Sensors,Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 56(1-2):177-197, 2009. Preprint [bibtex].

[6] Fumin Zhang and N. E. Leonard, “Cooperative Control and Filtering for Cooperative Exploration,IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , 55(3):650-663, 2010. Preprint [bibtex].

[7] Fumin Zhang, “Geometric Cooperative Control of Particle Formations,IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 55(3):800-803, 2010. Preprint [bibtex]

[8] J. Kim, Fumin Zhang, and M. Egerstedt, “A Provably Complete Exploration Strategy by Constructing Voronoi Diagrams,Autonomous Robots, 29(3):367-380, 2010. Available online [bibtex]

[9] N. E. Leonard, D. A. Paley, R. E. Davis, D. M. Fratantoni, F. Lekien, and Fumin Zhang, “Coordinated Control of an Underwater Glider Fleet in an Adaptive Ocean Sampling Field Experiment in Monterey Bay,Journal of Field Robotics, 27(6):718-740, 2010. Available online [bibtex]

[10] W. Wu and Fumin Zhang, “Cooperative Exploration of Level Surfaces of Three Dimensional Scalar Fields,” Automatica, the IFAC Journal, 47(9):2044-2051, 2011. Available online [bibtex]

[11] M. Malisoff, F. Mazenc, and Fumin Zhang, “Stability and Robustness Analysis for Curve Tracking Control using Input-to-State Stability,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 57(5):1320-1326, 2012. Available online [bibtex]

[12] H. Yang and Fumin Zhang, “Robust Control of Formation Dynamics for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles in Horizontal Plane,” ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, 134(3): Article No. 031009 (7 pages), 2012. Available online [bibtex]

[13] W. Wu and Fumin Zhang, “Robust Cooperative Exploration with a Switching Strategy,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 28(4):828-839, 2012. Available Online [bibtex]

[14] S. Zhang, J. Yu, A. Zhang, and Fumin Zhang, “Spiraling Motion of Underwater Gliders: Modeling, Analysis,  and Experimental Results,” Ocean Engineering, 60:1-13, 2013. Available online [bibtex]

[15] J. Yu, Fumin Zhang, A. Zhang, W. Jin, and Y. Tian, “Motion Parameter Optimization and Sensor Scheduling for the Sea-Wing Underwater Glider,” IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 38(2):243-254, 2013. Available online [bibtex]

[16] W. Wu and Fumin Zhang, "A Switching Strategy for Target Tracking by Mobile Sensing Agents," Journal of Communications, 8(1):47-54, 2013. Available online [bibtex]

[17] Fumin Zhang, Z. Shi, and S. Mukhopadhyay “Robustness Analysis of Battery Supported Cyber-Physical Systems,” ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, 12(3): Article No. 69 (27 pages), 2013. (arXiv:1111.5880v1), Available online [bibtex]

[18] M. Malisoff and Fumin Zhang, “Adaptive Control for Planar Curve Tracking under Controller Uncertainty,” Automatica, the IFAC Journal, 49(5):1411-1418, 2013. Available online [bibtex]

[19] H. Yang, C. Wang and Fumin Zhang, “A Decoupled Controller Design Approach for Formation Control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles with Time Delays,” IET Control Theory & Applications, 7(15):1950-1958, 2013. Available online [bibtex]

[20] K. Szwaykowska and Fumin Zhang, “Trend and Bounds for Error Growth in Controlled Lagrangian Particle Tracking,” IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 39(1):10-25, 2014. Available online Preprint [bibtex]

[21] S. Mukhopadhyay and Fumin Zhang, “A High-Gain Adaptive Observer for Detecting Li-Ion Battery Terminal Voltage Collapse,” Automatica, the IFAC Journal, 50(3):896-902, 2014. Available online [bibtex]

[22] F. Zhang, Fumin Zhang, and X-B. Tan, "Tail-enabled Spiraling Maneuver for Gliding Robotic Fish,"ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, 136(4): Article No. 041028, 2014. Available online [bibtex]

[23] C. Wang, Fumin Zhang and D. Schaefer, “Dynamic Modeling of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle,” Springer Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 20(2):199-212, 2015. Available online [bibtex]

[24] D. Chang, C. Edwards, and Fumin Zhang, “Real-Time Guidance of Underwater Gliders Assisted by Predictive Ocean Models,” Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 32(3):562-578, 2015. Available online [bibtex]

[25] Fumin Zhang, G. Marani, R. N. Smith, and H. T. Choi, “Future Trends in Marine Robotics,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 22(1):14-122, 2015. Available online Preprint [bibtex]

[26] M. Malisoff and Fumin Zhang, “Robustness of Adaptive Control under Time Delays for Three-Dimensional Curve Tracking,” SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 53(4):2203-2236, 2015. Available online [bibtex]

[27] X. Wang, Z Shi, Fumin Zhang and Y. Wang, “Dynamic Real-time Scheduling for Human-agent Collaboration Systems Based on Mutual Trust,” Cyber-Physical Systems, 1(2-4):76-90, 2015. Available online [bibtex]

[28] W. Wu and Fumin Zhang, “ A Speeding-up and Slowing-down Strategy for Distributed Source Seeking with Robustness Analysis,” IEEE Transactions on Control of Networked Systems, 3(3):231-140, 2016. Available online [bibtex]

[29] Z. Chen, J. Yu, A. Zhang, and Fumin Zhang, “Design and analysis of folding propulsion mechanism for hybrid-driven underwater gliders,” Ocean Engineering, 119:125-134, 2016. Available online [bibtex]

[30] Fumin Zhang, “Cyber-Maritime Cycle: Autonomy of Marine Robots for Ocean Sensing”, Foundations and Trends in Robotics, 5(1): 1-115, 2016. Available online [bibtex]

[31] M. Malisoff, R. Sizemore, and Fumin Zhang, “Adaptive Planar Curve Tracking Control and Robustness Analysis under State Constraints and Unknown Curvature,” Automatica, 75(1):133-143, 2017. Available online [bibtex]

[32] J. P. Varnell, M. Malisoff and Fumin Zhang, “Stability and Robustness Analysis for Human Pointing Motions with Acceleration under Feedback Delays,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 27(5)703-721, 2017. Available online [bibtex]

[33] D. Chang, W. Wu, C. R. Edwards, and Fumin Zhang, “Motion Tomography: Mapping Flow Fields Using Autonomous Underwater Vehicles,” International Journal of Robotics Research, 36(3):320–336, 2017. Available online [bibtex]

[34] Z. Shi and Fumin Zhang, “Model Predictive Control under Timing Constraints induced by Controller Area Networks,” Real Time Systems, 53(2):196-227, 2017. Available online [bibtex]

[35] K. Szwaykowska and Fumin Zhang, “Controlled Lagrangian Particle Tracking: Error Growth Under Feedback Control,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 26(3): 874-889, 2018. Available online [bibtex]

[36] S. Liu, J. Sun, J. Yu, A. Zhang, and Fumin Zhang, “Distributed Traversability Analysis of Flow Field Under Communication Constraints,” IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, early access, 2018. Available online [bibtex]

[37] Q. Tao, Y. Zhou, F. Tong, A. Song, and Fumin Zhang, “Evaluating Acoustic Communication Performance of Micro Autonomous Underwater Vehicles in Confined Space,” Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, 19(8):1013-1023, 2018. Available online [bibtex]

[38] W. Xu,Y.-L. Ma,Fumin Zhang,D. Rouseff,F. Ji,J.-H. Cui,and H. Yahia, “Marine information technology: the best is yet to come,” Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, 19(8):947-950, 2018. Available online [bibtex]

[39] S. Al-Abri, W. Wu and Fumin Zhang, “A Gradient-Free 3-dimensional Source Seeking Strategy with Robustness Analysis,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 64(8):3439-3446, 2019. Available online [bibtex]

[40] D. Chang, C. R. Edwards, F. Zhang, and J. Sun, “A data assimilation framework for data-driven flow models enabled by motion tomography,International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications, 3(2):158-177, 2019. Available Online [bibtex]

[41] N. Yao, Q. Tao, W. Liu, Z. Liu, Y. Tian, P. Wang, T. Li, F. Zhang, “Autonomous flying blimp interaction with human in an indoor space,Frontiers of Information Technology and Electronic Engineering, 20(1): 45-59, 2019. Available Online [bibtex]

[42] S. Zheng, F. Tong, B. Li, Q. Tao, A. Song, and F. Zhang, “Design and evaluation of an acoustic modem for a small autonomous unmanned vehicle,Sensors, 19(13), 2019. Available Online [bibtex]

[43] S. Li, S. Wang, F. Zhang, and Y. Wang. “Constructing the three-dimensional structure of an anticyclonic eddy in the south china sea using multiple underwater gliders,Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 36(12):2449–2470, 2019. Available Online [bibtex]

 

Edited Books

[1] Y. Wang and Fumin Zhang, Trends in Control and Decision-Making for Human–Robot Collaboration Systems, Springer, 2017. Available online [bibtex]

[2] Y. Wang, E. Garcia, F. Zhang and D. Casbeer (edit), Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Systems: Theory and Applications, Wiley, 2017. Available Online [bibtex]

 
Book Chapters

[1] Fumin Zhang, E. W. Justh, and P. S. Krishnaprasad, "Boundary Tracking and Obstacle Avoidance Using Gyroscopic Control," Recent Trends in Dynamical Systems, Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics. Volume 35, 417-446, 2013. Available online [bibtex]

[2] D. Chang, X. Liang, W. Wu, C. R. Edwards, and Fumin Zhang, "Real-Time Modeling of Ocean Currents for Navigating Underwater Glider Sensing Networks," Cooperative Robots and Sensor Networks, Studies in Computational Intelligence, Volume 507, 61-75, 2014. Available online [bibtex]

[3] S. Mukhopadhyay, C. Wang, M. Patterson, M. Malisoff, and Fumin Zhang, "Collaborative Autonomous Surveys in Marine Environments Affected by Oil Spills," Cooperative Robots and Sensor Networks, Studies in Computational Intelligence, Volume 554, 87-113, 2014. Available online [bibtex]

[4] Y. Wang, Z. Shi, C. Wang, and Fumin Zhang, "Human-Robot Mutual Trust in (Semi)autonomous Underwater Robots," Cooperative Robots and Sensor Networks, Studies in Computational Intelligence, Volume 554, 115-137, 2014. Available online [bibtex]

[5] Z. Shi, N. Yao, and Fumin Zhang, "Scheduling Feasibility of Energy Management in Micro-grids Based on Significant Moment Analysis,"in Cyber-Physical Systems: Foundations, Principles and Applications, edited by H. Song, D. B. Rawat, S. Jeschke and C. Brecher, 431-450, Elseiver, 2017. Available online [bibtex]

[6] C. Young and Fumin Zhang, "A Learning Algorithm to Select Consistent Reactions to Human Movements," in Trends in Control and Decision-Making for Human–Robot Collaboration Systems, edited by Y. Wang and F. Zhang, 111-130, Springer, 2017. Available online [bibtex]

 

Peer Reviewed Conference Papers
Premium Computer Science Conferences

[1] Fumin Zhang, K. Szwaykowska, V. Mooney, and W. Wolf, “Task Scheduling for Control Oriented Requirements for Cyber-Physical Systems," in Proc. of IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS 2008), 47-56, 2008. Preprint [bibtex]

[2] X. Liang, W. Wu, D. Chang,and Fumin Zhang, “Real-time Modelling of Tidal Current for Navigating Underwater Glider Sensing Networks,” Procedia Computer Science, 10:1121-1126, 2012. Available online [bibtex]

[3] Z. Shi, and Fumin Zhang, “An Analytical Model of the CAN Bus for Online Schedulability Test,” in Proc. of the Third Analytic Virtual Integration of Cyber-Physical Systems Workshop (AVICPS), held in conjunction with the 33rd IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS2012), 2012. Preprint [bibtex]

[4] Z. Shi and Fumin Zhang, “Predicting Time-Delays under Real-time Scheduling for Linear Model Predictive Control,” in Proc. 2013 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communication Workshops: the International Workshop on Cyber-Physical System(CPS) and Its Computing and Network Design, 205-209, 2013. Preprint [bibtex]

[5] W. Wu, D. Chang, and Fumin Zhang, “Glider CT: Reconstructing Flow Fields from Predicted Motion of Underwater Gliders,” in Proceedings of the Eighth ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks and Systems (WuWNet'13), Article No. 47, 2013. Available online [bibtex]

[6] S. Liu, J. Yu, A. Zhang and Fumin Zhang, “Cooperative Path Planning for Networked Gliders under Weak Communication,” in Proc. the 9th ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks & Systems (WuWNet'14), Article no. 5, Rome, Italy, 2014. Available online [bibtex]

[7] W. Wu, A. Song, P. Varnell and Fumin Zhang, “Cooperatively Mapping of the Underwater Acoustic Channel by Robot Swarms,” in Proc. the 9th ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks & Systems (WuWNet'14), Article no. 20, Rome, Italy, 2014. Available online [bibtex]

[8] S. Cho, and Fumin Zhang, “Localization of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Incorporating Flow Models and Acoustic Detection,” in Proc. of the 10th ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks and Systems (WuWNet'15), Article no. 34 Washington DC, USA, October 22-24, 2015. Available online [bibtex]

[9] S. Cho, and Fumin Zhang, “An adaptive control law for controlled Lagrangian particle tracking,” in Proceedings of the 11th ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks and Systems (WuWNet'16), Article no. 11, Shanghai, China, October 24-26, 2016. Available online [bibtex]

[10] S. Cho, Fumin Zhang and C.E. Edwards, “Detecting Abnormal Speed of Marine Robots using Controlled Lagrangian Particle Tracking Methods,” in Proceedings of the 12th ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks and Systems (WuWNet'17), Article no. 11, Halifax, Canada, November 6-8, 2017. Available online [bibtex]

[11] X. Wang, S. Zheng, Q. Tao, Fumin Zhang, A. Song, and F. Tong, “Doppler Correction of Mobile Acoustic Communication via Adjustable AD Sampling Rate,” in Proceedings of the 13th ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks and Systems (WuWNet’18), Article no. 3, Shenzhen, China, December 3-5, 2018. Available online [bibtex]

[12] J. Sun, J. Yu, A. Zhang, A. Song, and Fumin Zhang, “Underwater Acoustic Intensity Field Reconstruction by Kriged Compressive Sensing,” in Proceedings of the 13th ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks and Systems (WuWNet’18), Article no. 5, Shenzhen, China, December 3-5, 2018. Available online [bibtex]

[13] Z. Zhang, M. Hou, F. Zhang, and C. R. Edwards, “An LSTM based Kalman Filter for Spatio-Temporal Ocean Currents Assimilation,” in 14th International Conference on Underwater Networks Systems (WUWNET’19), Atlanta, USA, October 2019. Available Online [bibtex]

[14] D. Chen, B. Li, F. Tong, Q. Tao and F. Zhang, “Research and Development of a Low-Complexity OFDM Modem for Micro-AUV,” in 14th International Conference on Underwater Networks Systems (WUWNET’19), Atlanta, USA, October 2019. Available Online [bibtex]

[15] Q. Fu, A. Song, Q. Tao, F. Zhang and M. Pan, “Virtual MIMO for Multiuser Underwater Acoustic Communications with Moving Platforms,” in 14th International Conference on Underwater Networks Systems (WUWNET’19), Atlanta, USA, October 2019. Available Online [bibtex]

[16] Q. Tao, J. Lobley, Y. Yu, M. Y. Aung, F. Zhang, Y. Zhou, F. Tong and A. Song, “ Omnidirectional Surface Vehicle for Evaluating Underwater Acoustic Communication Performance in Confined Space,” in 14th International Conference on Underwater Networks Systems (WUWNET’19), Atlanta, USA, October 2019. Available Online [bibtex]

Electrical Engineering and Robotics Conferences
[99] C. Young, N. Yao and F. Zhang, “Avoiding Chatter in an Online Co-Learning Algorithm Predicting Human Intention,” in Proc. 58th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec 11-13, Nice, France, 2019. Available Online [bibtex]

[98] N. Yao, M. Malisoff and F. Zhang, “ Contention-Resolving Model Predictive Control for Coordinating Automated Vehicles at a Traffic Intersection,” in Proc. 58th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec, Nice, France, 2019. Available Online [bibtex]

[97] M. Hou, Q. Tao, P. Varnell, and F. Zhang, “Modeling Pointing Tasks in Human-Blimp Interactions,” in Proc. 2019 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), 73–78, Aug 19-21, Hong Kong, China, 2019. Available Online [bibtex]

[96] S. Al-Abri, S. Maxon, and F. Zhang, “A Multi-Layer Swarm Control Model for Information Propagation and Multi-Tasking,” in Proc. 2019 American Control Conference (ACC), 4653–4658, July 10-12, Philadelphia, PA, 2019. Available Online [bibtex]

[95] M. Hou, H. Zhai, H. Zhou, and F. Zhang, “Partitioning Ocean Flow Field for Underwater Vehicle Path Planning,” in Proc. 2019 MTS/IEEE Oceans, Jun 17-20, Marseille, France, 2019. Available Online [bibtex]

[94] D. Chang, F. Zhang, and J. Sun, “Distributed Motion Tomography for Reconstruction of Flow Fields,” in Proc. 2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 8048–8054, May 20-24, Montreal, Canada, 2019. Available Online [bibtex]

[93] S. Al-Abri and Fumin Zhang, “A Distributed Level Curve Tracking Control Law for Multi-Agent Systems,” in Proc. 2018 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2575-2580, Dec. 17-19, Miami Beach, FL, 2018. Available online [bibtex]

[92] Q. Tao, J. Cha, M. Hou and Fumin Zhang, “Parameter Identification of Blimp Dynamics through Swinging Motion,” in Proc. 15th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV), 1186-1191, Nov. 18-21, Singapore, 2018. Available online [bibtex]

[91] Q. Tao, K. Huang, C. Qin, B. Guo, R. Lam and Fumin Zhang, “Omnidirectional Surface Vehicle for Fish Cage Inspection,” in Proc. 2018 MTS/IEEE Oceans, Oct 22-25, Charleston, SC, 2018. Available online [bibtex]

[90] M. Hou, S. Liu, Fumin Zhang and C. R. Edwards, “Path Tracking Error Analysis for Underwater Glider Navigation in a Spatially and Temporally Varying Flow Field,” in Proc. 2018 MTS/IEEE Oceans, Oct 22-25, Charleston, SC, 2018. Available online [bibtex]

[89] N. Yao and Fumin Zhang, “Resolving Contentions for Intelligent Traffic Intersections Using Optimal Priority Assignment and Model Predictive Control,” in Proc. 2018 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), 632 - 637, Aug 21-24, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2018. Available online [bibtex]

[88] J. P. Varnell and Fumin Zhang, “Computing Largest Tolerable Disturbance Sets,” in Proc. 2018 American Control Conference, 6114-6119, June 27-29, Milwaukee, MI, 2018. Available online [bibtex]

[87] S. Al-Abri, S. Maxon, and Fumin Zhang, “Integrating a PCA Learning Algorithm with the SUSD Strategy for a Collective Source Seeking Behavior,” in Proc. 2018 American Control Conference, 2479-2484, June 27-29, Milwaukee, MI, 2018. Available online [bibtex]

[86] M. Ouerghi and Fumin Zhang, “An Improved Algorithm for Motion Tomography by Incorporating Vehicle Travel Time,” in Proc. 2018 American Control Conference, 1907-1912, June 27-29, Milwaukee, MI, 2018. Available online [bibtex]

[85] Q. Tao, Y. Zhou, F. Tong, A. Song, Fumin Zhang, “Evaluating Acoustic Communication Performance of Micro AUV in Confined Space,” in Proc. 2018 MTS/IEEE Oceans, May 28-31, Kobe, Japan, 2018. Available online [bibtex]

[84] M. Hou, S. Liu, Fumin Zhang, C. R. Edwards, “A Combined Path Planning and Path Following Method for Underwater Glider Navigation in a Strong, Dynamic Flow Field,” in Proc. 2018 MTS/IEEE Oceans, May 28-31, Kobe, Japan, 2018. Available online [bibtex]

[83] S. Al-Abri and Fumin Zhang, “Consensus on a Sphere for a 3-dimensional Speeding Up and Slowing Down Strategy,” in Proc. 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 1503-1508, December 12-15, Melbourne, Australia, 2017. Available online [bibtex]

[82] S. Cho, Fumin Zhang and C. E. Edwards, “Anomaly Detection for Controlled Lagrangian Particles,” in Proc. 2017 MTS/IEEE Oceans, Anchorage, Alaska, 2017. Available online [bibtex]

[81] S. Maxon and Fumin Zhang, “Extending a routing protocol for mobile robot mesh networking,” in Proc. 2017 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, 37-42, Kona, Hawaii, 2017. Available online [bibtex]

[80] A. Khan and Fumin Zhang, “Using recurrent neural networks (RNNs) as planners for bio-inspired robotic motion,” in Proc. 2017 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, 1025-1030, Kona, Hawaii, 2017. Available online [bibtex]

[79] S. Cho, V. Mishra, Q. Tao, P. Vamell, M. King-Smith, A. Muni, W. Smallwood and Fumin Zhang, “Autopilot design for a class of miniature autonomous blimps,” in Proc. 2017 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, 841-846, Kona, Hawaii, 2017. Available online [bibtex]

[78] N. Yao, E. Anaya, Q. Tao, S. Cho, H. Zheng and Fumin Zhang, “Monocular Vision-based Human Following on Miniature Robotic Blimp,” in Proc. 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Singapore, 2017. Preprint [bibtex]

[77] N. Yao, M. Malisoff and Fumin Zhang, “Contention Resolving Optimal Priority Assignment for Event-Triggered Model Predictive Controllers,” in Proc. 2017 American Control Conference, Seattle, 2357-2362, WA, 2017. Preprint [bibtex]

[76] V. Mishra and Fumin Zhang, “Explorability of a Turbulent Scalar Field,” in Proc. 2017 American Control Conference, 3567-3572, Seattle, WA, 2017. Preprint [bibtex]

[75] C. Young, A. Khan and Fumin Zhang, “Adaptiveness and Consistency of Expert based Learning Algorithms Selecting Reactions to Human Movements,” in Proc. 2017 American Control Conference, 1530-1535, Seattle, WA, 2017. Preprint [bibtex]

[74] J. You, Y. Zhang, M. Li, K. Su, Fumin Zhang and W. Wu, “Cooperative Parameter Identification of Advection-diffusion Processes Using a Mobile Sensor Network,” in Proc. 2017 American Control Conference, 3230-3236, Seattle, WA, 2017. Preprint [bibtex]

[73] D. Chang and Fumin Zhang, “Resolving Temporal Variations in Data-Driven Flow Models Constructed by Motion Tomography,” IFAC-PapersOnLine 49:(18), 182-187, 2016. Preprint [bibtex]

[72] S. Cho, Fumin Zhang, and C. Edwards, “Adaptive Learning for Controlled Lagrangian Particle Tracking,” in Proc. of MTS/IEEE Oceans 2016, Monterey, CA, 2016. Preprint [bibtex]

[71] S. Cho, Fumin Zhang, and C. Edwards, “Tidal Variability of Acoustic Detection,” in Proc. 2016 IEEE International Conferences on Sustainable Computing and Communications, 431-436, Atlanta, GA, 2016. Preprint [bibtex]

[70] V. Mishra and Fumin Zhang, “A Stochastic Optimization Framework for Source Seeking with Infotaxis-Like Algorithms,” in Proc. of 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 6845 - 6850, Las Vegas, NV, 2016. Preprint [bibtex]

[69] P. Varnell, S. Mukhopadhyay, and Fumin Zhang, “Discretized Boundary Methods for Computing Smallest Forward Invariant Sets,” in Proc. of 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 6518 - 6524, Las Vegas, NV, 2016. Preprint [bibtex]

[68] A. Khan, V. Mishra, and Fumin Zhang, “Bio-Inspired Source Seeking: A Hybrid Speeding up and Slowing down Algorithm,” in Proc. of 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 4334 - 4339, Las Vegas, NV, 2016. Preprint [bibtex]

[67] J. You, Fumin Zhang and W. Wu, “Cooperative Filtering for Parameter Identification of Diffusion Processes,” in Proc. of 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 4327 - 4333, Las Vegas, NV, 2016. Preprint [bibtex]

[66] M. Malisoff, R. Sizemore and Fumin Zhang, “Robustness of Adaptive Control for Three-Dimensional Curve Tracking under State Constraints: Effects of Scaling Control Terms,” in Proc. of 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, NV, 3825 - 3830, 2016. Preprint [bibtex]

[65] M. A. Rana, N. Yao, S. Mukhopadhyay, Fumin Zhang, E. Warren and C. Payne, “Modeling the Effect of Nanoparticles & Bistability of Transmembrane Potential in Nonexcitable Cells,” in Proc. of 2016 American Control Conferences, 400-405, Boston, MA, 2016. Preprint [bibtex]

[64] M. Malisoff and Fumin Zhang, “Adaptive Planar Curve Tracking Control with Unknown Curvature,” in Proc. of 2016 American Control Conferences, 1608-1612, Boston, MA, 2016. Preprint [bibtex]

[63] C. Young, and Fumin Zhang, “A Learning Algorithm to Select Consistent Reactions to Human Movements,” in Proc. of 2016 American Control Conferences, 6152-6157, Boston, MA, 2016. Preprint [bibtex]

[62] S. Liu, J. Sun, J. Yu, A. Zhang and Fumin Zhang, “Sampling optimization for networked underwater gliders,” in Proc. of IEEE/MTS Oceans 2016, (4 pages), Shanghai, China, April, 2016. Preprint [bibtex]

[61] S. Fan, W. Xu, Z. Chen, and Fumin Zhang, “Nonlinear observer design for current estimation based on underwater vehicle dynamic model,” in Proc. of IEEE/MTS Oceans 2016, (5 pages), Shanghai, China, April, 2016. Preprint [bibtex]

[60] D. Chang and Fumin Zhang, “Distributed motion tomography for time-varying flow fields,” in Proc. of IEEE/MTS Oceans 2016, (7 pages), Shanghai, China, April, 2016. Preprint [bibtex]

[59] J. Sun, S. Liu, J. Yu, A. Zhang and Fumin Zhang, “Localization of underwater gliders with acoustic travel-time in an observation network,” in Proc. of IEEE/MTS Oceans 2016, (5 pages), Shanghai, China, April, 2016. Preprint [bibtex]

[58] J. P. Varnell and Fumin Zhang, “Characteristics of Human Pointing Motions with Acceleration,” in Proc. of IEEE 54th Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 5364-5369, December, 2015. Preprint [bibtex]

[57] Y. Tian, W. Li, and Fumin Zhang, “Moth-inspired plume tracing via autonomous underwater vehicle with only a pair of separated chemical sensors,” in Proc. of IEEE/MTS Oceans 2015, (8 pages), Washington D.C., October, 2015. Preprint [bibtex]

[56] X. Wang, Z. Shi, Fumin Zhang, and Y. Wang, “Mutual Trust Based Scheduling for (Semi)autonomous Multi-agent Systems,” in Proc. of 2015 American Control Conference (ACC2015), 459-464, July, 2015. Preprint [bibtex]

[55] J. Sun, J. Yu, A. Zhang and Fumin Zhang, “Navigation positioning algorithm for underwater gliders in three-dimensional space,” in Proc. of 2015 IEEE Conference on Cyber Technology in Automation, Control and Intelligent Systems (CYBER), 1269-1274, Shenyang, China, June, 2015. Preprint [bibtex]

[54] S. Liu and J. Yu and A. Zhang and Fumin Zhang, “An adaptive scheme of sharing compressed flow information among networked underwater gliders,” in Proc. of 2015 IEEE Conference on Cyber Technology in Automation, Control and Intelligent Systems (CYBER), 1115-1120, Shenyang, China, June, 2015. Preprint [bibtex]

[53] S. Mukhopadhyay, Fumin Zhang, E. Warren, and C. Payne, “A Model for Controlling the Resting Membrane Potential of Cells using Nanoparticles,” in Proc. of 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC2014), 6017-6022, Dec, 2014. Preprint [bibtex]

[52] W. Wu, Fumin Zhang, and Y. Wardi, “Target Localization: Energy-Information Trade-offs using Mobile Sensor Networks,” in Proc. of 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2014), 2944-2949, Dec, 2014. Preprint [bibtex]

[51] D. Chang, W. Wu, and Fumin Zhang, “Glider CT: Analysis and Experimental Validation,” in Proc. of the 12th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS 2014), 196-209, Nov, 2014. Preprint [bibtex]

[50] H. Zhang, Fumin Zhang, Q. Hui, “A Speed-Up and Speed-Down Strategy for Swarm Optimization,” in Proceedings of the 2014 conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation (GECCO2014), 1481-1482, July, 2014. Preprint [bibtex]

[49] S. Mukhopadhyay and F. Zhang, “A Path Planning Approach to Compute the Smallest Robust Forward Invariant Sets,” in Proc. of 2014 American Control Conference (ACC 2014), 1851-1856,2014. Preprint [bibtex]

[48] M. Malisoff and Fumin Zhang, “An Adaptive Control Design for 3D Curve Tracking based on Robust Forward Invariance,” in Proc. of 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2013), pp 4473-4478, 2013. Preprint [bibtex]

[47] W. Wu, D. Chang, and Fumin Zhang, “A Bio-inspired 3D Plume Tracking Strategy Using Mobile Sensor Networks,” in Proc. of 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2013), pp 4571-4578, 2013. Preprint [bibtex]

[46] P. Varnell and Fumin Zhang, "Dissipativity-Based Teleoperation with Time-Varying Communication Delays," Proc. 4th IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems (NecSys'13), 369-376, 2013. Preprint [bibtex]

[45] W. Wu, Fumin Zhang, and Y. Wardi, "Energy-Information Tradeoffs in Motion and Sensing for Target Localization," Proc. of 2013 European Control Conference (ECC 2013), 1250-1255, 2013. Preprint [bibtex]

[44] M. Malisoff and Fumin Zhang, "Robustness of a Class of Three-Dimensional Curve Tracking Control Laws under Time Delays and Polygonal State Constraints," Proc. 2013 American Control Conference (ACC 2013), 5710-5715, 2013. Preprint [bibtex]

[43] H. Yang, C. Wang, and Fumin Zhang, "Robust Geometric Formation Control of Multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles with Time Delays," in Proc. 2013 American Control Conference (ACC 2013), 1382-1387, 2013. Preprint [bibtex]

[42] K. Szwaykowska and Fumin Zhang, "Controlled Lagrangian Particle Tracking Error Under Biased Flow Prediction," in Proc. 2013 American Control Conference (ACC 2013), 2581-2586, 2013. Preprint [bibtex]

[41] D. Chang, W. Wu, D. Webster, M. Weissburg, and Fumin Zhang, "A Bio-inspired Plume Tracking Algorithm for Mobile Sensing Swarms in Turbulent Flow," in Proc. 2103 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2013), 921-926, 2013. Preprint [bibtex]

[40] S. Mukhopadhyay and Fumin Zhang, “Adaptive Detection of Terminal Voltage Collapses for Li-Ion Batteries,” in Proc. 51st IEEE International Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2012), 4799-4804, 2012. Preprint [bibtex]

[39] W. Wu and Fumin Zhang, “Coherent Steps of Mobile Sensing Agents in Gaussian Scalar Fields,” in Proc. 51st IEEE International Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2012), 2814-2819, 2012. Preprint [bibtex]

[38] S. Mukhopadhyay, C. Wang, S. Bradshaw, S. Maxon, M. Patterson, and Fumin Zhang, “Controller Performance of Marine Robots in Reminiscent Oil Surveys,” in Proc. 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2012), 1766-1771, 2012. Preprint [bibtex]

[37] F. Zhang, Fumin Zhang, and X-B. Tan, “Steady Spiraling Motion of Gliding Robotic Fish,” in Proc. 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2012), 1754-1759, 2012. Preprint [bibtex]

[36] W. Wu, I. D. Couzin, and Fumin Zhang, “Bio-inspired Source Seeking with no Explicit Gradient Estimation” in Proc. 3rd IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems (NecSys’12), 240-245, 2012. Preprint [bibtex]

[35] M. Malisoff and Fumin Zhang, “Adaptive Controllers and Robustness Analysis for Curve Tracking with Unknown Control Gains,” in Proc. 2012 American Control Conference (ACC 2012), 344-349, 2012. Preprint [bibtex]

[34] W. Wu and Fumin Zhang, “Explorability of Noisy Scalar Fields,” in Proc. 2011 IEEE International Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2011), 6439-6444, 2011. Preprint [bibtex]

[33] J. Kim, S. Maxon, M. Egerstedt, and Fumin Zhang, “Intruder Capturing Game on a Topological Map Assisted by Information Networks,” in Proc. 2011 IEEE International Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2011), 6266-6271, 2011. Preprint [bibtex]

[32] K. Szwaykowska and Fumin Zhang, “A Lower Bound on Navigation Error for Marine Robots Guided by Ocean Circulation Models,” in Proc. 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2011), 3583-3588, 2011. Preprint [bibtex]

[31] D. Chang, Fumin Zhang, and M. West, "Diagnosis and Prognosis of Scrubber Faults for Underwater Rebreathers based on Stochastic Event Models," in Proc. 2011 IEEE International Conference on Prognostics and Health Management (PHM 2011), 2011. Preprint [bibtex]

[30] M. Malisoff, F. Mazenc, and Fumin Zhang, “Input-to-State Stability for Curve Tracking Control: A Constructive Approach,” in Proc. 2011 American Control Conference (ACC 2011), 1984-1989, 2011. Preprint [bibtex]

[29] W. Wu and Fumin Zhang, “Experimental Validation of Source Seeking with a Switching Strategy,” in Proc. 2011 IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2011), 3835-3840, 2011.Preprint [bibtex]

[28] S. Zhang, J. Yu, A. Zhang, and Fumin Zhang, “Steady Three Dimensional Gliding Motion of an Underwater Glider,” in Proc. 2011 IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2011), 2392-2397, 2011. Preprint [bibtex]

[27] H. Yang and Fumin Zhang, “Robust Control of Horizontal Formation Dynamics for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles,” in Proc. 2011 IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2011), 3364-3369, 2011. Preprint [bibtex]

[26] K. Szwaykowska and Fumin Zhang, “A Lower Bound for Controlled Lagrangian Particle Tracking Error, ” in Proc.49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2010), 4353-4358, 2010. Preprint [bibtex]

[25] W. Wu and Fumin Zhang, “A Switching Strategy for Robust Cooperative Exploration,” in Proc.49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2010), 5493-5498, 2010. Preprint [bibtex]

[24] W. Wu and Fumin Zhang, “Curvature Based Cooperative Exploration of Three Dimensional Scalar Fields,” in Proc. 2010 American Control Conference (ACC 2010), 2909-2915, 2010. Preprint [bibtex]

[23]H. Yang and Fumin Zhang, “Geometric Formation Control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles,” in Proc. 2010 IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2010), 4288-4293, 2010. Preprint [bibtex]

[22] J. Kim, Fumin Zhang and M. Egerstedt (2009), “Simultaneous Cooperative Exploration and Networking Based on Voronoi Diagrams,” in Proc. 2009 IFAC Workshop on Networked Robotics (NETROBO 2009), 1-6, 2009. Preprint [bibtex]

[21] Fumin Zhang and Z. Shi “Optimal and Adaptive Battery Discharge Strategies for Cyber-Physical Systems,” in Proc. 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2009) , 6232-6237, 2009. Preprint [bibtex]

[20] J. Kim, Fumin Zhang, and M. Egerstedt, “An Exploration Strategy Based on Construction of Voronoi Diagrams,” in Proc. 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2009), 7024-7029, 2009. Preprint [bibtex]

[19] Fumin Zhang, Z. Shi, and W.Wolf, “A Dynamic Battery Model for Co-Design in Cyber-Physical Systems,” in Proc. 29th IEEE Internaional Converence on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops: the 2nd International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems, 51-56, Montreal, Cananda, 2009. Preprint [bibtex]

[18] K. Szwaykowska, Fumin Zhang,and W. Wolf, “Tracking Error under Time Delay and Asynchronicity in Distributed Camera Systems,” in Proc. 2009 American Control Conference (ACC 2009), 4886-4891. Preprint [bibtex]

[17] J. Kim, Fumin Zhang, and M. Egerstedt. “Curve Tracking Control for Autonomous Vehicles with Rigidly Mounted Range Sensors,” in Proceedings of 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2008), 5036-5041, 2008. Preprint [bibtex]

[16] Fumin Zhang and Naomi Leonard, “Cooperative Kalman Filters for Cooperative Exploration,” in Proc. of 2008 American Control Conference (ACC 2008), 2654-2659, 2008. Preprint [bibtex]

[15] Fumin Zhang and Salman Haq, “Boundary Following by Robot Formations without GPS,” in Proc. of 2008 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2008), 152-157, 2008. Preprint [bibtex]

[14] Fumin Zhang, “Cooperative Shape Control of Particle Formations,” in Proc. 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2007),2516-2521, 2007. Preprint [bibtex]

[13] Fumin Zhang, Edward Fiorelli and Naomi Leonard “Exploring Scalar Fields Using Multiple Sensor Platforms: Tracking Level Curves,” in Proc. 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2007), 3579-3584, 2007. Preprint [bibtex]

[12] Fumin Zhang, “Curve Tracking Control for Legged Locomotion,” in Proc. of 2007 American Control Conference (ACC 2007), 2836-2841, 2007. Preprint [bibtex]

[11] Fumin Zhang and Naomi Leonard, “A Controller Design Method under Infrequent, Asynchronous Sensing,” in Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control 2007 (HSCC 2007), 790-794, 2007. Preprint [bibtex]

[10] Fumin Zhang and Naomi Leonard, “Coordinated Patterns on Smooth Curves,” in Proc. 2006 IEEE International Conference On Networking, Sensing and Control , 434-439, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, April, 2006. Preprint [bibtex]

[9] P. Bhatta, E. Fiorelli, F. Lekien, N. E. Leonard, D. A. Paley, F. Zhang, R. Bachmayer, R. E. Davis, D. M. Fratantoni, and R. Sepulchre. “Coordination of an Underwater Glider Fleet for Adaptive Ocean Sampling,” in Proc. Int. Workshop on Underwater Robotics for Sustainable Management of Marine Ecosystems and Environmental Monitoring, 61–69, November 2005. Preprint [bibtex]

[8] Fumin Zhang and Naomi Leonard, “Generating Contour Plots using Multiple sensor platforms,” in Proc. of 2005 IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium, 309-314, June 8-10, 2005. Preprint [bibtex] Demos

[7] Fumin Zhang, Eric Justh and P. S. Krishnaprasad, “Boundary Following using Gyroscopic Control,” in  Proc. of  43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2004), 5204-5209, 2004. Preprint  [bibtex] Demos

[6] Fumin Zhang, Alan O’Connor, Derek Luebke and P.S. Krishnaprasad, “Experimental Study of Curvature-based Control Laws for Obstacle Avoidance,” in Proc. of 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 3849-3854, New Orleans, USA, April 26-May 1, 2004.   Preprint [bibtex] Demos

[5] Fumin Zhang, Michael Goldgeier and P. S. Krishnaprasad, “Control of Small Formations using Shape Coordinates,” in Proc. of 2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2510-2515, Taipei, Taiwan, September 14-19, 2003. Preprint [bibtex]

[4] Fumin Zhang and P. S. Krishnaprasad, “Co-ordinated Orbit Transfer of Satellite Clusters,” in Proc. of 41st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 4095-4100, Las Vegas, Nevada, Dec 10-13, 2002. Preprint [bibtex]

[3] Fumin Zhang and P. S. Krishnaprasad, “Formation Dynamics under a Class of Control Laws,” in Proc. of 2002 American Control Conference, 1678-1685, Anchorage, Alaska, May 8-10, 2002. Preprint [bibtex]

[2] D. Hristu, P. S. Krishnaprasad, F. Zhang, S.Andersson, L. D’Anna, P. Sodre, “The MDLe Engine: A Software Tool for Hybrid Motion Control,” ISR Technical Report TR2000-54, University of Maryland, 2000. Preprint [bibtex]

[1] Zhang Fumin, Chen Jianye, Wang Zhonghong, and Han Yingduo, “Fault Recognition of A 20 MVAR Statcom Main Circuit Using Artificial Neural Network,” in Proc. of IECEC( 33rd Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference )-98-I164, Colorado Springs, Aug.2-6, 1998  [bibtex]