PUBLICATIONS

1.  "Stability and Decentralization of Interconnected Systems," with W.E. Thompson and D. Boussalis, Proc. 21st Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp 486-494, 1978 (I).

2. "Vector Lyapunov Functions and Stability of Decentralized Systems," with W.E. Thompson and D. Boussalis, Proc IEEE Region V Annual Conference, pp 149-66, 1979.

3.  "Stability of Large-Scale Systems", with W. E. Thompson and D. Boussalis Proc. 10th Annual Pittsburgh Conference on Modeling and Simulation, pp 633-637, 1979 (I).

4.  "Stability of a Class of Decentralized Systems," with D. Boussalis and W.E. Thompson, Proc 22nd Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp 69-73, 1979.

5. "Vector Lyapunov Functions and Stability of Decentralized Systems," with W.E. Thompson and D. Boussalis, Proc 2nd International Conference on Mathematical Modeling, pp 601-610, 1979.

6. "Stability of Large Scale Systems", Ph.D. Dissertation, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1979.

7. "Asymptotic Stability of Large-Scale Systems", Proc. 11th Annual Pittsburgh Conf. on Modeling and Simulation, 1980.

8.  "Exponential Stability of Large-Scale Systems with Stable and Unstable Components", with S.D. Martinez and W. E. Thompson, Proc 1980 International Conference on Circuits and Computers, pp 636-639, 1980.

9.  "Stability of a Class of Discrete-Time Interconnected Systems," with D. Boussalis, Proc. 14th Asilomar Conference on Circuits Systems and Computers, pp 509-511, 1980.

10. "Stability of a Class of Discrete-Time Interconnected Systems," with S. D. Martinez, Proc. International Congress on Applied Systems Research and Cybernetics, Vol 5, pp 2639-2643, 1980 (I).

11. Modeling and Stability Analysis of a Multi-Loop Antenna System", Proc. 12th Annual Pittsburgh Conference , 1981 (I).

12. "Vector Lyapunov Functions and Stability of Stochastic Decentralized Systems," with D. Boussalis, Proc. 15th Asilomar Conference on Circuits, Systems and Computers, pp 263-266, 1981.

13. "Analysis and Design of a Third Order System", Proc. 13th Annual Pittsburgh Conf., 1982.

14.  "Lyapunov Stability of Discrete-Time Large Scale Systems", Proc. 14th Annual Pittsburgh

      Conference, 1983. (I).

15.   "Optimization and Stability of Decentralized Systems", Proc. 15th Annual Pittsburgh Conf., 1984 (I).

16. "Stable Decentralized Control of Flexible Space Structures", Proc.  18th Asilomar Conference on Circuits, Systems, and Computers,  pp. 667‑673, 1984.

17.        "Lyapunov Stability of Flexible Space Structures", Proc. 16th  Annual Pittsburgh Conf. 1985 (I).

18. "Modeling and Stability Analysis of a Class of Flexible Space Structures", Proc. 19th Asilomar Conference on Circuits, Systems, and Computers, pp. 345‑348, 1985.

19.        "Stability of Flexible Space Structures", Proc. 17th Annual Pittsburgh Conf., 1986 (I).

20. A Vector Lyapunov Function Approach to the Stabilization of Stochastic Interconnected Systems," Proc 1986 IEEE Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, pp 1539-1542, 1986.

21. "A Multiple Feedback Approach to Vibration Suppression in Flexible Systems", Proc. 18th Annual Pittsburgh Conf., 1987.

22. "Vibration Suppression in Large Flexible Space Structures", Proceedings of 1987 IEEE International Conference on Systems,  Man and Cybernetics, 1987 (I).

23. "Vibration Suppression in Flexible Systems Via Decentralized  Control," Proc. 19th Annual Pittsburgh Conf., 1988.

24. "The Use of Decentralized Control on the Vibration Suppression in Large Flexible Dynamic Systems," Proc. 22nd Asilomar Conference on Circuits, Systems and Computers, pp. 710-714, 1988.

25. "Figure Control Concepts for Segmented Reflector Telescopes,' Proc 1989 SPIE Conf. on Active Telescope Systems,  1989 (I).

26. "A Decentralized Approach to Vibration Suppression in Segmented Reflector Telescopes," Proc. 1989 ACC. (I).

27. "Vibration Control of Multi-Panel Space Telescopes," Proc. 20th  Annual Pittsburgh Conf., 1989 (I).

28. "Modeling and Stability of a Segmented Reflector Telescope," with C.-H.C. Ih, proc. 23rd Asilomar Conference on Circuits, Systems and Computers, pp. 542-546, 1989.

29. "Modeling and Simulation of a Segmented Reflector Telescope: The Three-Dimensional Case," with C.-H. C. Ih, Proc. 21st Annual Pittsburgh Conference on Modeling and Simulation, pp. 1065-2070, 1990 .

30. "Modeling and Stability of Segmented Reflector Telescopes:  A Decentralized Approach", 1990 ACC .

31. "The Application of Neural Networks to Control Systems," Proc. 24th Asilomar Conference on Circuits,  1990 (I).

32. "Decentralization and Stability Analysis of Segmented Reflector Telescopes:  The 3-D Case," Proc. 24th Asilomar Conference on Circuits, Systems and Computers, pp. 148-151, 1990.

33. "Dynamic Performance Modeling and Stability Analysis of a Segmented Reflector Telescope", with H.C. Briggs and C.-H.C. Ih, Proc 1991 Automatic Control Conference, pp. 1705-1706, 1991 (I).

34. "Neural Network Implementation to Control Systems:  A Survey of Algorithms and Techniques", Proc. 25th Asilomar Conference on Circuits, Systems and Computers, pp 1123-1127, 1991.

35. "Neural Networks That Can be Used to Generate Test Vectors for VLSI Hardware", with D. Holloway and P. Tai, Proc. 23rd Annual Pittsburgh Conference on Modeling and Simulation, 1992.

36.  "Comparison of Neural Network and Fuzzy Logic Control Systems",  Proc  1992 ACC 1992.

37. "The Use of Neural Networks to Generate Test Vectors for VLSI Circuits", Proc. 1992 Government Microcircuit Applications Conference, pp 345-348, 1992.

38.  "Decentralized Control of Large Spaceborne Optical Systems", Proc.  IASTED International Conference on Modeling and Simulation, Pittsburgh, 1993.

39. "The 3-D Modeling of a Segmented Reflector Telescope", IASTED International Conf. on Modeling and Simulation, 1993.

40. "Decentralization of Large Spaceborne Telescopes", Proc. 1994 SPIE Symposium on Astronomical Telescopes, 1994.

41.   "Vibration Suppression Control of a Large Telescope Using Decentralized Control", Proc. 1994 ACC.

42. "The Use of Finite Element Modeling and Decentralized Techniques in Control of Long-Reach Manipulators," Proc 1994 American Control Conference, Baltimore, 1994.

43. "Finite Element Modeling and Decentralized Control Techniques for a Long-Reach Manipulator," with M. Mirmirani, Proc Third International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Computer Vision, Singapore, 1994.

44.  "Robotic Tank Waste Retrieval," with M. Mirmirani, Proc. ASEE Conference, Edmonton, Canada, 1994.

45.  "Decentralization and PID Controller Design For Large-Spaceborne Telescopes," IASTED International Conference on Applied Modeling, Simulation and Optimization, Pittsburgh, 1995.

46. "The Use of Neural Networks to Control a Segmented Reflector Telescope," IASTED International Conference on Applied Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization, Pittsburgh 1995.

47. "A Decentralized Approach to Control Civil Structures," with H. Hashemian, Automatic Control Conference, Seattle, 1995.

48. "A Decentralized Approach to Control Bridges", with H. Hashemian,  IASTED International Conference, Mexico, 1995.

49. "Vibration Control of a Segmented Reflector Using Neural Networks", IASTED International Conf., 1995.

50. "Dynamic Performance Modeling and Decentralization of a Segmented Reflector Telescope," IASTED International Conference, Cancun, Mexico, 1995.

51.  "Optimal Design of a Truss Structure for a Segmented Reflector," ASME Conference, Boston, 1995.

52. "Neural Network Based Identification of a Large Segmented Space Reflector," 3rd IEEE Mediterranean Symposium On New Directions in Control and Automation, Limassol, Cyprus, July,  1995.

53. "Decentralized Pole Placement Control of a Precision Segmented Reflector," IASTED International Conference on Computer Application in Industry, Cairo, Egypt, 1995.

54. "A Decentralized Approach to Control Bridges Using Pole Placement and LQR Techniques," IASTED International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry, Cairo, Egypt, 1995.

55.  "Decentralized Control of Large Flexible Space Telescope Using H2 Control," IASTED International Conf., Austria, 1996.

56. "The Application of H-infinity Control Law to a Decentralized Segmented Reflector," IASTED/SCS Conf., Australia, 1996.

57.  "Decentralized Control of a Large Precision Segmented Reflector Using H2 (LQG) Control   Technique, "   CDC, 1996.

58. "Use of H-infinity Control Law for the Decentralized Control of a Large Flexible Space Telescope, " IASTED International Conference, 1996.

59. "A Neural Network Controller for Vibration Control of a Large Segmented Space Reflector, " IEEE 4th Mediterranean Symposium on Control and Automation, 1996.

60. "The Use of Decentralized Control in Design of a Large Segmented Space Reflector, " 1996 NASA grant    Final Report, 1996.

61. "The Control and Structures Research Laboratory (CSRL) - A Control Oriented Test-Bed for Large Segmented Reflectors, " with Mirmirani, M., Rad, K., Ahmed, M., 5th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Systems, Cyprus, 1997

62. "Adaptive and Neural Techniques for Identification and Control of a Large Segmented Reflector," with Kosmatopoulos, E.B., Ahmed, M., Ioannou, P.A., Chassiakos, A., Mirmirani, M., IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 1997.

63. "Neural Network Control of Unkown Nonlinear Systems," with Kosmatopoulos, E.B., Ioannou P., 36^th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC'97, December 1997.

64. "The Use of Decentralized Control in the Design of a Large Segmented Space Reflector," with Mirmirani, M., Rad, K., Morales, M., Velazquez, E., Chassiakos, A.G., Luzardo, J.A., NASA URC Technical Conference, Albuquerque, NM. Febuary, 1997.

65. "Adjustable Neural Network Controller: Application to a Large Segmented Reflector", with Lazardo, J.A., Chassiakos A., Proceedings of American Control Conference, ACC97, Albuquerque NM., June 1997.

66. “Time Domain System Identification & Robust Control of a Large Segmented Reflector” with Ahmed, M., Li, K., Kosmatopoulos, E.B., Mirmirani,  M., Chassiakos, A., Ioannou, P.A., 1998 ACC

67. “Adaptive Control of Multivariable Nonlinear System with Application to a Large Segmented   Reflector,” with Kosmatopoulos, E.B., Mirmirani,  M., Ioannou, P.A., ACC 1998

68. “A Control Oriented Test-Bed for Large Segmented Reflectors,” with Mirmirani,  M., Et. Al , 1998  NASA URC Technical Conference.

69. “Neural & Adaptive Control Algorithms for Large Segmented Reflectors” with Kosmatopoulos, E.B., Ioannou, P.A., Mirmirani,  M., NASA URC Technical Conference, Alabama, 1998.

70. "Robust, Decentralized, Adaptive, and Neural Control of a Large Segmented Reflector,” with Kosmatopoulos, E.B., Chassiakos, A., Mirmirani, M., Ioannou, P., 37^th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Tampa, Florida, December 1998.

71.    “Neural Network of Multivariable Nonlinear Systems with Application to a Large Segmented Reflector,” with Kosmatopoulos, E.B., Chassiakos, A., Mirmirani, M., Ioannou, P., ISIAC 98, Alaska, 1998.

72.    “Design Simulation & Control of a Segmented Reflector Test-bed,” with Morales, M., Mirmirani, M., The Mediterranean Conference in Control and Automation, Haifa, Israel, June 1999.

73.    “Neural Controllers for Hypersonic Vehicles,” with Mirmirani, M., Kosmatopoulos, E.B., Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, February 1999.

74.    “Control of a Segmented Reflector Test-bed,” with Mirmirani, M., The Third IMACS International Conference on Circuits Systems Communications and Computers, June 1999.

75.    “Centralized, Decentralized and Overlapping Control Techniques for a Large Segmented Telescope,” with Kosmatopoulos, E.B., Ioannou, P.A., 38^th IEEE Control Systems Magazine, 2000.

76.    “Adaptive Conrol for Large Space Reflectors,” with Mirmirani, M. and Kosmatopoulos, E.B., IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, submitted, 2000.

77.    “Control Techniques for a Large Segmented Reflector,” with Mirmirani, M. and Kosmatopoulos, E.B., IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, submitted, 2000.

78.    “Robust Adaptive Sliding Control of Linearizable Systems,” with Xu, H., Mirmirani, M., and Ioannou, P., submitted to the American Control Conference, 2001.

79.    “Robust Adaptive Sliding Control for a Class of MIMO Nonlinear Systems,” with Xu, H., Mirmirani, M., and Ioannou, P., submitted to AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Montreal, Canada, August 2001.

80.    “Control Hypersonic Vehicle by A Sliding Mode Method,” with Xu, H., Mirmirani, M., and Ioannou, P., 11^th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Santa Barbara, February 2001.

81.    "Robust Adaptive Control of Linearizable Systems with Saturated Input," with H. Xu, M. Mirmirani, IFAC Conference, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2001.

82.    "Structures, Pointing, and Control Engineering, a Segmented Reflector Test Bed, " with Florakis, D., and Mirmirani, M., IASTED International Conference on Control and Application, Cancun, Mexico, June 2002.

83.    "The Use of Decentralized Direct Adaptive Control in Design of a Large Segmented Space Reflector", with Abdullah, A., Khoshafian, A., Rad, K., submitted to International Symposium of Intelligent Control,   October 5-8, Houston, Texas, 2003.

84.     "The Use of Parallel Processing to Achieve Decentralized Control of a Segmented Reflector Telescope", with  Rad, K., Liu, C., Dong, J., Abdullah, A., Fallorina, S., Khoshafian, A., submitted to International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications,  June 23-26, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2003.

85.     "3-D Animation for a Segmented Space Reflector Telescope", with Liu, C., Dong., J., Rad, K., Poulis, C., Chen, L., Fellorina, S.,  the 7th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI 2003), Orlando, USA,  July 27-30, 2003.

86.    "Performance Comparison of Compression Methods for Segmented Space Reflector Telescope Image", with Dong, J., Liu, C.,  Rad, K., the 7th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI 2003), Orlando, USA, July 27-30, 2003.

87.    “On The Design And Implementation Of User-Friendly Interface For Scientific And Engineering  Applications,” with W. Sun, Y. Chen, C. W. Liu, K. Rad, J. Dong , WSEAS Multiconference 2003, Grecotel Rethymna Beach, Crete Island, Greece, October 2003.

88.    “Application Of Decentralized Neural Control On Space Reflector,” with A. Khoshafian, K. Rad, J. Dong, C. Liu, S. Fallorina A. Chassiakos, E. Kosmatopoulos, WSEAS Multiconference 2003, Grecotel Rethymna Beach, Crete Island, Greece, October 2003.

89.    “Fault-Tolerant Parallel Implementation of Decentralized Control for a Segmented Telescope Test-bed,” with   S. Fallorina, K. Rad, C. Liu, J. Dong, A. Khoshafian, WSEAS Multiconference 2003, Grecotel Rethymna Beach, Crete Island, Greece, October 2003.

90.“Collaboration Between NASA and NSF Sponsored Research Laboratories,” with L. Abts, presented at the NASA Research Summit, Orlando, Florida, July 21, 2003.

91. "Seismic performance, control and protection of reinforced concrete structures," Chassiakos, A., Kosmatopoulos, E., Levtchitch, V, 5th Ukrainian Conference: "Design and construction in seismic areas". May 24-29, 2004, Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine.

92. "Integrated 3-D Animation System for Decentralized Controlled Space Telescope Testbed," with Y. Komandyan, Y. Chen, J. Dong, International Multiconference in Computer Science and  Computer Engineering, June 21-24, 2004.

93.  "Decentralized Control of a Segmented Reflector Testbed,”A. Khoshafian, H. Boussalis, S. Fallorina, E. Velazquez, K. Rad, C. Liu, D. Cantzos,  IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems,  Hiroshima, Japan, July 2004.

94. "Application of Decentralized Control on a Segmented Reflected Testbed," with A. Khoshafian, E. Velazquez, K. Rad, C. Liu, 8th WSEAS International Conference on SYSTEMS, Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece, July, 2004.

 95. "Seismic performance capacities of old concrete," with Levtchitch, V. Kvasha, V., Chassiakos, A., Kosmatopoulos, E., 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, August 1-6, 2004, Vancouver,BC, Canada.

 96. "A Generalized Fault Tolerant Pipeline Task Scheduling for Decentralized Control," with P. Thienphrapa, Z. Purnajo, S. Fallorina, C. Lui, Computing, Communication and Control Technologies, CCCT 2004, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, August 14-17, 2004.

97.  "Frequency-Domain System Identification of a Large Segmented Space Reflector," with E.A. Velazquez, K. Rad, T.S. Booker, Computing, Communication and Control Technologies: CCCT 2004, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, August 14-17, 2004.

98.  "Design and Implementation of FITS Image Viewer with Adaptive Enhancement Technology," with Z. Purnajo, C. Liu, K. Rad, J. Dong, WSEAS Multiconference (ICOSSIP 2004), Izmir, Turkey, September 13-16, 2004.

99.  "Application of Decentralized Neural Control on Space Refelctor," with A. Khoshafian, E.A. Velazquez, A. Chassiakos, E. Kosmatopoulos, AIAA 1st Intelligent Systems Technical Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA, September 20-22, 2004.

100. "Decentralized Control of a Segmented Reflector Testbed," with A. Khoshafian, E. Velazquez, WSEAS Multiconference (ICOSMO 2004),  Izmir, Turkey, September 13-16, 2004.

101.  "A Generic Pipelined Task Scheduling Algorithm for Fault-Tolerant Decentralized Control of a Segmented Refelctor Telescope Testbed," with S. Fallorina, P. Thienphrapa, C. Liu, J. Dong, K. Rad, ASME International 24th Computers and Information in Enginerring (CIE) Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, September 28 - October 2, 2004.

102. "Pointing Control of Segmented Refelctor Testbed," with A.Khoshafian, USC Student Research Conference, Los Angeles, California, USA, March 26, 2004.

103. "Frequency-Domain System Identification of a Large Segmented Space Reflector," with E.Velazquez, USC Student Research Conference, Los Angeles, California, USA, March 26, 2004.

104.  "Fault-tolerant Parallel Processing for the SPACE Testbed," with S. Fallorina,  USC Student Research Conference, Los Angeles, California, USA, March 26, 2004.

105.  "Pointing Control of the Segmented Reflector Testbed," with A. Khoshafian, Space 2004 Conference and Exhibit, San Diego, California, USA, September 28-30, 2004.

106. "A Fault-Tolerant Pipelined Task Scheduling Algorithm for Decentralized Control of a Segmented Reflector Telescope Testbed," with S. Fallorina, Space 2004 Conference and Exhibit, San Diego, California, USA, September 28-30, 2004.

107.  "Frequency-Domain System Identification of a Large Segmented Space Reflector," with E. Velazquez, Space 2004 Conference and Exhibit, San Diego, California, USA, September 28-30, 2004.

108.  "Strengthen Education in Engineering and Research (STEER) Program," with C. Liu, J. Beyon, A Chassiakos, iNEER Conference for Engineering Education and Research (iCEER 2004), Olomouc and Bouzov Castle, Czech Republic, June 27-30, 2004.