NEWS    Abraham Vinod Delivers Invited Talks at The University of Texas at Austin and The University of Texas at Dallas

Date released: December 1, 2025

  •  NEWS    Abraham Vinod Delivers Invited Talks at The University of Texas at Austin and The University of Texas at Dallas
  • Date:

    November 11, 2025 - November 13, 2025

  • Description:

    MERL researcher Abraham Vinod was invited to present MERL's latest research at the University of Texas at Austin and The University of Texas at Dallas this November. His talk discussed a tractable set-based method for a broad class of robust control problems with nonlinear dynamics and bounded uncertainty, with applications to powered descent guidance and drone motion planning problems. Additionally, he also presented MERL's recent research on environmental monitoring using hetereogenous robots, with applications in disaster management and search-and-rescue.

  • External Link:

    https://www.oden.utexas.edu/news-and-events/events/2180---Abraham%20P.%20Vinod/

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  • Research Areas:

    Artificial Intelligence, Control, Dynamical Systems, Machine Learning, Optimization, Robotics

    •  Vinod, A.P., Kamath, A., Weiss, A., Di Cairano, S., "Set-based lossless convexification for a class of robust nonlinear optimal control problems", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), December 2025.
      BibTeX TR2025-160 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Vinod2025dec,
      • author = {Vinod, Abraham P. and Kamath, Abhinav and Weiss, Avishai and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
      • title = {{Set-based lossless convexification for a class of robust nonlinear optimal control problems}},
      • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
      • year = 2025,
      • month = dec,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-160}
      • }
    •  Karumanchi, S., Rokaha, B., Schperberg, A., Vinod, A.P., "Energy-constrained multi-robot exploration for autonomous map building", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), October 2025.
      BibTeX TR2025-131 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Karumanchi2025oct,
      • author = {Karumanchi, Sambhu and Rokaha, Bhagawan and Schperberg, Alexander and Vinod, Abraham P.},
      • title = {{Energy-constrained multi-robot exploration for autonomous map building}},
      • booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
      • year = 2025,
      • month = oct,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-131}
      • }
    •  Deshpande, V.M., Vinod, A.P., "Dynamic Sensor Scheduling for Spatio-temporal Monitoring of Water Bodies", IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), DOI: 10.1109/​CCTA53793.2025.11151521, August 2025, pp. 673-680.
      BibTeX TR2025-117 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Deshpande2025aug,
      • author = {Deshpande, Vedang M. and Vinod, Abraham P.},
      • title = {{Dynamic Sensor Scheduling for Spatio-temporal Monitoring of Water Bodies}},
      • booktitle = {2025 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)},
      • year = 2025,
      • pages = {673--680},
      • month = aug,
      • doi = {10.1109/CCTA53793.2025.11151521},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-117}
      • }
    •  Vinod, A.P., "pycvxset: A Python package for convex set manipulation", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/​ACC63710.2025.11107986, June 2025, pp. 2515-2521.
      BibTeX TR2025-086 PDF Software
      • @inproceedings{Vinod2025jun,
      • author = {Vinod, Abraham P.},
      • title = {{pycvxset: A Python package for convex set manipulation}},
      • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
      • year = 2025,
      • pages = {2515--2521},
      • month = jun,
      • doi = {10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11107986},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-086}
      • }
    •  Vinod, A.P., Weiss, A., Di Cairano, S., "Projection-free computation of robust controllable sets with constrained zonotopes", Automatica, DOI: 10.1016/​j.automatica.2025.112211, Vol. 175, pp. 112211, March 2025.
      BibTeX TR2025-023 PDF Video
      • @article{Vinod2025mar,
      • author = {Vinod, Abraham P. and Weiss, Avishai and Di Cairano, Stefano},
      • title = {{Projection-free computation of robust controllable sets with constrained zonotopes}},
      • journal = {Automatica},
      • year = 2025,
      • volume = 175,
      • pages = 112211,
      • month = mar,
      • doi = {10.1016/j.automatica.2025.112211},
      • issn = {0005-1098},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-023}
      • }
    •  Lishkova, Y., Vinod, A.P., Di Cairano, S., Weiss, A., "Divert-feasible lunar landing under navigational uncertainty", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), DOI: 10.1109/​CDC56724.2024.10886637, December 2024, pp. 7497-7503.
      BibTeX TR2024-174 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Lishkova2024dec,
      • author = {Lishkova, Yana and Vinod, Abraham P. and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Weiss, Avishai},
      • title = {{Divert-feasible lunar landing under navigational uncertainty}},
      • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
      • year = 2024,
      • pages = {7497--7503},
      • month = dec,
      • doi = {10.1109/CDC56724.2024.10886637},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-174}
      • }
    •  Kim, T., Vinod, A.P., Di Cairano, S., "Decoupled Trajectory Planning for Monitoring UAVs and UGV Carrier by Reachable Sets", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/​ACC60939.2024.10644642, July 2024, pp. 587-593.
      BibTeX TR2024-092 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Kim2024jul,
      • author = {Kim, Taewan and Vinod, Abraham P. and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
      • title = {{Decoupled Trajectory Planning for Monitoring UAVs and UGV Carrier by Reachable Sets}},
      • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
      • year = 2024,
      • pages = {587--593},
      • month = jul,
      • publisher = {IEEE},
      • doi = {10.23919/ACC60939.2024.10644642},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-092}
      • }
    •  Nayak, S., Greiff, M., Raghunathan, A., Di Cairano, S., Vinod, A.P., "Data-driven monitoring with mobile sensors and charging stations using multi-arm bandits and coordinated motion planners", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/​ACC60939.2024.10644645, June 2024, pp. 299-305.
      BibTeX TR2024-078 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Nayak2024jun,
      • author = {Nayak, Siddharth and Greiff, Marcus and Raghunathan, Arvind and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Vinod, Abraham P.},
      • title = {{Data-driven monitoring with mobile sensors and charging stations using multi-arm bandits and coordinated motion planners}},
      • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
      • year = 2024,
      • pages = {299--305},
      • month = jun,
      • publisher = {IEEE},
      • doi = {10.23919/ACC60939.2024.10644645},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-078}
      • }