Mouhacine Benosman
- Phone: 617-621-7532
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Position:
Research / Technical Staff
Senior Principal Research Scientist -
Education:
Ph.D., École Centrale de Nantes, 2002 -
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Mouhacine's Quick Links
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Biography
Before coming to MERL in 2010, Mouhacine worked at universities in Reims University, France and Strathclyde University, Scotland before spending 5 years as a Research Scientist with the Temasek Laboratories at the National University of Singapore. His research interests include modeling and control of flexible systems, nonlinear robust and fault tolerant control, multi-agent control with applications to smart-grid and robotics, estimation and control of partial differential equations with applications to thermo-fluid models, learning-based adaptive control for nonlinear systems, and control-theory based optimization algorithms with application to machine learning. Mouhacine has published more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers, and has more than 20 patents in the field of mechatronics systems control. He is a senior member of the IEEE, Associate Editor of the Control System Society Conference Editorial Board, Associate Editor of the Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Associate Editor of the Journal of Advanced Control for Applications, Associate Editor of the IEEE Control Systems Letters, and Senior Editor of the International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing.
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Recent News & Events
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NEWS M. Benosman will give an invited talk at the Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Student Chapter at Virginia Tech. Date: October 9, 2020
MERL Contact: Mouhacine Benosman
Research Area: Dynamical SystemsBrief- M. Benosman will give an invited talk at the SIAM student chapter at Virginia Tech. to speak about several applications of mathematics to industrial problems.
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Student Chapter at Virginia Tech will host a number of talks by mathematicians working in industry. The speakers will describe the path they followed to reach this point in their careers and also tell us more about their industry and how mathematics is used.
- M. Benosman will give an invited talk at the SIAM student chapter at Virginia Tech. to speak about several applications of mathematics to industrial problems.
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NEWS MERL researchers presenting three papers at ICML 2020 Date: July 12, 2020 - July 18, 2020
Where: Vienna, Austria (virtual this year)
MERL Contacts: Mouhacine Benosman; Anoop Cherian; Devesh Jha; Daniel Nikovski
Research Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Dynamical Systems, Machine Learning, Optimization, RoboticsBrief- MERL researchers are presenting three papers at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2020), which is virtually held this year from 12-18th July. ICML is one of the top-tier conferences in machine learning with an acceptance rate of 22%. The MERL papers are:
1) "Finite-time convergence in Continuous-Time Optimization" by Orlando Romero and Mouhacine Benosman.
2) "Can Increasing Input Dimensionality Improve Deep Reinforcement Learning?" by Kei Ota, Tomoaki Oiki, Devesh Jha, Toshisada Mariyama, and Daniel Nikovski.
3) "Representation Learning Using Adversarially-Contrastive Optimal Transport" by Anoop Cherian and Shuchin Aeron.
- MERL researchers are presenting three papers at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2020), which is virtually held this year from 12-18th July. ICML is one of the top-tier conferences in machine learning with an acceptance rate of 22%. The MERL papers are:
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Internships with Mouhacine
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DA1508: Safe reinforcement learning for real-life applications
MERL is seeking a motivated and qualified individual to conduct research in safe reinforcement learning (RL). The ideal candidate should have solid background in RL, e.g. CMDP, and RMDP theories. Knowledge of dynamical system theory and nonlinear control theory is a plus, but not a requirement. Publication of the results produced during the internship is anticipated, e.g., ICML, ICLR, NeurIPS. Duration of the internship is expected to be 3 months. Start date is flexible.
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MERL Publications
- , "Data-Enabled Extremum Seeking: A Cooperative Concurrent Learning-Based Approach", International journal of adaptive control and signal processing, December 2020.BibTeX TR2020-180 PDF
- @article{Poveda2020dec,
- author = {Poveda, Jorge and Benosman, Mouhacine and Vamvoudakis, Kyriakos},
- title = {Data-Enabled Extremum Seeking: A Cooperative Concurrent Learning-Based Approach},
- journal = {International journal of adaptive control and signal processing},
- year = 2020,
- month = dec,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2020-180}
- }
- , "Data-Driven Robust State Estimation for Reduced-Order Models of 2D Boussinesq Equations with Parametric Uncertainties", Journal of Computers and Fluids, December 2020.BibTeX TR2020-177 PDF
- @article{Benosman2020dec,
- author = {Benosman, Mouhacine and Borggaard, Jeff},
- title = {Data-Driven Robust State Estimation for Reduced-Order Models of 2D Boussinesq Equations with Parametric Uncertainties},
- journal = {Journal of Computers and Fluids},
- year = 2020,
- month = dec,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2020-177}
- }
- , "Adaptive-Robust Dynamic Mode Decomposition for Reduced-Order Modeling and Control", American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, December 2020.BibTeX
- @inproceedings{Kalur2020dec,
- author = {Kalur, Aniketh and Benosman, Mouhacine and Nabi, Saleh},
- title = {Adaptive-Robust Dynamic Mode Decomposition for Reduced-Order Modeling and Control},
- booktitle = {American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics},
- year = 2020,
- month = dec
- }
- , "Robust Constrained-MDPs: Soft-Constrained Robust Policy Optimization under Model Uncertainty", arXiv, October 2020.BibTeX
- @article{Russel2020oct,
- author = {Russel, Reazul Hasan and Benosman, Mouhacine and van Baar, Jeroen},
- title = {Robust Constrained-MDPs: Soft-Constrained Robust Policy Optimization under Model Uncertainty},
- journal = {arXiv},
- year = 2020,
- month = oct
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- , "Robust Time-Varying Continuous-Time Optimization with Pre-Defined Finite-Time Stability", World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), August 2020.BibTeX TR2020-120 PDF
- @inproceedings{Romero2020aug,
- author = {Romero, Orlando and Benosman, Mouhacine},
- title = {Robust Time-Varying Continuous-Time Optimization with Pre-Defined Finite-Time Stability},
- booktitle = {World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)},
- year = 2020,
- month = aug,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2020-120}
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- , "Data-Enabled Extremum Seeking: A Cooperative Concurrent Learning-Based Approach", International journal of adaptive control and signal processing, December 2020.
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Videos
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MERL Issued Patents
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Title: "System and Method for Controlling Operations of Air-Conditioning System"
Inventors: Benosman, Mouhacine; Borggaard, Jeff
Patent No.: 10,619,879
Issue Date: Apr 14, 2020 -
Title: "Power Amplifier System and Learning-based Autotuning Method Thereof"
Inventors: Ma, Rui; Benosman, Mouhacine; Manjunatha, Koushik; Niu, Sufeng; Da Cos, Daniel Antonio
Patent No.: 10,454,427
Issue Date: Oct 22, 2019 -
Title: "Hybrid Battery State Sensor"
Inventors: Benosman, Mouhacine; Wei, Chun
Patent No.: 10,353,008
Issue Date: Jul 16, 2019 -
Title: "Methods and Systems for Predicting Flow of Crowds from Limited Observations"
Inventors: Mansour, Hassan; Benosman, Mouhacine; Huroyan, Vahan
Patent No.: 10,210,398
Issue Date: Feb 19, 2019 -
Title: "Controlling Sway of Elevator Cable with Movement of Elevator Car"
Inventors: Benosman, Mouhacine
Patent No.: 10,207,894
Issue Date: Feb 19, 2019 -
Title: "System and Method for Controlling Operations of Air-Conditioning System"
Inventors: Boufounos, Petros T.; Kramer, Boris; Grover, Piyush; Benosman, Mouhacine
Patent No.: 10,145,576
Issue Date: Dec 4, 2018 -
Title: "System and Method for Controlling Outputs of Photovoltaic System"
Inventors: Benosman, Mouhacine; Wei, Chun
Patent No.: 10,044,193
Issue Date: Aug 7, 2018 -
Title: "System and Method for Controlling Operations of Air-Conditioning System"
Inventors: Benosman, Mouhacine; Boufounos, Petros T.; Kramer, Boris; Grover, Piyush
Patent No.: 9,976,765
Issue Date: May 22, 2018 -
Title: "Model Predictive Control with Uncertainties"
Inventors: Benosman, Mouhacine; Di Cairano, Stefano
Patent No.: 9,897,984
Issue Date: Feb 20, 2018 -
Title: "Method and System for Segmenting Pedestrian Flows in Videos"
Inventors: Mansour, Hassan; Dicle, Caglayan; Tian, Dong; Benosman, Mouhacine; Vetro, Anthony
Patent No.: 9,892,520
Issue Date: Feb 13, 2018 -
Title: "Semi-Active Feedback Control of Sway of Cables in Elevator System"
Inventors: Benosman, Mouhacine
Patent No.: 9,875,217
Issue Date: Jan 23, 2018 -
Title: "Controlling Sway of Elevator Cable Connected to Elevator Car"
Inventors: Benosman, Mouhacine; Nakazawa, Daisuke; Watanabe, Seiji; Fukui, Daiki
Patent No.: 9,862,570
Issue Date: Jan 9, 2018 -
Title: "Method and System for Segmenting Pedestrian Flows in Videos"
Inventors: Mansour, Hassan; Dicle, Caglayan; Tian, Dong; Benosman, Mouhacine; Vetro, Anthony
Patent No.: 9,600,896
Issue Date: Mar 21, 2017 -
Title: "Controlling Sway of Elevator Rope Using Movement of Elevator Car"
Inventors: Benosman, Mouhacine; Fukui, Daiki; Watanabe, Seiji; Nakazawa, Daisuke
Patent No.: 9,475,674
Issue Date: Oct 25, 2016 -
Title: "Semi-Active Feedback Control of Elevator Rope Sway"
Inventors: Benosman, Mouhacine
Patent No.: 9,434,577
Issue Date: Sep 6, 2016 -
Title: "Finite Time Power Control for Smart-Grid Distributed System"
Inventors: Benosman, Mouhacine; Polymeneas, Evangelos
Patent No.: 9,419,437
Issue Date: Aug 16, 2016 -
Title: "Method and System for Controlling Sway of Ropes in Elevator Systems by Modulating Tension on the Ropes"
Inventors: Benosman, Mouhacine
Patent No.: 9,278,829
Issue Date: Mar 8, 2016 -
Title: "Elevator Rope Sway and Disturbance Estimation"
Inventors: Benosman, Mouhacine
Patent No.: 9,242,838
Issue Date: Jan 26, 2016 -
Title: "Distributed Path Planning for Mobile Sensors"
Inventors: Boufounos, Petros T.; Benosman, Mouhacine
Patent No.: 9,218,646
Issue Date: Dec 22, 2015 -
Title: "Model-Based Learning Control"
Inventors: Benosman, Mouhacine
Patent No.: 9,182,753
Issue Date: Nov 10, 2015 -
Title: "Elevator Rope Sway Estimation"
Inventors: Benosman, Mouhacine; Bortoff, Scott A.
Patent No.: 9,096,411
Issue Date: Aug 4, 2015 -
Title: "Elevator Rope Sway Estimation"
Inventors: Benosman, Mouhacine; Bortoff, Scott A.
Patent No.: 9,045,313
Issue Date: Jun 2, 2015 -
Title: "System and Method for Controlling Actuators"
Inventors: Benosman, Mouhacine; Atinc, Gokkan
Patent No.: 8,860,352
Issue Date: Oct 14, 2014 -
Title: "Controller for Reducing Vibrations in Mechanical Systems"
Inventors: Benosman, Mouhacine; Shilpiekandula, Vijay; Bortoff, Scott A.
Patent No.: 8,855,826
Issue Date: Oct 7, 2014
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Title: "System and Method for Controlling Operations of Air-Conditioning System"