Mouhacine Benosman
- Phone: 617-621-7532
- Email:
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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 Mouhacine Benosman has been invited to speak at the data-centric engineering summit held at the Alan Turing Institute Date: September 22, 2021
Where: The Alan Turing Institute
MERL Contact: Mouhacine Benosman
Research Area: Dynamical SystemsBrief- Mouhacine Benosman will give a talk about merging physical models with data-driven and machine learning methods for real-world application. The talk will include results about data-driven auto-tuning for feedback controllers with application to power amplifiers, extremum seeking and Gaussian processes for reduction/estimation of fluid dynamics models with application to indoor airflow modeling, and safe reinforcement learning for safety-critical and Sim2Real applications.
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NEWS MERL researcher co-edits a special issue on Extremum Seeking Control in the International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing Date: July 14, 2021
MERL Contact: Mouhacine Benosman
Research Area: Dynamical SystemsBrief- Mouhacine Benosman co-edits a special issue on Extremum Seeking Control in the International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing.
The issue contains some of the newest theoretical developments on continuous-time optimizers, known as extremum seekers, with applications ranging from microalgae cultivation control to heating and ventilation systems optimization.
The special issue is available at:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10991115/current
- Mouhacine Benosman co-edits a special issue on Extremum Seeking Control in the International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing.
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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
- , "Safe Learning-based Observers for Unknown Nonlinear Systems using Bayesian Optimization", Automatica, August 2021.BibTeX TR2021-101 PDF
- @article{Chakrabarty2021aug,
- author = {Chakrabarty, Ankush and Benosman, Mouhacine},
- title = {Safe Learning-based Observers for Unknown Nonlinear Systems using Bayesian Optimization},
- journal = {Automatica},
- year = 2021,
- month = aug,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2021-101}
- }
- , "Robust Adaptive Dynamic Mode Decomposition for Reduce Order Modelling of Partial Differential Equations", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/ACC50511.2021.9483319, May 2021, pp. 4497-4502.BibTeX TR2021-059 PDF
- @inproceedings{Kalur2021may,
- author = {Kalur, Aniketh and Nabi, Saleh and Benosman, Mouhacine},
- title = {Robust Adaptive Dynamic Mode Decomposition for Reduce Order Modelling of Partial Differential Equations},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2021,
- pages = {4497--4502},
- month = may,
- publisher = {IEEE},
- doi = {10.23919/ACC50511.2021.9483319},
- issn = {2378-5861},
- isbn = {978-1-7281-9704-3},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2021-059}
- }
- , "Fixed-Time Stable Proximal Dynamical System for Solving MVIPs", arXiv, May 2021.
- , "Extremum Seeking-Based Observer Design for Reduced Order Models of Coupled Thermal and Fluid Systems", International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, DOI: 10.1002/acs.3252, April 2021.BibTeX TR2021-065 PDF
- @article{Koga2021apr,
- author = {Koga, Shumon and Benosman, Mouhacine and Borggaard, Jeff},
- title = {Extremum Seeking-Based Observer Design for Reduced Order Models of Coupled Thermal and Fluid Systems},
- journal = {International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing},
- year = 2021,
- month = apr,
- doi = {10.1002/acs.3252},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2021-065}
- }
- , "A New Frontier for Power Amplifier enabled by Machine Learning", Microwave Journal, No. 4, pp. 22-32, April 2021.BibTeX TR2021-030 PDF
- @article{Ma2021apr,
- author = {Ma, Rui and Komatsuszaki, Yuji and Benosman, Mouhacine and Yamanaka, Koji and Shinjo, Shintaro},
- title = {A New Frontier for Power Amplifier enabled by Machine Learning},
- journal = {Microwave Journal},
- year = 2021,
- number = 4,
- pages = {22--32},
- month = apr,
- issn = {0192-6225},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2021-030}
- }
- , "Safe Learning-based Observers for Unknown Nonlinear Systems using Bayesian Optimization", Automatica, August 2021.
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Videos
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MERL Issued Patents
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Title: "Robust Source Seeking and Formation Learning-based Controller"
Inventors: Benosman, Mouhacine; Poveda, Jorge
Patent No.: 10,915,108
Issue Date: Feb 9, 2021 -
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: "Robust Source Seeking and Formation Learning-based Controller"