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 MERL researchers presented 8 papers at Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) Date: December 11, 2019 - December 13, 2019
Where: Nice, France
MERL Contacts: Mouhacine Benosman; Karl Berntorp; Scott Bortoff; Ankush Chakrabarty; Claus Danielson; Stefano Di Cairano; Uroš Kalabić; Jing Zhang
Research Areas: Control, Machine Learning, OptimizationBrief- At the Conference on Decision and Control, MERL presented 8 papers on subjects including estimation for thermal-fluid models and transportation networks, analysis of HVAC systems, extremum seeking for multi-agent systems, reinforcement learning for vehicle platoons, and learning with applications to autonomous vehicles.
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NEWS MERL researchers presented 8 papers at American Control Conference Date: July 10, 2019 - July 12, 2019
Where: Philadelphia
MERL Contacts: Mouhacine Benosman; Karl Berntorp; Ankush Chakrabarty; Claus Danielson; Stefano Di Cairano; Devesh Jha; Rien Quirynen; Yebin Wang; Avishai Weiss
Research Areas: Control, Machine Learning, OptimizationBrief- At the American Control Conference, MERL presented 8 papers on subjects including model predictive control applications, estimation and motion planning for vehicles, modular control architectures, and adaptation and learning.
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Internships with Mouhacine
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DA1367: Safe reinforcement and deep learning algorithms
MERL is seeking a motivated and qualified individual to conduct research in safe reinforcement learning (RL) and deep learning algorithms for robotics applications. The ideal candidate should have solid background in RL. Knowledge of deep learning algorithms is a plus. Publication of the results produced during the internship is anticipated. Duration of the internship is expected to be 3 months. Start date is flexible.
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MERL Publications
- , "Finite-Time Convergence of Continuous-Time Optimization Algorithms via Differential Inclusions", Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS)- Workshop, January 2020.
- , "Robust Optimization for Trajectory-Centric Model-based Reinforcement Learning", NeurIPS Workshop on Safety and Robustness in Decision Making, December 2019.BibTeX Download PDFAbout TR2019-156
- @inproceedings{Jha2019dec2,
- author = {Jha, Devesh and Kolaric, Patrik and Romeres, Diego and Raghunathan, Arvind and Benosman, Mouhacine and Nikovski, Daniel N.},
- title = {Robust Optimization for Trajectory-Centric Model-based Reinforcement Learning},
- booktitle = {NeurIPS Workshop on Safety and Robustness in Decision Making},
- year = 2019,
- month = dec,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2019-156}
- }
- , "CODES: Cooperative Data-Enabled Extremum Seeking for Multi-Agent Systems", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), December 2019.BibTeX Download PDFAbout TR2019-148
- @inproceedings{Poveda2019dec,
- author = {Poveda, Jorge and Vamvoudakis, Kyriakos and Benosman, Mouhacine},
- title = {CODES: Cooperative Data-Enabled Extremum Seeking for Multi-Agent Systems},
- booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
- year = 2019,
- month = dec,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2019-148}
- }
- , "Robust Data-Driven Neuro-Adaptive Observers With Lipschitz Activation Functions", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), December 2019.BibTeX Download PDFAbout TR2019-149
- @inproceedings{Chakrabarty2019dec,
- author = {Chakrabarty, Ankush and Zemouche, Ali and Rajamani, Rajesh and Benosman, Mouhacine},
- title = {Robust Data-Driven Neuro-Adaptive Observers With Lipschitz Activation Functions},
- booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
- year = 2019,
- month = dec,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2019-149}
- }
- , "Robust Nonlinear State Estimation for Thermal-Fluid Models Using Reduced-Order Models: The Case of the Boussinesq Equations", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), December 2019.BibTeX Download PDFAbout TR2019-147
- @inproceedings{Benosman2019dec,
- author = {Benosman, Mouhacine and Borggaard, Jeff},
- title = {Robust Nonlinear State Estimation for Thermal-Fluid Models Using Reduced-Order Models: The Case of the Boussinesq Equations},
- booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
- year = 2019,
- month = dec,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2019-147}
- }
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Videos
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MERL Issued Patents
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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: "Power Amplifier System and Learning-based Autotuning Method Thereof"