Abraham Goldsmith

- Phone: 617-621-7579
- Email:
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Position:
Research / Technical Staff
Principal Research Scientist -
Education:
M.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2008 -
Research Areas:
- Control
- Dynamical Systems
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Information Security
- Optimization
Bram's Quick Links
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Biography
Bram spent the first five years of his career in the hard disk drive industry. In graduate school he focused on computer architecture and developed a system for reconstructing 3D ultrasound images from 2D image sequences. Since joining MERL, Bram has worked in areas ranging from wireless sensor networks, optical metrology, NC machines, and control. Recently, he has focused primarily on the computational aspects of advanced control algorithms for embedded control systems and design automation for embedded systems. In addition to research, he likes to keep his EE skills sharp by designing and building instrumentation for his and others' experiments, and he can often be found in the machine shop running the CNC mill or the lathe.
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MERL Publications
- "Blockchain for Embedded System Accountability", IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC), DOI: 10.1109/ICBC51069.2021.9461143, May 2021.BibTeX TR2021-041 PDF
- @inproceedings{Chiu2021may,
- author = {Chiu, Michael and Goldsmith, Abraham and Kalabic, Uros},
- title = {Blockchain for Embedded System Accountability},
- booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC)},
- year = 2021,
- month = may,
- doi = {10.1109/ICBC51069.2021.9461143},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2021-041}
- }
, - "Power Optimizing Control of Multi-Zone Heat Pumps", IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, August 2018.BibTeX TR2018-127 PDF
- @inproceedings{Bortoff2018aug2,
- author = {Bortoff, Scott A. and Burns, Daniel J. and Laughman, Christopher R. and Qiao, Hongtao and Danielson, Claus and Goldsmith, Abraham and Di Cairano, Stefano},
- title = {Power Optimizing Control of Multi-Zone Heat Pumps},
- booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications},
- year = 2018,
- month = aug,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2018-127}
- }
, - "Cascaded Reference Governor-MPC for Motion Control of Two-Stage Manufacturing Machines", IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2018.2847627, July 2018.BibTeX TR2018-083 PDF
- @article{DiCairano2018jul,
- author = {Di Cairano, S. and Goldsmith, A. and Kalabić, U. and Bortoff, S.A.},
- title = {Cascaded Reference Governor-MPC for Motion Control of Two-Stage Manufacturing Machines},
- journal = {IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology},
- year = 2018,
- month = jul,
- doi = {10.1109/TCST.2018.2847627},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2018-083}
- }
, - "Extended Command Governors for Constraint Enforcement in Dual-Stage Processing Machines", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/ACC.2017.7963278, May 2017.BibTeX TR2017-059 PDF
- @inproceedings{Kalabic2017may,
- author = {Kalabić, Uroš and Goldsmith, Abraham and Di Cairano, Stefano},
- title = {Extended Command Governors for Constraint Enforcement in Dual-Stage Processing Machines},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2017,
- month = may,
- doi = {10.23919/ACC.2017.7963278},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2017-059}
- }
, - "Efficient Convex Optimization on GPUs for Embedded Model Predictive Control", Workshop on General Purpose Processing with Graphics Processing Units, DOI: 10.1145/3038228.3038234, February 2017, pp. 12-21.BibTeX TR2017-033 PDF
- @inproceedings{Yu2017feb,
- author = {Yu, Leiming and Goldsmith, Abraham and Di Cairano, Stefano},
- title = {Efficient Convex Optimization on GPUs for Embedded Model Predictive Control},
- booktitle = {Workshop on General Purpose Processing with Graphics Processing Units},
- year = 2017,
- pages = {12--21},
- month = feb,
- doi = {10.1145/3038228.3038234},
- isbn = {978-1-4503-4915-4},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2017-033}
- }
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- "Blockchain for Embedded System Accountability", IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC), DOI: 10.1109/ICBC51069.2021.9461143, May 2021.
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MERL Issued Patents
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Title: "RECEDING HORIZON REFERENCE GOVERNOR"
Inventors: Goldsmith, Abraham M.; Di Cairano, Stefano; Kalabic, Uros
Patent No.: 10,860,002
Issue Date: Dec 8, 2020 -
Title: "System and Method for Controlling Redundant Actuators with Different Dynamics"
Inventors: Kalabic, Uros; Goldsmith, Abraham M.; Di Cairano, Stefano
Patent No.: 10,324,446
Issue Date: Jun 18, 2019 -
Title: "Operation Aware Control of Processing Machine with Redundant Actuators"
Inventors: Goldsmith, Abraham M.; Di Cairano, Stefano; Kalabic, Uros
Patent No.: 10,216,168
Issue Date: Feb 26, 2019 -
Title: "System and Method for Explicit Model Predictive Control"
Inventors: Goldsmith, Abraham M.; Di Cairano, Stefano
Patent No.: 9,766,601
Issue Date: Sep 19, 2017 -
Title: "Control of Processing Machines with Redundant Actuators"
Inventors: Di Cairano, Stefano; Goldsmith, Abraham M.; Bortoff, Scott A.
Patent No.: 9,744,620
Issue Date: Aug 29, 2017 -
Title: "System and Method for Calibrating Laser Processing Machines"
Inventors: Goldsmith, Abraham M.; Bortoff, Scott A.; Shilpiekandula, Vijay; Sullivan, Alan; Yerazunis, William S.; Barnwell, John C.
Patent No.: 9,718,146
Issue Date: Aug 1, 2017 -
Title: "System and Method for Calibrating Laser Cutting Machines"
Inventors: Goldsmith, Abraham M.; Yerazunis, William S.
Patent No.: 8,938,317
Issue Date: Jan 20, 2015 -
Title: "Laser Cutting Machine"
Inventors: Yerazunis, William S.; Barnwell, III, John C.; Bortoff, Scott A.; Shilpiekandula, Vijay; Goldsmith, Abraham M.
Patent No.: 8,921,734
Issue Date: Dec 30, 2014 -
Title: "Active Badge Localization Using Passive Sensors"
Inventors: Ivanov, Yuri A.; Goldsmith, Abraham M.; Wren, Christopher R.
Patent No.: 8,284,026
Issue Date: Oct 9, 2012
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Title: "RECEDING HORIZON REFERENCE GOVERNOR"