Uroš Kalabić

- Phone: 617-621-7548
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Research / Technical Staff
Principal Research Scientist -
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Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2015 -
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Biography
Uroš works on advancements in the theory of predictive control and constrained control, as well as its applications to the control of automotive and aerospace systems. His dissertation dealt with theoretical developments and practical applications of reference governors. Prior to joining MERL, Uroš interned at MERL and at Ford Motor Company.
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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; 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 Uros Kalabic spoke on reference governors at the MSU Mechanical Engineering Seminar Date: February 12, 2019
Where: Michigan State University
MERL Contacts: Scott Bortoff; Stefano Di Cairano; Abraham Goldsmith; Uroš Kalabić
Research Areas: Control, Dynamical SystemsBrief- Uros Kalabic, of MERL's Control and Dynamical Systems group, gave a talk at the Michigan State University Mechanical Engineering Seminar. The talk, entitled "Reference governors: Industrial applications and theoretical advances," covered some of the exciting research being done at MERL on reference governors and briefly described MERL's other research areas. The abstract of the talk can be found via the link below.
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MERL Publications
- "Short Paper: Debt Representation in UTXO Blockchains", Financial Cryptography and Data Security, February 2021.BibTeX TR2021-014 PDF
- @inproceedings{Chiu2021feb,
- author = {Chiu, Michael and Kalabic, Uros},
- title = {Short Paper: Debt Representation in UTXO Blockchains},
- booktitle = {Financial Cryptography and Data Security},
- year = 2021,
- month = feb,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2021-014}
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, - "Cap-and-trade scheme for ridesharing", Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, DOI: 10.1109/ITSC45102.2020.9294268, September 2020, pp. 3182-3187.BibTeX TR2020-129 PDF
- @inproceedings{Kalabic2020sep,
- author = {Kalabic, Uros and Chiu, Michael},
- title = {Cap-and-trade scheme for ridesharing},
- booktitle = {Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference},
- year = 2020,
- pages = {3182--3187},
- month = sep,
- doi = {10.1109/ITSC45102.2020.9294268},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2020-129}
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, - "Tracking neighboring quasi-satellite orbits around Phobos", World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), July 2020.BibTeX TR2020-102 PDF
- @inproceedings{Muralidharan2020jul,
- author = {Muralidharan, Vivek and Weiss, Avishai and Kalabic, Uros},
- title = {Tracking neighboring quasi-satellite orbits around Phobos},
- booktitle = {World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)},
- year = 2020,
- month = jul,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2020-102}
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, - "Control of traffic light timing using decentralized deep reinforcement learning", World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), July 2020.BibTeX TR2020-101 PDF
- @inproceedings{Maske2020jul,
- author = {Maske, Harshal and Chu, Tianshu and Kalabic, Uros},
- title = {Control of traffic light timing using decentralized deep reinforcement learning},
- booktitle = {World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)},
- year = 2020,
- month = jul,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2020-101}
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, - "Optimization-based incentivization and control scheme for autonomous traffic", IEEE Intelligent Vehicle Symposium, DOI: 10.1109/IV47402.2020.9304641, June 2020.BibTeX TR2020-079 PDF
- @inproceedings{Kalabic2020jun,
- author = {Kalabic, Uros and Grover, Piyush and Aeron, Shuchin},
- title = {Optimization-based incentivization and control scheme for autonomous traffic},
- booktitle = {IEEE Intelligent Vehicle Symposium},
- year = 2020,
- month = jun,
- doi = {10.1109/IV47402.2020.9304641},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2020-079}
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- "Short Paper: Debt Representation in UTXO Blockchains", Financial Cryptography and Data Security, February 2021.
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Other Publications
- "Reduced order extended command governors", Automatica, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 1466-1472, 2014.BibTeX
- @Article{kalabickolmano14,
- author = {Kalabić, U. V. and Kolmanovsky, I. V. and Gilbert, E. G.},
- title = {Reduced order extended command governors},
- journal = {Automatica},
- year = 2014,
- volume = 50,
- number = 5,
- pages = {1466--1472}
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, - "Reference and command governors for systems with slowly time-varying references and time-dependent constraints", Proc. IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, Dec. 2014, pp. 6701-6706.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{kalabickolmano_cdc14,
- author = {Kalabić, U. and Kolmanovsky, I.},
- title = {Reference and command governors for systems with slowly time-varying references and time-dependent constraints},
- booktitle = {Proc. IEEE Conf. Decision and Control},
- year = 2014,
- pages = {6701--6706},
- address = {Los Angeles, CA},
- month = {Dec.}
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, - "Fast reference governors for second-order linear systems with constraints and an input time-delay", Automatica, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 641-645, 2014.BibTeX
- @Article{likalabic14,
- author = {Li, Q. and Kalabić, U. V. and Kolmanovsky, I. V.},
- title = {Fast reference governors for second-order linear systems with constraints and an input time-delay},
- journal = {Automatica},
- year = 2014,
- volume = 50,
- number = 2,
- pages = {641--645}
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, - "Predictor-based reference governor for second-order linear constrained systems operated over a communication network", Proc. World Congress Intelligent Control Autom., Jun. 2014, pp. 1700-1704.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{likalabic_wcica14,
- author = {Li, Q. and Kalabić, U. and Kolmanovsky, I.},
- title = {Predictor-based reference governor for second-order linear constrained systems operated over a communication network},
- booktitle = {Proc. World Congress Intelligent Control Autom.},
- year = 2014,
- pages = {1700--1704},
- address = {Shenyang, China},
- month = {Jun.}
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, - "Disturbance canceling control based on simple input observers with constraint enforcement for aerospace applications", Proc. IEEE Conf. Control Applicat., Sep. 2014, pp. 158-165.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{polonikalabic_msc14,
- author = {Poloni, T. and Kalabić, U. and McDonough, K. and Kolmanovsky, I.},
- title = {Disturbance canceling control based on simple input observers with constraint enforcement for aerospace applications},
- booktitle = {Proc. IEEE Conf. Control Applicat.},
- year = 2014,
- pages = {158--165},
- address = {Antibes, France},
- month = {Sep.}
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, - "Constrained Control of very flexible aircraft using reference and extended command governors", Proc. American Control Conf., Jun. 2013, pp. 1608-1613.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{dillsavkalabic_acc13,
- author = {Dillsaver, M. J. and Kalabić, U. V. and Kolmanovsky, I. V. and Cesnik, C. E. S.},
- title = {Constrained Control of very flexible aircraft using reference and extended command governors},
- booktitle = {Proc. American Control Conf.},
- year = 2013,
- pages = {1608--1613},
- address = {Washington, DC},
- month = {Jun.}
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, - "Prioritization schemes for reference and command governors", Proc. European Control Conf., Jul. 2013, pp. 2734-2739.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{kalabicchitali_ecc13,
- author = {Kalabić, U. and Chitalia, Y. and Buckland, J. and Kolmanovsky, I.},
- title = {Prioritization schemes for reference and command governors},
- booktitle = {Proc. European Control Conf.},
- year = 2013,
- pages = {2734--2739},
- address = {Zurich, Switzerland},
- month = {Jul.}
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, - "Decentralized constraint enforcement using reference governors", Proc. IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, Dec. 2013, pp. 6415-6421.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{kalabickolmano_cdc13,
- author = {Kalabić, U. and Kolmanovsky, I.},
- title = {Decentralized constraint enforcement using reference governors},
- booktitle = {Proc. IEEE Conf. Decision and Control},
- year = 2013,
- pages = {6415--6421},
- address = {Florence, Italy},
- month = {Dec.}
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, - "Multi-input observer for estimation of compressor flow", Proc. ASME Dynamic Syst. Control Conf., Oct. 2013, pp. DSCC2013-3731.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{kalabickolmano_dscc13,
- author = {Kalabić, U. and Kolmaonvsky, I. and Buckland, J.},
- title = {Multi-input observer for estimation of compressor flow},
- booktitle = {Proc. ASME Dynamic Syst. Control Conf.},
- year = 2013,
- pages = {DSCC2013--3731},
- address = {Palo Alto, CA},
- month = {Oct.}
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, - "Reference governor design for computationally efficient attitude and tether tension constraint enforcement on a lighter-than-air wind energy system", Proc. European Control Conf., Jul. 2013, pp. 1004-1010.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{kalabicvermill_ecc13,
- author = {Kalabić, U. and Vermillion, C. and Kolmanovsky, I.},
- title = {Reference governor design for computationally efficient attitude and tether tension constraint enforcement on a lighter-than-air wind energy system},
- booktitle = {Proc. European Control Conf.},
- year = 2013,
- pages = {1004--1010},
- address = {Zurich, Switzerland},
- month = {Jul.}
- }
, - "Reduced Order Reference Governor", Proc. IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, Dec. 2012, pp. 3245-3251.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{kalabickolmano_cdc12,
- author = {Kalabić, U. and Kolmanovsky, I. and Buckland, J. and Gilbert, E.},
- title = {Reduced Order Reference Governor},
- booktitle = {Proc. IEEE Conf. Decision and Control},
- year = 2012,
- pages = {3245--3251},
- address = {Maui, HI},
- month = {Dec.}
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, - "Developments in constrained control using reference governors", Proc. Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Conf., Aug. 2012, pp. 282-290.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{kolmanokalabic_nmpc12,
- author = {Kolmanovsky, I. and Kalabić, U. and Gilbert, E.},
- title = {Developments in constrained control using reference governors},
- booktitle = {Proc. Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Conf.},
- year = 2012,
- pages = {282--290},
- address = {Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands},
- month = {Aug.}
- }
, - "Reference Governors with Nonlinear Constraints", Proc. IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, Dec. 2011, pp. 2680-2686.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{kalabickolmano_cdc11,
- author = {Kalabić, U. and Kolmanovsky, I. and Gilbert, E.},
- title = {Reference Governors with Nonlinear Constraints},
- booktitle = {Proc. IEEE Conf. Decision and Control},
- year = 2011,
- pages = {2680--2686},
- address = {Orlando, FL},
- month = {Dec.}
- }
, - "Reference and extended command governors for control of turbocharged gasoline engines based on linear models", Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Control Applicat., Sep. 2011, pp. 319-325.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{kalabickolmano_msc11,
- author = {Kalabić, U. and Kolmanovsky, I. and Buckland, J. and Gilbert, E.},
- title = {Reference and extended command governors for control of turbocharged gasoline engines based on linear models},
- booktitle = {Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Control Applicat.},
- year = 2011,
- pages = {319--325},
- address = {Denver, CO},
- month = {Sep.}
- }
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- "Reduced order extended command governors", Automatica, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 1466-1472, 2014.
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MERL Issued Patents
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Title: "System and Method for Asymmetric Traffic Control"
Inventors: Kalabic, Uros; Grover, Piyush; Nilsson, Nils Gustav
Patent No.: 10,922,966
Issue Date: Feb 16, 2021 -
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: "Methods and Systems for Balanced Feasible and Stable Control"
Inventors: Kalabic, Uros; Di Cairano, Stefano
Patent No.: 10,807,638
Issue Date: Oct 20, 2020 -
Title: "Systems and Methods for Intention-Based Steering of Vehicle"
Inventors: Kalabic, Uros; Berntorp, Karl; Di Cairano, Stefano
Patent No.: 10,589,784
Issue Date: Mar 17, 2020 -
Title: "Vehicle Motion Control System and Method"
Inventors: Kalabic, Uros; Halder, Udit
Patent No.: 10,409,283
Issue Date: Sep 10, 2019 -
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 Controlling Motion of Vehicle"
Inventors: Di Cairano, Stefano; Kalabic, Uros; Berntorp, Karl
Patent No.: 9,915,948
Issue Date: Mar 13, 2018 -
Title: "Model Predictive Control of Spacecraft"
Inventors: Weiss, Avishai; Di Cairano, Stefano; Kalabic, Uros
Patent No.: 9,874,879
Issue Date: Jan 23, 2018 -
Title: "Model Predictive Control of Spacecraft"
Inventors: Weiss, Avishai; Di Cairano, Stefano; Kalabic, Uros
Patent No.: 9,764,858
Issue Date: Sep 19, 2017
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Title: "System and Method for Asymmetric Traffic Control"