Jorge Cortés

Professor

Cymer Corporation Endowed Chair



  1. Koopman operator extensions for control: bridging infinite input sequences and operator families
    M. Haseli, I. Mezić, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2025, submitted

  2. Feedback optimization with state constraints through control barrier functions
    G. Delimpaltadakis, P. Mestres, J. Cortés, W. P. M. H. Heemels
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2025, submitted

  3. Learning high-order CBFs using Gaussian processes for systems in Brunovsky canonical form
    A. Begzadić, A. Lederer, J. Cortés, S. Herbert
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2025, submitted

  4. Data-enabled predictive control for nonlinear systems based on a Koopman bilinear realization
    Z. Xiong, Z. Yuan, K. Miao, H. Wang, J. Cortés, A. Papachristodoulou
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2025, submitted

  5. Controller design for bilinear neural feedback loops
    D. Shah, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2025, submitted

  6. Safe control of second-order systems with linear constraints
    M. Alyaseen, N. Atanasov, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2025, submitted

  7. Willems' fundamental lemma for nonlinear systems with Koopman linear embedding
    X. Shang, J. Cortés, Y. Zheng
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Denver, Colorado, 2025, to appear

  8. Back to base: towards hands-off learning via safe resets with reach-avoid safety filters
    A. Begzadić, N. Uday Shinde, S. Tonkens, D. Hirsch, K. Ugalde, M. C. Yip, J. Cortés, S. Herbert
    Conference on Learning for Dynamics and Control, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2025, to appear

  9. Anytime safe reinforcement learning
    P. Mestres, A. Marzabal, J. Cortés
    Conference on Learning for Dynamics and Control, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2025, to appear

    *Best Paper Award Finalist*

  10. Feedback-based safe gradient flow for optimal regulation of virtual power plants
    A. Colot, B. Cornélusse, J. Cortés, E. Dall'Anese
    Proceedings of the Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion, Athens, Greece, 2024, to appear

  11. Stabilization of nonlinear systems through control barrier functions
    P. Mestres, K. Long, M. Leok, N. Atanasov, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Milan, Italy, 2024, pp. 8858-8863

  12. Characterization of the dynamical properties of safety filters for linear planar systems
    Y. Chen, P. Mestres, E. Dall'Anese, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Milan, Italy, 2024, pp. 2397-2402

  13. Designing Poisson integrators through machine learning
    M. Vaquero, D. Martín de Diego, J. Cortés
    IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control, Besancon, France, 2024, to appear

  14. Performace-barrier-based event-triggered boundary control of a class of reaction-diffusion PDEs
    B. Rathnayake, M. Diagne, J. Cortés, M. Krstic
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Toronto, Canada, 2024, pp. 5298-5304

  15. Online regulation of dynamical systems to solutions of constrained optimization problems
    Y. Chen, L. Cothren, J. Cortés, E. Dall'Anese
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Toronto, Canada, 2024

  16. Learning decentralized frequency controllers for energy storage systems
    Z. Sun, Z. Yuan, C. Zhao, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Toronto, Canada, 2024

  17. Distributed and anytime algorithm for network optimization problems with separable structure
    P. Mestres, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Singapore, 2023, pp. 5457-5462

  18. Data-driven distributionally robust coverage control by mobile robots
    D. Boskos, J. Cortés, S. Martínez
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Singapore, 2023, pp. 2030-2035

  19. Set-valued regression and cautious suboptimization: from noisy data to optimality
    J. Eising, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Singapore, 2023, pp. 5319-5324

  20. Bridging transient and steady-state performance in voltage control: a reinforcement learning approach with safe gradient flow
    J. Feng, W. Cui, J. Cortés, Y. Shi
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Singapore, 2023, pp. 5556-5561

  21. Constraints on OPF surrogates for learning stable local Volt/Var controllers
    Z. Yuan, G. Cavraro, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Singapore, 2023, pp. 5574-5579

  22. Distributionally robust Lyapunov function search under uncertainty
    K. Long, Y. Yi, J. Cortés, N. Atanasov
    Conference on Learning for Dynamics and Control, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2023, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, volume 211, pp. 864-877

  23. Equilibria of fully decentralized learning in networked systems
    Y. Jiang, W. Cui, B. Zhang, J. Cortés
    Conference on Learning for Dynamics and Control, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2023, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, volume 211, pp. 333-345

  24. Safe and stable control synthesis for uncertain system models via distributionally robust optimization
    K. Long, Y. Yi, J. Cortés, N. Atanasov
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, San Diego, California, 2023, pp. 4651-4658

  25. Gramian-based characterization of network vulnerability to nodal impulse inputs
    P. V. Chanekar, B. K. Poolla, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, San Diego, California, 2023, pp. 4507-4512

  26. Temporal forward-backward consistency, not residual error, measures the prediction accuracy of extended dynamic mode decomposition
    M. Haseli, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, San Diego, California, 2023

  27. Safety-critical control as a design paradigm of anytime solvers of variational inequalities
    A. Allibhoy, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, 2022, pp. 6211-6216

  28. Using data informativity for online stabilization of unknown switched linear systems
    J. Eising, S. Liu, S. Martínez, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, 2022, pp. 8-13

  29. Distributionally robust optimization via Haar wavelet ambiguity sets
    D. Boskos, J. Cortés, S. Martínez
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, 2022, pp. 4782-4787

  30. Learning local volt/var controllers towards efficient network operation with stability guarantees
    G. Cavraro, Z. Yuan, M. K. Singh, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, 2022, pp. 5056-5061

  31. Control strategies for neural populations with rectified activation function
    T. Menara, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, 2022, pp. 649-654

  32. Optimization-based safe stabilizing feedback with guaranteed region of attraction
    P. Mestres, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, 2022

  33. Learning constant-gain stabilizing controllers for frequency regulation under variable inertia
    P. Srivastava, P. Hidalgo-Gonzalez, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, 2022

  34. DERConnect -- A distributed energy resources testbed for solar power integration
    J. Kleissl, A. Khurram, K. Chia, S. Brown, A. Mishra, J. Cortés, R. de Callafon, R. Gupta, S. Martínez, D. Victor
    Proceedings of the Thirteenth ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems, 2022, pp. 587-589

  35. Safe control synthesis with uncertain dynamics and constraints
    K. Long, V. Dhiman, M. Leok, J. Cortés, N. Atanasov
    Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Kyoto, Japan

  36. Informativity for centralized design of distributed controllers for networked systems
    J. Eising, J. Cortés
    European Control Conference, London, UK, 2022, pp. 681-686

  37. Safe policy design for controlling epidemic spreading under heterogeneous testing capabilities
    P. Mestres, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 2022, pp. 697-702

  38. Data-driven control of linear-threshold network dynamics
    X. Wang, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 2022, pp. 114-119

  39. Agent-supervisor coordination for decentralized event-triggered optimization
    P. Srivastava, G. Cavraro, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 2022, pp. 1739-1744

  40. Network connectivity maintenance via nonsmooth control barrier functions
    P. Ong, B. Capelli, L. Sabattini, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Austin, Texas, 2021, pp. 4780-4785

  41. Data-driven reconstruction of firing rate dynamics in brain networks
    X. Wang, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Austin, Texas, 2021, pp. 6456-6461

  42. Anytime solution of constrained nonlinear programs via control barrier functions
    A. Allibhoy, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Austin, Texas, 2021, pp. 6520-6525

  43. Data-driven synthesis of optimization-based controllers for regulation of unknown linear systems
    G. Bianchin, M. Vaquero, J. Cortés, E. Dall'Anese
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Austin, Texas, 2021, pp. 5776-5781

  44. Solving linear equations with separable problem data over directed networks
    P. Srivastava, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Austin, Texas, 2021

  45. Optimization of average dwell-time lower bound for switched systems via sequential convex programming
    S. Liu, S. Martínez, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Austin, Texas, 2021

  46. Learning barrier functions with memory for robust safe navigation
    K. Long, C. Qian, J. Cortés, N. Atanasov
    Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Xi'an, China, 2021

  47. Data-driven approximation of Koopman-invariant subspaces with tunable accuracy
    M. Haseli, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2021, pp. 469-474

    *2021 ACC Best Student Paper Award*

  48. Linear-threshold dynamics for the study of epileptic events
    F. Celi, A. Allibhoy, F. Pasqualetti, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2021

  49. Safety-critical event triggered control via input-to-state safe barrier functions
    A. J. Taylor, P. Ong, J. Cortés, A. Ames
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Jeju Island, South Korea, 2020

  50. Nesterov acceleration for equality-constrained convex optimization via continuously differentiable penalty functions
    P. Srivastava, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Jeju Island, South Korea, 2020

  51. Data-driven distributed predictive control via network optimization
    A. Allibhoy, J. Cortés
    Conference on Learning for Dynamics and Control, Berkeley, California, 2020, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, volume 120, pp. 838-839

  52. Edge centrality matrix: impact of network modification on Gramian controllability metrics
    P. V. Chanekar, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Denver, Colorado, 2020, pp. 3313-3318

  53. Data-driven ambiguity sets for linear systems under disturbances and noisy observations
    D. Boskos, J. Cortés, S. Martínez
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Denver, Colorado, 2020, pp. 4491-4496

  54. Fast identification of Koopman-invariant subspaces: parallel symmetric subspace decomposition
    M. Haseli, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Denver, Colorado, 2020, pp. 4545-4550

  55. Convergence-rate-matching discretization of accelerated optimization flows through opportunistic state-triggered control
    M. Vaquero, J. Cortés
    Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, eds. H. Wallach, H. Larochelle, A. Beygelzimer, F. d'Alché-Buc, E. Fox, R. Garnett, vol. 32, Curran Associates, 2019, pp. 9767-9776

  56. Network modification using a novel Gramian-based edge centrality
    P. V. Chanekar, E. Nozari, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Nice, France, 2019, pp. 1686-1691

  57. Universal formula for smooth safe stabilization
    P. Ong, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Nice, France, 2019, pp. 2373-2378

  58. Efficient identification of linear evolutions in nonlinear vector fields: Koopman invariant subspaces
    M. Haseli, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Nice, France, 2019, pp. 1746-1751

  59. Saddle-flow dynamics for distributed feedback-based optimization
    C.-Y. Chang, M. Colombino, J. Cortés, E. Dall'Anese
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Nice, France, 2019, pp. 575-580

  60. Dynamic evolution of distributional ambiguity sets and precision tradeoffs in data assimilation
    D. Boskos, J. Cortés, S. Martínez
    Proceedings of the European Control Conference, Naples, Italy, 2019, pp. 2252-2257

  61. Double-layered distributed transient frequency control with regional coordination
    Y. Zhang, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2019, pp. 658-663

  62. Approximating the Koopman operator using noisy data: noise-resilient extended dynamic mode decomposition
    M. Haseli, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2019, pp. 5499-5504

  63. Oscillations and coupling in interconnections of two-dimensional brain networks
    E. Nozari, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2019, pp. 193-198

  64. Co-optimization of control and actuator selection for cyber-physical systems
    C.-Y. Chang, S Martínez, J. Cortés
    IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems, Groningen, The Netherlands, 2018, pp. 118-123

  65. Distributed augmentation-regularization for robust online convex optimization
    M. Vaquero, J. Cortés
    IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems, Groningen, The Netherlands, 2018, pp. 230-235

  66. Event-triggered control design with performance barrier
    P. Ong, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami Beach, Florida, 2018, pp. 951-956

  67. Distributed algorithm via continuously differentiable exact penalty method for network optimization
    P. Srivastava, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami Beach, Florida, 2018, pp. 975-980

  68. Event-triggering stabilization of real and complex linear systems with disturbances over digital channels
    M. J. Khojasteh, M. Hedayatpour, J. Cortés, M. Franceschetti
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami Beach, Florida, 2018, pp. 152-157

  69. Selective recruitment in hierarchical complex dynamical networks with linear-threshold rate dynamics
    E. Nozari, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami Beach, Florida, 2018, pp. 5227-5232

    *2018 CDC Best Student Paper Award*

  70. Transient frequency control with regional cooperation for power networks
    Y. Zhang, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami Beach, Florida, 2018, pp. 2587-2592

  71. Distributed transient frequency control in power networks
    Y. Zhang, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami Beach, Florida, 2018, pp. 4595-4600

  72. Boolean composability of constraints and control synthesis for multi-robot systems via nonsmooth control barrier functions
    P. Glotfelter, J. Cortés, M. Egerstedt
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2018, pp. 897-902

  73. Event-triggered stabilization of disturbed linear systems over digital channels
    M. J. Khojasteh, M. Hedayatpour, J. Cortés, M. Franceschetti
    Annual Conference on Information Systems and Sciences, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 2018, electronic proceedings

  74. Underwater coverage with a mobile robot of limited control authority
    E. Aranda-Escolástico, J. Cortés, M. Guinaldo, S. Dormido
    Proceedings of the European Control Conference, Limassol, Cyprus, 2018, pp. 1088-1093

  75. Stable interconnection of continuous-time price-bidding mechanisms with power network dynamics
    T. Stegink, A. Cherukuri, C. De Persis, A. J. van der Schaft, J. Cortés
    Power Systems Computation Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 2018, electronic proceedings

  76. Receding-horizon multi-objective optimization for disaster response
    K. Lee, S. Martínez, J. Cortés, R. H. Chen, M. B. Milam
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, 2018, pp. 5304-5309

  77. Participation of microgrids in frequency regulation markets
    P. Srivastava, C.-Y. Chang, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, 2018, pp. 3834-3839

  78. Integrating iterative bidding in electricity markets and frequency regulation
    T. Stegink, A. Cherukuri, C. De Persis, A. J. van der Schaft, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, 2018, pp. 6182-6187

  79. Stability analysis of complex networks with linear-threshold rate dynamics
    E. Nozari, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, 2018, pp. 191-196

    *2018 ACC Best Student Paper Award*

  80. Data-driven distributed optimization using Wasserstein ambiguity sets
    A. Cherukuri, J. Cortés
    Allerton Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing, Monticello, Illinois, 2017, pp. 38-44

  81. Convex relaxation for mixed-integer optimal power flow problems
    C.-Y. Chang, S. Martínez, J. Cortés
    Allerton Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing, Monticello, Illinois, 2017, pp. 307-314

  82. Dynamic domain reduction for multi-agent planning
    A. Ma, M. Ouimet, J. Cortés
    International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems, Los Angeles, California, 2017, pp. 142-149

  83. Time-triggering versus event-triggering control over communication channels
    M. J. Khojasteh, P. Tallapragada, J. Cortés, M. Franceschetti
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Melbourne, Australia, 2017, pp. 5432-5437

  84. Event-triggered interactive gradient descent for real-time multi-objective optimization
    P. Ong, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Melbourne, Australia, 2017, pp. 5445-5450

  85. Grid-connected microgrid participation in frequency-regulation markets via hierarchical coordination
    C.-Y. Chang, S. Martínez, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Melbourne, Australia, 2017, pp. 3501-3506

  86. Nonsmooth barrier functions with applications to multi-robot systems
    P. Glotfelter, J. Cortés, M. Egerstedt
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Melbourne, Australia, 2017, pp. 5237-5242

  87. A scheduled-asynchronous distributed optimization algorithm for the optimal power flow problem
    C.-Y. Chang. J. Cortés, S. Martínez
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2017, pp. 3968-3973

  88. Transient-state feasibility set approximation of power networks against disturbances of unknown amplitude
    Y. Zhang, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2017, pp. 2767-2772

  89. Time-invariant versus time-varying actuator scheduling in complex networks
    E. Nozari, F. Pasqualetti, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2017, pp. 4995-5000

  90. Distributed coordination of power generators for a linearized optimal power flow problem
    A. Cherukuri, A. D. Domínguez-García, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2017, pp. 3962-3967

  91. Decentralized Nash equilibrium seeking by strategic generators for DC optimal power flow
    A. Cherukuri, J. Cortés
    Annual Conference on Information Systems and Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 2017, electronic proceedings

  92. The value of timing information in event-triggered control: the scalar case
    M. J. Khojasteh, P. Tallapragada, J. Cortés, M. Franceschetti
    Allerton Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing, Monticello, Illinois, USA, 2016, pp. 1165-1172

  93. Event-triggered stabilization of scalar linear systems under packet drops
    P. Tallapragada, M. Franceschetti, J. Cortés
    Allerton Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing, Monticello, Illinois, USA, 2016, pp. 1173-1180

  94. The role of strong convexity-concavity in the convergence and robustness of the saddle-point dynamics
    A. Cherukuri, E. Mallada, S. Low, J. Cortés
    Allerton Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing, Monticello, Illinois, USA, 2016, pp. 504-510

  95. Distributed algorithms for convex network optimization under non-sparse equality constraints
    A. Cherukuri, J. Cortés
    Allerton Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing, Monticello, Illinois, USA, 2016, pp. 452-459

  96. Visibility-based distributed deployment of robotic teams in polyhedral terrains
    A. Ma, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2016, DSCC2016-9820

  97. Differential privacy in control and network systems
    J. Cortés, G. E. Dullerud, S. Han, J. Le Ny, S. Mitra, G. J. Pappas
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2016, pp. 4252-4272

  98. Exponentially fast distributed coordination for nonsmooth convex optimization
    S. K. Niederländer, F. Allgöwer, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2016, pp. 1036-1041

  99. Scheduling of control nodes for improved network controllability
    Y. Zhao, F. Pasqualetti, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2016, USA, pp. 1859-1864

  100. Event-triggered control for nonlinear systems with time-varying input delay
    E. Nozari, P. Tallapragada, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2016, pp. 495-500

  101. Quantifying the robustness of power networks against initial failure
    Y. Zhang, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the European Control Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, 2016, pp. 2072-2077

  102. Differentially private distributed convex optimization via objective perturbation
    E. Nozari, P. Tallapragada, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 2016, pp. 2061-2066

  103. Decentralized Nash equilibrium learning by strategic generators for economic dispatch
    A. Cherukuri, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 2016, pp. 1082-1087

  104. Identification of linear networks with latent nodes
    Y. Zhao, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 2016, pp. 173-178

  105. Event-triggered stabilization of linear systems under channel blackouts
    P. Tallapragada, M. Franceschetti, J. Cortés
    Allerton Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing, Monticello, Illinois, USA, 2015, pp. 604-611

  106. Coordinated intersection traffic management
    P. Tallapragada, J. Cortés
    IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 2015, vol. 48, issue 22, pp. 233-239

  107. Distributed optimization for multi-task learning via nuclear-norm approximation
    D. Mateos-Nuñez, J. Cortés
    IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 2015, vol. 48, issue 22, pp. 64-69

  108. Differentially private average consensus with optimal noise selection
    E. Nozari, P. Tallapragada, J. Cortés
    IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 2015, vol. 48, issue 22, pp. 203-208

  109. Network integrity via coordinated motion of stratospheric vehicles
    M. Ouimet, J. Cortés, S. Martínez
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Osaka, Japan, 2015, pp. 215-220

  110. Reachability metrics for bilinear complex networks
    Y. Zhao, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Osaka, Japan, 2015, pp. 4788-4793

  111. The effect of delayed side information on fundamental limitations of disturbance attenuation
    Y. Zhao, V. Gupta, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Osaka, Japan, 2015, pp. 1878-1883

  112. Distributed coordination for separable convex optimization with coupling constraints
    S. K. Niederländer, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Osaka, Japan, 2015, pp. 694-699

  113. Distributed subgradient methods for saddle-point problems
    D. Mateos-Nuñez, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Osaka, Japan, 2015, pp. 5462-5467

  114. Distributed dynamic economic dispatch of power generators with storage
    A. Cherukuri, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Osaka, Japan, 2015, pp. 2365-2370

  115. Convergence of Caratheodory solutions for primal-dual dynamics in constrained concave optimization
    A. Cherukuri, E. Mallada, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications, Paris, France, 2015, pp. 290-296

  116. Asymptotic stability of saddle points under the saddle-point dynamics
    A. Cherukuri, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2015, pp. 2020-2025

    *2015 ACC Best Student Paper Award Finalist*


  117. Team-triggered coordination of robotic networks for optimal deployment
    C. Nowzari, J. Cortés, G. J. Pappas
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2015, pp. 5744-5751

  118. Distributed coordination for economic dispatch with varying load and generator commitment
    A. Cherukuri, J. Cortés
    Allerton Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing, Monticello, Illinois, USA, 2014, pp. 475-482

  119. Event-triggered control with bounded data rate
    P. Tallapragada, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2014, pp. 1989-1994

  120. Distributed event-triggered optimization for linear programming
    D. Richert, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2014, pp. 2007-2012

  121. Dynamic average consensus with distributed event-triggered communication
    S. S. Kia, J. Cortés, S. Martínez
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2014, pp. 890-895

  122. Coordinated rendezvous of underwater drifters in ocean internal waves
    M. Ouimet, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2014, pp. 6099-6104

  123. Distributed online second-order dynamics for convex optimization over switching connected graphs
    D. Mateos-Nuñez, J. Cortés
    International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, Groningen, The Netherlands, 2014, pp. 15-22

  124. Zeno-free, distributed event-triggered communication and control for multi-agent average consensus
    C. Nowzari, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2014, pp. 2148-2153

  125. Periodic and event-triggered communication for distributed continuous-time convex optimization
    S. S. Kia, J. Cortés, S. Martínez
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2014, pp. 5010-5015

  126. Robust estimation and aggregation of ocean internal wave parameters using Lagrangian drifters
    M. Ouimet, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2014, pp. 5121-5126

  127. Distributed, anytime optimization in power-generator networks for economic dispatch
    A. Cherukuri, S. Martínez, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2014, pp. 172-177

  128. Noise-to-state stable distributed convex optimization on weight-balanced digraphs
    D. Mateos-Nuñez, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Florence, Italy, 2013, pp. 2781-2786

  129. Distributed line search via dynamic convex combinations
    J. Cortés, S. Martínez
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Florence, Italy, 2013, pp. 2346-2351

  130. Integral input-to-state stable saddle-point dynamics for distributed linear programming
    D. Richert, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Florence, Italy, 2013, pp. 7480-7485

  131. Saturation-tolerant average consensus with controllable rates of convergence
    S. S. Kia, J. Cortés, S. Martínez
    Proceedings of the SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications, San Diego, California, USA, 2013, pp. 121-128

  132. Distributed map merging with consensus on common information
    R. Aragüés, J. Cortés, C. Sagüés
    Proceedings of the European Control Conference, Zürich, Switzerland, 2013, pp. 736-741

  133. Singularly perturbed algorithms for dynamic average consensus
    S. S. Kia, J. Cortés, S. Martínez
    Proceedings of the European Control Conference, Zürich, Switzerland, 2013, pp. 1758-1763

  134. Team-triggered coordination of networked systems
    C. Nowzari, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, 2013, pp. 3827-3832

  135. Stability of stochastic differential equations with additive persistent noise
    D. Mateos-Nuñez, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, 2013, pp. 5447-5452

  136. Distributed linear programming and bargaining in exchange networks
    D. Richert, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, 2013, pp. 4624-4629

  137. Distributed estimation of internal wave parameters via inter-drogue distances
    M. Ouimet, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, USA 2012, pp. 2433-2438

  138. Distributed convergence to Nash equilibria by adversarial networks with directed topologies
    B. Gharesifard, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, USA 2012, pp. 5786-5791

  139. Optimal leader allocation in UAV formation pairs under costly switching
    D. Richert, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, USA 2012, pp. 831-836

  140. Robust optimal investment policies for servicing targets in acyclic digraphs
    C. Nowzari, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, USA 2012, pp. 136-141

  141. Continuous-time distributed convex optimization on weight-balanced digraphs
    B. Gharesifard, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, USA 2012, pp. 7451-7456

  142. Exploration of misperceptions in hypergames
    B. Gharesifard, J. Cortés
    Allerton Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing, Monticello, Illinois, USA, 2011, pp. 1565-1570

  143. Distributed convergence to Nash equilibria by adversarial networks with undirected topologies
    B. Gharesifard, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Montréal, Canada, 2012, pp. 5881-5886

  144. Optimal leader allocation in UAV formation pairs under no-cost switching
    D. Richert, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Montréal, Canada, 2012, pp. 3297-3302

  145. Coalition formation and motion coordination for optimal deployment
    M. Ouimet, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2011, pp. 6882-6887

  146. Stealthy strategies for deception in hypergames with asymmetric information
    B. Gharesifard, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2011, pp. 5762-5767

  147. Self-triggered coordination of robotic networks for optimal deployment
    C. Nowzari, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, San Francisco, California, USA, 2011, pp. 1039-1044

    *2011 ACC Best Student Paper Award Finalist*
    *2012 O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award in the Theory category*

  148. Learning of equilibria and misperceptions in hypergames with perfect observations
    B. Gharesifard, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, San Francisco, California, USA, 2011, pp. 4045-4050

  149. Evolution of the perception about the opponent in hypergames
    B. Gharesifard, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2010, pp. 1076-1081

  150. Generalized multicircumcenter trajectories for optimal design under near-independance
    R. Graham, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2010, pp. 5499-5504

  151. Deployment of an unreliable robotic sensor network for spatial estimation
    J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2010, pp. 376-381

  152. Dynamic modeling and pneumatic switching control of a submersible drogue
    Y. Han, R. A. de Callafon, J. Cortés, J. Jaffe
    Proceedings of the International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 2010, vol 2, pp. 89-97

  153. Dynamic consensus for merging visual maps under limited communications
    R. Aragüés, J. Cortés, and C. Sagüés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation, Anchorage, Alaska, 2010, pp. 3032-3037

  154. When does a digraph admit a doubly stochastic adjacency matrix?
    B. Gharesifard, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, 2010, pp. 2440-2445

  155. Spatial statistics and distributed estimation by robotic sensor networks
    R. Graham, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, 2010, pp. 2422-2427

  156. Distributed strategies for making a digraph weight-balanced
    B. Gharesifard, J. Cortés
    Allerton Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing, Monticello, Illinois, USA, 2009, pp. 771-777

  157. Spatial detection of areas of abrupt change by robotic networks
    H. Gao, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Hollywood, California, 2009, DSCC2009-2760

  158. Cooperative adaptive sampling via approximate entropy maximization
    R. Graham, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, 2009, pp. 7055-7060

  159. Motion control strategies for improved multi robot perception
    R. Aragüés, J. Cortés, and C. Sagüés
    Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, St. Louis, MI, October 2009, pp. 1065-1070

  160. Distributed sampling of random fields with unknown covariance
    R. Graham, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 2009, pp. 4543-4548

  161. Global formation-shape stabilization of relative sensing networks
    J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 2009, pp. 1460-1465

  162. Distributed map merging in a robotic network
    R. Aragüés, J. Cortés, and C. Sagüés
    Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Nice, France, 2008, Workshop on Network Robot Systems: human concepts of space and activity, integration, and applications, pp. 104-110

  163. Distributed motion constraints for algebraic connectivity of robotic networks
    M. Schuresko, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, 2008, pp. 5482-5487

  164. A cooperative deployment strategy for optimal sampling in spatiotemporal estimation
    R. Graham, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, 2008, pp. 2432-2437

  165. Area-constrained coverage optimization by robotic sensor networks
    J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, 2008, pp. 1018-1023

  166. Coverage control by robotic networks with limited-range anisotropic sensory
    K. Laventall, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2008, pp. 2666-2671

  167. Asymptotic optimality of multicenter Voronoi configurations for random field estimation
    R. Graham, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 2007, pp. 3127-3132

  168. Safe graph rearrangements for distributed connectivity of robotic networks
    M. Schuresko, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 2007, pp. 4602-4607

  169. Distributed gradient ascent of random fields by robotic sensor networks
    J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 2007, pp. 3120-3126

  170. Exploring landmark placement strategies for self-localization in wireless sensor networks
    F. Benbadis, K. Obraczka, J. Cortés, A. Brandwajn
    18th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, Athens, Greece, 2007, electronic proceedings

  171. Visibility-based multi-agent deployment in orthogonal environments
    A. Ganguli, J. Cortés, F. Bullo
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, New York, USA, 2007, pp. 3426-3431

  172. Correctness analysis and optimality bounds of multi-spacecraft formation initialization algorithms
    M. Schuresko, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, California, USA, 2006, pp. 5974-5979

  173. Analysis and design of distributed algorithms for chi-consensus
    J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, California, USA, 2006, pp. 3363-3368

  174. Notes on averaging over acyclic digraphs and discrete coverage control
    C. Gao, F. Bullo, J. Cortés, A. Jadbabaie
    Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, California, USA, 2006, pp. 4651-4656

  175. A crash course in feedback control - a MATLAB-based introduction with one prerequisite: high school algebra
    W. B. Dunbar, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, California, USA, 2006, pp. 3900-3905

  176. Characterizing robust coordination algorithms via proximity graphs and set-valued maps
    J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 2006, pp. 8-13

  177. Distributed deployment of asynchronous guards in art galleries
    A. Ganguli, J. Cortés, F. Bullo
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 2006, pp. 1416-1421

    *2006 ACC Best Student Paper Award*

  178. On collective motion in sensor networks: sample problems and distributed algorithms
    A. Ganguli, S. Susca, S. Martínez, F. Bullo, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Seville, Spain, 2005, pp. 4239-4244

  179. Achieving coordination tasks in finite time via nonsmooth gradient flows
    J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Seville, Spain, 2005, pp. 6376-6381

  180. On synchronous robotic networks - Part II: Time complexity of rendezvous and deployment algorithms
    S. Martínez, F. Bullo, J. Cortés, E. Frazzoli
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Seville, Spain, 2005, pp. 8313-8318

  181. On synchronous robotic networks - Part I: Models, tasks and complexity notions
    S. Martínez, F. Bullo, J. Cortés, E. Frazzoli
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Seville, Spain, 2005, pp. 2847-2852

  182. Coordinated rendezvous for visually-guided agents in a nonconvex polygon
    A. Ganguli, J. Cortés, F. Bullo
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Seville, Spain, 2005, pp. 5686-5691

  183. On robust rendezvous for mobile autonomous agents
    S. Martínez, J. Cortés, F. Bullo
    IFAC World Congress, Praga, Czech Republic, 2005, electronic proceedings

  184. Maximizing visibility in nonconvex polygons: nonsmooth analysis and gradient algorithm design
    A. Ganguli, J. Cortés, F. Bullo
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2005, pp. 792-797

    *2005 ACC Best Student Paper Award Finalist*

  185. Analysis and design tools for distributed motion coordination
    J. Cortés, S. Martínez, F. Bullo
    Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2005, pp. 1680-1685

  186. Coordinated deployment of mobile sensing networks with limited-range interactions
    J. Cortés, S. Martínez, F. Bullo
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Paradise Island, Bahamas, 2004, pp. 1944-1949

  187. Nonsmooth analysis and sonar-based implementation of distributed coordination algorithms
    C. Robinson, D. Block, S. Brennan, F. Bullo, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 2004, pp. 3000-3005

  188. A catalog of inverse-kinematic planners for underactuated systems on matrix Lie groups
    S. Martínez, J. Cortés, F. Bullo
    Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2003, pp. 625-630

  189. From geometric optimization and nonsmooth analysis to distributed coordination algorithms
    J. Cortés, F. Bullo
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, USA, 2003, pp. 3274-3280

  190. Gradient realization of nonlinear control systems
    J. Cortés, A.J. van der Schaft, P.E. Crouch
    IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control, Seville, Spain, 2003, pp. 73-78

  191. Design of oscillatory control systems
    S. Martínez, J. Cortés, F. Bullo
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2002, pp. 1509-1514

    *2002 CDC Best Student Paper Award*

  192. Vector-valued quadratic forms in control theory
    F. Bullo, J. Cortés, A.D. Lewis, S. Martinez
    Workshop on Open Problems in Mathematical Systems and Control Theory, Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, August 12-16, 2002, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA

  193. Coverage control for mobile sensing networks: variations on a theme
    J. Cortés, S. Martínez, T. Karatas, F. Bullo
    Proceedings of the 10th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Lisbon, Portugal, 2002

  194. Geometric control of robotic locomotion systems
    S. Martínez, J. Cortés
    Proceedings of the X Fall Workshop on Geometry and Physics, Miraflores de la Sierra, Spain, 2001, Publicaciones de la RSME, vol. 4 (2003), pp. 183-198

  195. Controllability of mechanical systems with constraints and symmetries
    J. Cortés, S. Martínez, J.P. Ostrowski, H. Zhang
    15th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, South Bend, Indiana, USA, 2002, electronic proceedings

  196. Coverage control for mobile sensing networks
    J. Cortés, S. Martínez, T. Karatas, F. Bullo
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation, Arlington, Virginia, USA, 2002, pp. 1327-1332

  197. Analysis of oscillatory control systems
    S. Martínez, J. Cortés, F. Bullo
    IFAC World Congress, Barcelona, Spain, 2002, electronic proceedings

  198. On nonlinear controllability and series expansions for Lagrangian systems with damping
    J. Cortés, S. Martínez, F. Bullo
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2001, pp. 2619-2624

  199. Non-constant rank constraints
    J. Cortés, M. de León, D. Martín de Diego, S. Martínez
    Actas del VII Encuentro de Otoño de Geometría y Física, Medina del Campo, Spain, 1999, Publicaciones de la RSME, vol. 2 (2001), pp. 41-54

  200. Optimal control for nonholonomic systems with symmetry
    J. Cortés, S. Martínez
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Sydney, Australia, 2000, pp. 5216-5218

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