RECENT CONFERENCE PAPERS (2000 -   ): 

 

·         A. Gusrialdi, Y. Xu, Z. Qu, and M.A. Simaan, “Resilient Cooperative Voltage Control for Distribution Network with High Penetration Distributed Energy Resources, Proc. of the 2020 European Control Conference, May 12-15, 2020, Saint Petersburg, Russia,  pp. 1533-1539, doi: 10.23919/ECC51009.2020.9143684.

 

·         A. Talebi, M. A. Simaan and Z. Qu, “Cooperative Design of Systems of Systems Against Attack on One Subsystem” 2019 IEEE 58th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Palais des Congrès et des Expositions Nice Acropolis, Nice, France, December 11-13, 2019, pp. 7313-7318

 

·         J. Pittner, M. A. Simaan, and N. Samaras, "Improved Threading of the Tandem Cold Mill Using Advanced Control Techniques with Virtual Rolling," 2019 IEEE IAS Annual Meeting, Sept/Oct 2019, Baltimore, MD. in Conference CD

 

·         J. Pittner and M. A. Simaan, "Advanced Control for the Threading of a Tandem Cold Metal Sheet Mill," AISTech 2019-Proceedings of the Iron and Steel Technology Conference, May, 2019, Pittsburgh, PA, pp. 1669-1682.

 

·         Talebi, M. A. Simaan and Z. Qu,” Decision Making in Complex Dynamical Systems of Systems with One Opposing Subsystem,” Proc. of the 2019 European Control Conference, June 25-28, 2019, Napoli, Italy, pp. 2789-2795

 

·         R. S. Al-Azzawi and M. Simaan, “Leader-Follower Controls in Systems with Two Controllers”, Proc. of the IEEE SoutheastCon, Huntsville. AL, April 11-14, 2019, in Conference CD

 

·         J. Pittner and M. A. Simaan, "Improving the Availability of Tandem Cold Metal Rolling by the Use of Fault-Tolerant Techniques with Virtual Rolling," Proc. of the 2018 IEEE Industry Application Society Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, September 23-27, 2018, in Conference CD

 

·         V.S. Vasudevan and M.A. Simaan, “A Modified Definition of Ejection Fraction for Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Devices as a Determinant for Heart Recovery,” Proc. of the 2018 American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) 64th Annual Conference, Washington, DC, June 13-16, 2018, p. 29

 

·         A. Talebi and M. A. Simaan, ”SIMPE: A Simulation Platform for Multi-Player Pursuit-Evasion ProblemsProc. of the 14th IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation, (ICCA), Anchorage, Alaska, June 12-15, 2018, pp. 344-349

 

·         J. Pittner and M. A. Simaan, " Improved Advanced Control for Operation of a Tandem Cold Rolling Mill,” Proc. of the 2018 Iron and Steel Technology Conference and Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, May 8-11, 2018, in Conference CD

 

·         R. S. Al-Azzawi and M. Simaan, Sampled Closed-Loop Control in Multi-Controller Multi-Objective Control Systems, Proc. of the IEEE SoutheastCon, Tampa, FL, April 19-22, 2018, in Conference CD

 

·         V.S. Vasudevan and M.A. Simaan, “Cardiac Function Recovery Using Ejection Fraction in the Presence of a Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device,” Proc. of the 2018 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical & Health Informatics (BHI), Las Vegas, NV, March 4-7, 2018, pp. 311-314

 

·         A. Talebi, M. A. Simaan, and Z. Qu” Cooperative, Non-Cooperative and Greedy Pursuers Strategies in Multi-Player Pursuit Evasion Games,” Proc. of the 1st IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, August 27-30, 2017, Kohala Coast, HI, pp. 2049-2056

 

·         V.S. Vasudevan and M.A. Simaan, “A System of Systems Approach to Patient Treatment with the Left Ventricular Assist Device,” Proc. of the 12th Annual System of Systems Conference, June 18-21, 2017, Waikoloa, HI

 

·         A. Talebi and M. A. Simaan,” Multi-Pursuer Pursuit Evasion Games Under Parameter Uncertainty: A Monte Carlo Approach,” Proc. of the 12th Annual System of Systems Conference, June 18-21, 2017, Waikoloa, HI

 

·         V.S. Vasudevan, Y. Wang, and M.A. Simaan, “Aortic Valve Dynamics and Blood Flow Control in Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices,” Proc. of the 2017 American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, May 24-26, 2017, pp.1456-1461

 

·         T. Rahman, R. Harvey, Z. Qu, and M.A. Simaan, “A Distributed Cooperative Load Control Approach for Ancillary Services in Smart Grid,” Proc. of the 2017 American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, May 24-26, 2017, pp.1401-1406

 

·         J. Pittner and M. A. Simaan, "Savings of Costs and Energy in Tandem Hot Metal Sheet Rolling Using a New Control Method” Proc. of the 2017 Iron and Steel Technology Conference and Exposition, Nashville, TN, May 8-11, 2017, in Conference CD

 

·         J. Pittner and M. A. Simaan, "Advanced Control for Fault-Tolerant Operation of a Tandem Hot Metal Strip Mill” Proc. of the 2017 Iron and Steel Technology Conference and Exposition, Nashville, TN, May 8-11, 2017, in Conference CD

 

·         J. Pittner and M. A. Simaan, "Advanced Control with Virtual Rolling to Improve the Control of the Threading of the Tandem Hot Metal Strip Mill," Proceedings of the IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Portland, OR October 2-6, 2016, in conference USB, pp. 1-8, DOI: 10.1109/IAS.2016.7731910.

 

·         J. Pittner and M. A. Simaan, "Advanced Control Using Virtual Processing for Threading a Hot Metal Strip Mill,” Proc. of the 2016 American Control Conference, Boston, MA, July 6-9, 2016, pp. 3268-3273

 

·         J. Pittner and M. A. Simaan, "New Control Method for Improving the Threading Phase of the Tandem Rolling of Hot Metal Sheet,” Proc. of the 2016 Iron and Steel Technology Conference and Exposition, Pittsburgh, PA, May 16-19, 2016, Vol. III, pp. 3069-3082

 

·         A. Gusrialdi, Z. Qu, and M.A. Simaan, “Game Theoretical Designs of Resilient Cooperative Systems,” Proc. of the 2015 European Control Conference, Linz, Austria, July 15-17, 2015, pp. 1699-1705

 

·         M. A. Simaan, G. Faragallah, and Y. Wang, “Power Control Range of Operation for the Left Ventricular Assist Device in Bridge-to-Recovery Treatment,” Extended Abstract, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Toronto, Canada, June 7-12, 2015

 

·         J. Pittner and M. A. Simaan, "New Control Technique for Reducing the Likelihood of Cobbles in the Tandem Rolling of Hot Metal Sheet,” Proc. of the 2015 Iron and Steel Technology Conference and Exposition, Cleveland, OH, April 29-May 4, 2015, pp. 2647-2660

 

·         J. Pittner and M. A. Simaan, "Advanced Control to Reduce the Likelihood of Cobbles in the Tandem Rolling of Hot Metal Strip,” Proc. of the 2014 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 5-9, 2014 (in Conference CD)

 

·         A. Gusrialdi, Z. Qu, and M.A. Simaan, “Scheduling and Cooperative Control of Electric Vehicles' Charging at Highway Service Stations,” Proc. of the 2014 Conference on Decision and Control, Los Angeles, CA, December 15-17, 2014, pp. 6465-6471

 

·         W. Lin, Z. Qu, and M.A. Simaan, “Distributed Game Strategy Design for Multi-Agent Formation Control,” Proc. of the 2014 Conference on Decision and Control, Los Angeles, CA, December 15-17, 2014, pp.433-438

 

·         J. Pittner and M. A. Simaan, "Advanced Control to Reduce the Likelihood of Cobbles in the Tandem Rolling of Hot Metal Strip,” Proc. of the 2014 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 5-9, 2014 (in Conference CD)

 

·         Y. Wang, G. Faragallah, and  M.A. Simaan, “Detecting of Aortic Valve Dynamics in Bridge-to-Recovery Feedback Control of the Left Ventricular Assist Device,” Proc. of the 13th European Control Conference, Strasbourg, France, June 24-27, 2014, pp. 140-145

 

·         A. Gusrialdi, Z. Qu, and M.A. Simaan, “Robust Design of Cooperative Systems Against Attacks,” Proc. of the 2014 American Control Conference, Portland, OR, June 4-7, 2014, 1462-1468

 

·         Y. Wang, and  M.A. Simaan, “A New Method for Detecting Aortic Valve Dynamics during Control of the Rotary Left Ventricular Assist Device Support,” Proc. of the 2014 American Control Conference, Portland, OR, June 4-6, 2014, pp. 5483-5488

 

·         W. Lin, Z. Qu, and  M.A. Simaan, “Multi-Pursuer Single-Evader Differential Games with Limited Observations,” Proc. of the 2013 American Control Conference, Washington, DC, June 17-19, 2013, pp. 2654-2659

 

·         J. Pittner and M. A. Simaan, "An Advanced Control Method for Saving Energy in the Tandem Rolling of Hot Metal Strip,” Proc. of the IEEE EnergyTech 2013 Conference, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, May 21-23, 2013

 

·         J. Pittner and M. A. Simaan, "Novel Advanced Control for Tandem Hot Metal Sheet Rolling,” Proc. of the 2013 Iron and Steel Technology Conference and Exposition, Pittsburgh, PA, May 6-9, 2013, pp. 2451-2463

 

·         J. Pittner and M. A. Simaan, " Control of Tandem Hot Metal Strip Rolling Processes Using an Improvement to the State Dependent Riccati Equation Technique,” Proc. of the 2012 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, December 10-13, 2012, pp. 6358-6363

 

·         Z. Qu and M. A. Simaan, “An Analytic Solution to the Optimal Design of Information Structure and Cooperative Control in Networked Systems,” Proc. of the 2012 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, December 10-13, 2012, pp. 4015-4022

 

·         J. Pittner and M. A. Simaan, "Improvement in Control of the Tandem Hot Strip Mill,” Proc. of the 2012 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, October 7-11, 2012 (in Conference CD)

 

·         Y. Wang, G. Faragallah, E. Divo, and  M. A. Simaan "Feedback Control of a Rotary Left Ventricular Assist Device Supporting a Failing Cardiovascular System,” Proc. of the 2012 American Control Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 27-29, 2012, pp. 1137-1142

 

·         J. Pittner and M. A. Simaan, "Modern Controller for Improving Quality During Threading of the Tandem Hot Strip Rolling Mill,” Proc. of the 2011 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, October 9-13, 2011 (in Conference CD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·         M. A. Simaan, “Modeling and Control of the Heart Left Ventricle Supported with a Rotary Assist Device,” Proc. of the 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, December 9-12, 2008, pp. 2656-2661.

·         D.G. Galati, and M.  A. Simaan, “Near Nash Targeting Strategies for Heterogeneous Units of Autonomous Combat Vehicles,” Proc. of the 26th Army Science Conference, Orlando, FL, December 1-4, 2008. (in Conference CD)

·         J. Pittner, and M. A. Simaan, “Model for Control of a Tandem Hot Metal Strip Rolling” Proc. of the 2008 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, October 5-9, 2008 (in Conference CD)

·         J. Pittner and M. A. Simaan, “ Optimum Feedback Controller Design for Tandem Cold Metal Rolling” Proc. of the 17th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, Seoul, Korea, July 11-13, 2008, pp. 988 – 993.

·         M. A. Simaan and J. F. Antaki, Progress with Extremum-Seeking Feedback Controller for a Rotary Blood Pump” Abstracts of the 54th Conference of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO), San Francisco, CA, June 19 - 21, 2008.

·         J. Pittner and M. A. Simaan, “Optimal Control of Continuous Tandem Cold Metal Rolling” Proc. of the 2008 American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, June 11-13, 2008, pp. 2834-2839

·         D.G. Galati and M.  A. Simaan, “Near Nash Targeting Strategies for Heterogeneous Teams of Autonomous Combat Vehicles,” Proc. of the SPIE Conference on Defense and Security, Unmanned Systems Technology, Vol. 6962, Orlando, FL, March 16-20, 2008, pp. 69620X-1 to 69620X-10.

·         I. Sahin and M. A. Simaan, “Flow Control in Communication Networks with Competing Teams of Cooperative Users, Proc. of the 2007 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Exhibition, and Industry Forum, Washington, DC, November 26-30, 2007  (in Conference CD)

·         J. Pittner, and M. A. Simaan, “An Optimal Control Method for Improvement in Tandem Cold Metal Rolling” Proc. of the 2007 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, September 23-27, 2007 (in Conference CD)

·         J. Pittner, N. Samaras, and M. A. Simaan, “A Novel Approach for Optimal Control of Continuous Tandem Cold Metal Rolling” Proc. of the 2007 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, September 23-27, 2007  (in Conference CD)

·         J. Pittner, and M. A. Simaan, “A New Strategy for Control of Tandem Cold Metal Rolling” Proc. of the 2007 American Control Conference, New York, NY, July 11-13, 2007, pp. 4130-4135.

·         Y-C Yu, M. A. Simaan, N. V. Zorn, and S. Mushi, “A Nonlinear Model for Flow Estimation and Control in a Percutaneous Heart Assist System,” Proc. of the 2007 American Control Conference, New York, NY, July 11-13, 2007, pp. 2018-2023.

·         S. Chen, A. Ferreira, M.A. Simaan, J. R. Boston, and J. F. Antaki, "Feedback Control of an LVAD Supporting a Failing Cardiovascular System Regulated by the Baroreflex, " Proc. of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, December 13-15, 2006, pp.655-660.

·         D. G. Galati, and M.  A. Simaan, "A Game Theoretic Approach for Targeting Strategies in Teams of Autonomous Units, " Proc. of the 25th Army Science Conference, Session E, Unmanned Systems, Orlando, FL, November 27-30, 2006 (in Conference CD)

·         A. Ferreira, S. Chen, M.A. Simaan, J. R. Boston, and J. F. Antaki, "A Discriminant-Analysis-Based Suction Detection System for Rotary Blood Pumps", Proc. of the 28th IEEE Annual International Conference of Engineering in Medicine and Biology, August 30 - September 3, 2006 in New York, NY, 2006, pp. 5382-5385

·         S. Chen, A. Ferreira, M. A. Simaan, and J. F. Antaki, "A Mathematical Model of a Cardiovascular System Regulated by the Baroreflex," Proc. of the 2006 American Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June 14-17, 2006, pp. 701-706.

·         A. Ferreira, M. A. Simaan, J.R. Boston, and J. F. Antaki, "Frequency and Time-Frequency Based Indices for Suction Detection in Rotary Blood Pumps," Proc. of the 2006 IEEE International  Conference on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing, Toulouse, France, May 14-19, 2006, Vol. II, pp.1064-1067

·         A. Ferreira, M.  A. Simaan, J.R. Boston, and J. F. Antaki, "A Nonlinear State Space Model of a Combined Cardiovascular System and a Rotary Pump," Proc. of the 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, Seville, Spain, Dec. 12-15, 2005, pp. 897-902

·         A. Ferreira, S. Chen, D. G. Galati, M. A. Simaan, and J. F. Antaki, "A Dynamical State Space Representation of a Feedback Controlled Rotary Left Ventricular Assist Device," Proc. of the 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Orlando, FL, November 5-11, 2005, Paper IMECE2005-80973 (in Conference CD)

·         D.G. Galati, and M. A. Simaan, "Near-Nash Strategies in Competitive Multi-Team Target Assignment," Proc. of the 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Orlando, FL, November 5-11, 2005, Paper IMECE2005-81076 (n Conference CD)

·         Y-C Yu, M. A. Simaan, N. V. Zorn, and S. Mushi, "Model-based Prediction of a Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device Performance," Proc. of the 2005 American Control Conference, Portland, OR, June 8-10, 2005, pp. 3835-3840

·         S. Chen, J. F. Antaki, M. A. Simaan, and J. R. Boston,  "Physiological Control of Left ventricular Assist Devices Based on Gradient of Flow," Proc. of the 2005 American Control Conference, Portland, OR, June 8-10, 2005, pp. 3829-3834

·         Y. Liu and M. A. Simaan, "Competitive Team Strategies for Routing Control in Parallel-Link Communication Networks,”"Proc. of the 2005 American Control Conference, Portland, OR, June 8-10, 2005, pp. 2347-2352

·         H. Borovetz, S. Badylak, J.R. Boston, R. Kormos, M. Kameneva, M. A. Simaan, T. Snyder, H. Tsukui, W. Wagner, J.F. Antaki, C. Diao, S. Vandeberghe, B. Keller, V. Morell, S. Weber, J. Gardiner, C.M. Li, D. Paden, B. Paden, J. Wu, G. Bearneson, J. Hawkins, G. Jacobs, J. Kirk, P. Khanwilkar, J. Long, S. Miles, and R. Shaddy, "The Pediatric ventricular Assist Device (Pediaflow)," Abstracts of the First International Conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Perfusion, Hershey, PA, May 19-22, 2005, p. 48

·         B. Uber, L.C. Santelices, B. Keller, S. Webber, V. Morell, R.L. Kormos, H.S. Borovetz, M.A. Simaan and J.F, Antaki, "Systematic Decision Support for Optimal Management of PVAD Patients”" Abstracts of the First International Conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Perfusion, Hershey, PA, May 19-22, 2005, p. 68

·         S. Mushi, Y-C. Yu, M. A Simaan, and N. V. Zorn, “Flow Rate Prediction of a Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device using Nonlinear Circuit Analysis,” Proc. of the 31st Annual NorthEast BioEngineering Conference, Hoboken, NJ, April 2-3, 2005, pp. 61-62

·         Y. Liu and M. A. Simaan, "Noninferior Nash Strategies for Routing Control in Parallel-Link Communication Networks, “ Proc. of the IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, Las Vegas, NV, January 3-6, 2005, pp. 2478-2482

·         D. Galati and M. A. Simaan, ‘Effectiveness of the Nash Strategies in Competitive Multi-Team Target Assignment Problems,” 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Paradise Island, Bahamas, December 14-17, 2004, pp. 4856-4861

·         Y. Liu, D. Galati and M. A. Simaan, “A Game Theoretic Approach to Team Dynamics and Tactics in Mixed Initiative Control of Automa-Teams,” 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Paradise Island, Bahamas, December 14-17, 2004, pp. 3811-3816.

·         K-W Gwak, M. Ricci, S. Snyder, B. E. Paden, J. R. Boston, M. A. Simaan, and J.F. Antaki, “In-Vitro Evaluation of Multi-Objective Hemodynamic Control of Heart-Assist Pump,” 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Paradise Island, Bahamas, December 14-17, 2004, pp. 1069-1074

·         J. Pittner, and M. A. Simaan, “Pointwise Linear Quadratic Optimal Control of a Tandem Cold Rolling Mill” 39th IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, October 3-7, 2004, pp. 903-910

·         I. Sahin, and M. A. Simaan, “A Game Theoretic Flow and Routing Control Policy for Two-Node Parallel-Link Communication Networks With Multiple Users,” 15th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications, Barcelona, Spain,  September 5-9, 2004, pp. 2478-2482

·         M. A. Simaan, J. B. Cruz, Y. Liu, and D. Galati, “Task Assignment for Cooperative Teams in Competitive Systems, 8th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Orlando, FL, July 18-21, 2004, Vol. XVI, pp. 324-329

·         Y. Liu, D. Galati and M. A. Simaan, “Nash Strategies with Distance Discount Factor in Target Selection Problems,” 2004 American Control Conference, Boston, MA, June 29-July 2, 2004, pp. 2356-2361

·         D. Galati, Y. Liu, and M. A. Simaan, “A Fast Algorithm for Unit Level Team Resource Allocation in a Game Environment,” 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, HI, December 9-12, 2003, pp. 3561-3566.

·         Y. Liu, D. Galati and M. A. Simaan, “Team Dynamics and Tactics in SHARED,” 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, HI, December 9-12, 2003, pp. 2872-2877

·         J. F. Antaki, J. R. Boston and M. A. Simaan, “Control of Heart Assist Devices,” 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, HI, December 9-12, 2003, pp. 4084-4089.

·         C. Guo, M. A. Simaan, and Z. Sun, “Neuro-Fuzzy Intelligent Controller for Ship Roll Motion Stabilization,” IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, Houston, TX, October 5-8, 2003, pp. 182-187 

·         Y. Liu, D. Galati, M. A. Simaan, and J. B. Cruz, Jr. “Control of Cooperative Systems,” International Conference on Computer, Communication and Control Technologies, Orlando, FL, July 31-Aug. 2, 2003, pp. 333-338.

·         M. A. Simaan and J. B. Cruz, Jr., “Ordinal Decision Making in Competitive Business Models,” Hawaii International Conference on Business, Honolulu, HI, June 18-21, 2003,  pp. 1-12

·         Y. Liu, M. A. Simaan, and J. B. Cruz, Jr. “Game Theoretic Approach to Cooperative Teaming and Tasking in the Presence of an Adversary,” 2003 American Control Conference, Denver, CO, June 4-6, 2003, pp 5375-5380

·         J. Pittner, N. S. Samaras and M. A. Simaan, "A Simple Rolling Mill Model With Linear Quadratic Optimal Controller,” 37th IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, October 13-18, 2002, Vol. 1, pp. 142-149

·         N. S. Samaras and M. A. Simaan, “Optimized Trajectory Tracking Control of Dynamic Multistage Metal-Cooling Processes with Nonlinear Disturbances,” 37th  IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, October 13-18, 2002, Vol. 1, pp. 150-156

·         J. B. Cruz, Jr., and M. A. Simaan, “Ordinal Game Theory – A New Framework for Games Without Payoff Functions,” 2002 Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Lisbon, Portugal, July 9-12, 2002

·         M. A. Simaan and J. B. Cruz, Jr., “An Ordinal Approach for Decision Making in a Competitive Environment,” Hawaii International Conference on Business, Honolulu, HI, June 18-22, 2002

·         Y. Liu, J. B. Cruz, Jr., and M. A. Simaan, “Dynamic Nash Task Reassignment Strategies in Multi-Team Systems,"  2002 American Control Conference , Anchorage, AK, May 8-10, 2002, pp. 5013-5018

·         J. B. Cruz, Jr., M. A. Simaan, A. Gacic, and Y. Liu “Moving Horizon Game Theoretic Approaches for Control Strategies in a Military Operations,” 40th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Orlando, FL, December 4-7, 2001

·         L. Baloa, J. R. Boston, M. A. Simaan, and J. F. Antaki,  “A Certainty-Weighted Decision Model for the Detection of Suction in VADs,” IEEE Conference on Control Applications and International Symposium on Intelligent Control , Mexico City, Mexico, September 5-7, 2001, pp. 696-701

·         J. F. Antaki, Z. Wu, D. Liu, M. Simaan, and J. R. Boston, “A Multi-Objective Control Algorithm for Turbodynamic Blood Pumps,” 9th Congress of the International Society for Rotary Blood Pumps, Seattle, Washington, August 17-20, 2001

·         J. B. Cruz, Jr. and M. A. Simaan, “Moving Horizon Dynamic Games with Application to Military Operations,” 5th SIAM Conference on Control Applications , San Diego, CA, July 11-14, 2001 

·         J. B. Cruz, Jr., M. A. Simaan, A. Gacic, H. Jiang, B. Letellier, and M. Li “Modeling and Control of Military Operations Against Adversarial Control,” 39th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Sydney, Australia, December 12-15, 2000, pp. 2581-2586

·         Y-C. Yu, J. R. Boston, M. A. Simaan, and J. Antaki, “Minimally Invasive Identification of Ventricular Recovery Index for Weaning Patients from Artificial Heart Support,” 39th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Sydney, Australia, December 12-15, 2000, pp. 1799-1803

·         D. Liu, J. R. Boston, M. A. Simaan, and J. F. Antaki,  “Multi-Objective Optimal Control of a Heart Assist Device,” 39th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Sydney, Australia, December 12-15, 2000, 4857-4858

·         J. Boston, J, Antaki, and M. Simaan, "Hierarchical Control for Artificial Hearts," IEEE International Conference on Bio-Informatics and Biomedical Engineering, Arlington, VA, November 8-10, 2000, pp. 376-383

·         N. S. Samaras and M. A. Simaan, "Optimized Trajectory Tracking Control of Multistage Metal Cooling  Processes,” 35th IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting and World Conference on Industrial Applications of Electrical Energy, Rome, Italy, October 8-12, 2000, Vol. 4, pp. 2654-2661

·         J. R. Boston, L. Baloa, D. Liu, M. A. Simaan, S. Choi, and J. F. Antaki,  “Combination of Data Approaches to Heuristic Control and Fault Detection,” IEEE Conference on Control Applications and International Symposium on Computer-Aided Control Systems Design, Anchorage, AK, September 25-27, 2000, pp. 98-103

·         N. S.  Samaras and M. A. Simaan, "A Novel Control Structure for Coiling Temperature Control of Run-Out Table,” American Iron and Steel Institute Convention, Chicago, IL, September 10-13, 2000

·         M. Simaan, “Artificial Neural Network Classification of Texture Orientations in Seismic Images,” IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Honolulu, HI, July 24-28, 2000, Vol. II, pp. 693-695

·         L. Baloa, D. Liu, J. R. Boston, M. A. Simaan, and J. F. Antaki,  “Suction Detection in Rotary Ventricular Assist Devices,” The Chicago 2000 World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Chicago, IL, July 23-28, 2000

·         D. Liu, M. A. Simaan, J. R. Boston, L. Baloa, and J. F. Antaki,  “Multi-Objective Optimization for Ventricular Assist Devices" The Chicago 2000 World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Chicago, IL, July 23-28, 2000

·         J. B. Cruz, Jr., M. A. Simaan, A. Gacic, H. Jiang, B. Letellier, and M. Li “A State Space Model with Adversarial Control for Military Operations,” Second DARPA-JFACC Symposium on Advances In Enterprise Control , Minneapolis, NM, July 10-13, 2000, pp. 169-174

·         J. R. Boston, M. A. Simaan, J. Antaki, and Y.-C Yu “Control Issues in Rotary Heart Assist Devices,” 2000 American Control Conference , Chicago, IL, June 28-30, 2000, pp. 3473-3477

·         L. Baloa, D. Liu, J. R. Boston, M. A. Simaan, and J. F. Antaki,  “Control of Rotary Heart Assist Devices,” 2000 American Control Conference , Chicago, IL, June 28-30, 2000, pp. 2982-2986

·         J. B. Cruz, Jr., and M. A. Simaan, “Ordinal Game Theory," Korean Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (KORMS) Meeting, Seoul, Korea, June 18-21, 2000

·         J. B. Cruz, Jr., and M. A. Simaan, “Ordinal Games”, Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) Spring 2000 Meeting, Salt lake City, Utah, May 7-10, 2000