2026 Ali Jadbabaie: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	69	1927	1865	977	939	356	30195

Overview

Ali Jadbabaie is a researcher affiliated with MIT in the United States, specializing in computer science with a focus on several subfields. Their research work spans artificial intelligence, statistical and nonlinear physics, computer networks and communications, computational mechanics, and management science and operations research.

The scientist's primary research topics include:

Complex Network Analysis Techniques
Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques
Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
Sparse and Compressive Sensing Techniques
Topological and Geometric Data Analysis
Game Theory and Applications
Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems

Jadbabaie's recent publications demonstrate a focus on dynamics in networks and decision-making processes under uncertainty. Selected recent papers include:

"Robust Federated Learning: The Case of Affine Distribution Shifts" (2020), published in arXiv (Cornell University)
"Network Inference From Consensus Dynamics With Unknown Parameters" (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing over Networks
"Bayesian Decision Making in Groups is Hard" (2021), published in arXiv (Cornell University)
"Non-Bayesian Social Learning With Uncertain Models" (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
"Inference in Opinion Dynamics Under Social Pressure" (2022), published in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

The researcher frequently publishes in venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
SSRN Electronic Journal
IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing over Networks
2021 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)

Collaborations form an important part of Jadbabaie's research, with frequent coauthors including:

Amir Ajorlou
Devavrat Shah
Arnab Sarker
Anuran Makur
Haochuan Li

Best Publications

Coordination of groups of mobile autonomous agents using nearest neighbor rules

A. Jadbabaie;Jie Lin;A.S. Morse

9733
Citations
Flocking in Fixed and Switching Networks

H.G. Tanner;A. Jadbabaie;G.J. Pappas

1672
Citations
Stable flocking of mobile agents, part I: fixed topology

H.G. Tanner;A. Jadbabaie;G.J. Pappas

1048
Citations
Stable flocking of mobile agents part I: dynamic topology

H.G. Tanner;A. Jadbabaie;G.J. Pappas

773
Citations
Safety verification of hybrid systems using barrier certificates

Stephen Prajna;Ali Jadbabaie

734
Citations
A Framework for Worst-Case and Stochastic Safety Verification Using Barrier Certificates

S. Prajna;A. Jadbabaie;G.J. Pappas

692
Citations
Non-Bayesian social learning

Ali Jadbabaie;Pooya Molavi;Alvaro Sandroni;Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi

619
Citations
Simplicial closure and higher-order link prediction

Austin R. Benson;Rediet Abebe;Michael T. Schaub;Michael T. Schaub;Ali Jadbabaie

554
Citations
A Necessary and Sufficient Condition for Consensus Over Random Networks

A. Tahbaz-Salehi;A. Jadbabaie

547
Citations
Decentralized Control of Connectivity for Multi-Agent Systems

M.C. De Gennaro;A. Jadbabaie

387
Citations
Random Walks on Simplicial Complexes and the Normalized Hodge 1-Laplacian

Michael T. Schaub;Austin R. Benson;Paul Horn;Gabor Lippner

386
Citations
Unconstrained receding-horizon control of nonlinear systems

A. Jadbabaie;J. Yu;J. Hauser

384
Citations
FedPAQ: A Communication-Efficient Federated Learning Method with Periodic Averaging and Quantization.

Amirhossein Reisizadeh;Aryan Mokhtari;Hamed Hassani;Ali Jadbabaie

340
Citations
Distributed Online Optimization in Dynamic Environments Using Mirror Descent

Shahin Shahrampour;Ali Jadbabaie

287
Citations
Optimal Resource Allocation for Network Protection Against Spreading Processes

Victor M. Preciado;Michael Zargham;Chinwendu Enyioha;Ali Jadbabaie

287
Citations
Consensus Over Ergodic Stationary Graph Processes

A. Tahbaz-Salehi;A. Jadbabaie

273
Citations
Hybrid Control for Connectivity Preserving Flocking

M.M. Zavlanos;H.G. Tanner;A. Jadbabaie;G.J. Pappas

269
Citations
A Distributed Newton Method for Network Utility Maximization–I: Algorithm

Ermin Wei;Asuman Ozdaglar;Ali Jadbabaie

254
Citations
Distributed Geodesic Control Laws for Flocking of Nonholonomic Agents

N. Moshtagh;A. Jadbabaie

253
Citations
Why Gradient Clipping Accelerates Training: A Theoretical Justification for Adaptivity

Jingzhao Zhang;Tianxing He;Suvrit Sra;Ali Jadbabaie

214
Citations
On the stability of the Kuramoto model of coupled nonlinear oscillators

A. Jadbabaie;N. Motee;M. Barahona

191
Citations
On Non-Bayesian Social Learning

Pooya Molavi;Ali Jadbabaie

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

George J. Pappas University of Pennsylvania

Suvrit Sra MIT

Alejandro Ribeiro University of Pennsylvania

Asuman Ozdaglar MIT

Jay Hauser University of California, Los Angeles

Aryan Mokhtari The University of Texas at Austin

Alex Olshevsky Boston University

Alexander Rakhlin MIT

Michael M. Zavlanos Duke University

Kostas Daniilidis University of Pennsylvania

External Links

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