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D-Index
38
Citations
5343
World Ranking
2283
National Ranking
828

Overview

Isaac Kaminer is affiliated with the Naval Postgraduate School in the United States. Their research spans the fields of engineering and computer science, with a focus on aerospace engineering and control systems. Kaminer's work is situated mainly at the intersection of distributed control multi-agent systems, robotic path planning algorithms, and guidance and control systems.

Their main research topics include:

  • Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems
  • Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
  • Guidance and Control Systems
  • Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
  • Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
  • Air Traffic Management and Optimization
  • UAV Applications and Optimization

Kaminer has published extensively, appearing frequently in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Sensors, IFAC-PapersOnLine, AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, and IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems.

Recent publications include:

  • Optimal Multivehicle Motion Planning Using Bernstein Approximants, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • Bernstein Polynomial-Based Method for Solving Optimal Trajectory Generation Problems, 2022, Sensors
  • Generalized Optimal Control for Autonomous Mine Countermeasures Missions, 2020, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
  • Defense against Adversarial Swarms with Parameter Uncertainty, 2022, Sensors
  • Energy-Optimal Trajectory Planning of Hybrid Ultra-Long Endurance UAV in Time-Varying Energy Fields, 2020, AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum

Kaminer often collaborates with a consistent group of coauthors, including Claire Walton, Venanzio Cichella, Abram H. Clark, Naira Hovakimyan, and Vladimir Dobrokhodov. These collaborations reflect an ongoing engagement in multi-disciplinary problems related to aerospace and autonomous systems.

Best Publications

  • Trajectory Tracking for Autonomous Vehicles: An Integrated Approach to Guidance and Control

    Isaac Kaminer;Antonio Pascoal;Eric Hallberg;Carlos Silvestre

  • Brief paper: A velocity algorithm for the implementation of gain-scheduled controllers

    Isaac Kaminer;Antonio M. Pascoal;Pramod P. Khargonekar;Edward E. Coleman

  • Coordinated Path-Following in the Presence of Communication Losses and Time Delays

    R. Ghabcheloo;A. P. Aguiar;A. Pascoal;C. Silvestre

  • Vision-based tracking and motion estimation for moving targets using small UAVs

    V.N. Dobrokhodov;I.I. Kaminer;K.D. Jones;R. Ghabcheloo

  • Mixed H 2 / H ∞ control for discrete-time systems via convex optimization

    Isaac Kaminer;Pramod P. Khargonekar;Mario A. Rotea

  • Path Following for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using L1 Adaptive Augmentation of Commercial Autopilots

    Isaac Kaminer;Antonio Pascoal;Enric Xargay;Naira Hovakimyan

  • Unmanned aircraft navigation for shipboard landing using infrared vision

    O.A. Yakimenko;I.I. Kaminer;W.J. Lentz;P.A. Ghyzel

  • Coordinated Path Following for Time-Critical Missions of Multiple UAVs via L1 Adaptive Output Feedback Controllers

    I. Kaminer;O. Yakimenko;V. Dobrokhodov;A. Pascoal

  • Path Generation, Path Following and Coordinated Control for TimeCritical Missions of Multiple UAVs

    I. Kaminer;O. Yakimenko;A. Pascoal;R. Ghabcheloo

  • Non-linear co-ordinated path following control of multiple wheeled robots with bidirectional communication constraints

    R. Ghabcheloo;A. Pascoal;C. Silvestre;I. Kaminer

  • Navigation system design using time-varying complementary filters

    A. Pascoal;I. Kaminer;P. Oliveira

  • Time-Critical Cooperative Path Following of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles over Time-Varying Networks

    E. Xargay;I. Kaminer;A. Pascoal;N. Hovakimyan

  • Coordinated path-following control of multiple underactuated autonomous vehicles in the presence of communication failures

    Reza Ghabcheloo;A. Pedro Aguiar;Antonio Pascoal;Carlos Silvestre

  • Time-Critical Cooperative Control of Multiple Autonomous Vehicles: Robust Distributed Strategies for Path-Following Control and Time-Coordination over Dynamic Communications Networks

    E. Xargay;V. Dobrokhodov;I. Kaminer;A. M. Pascoal

  • Linear parametrically varying systems with brief instabilities: an application to vision/inertial navigation

    J.M. Hespanha;O.A. Yakimenko;I.I. Kaminer;A.M. Pascoal

  • On the design of gain-scheduled trajectory tracking controllers

    Carlos Silvestre;Antonio Pascoal;Isaac Kaminer

  • Navigation, Guidance and Control of AUVs: An Application to the MARIUS Vehicle

    D. Fryxell;P. Oliveira;A. Pascoal;C. Silvestre

  • On Vision-Based Target Tracking and Range Estimation for Small UAVs

    Ick H. Wang;Vladimir N. Dobrokhodov;Isaac I. Kaminer;Kevin D. Jones

  • Thermal Centering Control for Autonomous Soaring; Stability Analysis and Flight Test Results

    Klas Andersson;Isaac Kaminer;Vladimir Dobrokhodov;Venanzio Cichella

  • Vision-Based Tracking and Motion Estimation for Moving Targets Using Unmanned Air Vehicles

    Vladimir N. Dobrokhodov;Isaac I. Kaminer;Kevin D. Jones;Reza Ghabcheloo

  • Coordinated Path Following Control of Multiple Wheeled Robots with Directed Communication Links

    R. Ghabcheloo;A. Pascoal;C. Silvestre;I. Kaminer

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio M. Pascoal
Antonio M. Pascoal Instituto Superior Técnico
Naira Hovakimyan
Naira Hovakimyan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Chengyu Cao
Chengyu Cao University of Connecticut
Carlos Silvestre
Carlos Silvestre University of Macau
Joao P. Hespanha
Joao P. Hespanha University of California, Santa Barbara
Paulo Oliveira
Paulo Oliveira University of Lisbon
Pramod P. Khargonekar
Pramod P. Khargonekar University of California, Irvine
Vijay Kumar
Vijay Kumar University of Pennsylvania
Dusan M. Stipanovic
Dusan M. Stipanovic University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Maxim Likhachev
Maxim Likhachev Carnegie Mellon University

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