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Jonathan H. Fink is affiliated with Portland State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on engineering and computer science, with significant contributions in control and systems engineering, sociology and political science, computer vision and pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, and computer networks and communications.

The scientist's work covers several main research topics, including robot manipulation and learning, robotic path planning algorithms, opportunistic and delay-tolerant networks, robotics and automated systems, modular robots and swarm intelligence, disaster management and resilience, and robotics and sensor-based localization.

Jonathan H. Fink's recent publications include:

  • Future impacts of climate-induced compound disasters on volcano hazard assessment (2022), Bulletin of Volcanology
  • Lessons learned from the 1980-1986 eruption of the Mount St. Helens composite lava dome (2023), Bulletin of Volcanology
  • APPLD: Adaptive Planner Parameter Learning From Demonstration (2020), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Risk-Aware Off-Road Navigation via a Learned Speed Distribution Map (2022), 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
  • ROS-NetSim: A Framework for the Integration of Robotic and Network Simulators (2021), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Miguel Calvo-Fullana, Daniel Mox, Alexander Pyattaev, Alejandro Ribeiro, and Xiaoyi Cai.

Jonathan H. Fink has published multiple papers in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Bulletin of Volcanology
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
  • Journal of Teacher Education

Best Publications

  • Toward Inherently Secure and Resilient Societies

    Brad Allenby;Jonathan H. Fink

  • Quantification of submarine lava-flow morphology through analog experiments

    Tracy K. P. Gregg;Jonathan H. Fink

  • Solidification and Morphology of Submarine Lavas: A Dependence on Extrusion Rate

    Ross W. Griffiths;Jonathan H. Fink

  • Morphology, eruption rates, and rheology of lava domes - Insights from laboratory models

    Jonathan H. Fink;Ross W. Griffiths

  • Radial spreading of viscous-gravity currents with solidifying crust

    Jonathan H. Fink;Ross W. Griffiths

  • Structure and emplacement of a rhyolitic obsidian flow: Little Glass Mountain, Medicine Lake Highland, northern California

    Jonathan H. Fink

  • Surface folding and viscosity of rhyolite flows

    Jonathan Fink

  • Ropy pahoehoe: Surface folding of a viscous fluid

    Jonathan H. Fink;Raymond Charles Fletcher

  • Effects of surface cooling on the spreading of lava flows and domes

    Ross W. Griffiths;Jonathan H. Fink

  • Origin of pumiceous and glassy textures in rhyolite flows and domes

    Jonathan H. Fink;Curtis R. Manley

  • Internal textures of rhyolite flows as revealed by research drilling

    Curtis R. Manley;Jonathan H. Fink

  • A laboratory investigation into the effects of slope on lava flow morphology

    Tracy K.P Gregg;Jonathan H Fink

  • Lava and Ice Interaction at Stratovolcanoes: Use of Characteristic Features to Determine Past Glacial Extents and Future Volcanic Hazards

    David T. Lescinsky;Jonathan H. Fink

  • Estimating silicic lava vesicularity with thermal remote sensing : a new technique for volcanic mapping and monitoring

    Michael S. Ramsey;Jonathan H. Fink

  • Textural constraints on effusive silicic volcanism - Beyond the permeable foam model

    Jonathan H. Fink;Steven W. Anderson;Curtis R. Manley

  • A laboratory analog study of the surface morphology of lava flows extruded from point and line sources

    Jonathan H. Fink;Ross W. Griffiths

  • Solidifying Bingham extrusions: a model for the growth of silicic lava domes

    Ross W. Griffiths;Jonathan H. Fink

  • The morphology of lava flows in planetary environments: Predictions from analog experiments

    Ross W. Griffiths;Jonathan H. Fink

  • Estimate of pyroclastic flow velocities resulting from explosive decompression of lava domes

    Jonathan H. Fink;Susan W. Kieffer

  • Crease structures: Indicators of emplacement rates and surface stress regimes of lava flows

    Steven W. Anderson;Jonathan H. Fink

  • Rapid emplacement of a mid-ocean ridge lava flow on the East Pacific Rise at 9° 46'-51'N

    Tracy K.P. Gregg;Daniel J. Fornari;Michael R. Perfit;Rachel M. Haymon

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald Greeley
Ronald Greeley Arizona State University
Ross W. Griffiths
Ross W. Griffiths Australian National University
Nathan T. Bridges
Nathan T. Bridges Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
David D. Pollard
David D. Pollard Stanford University
Michael P. Poland
Michael P. Poland United States Geological Survey
Michael C. Malin
Michael C. Malin Malin Space Science Systems (United States)
John E. Guest
John E. Guest University College London
Robert E. Dickinson
Robert E. Dickinson The University of Texas at Austin
Charles L. Redman
Charles L. Redman Arizona State University
Patricia Gober
Patricia Gober Arizona State University

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