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GEORGE A. BEKEY, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0781
Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Research Scholar in Residence
California Polytechnic University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
e-mail: bekey@usc.edu
http://www-robotics.usc.edu/~bekey
Education
B.S. (Electrical Engineering) University of California, Berkeley, 1950.
M.S (Engineering) University of California, Los Angeles, 1952.
Ph.D. (Engineering) University of California, Los Angeles, 1962.
Research Interests
- Intelligent robotic systems
- AI and robotics in medicine
Experience
2004-present
2002-present
1995-99
1984-89
1983-98
1978-82
1968-present
1964-68
1962-64
1962-66
1958-62
1956-58
1954-56
1950-54
Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering, California Polytechnic Univ, San Luis Obispo
USC University Professor Emeritus
Associate Dean for Research, School of Engineering, USC
Chairman, Computer Science Department, USC
Director, USC Robotics Research Laboratory, USC
Chairman, Electrical Engineering-Systems Department, USC
Professor of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, USC
Associate Professor, USC
Assistant Professor, USC
Organized and co-directed Engineering Computer Laboratory, USC
Group leader, Section Head, Senior Staff Engineer, TRW Systems, Los Angeles
Manager of Computer Center, Beckman Instruments, Los Angeles
Service in US Army Signal Corps
Teaching Assistant and Research Engineer, School of Engineering, UCLA
Honors and Awards
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Elected Fellow of IEEE for “Contributions to Hybrid Computation, Man-Machine Systems and
Biomedical Engineering” (1972).
Sigma Xi National Lecturer (1976-77).
Distinguished Faculty Award, USC School of Engineering (1976).
Elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering for “Pioneering work in Computer Sciences
Contributing to Biomedical Engineering, Man-Machine Systems and Robotics” (1989).
Elected Fellow of American Association for Advancement of Science (1991).
Elected Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (1992).
Elected Fellow of American Association for Artificial Intelligence (1998).
Appointed “University Professor” (USC) – (1999).
Recipient of USC Presidential Medallion (2000)
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Recipient of Engelberger Award for Robotics Education, Robotics Institute of America (2001)
Elected Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Engineering (2001)
Recipient of “Pioneer in Robotics” Award, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (2002)
Recipient of Alumni Achievement in Academia Award from UCLA School of Engineering and Applied
Science (2005)
14. Recipient of “Robotics and Automation Award” from Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE) “for contributions to research and education in biologically inspired and intelligent robots”- (2006)
Recent Research Grants and Contracts
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NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 08/01/98-06/15/01, $520,760.00; "Design and Implementation of a User
Interface for the DARPA Pointman".
2. DARPA, 5/97-4/00, $1,358,000; “Intelligent Taskable System Colonies with Learning for Small Unit
Operations”.
3. NASA/JPL, 1/1/02-9/30/02, $37,559; “Perception and Manipulation in Humans and Robots”
Current and Recent Professional Activities
President, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (1996-97)
Editor, Autonomous Robots, 1994-present
Founding Editor, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation.
Co-General Chairman, "5th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems" (Knoxville,
TN, October 4-6, 2000).
Member, Administrative Committee, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, 2001-present
BOOKS
1.
Hybrid Computation, by George A. Bekey and Walter J. Karplus, Wiley, 1968.
2.
Proceedings of Conference on Mathematical Models of Public Systems, edited by George A. Bekey,
Simulation Councils, Inc., 1971.
3.
Hospital Information Systems, edited by George A. Bekey and Morton D. Schwartz, Marcel Dekker, 1972.
4.
System Identification (Proceedings of 1982 IFAC Symposium), edited by George A. Bekey and George A.
Saridis, Butterworths, 1983.
5.
Neural Networks and Robotics, edited by George A. Bekey and Ken Goldberg, Kluwer, 1993.
6.
Autonomous Underwater Robots, edited by J. Yuh, T. Ura and George.A. Bekey, Kluwer, 1996.
7.
Robot Colonies, edited by Ronald C. Arkin and George.A. Bekey, Kluwer, 1997.
8.
Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems 4, edited by L.E. Parker, G.A. Bekey, and J. Barhen, SpringerVerlag, 2000.
9.
Modeling and Simulation, Theory and Practice (A Memorial Volume for Prof. W.J. Karplus), edited by G.A.
Bekey and B.Y. Kogan, Kluwer, 2003
10.
Autonomous Robots: from Biological Inspiration to Implementation and Control, by George A. Bekey, MIT
Press, 2005.
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CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
1.
"Non-Linear Computing Elements", Chapter 23, Vol. II, of Handbook of Automation, Computation and
Control, edited by S. Ramo and E. M. Grabbe, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1959.
2.
"Simulation", G. A. Bekey and D. L. Gerlough, Chapter 32 of Handbook of System Engineering, edited by R.
E. Machol, W. P. Tanner and S. H. Alexander, McGraw-Hill, 1965.
3.
"Analysis and Synthesis of Discrete-Time Systems", (Chapter 11), and "Description of the Human Operator in
Control Systems," (Chapter 12), in Status of Modern Control Theory, edited by C. T. Leondes, McGraw-Hill,
1965.
4.
"Mathematical Approach to the Study of Fetal Circulation Dynamics", G.A. Bekey and W. Morrison, Chapter
2 in Biology of Gestation, Vol. II, pp. 117-142, edited by N. S. Assali, M. D., Academic Press, 1968.
5.
"The Human Operator in Control Systems", Chapter 9, pp. 248-277 in Systems Psychology, edited by K. B.
DeGreene, McGraw-Hill, 1970.
6.
"Control Theory in Biological Systems", G.A. Bekey and M.B. Wolf, Chapter 2 in Biomedical Engineering,
edited by J. H. U. Brown, J. E. Jacobs and L. Stark, F. Davis Press, 1971.
7.
"Parameter Estimation in Mathematical Models of Biological Systems", G.A. Bekey and S.M. Yamashiro,
Advances in Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 6, pp. 2-43, 1976.
8.
"Theory Vs. Reality in Biological Modeling and Data Analysis", Modeling and Data Analysis in
Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, edited by G.C. Vansteenkiste and P.C. Young, North Holland
Publishing Company, pp. 21-26, 1983.
9.
"Identification of Neuromuscular Systems", G.A. Bekey, in Control Aspects of Biomedical Engineering, edited
by M. Nalecz, Pergamon Press (Oxford), 1987.
10.
"Identifiability of Systems with Modeling Error: A New Formulation", F.Y. Hadaegh and G.A. Bekey, in
Identifiability of Parametric Models, edited by E. Walter, Pergamon Press (Oxford), 1987.
11.
“Control Architecture for the Belgrade-USC Hand”, G.A. Bekey, R. Tomovic, and I. Zelijkovic, in Dextrous
Robot Hands, edited by T. Venkataraman and T. Iberall, Springer Verlag, pp. 136-149, 1990.
12.
"Robotics and Neural Networks", G.A. Bekey, Chapter 6 in Neural Networks for Signal Processing, edited by
B. Kosko, Prentice Hall, 1991.
13.
"Applications for Neural Networks to Robot Control", S. Lee and G.A. Bekey, in Control and Dynamic
Systems, vol. 39, pp. 1-67, edited by C.T. Leondes, Academic Press, 1991.
14. "Automation and Robotics in Neurosurgery: Prospects and Problems", M.A. Lewis and G.A. Bekey, Chapter 6
in Neurosurgery for the Third Millineum, pp. 65-79. Edited by Michael L.J. Apuzzo, M.D. The American
Association of Neurological Surgeons, 1992.
15. "Data Management and Inference Strategies in a Human Gait Pathology Expert System", G.A. Bekey, in
Neuroscience: From Neural Networks to Artificial Intelligence, vol. 4., Research Notes in Neural Computing,
pp. 371-384, edited by P. Rudomin, M. A. Arbib, F. Cervantes-Perez, and R. Romo, Springer Verlag, 1993.
16. “Control of Grasping in Robot Hands by Neural Networks and Expert Systems”, G.A. Bekey, in Neural
Networks in Robotics, pp. 271-294, Kluwer Academic Publishers. Edited by G.A. Bekey and K.Y. Goldberg,
1993.
17. "Genetic Algorithms for Gait Synthesis in a Hexapod Robot", M.A. Lewis, A.H. Fagg and G.A. Bekey, in
Recent Trends in Mobile Robots. World Scientific Series in Robotics and Automated Systems - Vol 11,
Chapter 11, pp. 317-331. Edited by Y. F. Zheng, World Publishing, 1994.
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18. "Control Philosophy and Simulation of a Robotic Hand as a Model for Prosthetic Hands", T. Iberall, G.
Sukhatme, D. Beattie and G.A. Bekey, Chapter 25 in Intelligent Control Systems, pp. 682-701. Edited by
M.M. Gupta and N.K. Sinha, IEEE Press, 1995.
19. “Learning from Perception, Success, and Failure in a Team of Autonomous Mobile Robots”, A. Agah and
G.A. Bekey, in Applications of Artificial Intelligence: Expert Systems, Robots and Vision Systems, Fuzzy
Logic and Neural Network pp. 179-186, Scitec Publications Ltd., Switzerland. Edited by Mamede, N.J., and
Pinto-Ferreira, C., 1996.
20.
“Evolutionary Communication in Distributed Multi-Agent Systems”, A. Agah and G.A. Bekey, in Robotics
and Manufacturing Systems, Recent Results in Research, Development, and Applications. Edited by M.
Jamshidi, F. Pierrot, and M. Kamel, Vol. 7, TSI Press, Albuquerque, NM 9-14, 1998.
21.
“Group Behavior of Robots”, G.A. Bekey and A. Agah, in Handbook of Industrial Robotics, Second Edition,
John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York, NY, pp. 439-445. Edited by S.Y. Nof, 1999.
TECHNICAL PAPERS
1.
"Analyzer Interconnections for Automatic Determination of Power System Swing Curves", G.A. Bekey and
F.W. Schott, AIEE Trans. (Pt. III), Vol. 73, pp. 238-240, 1954.
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"Differential Analyzer Study of a Hydraulic Servomechanism", G.A. Bekey and J.T. Ahlin, ASME Paper 54SA-4, Mech. Engineering, Vol. 76, 766, 1956.
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"Unsteady Flow in Open-Pipe Irrigation Systems", E.H. Taylor, A.F. Pillsbury, T.O. Ellis, and G.A. Bekey,
ASCE Trans., Vol. 121, pp. 143-164, 1956.
4.
"Analog Computers in Process Control", Proc. of the ISA, Vol. 12, Paper 56-33-4, 1956.
5.
"Function Generator Application in Process Control", Proc. ISA Instrumentation and Control Symposium, E1-12, 1958.
6.
"Analog Simulation of Nerve Excitation", G.A. Bekey and B. Paxson, Second National Simulation Conf.,
Dallas (1957), also reprinted in its entirety in the book Analog Simulation, by A. S. Jackson, McGraw-Hill,
New York, 1960.
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"Basic Components of Analog Computers", G.A. Bekey and K.E. Sterne, Proc. of the ISA, Vol. 14, Paper
PTC-3-58, 1958.
8.
"The Function Generator as a Basic Tool for Non-Linear Control Systems", Automatic Control, Vol. 9, pp.
42-46, 1958.
9.
"Atmospheric Diffusion of Air Pollutants", W.J. Karplus, G.A. Bekey and P.J. Pekrul, Industrial and
Engineering Chemistry, Vol. 50, pp. 1657-1660, 1958.
10.
"Generalized Integration of the Analog Computer", IRE Trans. on Electronic Computers, Vol. EC-8, pp. 210217, 1959.
11.
"Analog Computer Techniques for Plotting Bode and Nyquist Diagrams", G.A. Bekey and L.W. Neustadt,
Proc. of the Western Joint Computer Conf., Vol. 18, pp. 165-172, 1960.
12.
"Combined Simulation with Small and Large Computers", G.A. Bekey and L.W. Neustadt, Proc. Symposium
on Combined Analog-Digital Computers, Philadelphia, PA, 1960.
13.
"Sampled-Data Models of the Human Operator: A Progress Report", G.A. Bekey and J. Lyman, Proc.
Symposium for Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 1, pp. 340-360, 1961.
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"The Human Operator as a Sampled-Data System", IRE Trans. on Human Factors in Electronics, Vol. HFE-3,
pp. 43-51, 1962.
15.
"Adaptive Control System Models of the Human Operator", Adaptive Control Systems, edited by F.P.
Caruthers and H. Levenstein, pp. 203-217, Pergamon Press, 1963.
16.
"Analog Computer Simulation of the Cardiovascular System of the Fetal Lamb", G.A. Bekey, D. Darms, N.S.
Assali and W.A. Manson, Proc. Symposium on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 3, pp. 172-180, 1963.
17.
"Optimization of Multiparameter Systems by Hybrid Computation Techniques", Simulation, Vol. 2, pp. 1932 (February 1964) and Vol. 2, pp. 21-29 (March 1964).
18.
"Gradient Methods for the Optimization of Dynamic System Parameters by Hybrid Computation", G.A.
Bekey and R.B. McGhee, in Computing Methods in Optimization Problems, edited by A. V. Balakrishnan
and L. W. Neustadt, pp. 305-327, Academic Press.
19.
"Dynamics of Blood Flow in the Ductus Arteriosus", J.A. Morris, G.A. Bekey, N.S. Assali and R. Beck,
American Journal of Physiology, Vol. 208, pp. 471-476, 1965.
20.
"Synthesis and Optimization of a Model of Cardiovascular Dynamics", G.A. Bekey, M.J. Merritt and N.S.
Assali, Proc. 4th Int'l. Congress for Analog Computation, Presses Academiques Europeenenues, Brussels, pp.
383-388, 1965.
21.
"Discrete Models of the Human Operator in a Control System", Proc. 2nd Int'l. Congress on Automatic
Control, Butterworths, London, Vol. 2, pp. 430-438, 1965.
22.
"Mathematical Models of Human Operators in Simple Two-Axis Manual Control Systems", G.A. Bekey,
H.F. Meissinger and R.E. Rose, IEEE Trans. on Human Factors in Electronics, Vol. HFE-6, pp. 42-52,
September 1965.
23.
"An Analysis of Continuous Parameter Identification Methods", H.F. Meissinger and G.A. Bekey,
Simulation, Vol. 6, pp. 95-102, February 1966.
24.
"Sensitivity of Discrete Systems to Variation of Sampling Interval", G.A. Bekey and R. Tomovic, IEEE
Trans. on Automatic Control, Vol. AC-11, pp. 284-287, April 1966.
25.
"Adaptive Sampling Based on Amplitude Sensitivity", R. Tomovic and G.A. Bekey, IEEE Trans. on
Automatic Control, Vol. AC-11, pp. 282-284, April 1966.
26.
"Parameter Optimization by Random Search Using Hybrid Computer Techniques", G.A. Bekey, M.H. Gran
and A.E. Sabroff, Proc. 1966 AFIPS Fall Joint Computer Conf., Vol. 29, pp. 291-300, November 1966.
27.
"Asynchronous Finite State Models of Manual Control Systems", G.A. Bekey and E. Angel, Proc. 2nd
Annual NASA-University Conf. on Manual Control, NASA SP-128, pp. 25-37, 1966.
28.
"Signal Flow Graphs of Sampled-Data Systems: A New Formulation", M. Sedlar and G.A. Bekey, IEEE
Trans. on Automatic Control, Vol. AC-12, pp. 154-161, April 1967.
29.
"Solution of Integral Equations by Hybrid Computation", G.A. Bekey, J.C. Maloney and R. Tomovic, Proc.
1967 AFIPS Fall Joint Computer Conf., Vol. 32, pp. 143-148, 1967.
30.
"The Effect of a Random Sampling Interval on Sampled-Data Models of the Human Operator", G.A. Bekey,
J. W. Biddle and A. J. Jacobson, Proc. of 3rd Annual Conf. on Manual Control, NASA-SP-144, pp. 247-258,
1967.
31.
"An Asynchronous Pulse-Amplitude, Pulse-Width Model of the Human Operator", M.J. Merritt and G.A.
Bekey, Proc. 3rd Annual Conf. on Manual Control, NASA SP-144, pp. 225-240, 1967.
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"Adaptive Finite State Models of Manual Control Systems", E.S. Angel and G.A. Bekey, IEEE Trans. on
Man-Machine Systems, Vol. MMS-9, pp. 15-20, March 1968.
33.
"Optimization of Discrete Systems with Combined Modulation", L.R. Nardizzi and G.A. Bekey, IEEE Trans.
on Automatic Control, Vol. AC-13, pp. 286-289, June 1968.
34.
"The Changing Role of Analog and Hybrid Computer Systems", W.J. Karplus and G.A. Bekey, Proc. IFIP
Congress, (Edinburgh), pp. 174-183, 1968.
35.
"Identification of Sampling Intervals in Sampled-Data Models of Human Operators", G.A. Bekey and C.B.
Neal, IEEE Trans. on Man-Machine Systems, Vol. MMS-9, pp. 138-142, December 1968.
36.
"Synthesizing Optimal Controls for Modulated Discrete-Time Systems", L.R. Nardizzi and G.A. Bekey, Int'l.
Journal of Control, Vol. 8, pp. 571-590, 1968.
37.
"Estimation of the Parameters of Sampled-Data Systems by Means of Stochastic Approximation", C.B. Neal
and G.A. Bekey, Proc. Joint Automatic Control Conf., pp. 977-978, 1969.
38.
"Mathematical Model of the Baroreceptor Reflex in the Full-Term Fetus", G.A. Bekey, W. Morrison and N.S.
Assali, Proc. 8th Int'l. Conf. on Medical and Biological Engineering, pp. 20-24, 1969.
39.
"A Model of the Adaptive Behavior of the Human Operator in Response to a Sudden Change in the Control
Situation", A.V. Phatak and G.A. Bekey, IEEE Trans. on Man-Machine Systems, Vol. MMS-10, pp. 72-80,
September 1969.
40.
"On Modelling the Adaptive Characteristics of Human Controllers", A.V. Phatak and G.A. Bekey, Proc.
Conf. on Applications of Continuous System Simulation Languages, San Francisco, pp. 159-173, 1969.
41.
"Decision Processes in the Adaptive Behavior of Human Controllers", A.V. Phatak and G.A. Bekey, IEEE
Trans. on Systems Science and Cybernetics, Vol. SSC-5, pp. 339-351, October 1969.
42.
"Identification of Human Operator Models by Stochastic Approximation", C.B. Neal and G.A. Bekey, Proc.
5th Annual Conf. on Manual Control, NASA SP-215, pp. 3-20, 1969.
43.
"Parameter Identification with a Hybrid Computer Implementation of the Fletcher-Powell Method", G.A.
Bekey and J.C. Maloney, Proc. 3rd Int'l. Conf. on System Sciences, Hawaii, pp. 175-177, January 1970.
44.
"On-Line Estimation of Cardiac Output Using Respiratory Models and Measurements", G.A. Bekey and J.C.
Maloney, Federation Proceedings, Vol. 29, No. 2, March-April 1970.
45.
"Estimation of the Parameters of Sampled Data Systems by Means of Stochastic Approximation", C.B. Neal
and G.A. Bekey, Int'l. Journal of System Science, Vol. 1, pp. 63-74, 1970.
46.
"System Identification--An Introduction and a Survey", Simulation, Vol. 15, pp. 151-166, October 1970.
47.
"A Stochastic Model of Skeletal Muscle Based on Motor Unit Properties", J.C. Coggshall and G.A. Bekey,
Mathematical Biosciences, Vol. 7, pp. 405-419, 1970.
48.
"EMG-Force Dynamics in Human Skeletal Muscle", J.C. Coggshall and G.A. Bekey, Medical and Biological
Engineering, Vol. 8, pp. 265-270, May 1970.
49.
"On the Grading of Tension During Voluntary Contraction of Skeletal Muscle", L. Ostroy, A.V. Phatak and
G. A. Bekey, Proc. 6th Annual Conf. on Manual Control, pp. 195-210, April 1970.
50.
"Computer Simulation of Fetal Baroreceptor Function", L.W. Morrison, G.A. Bekey, C.R. Brinkman and
N.S. Assali, Computers and Biomedical Research, Vol. 3, pp. 561-574, 1971.
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51.
"Interactive Simulation of Continous Systems: Progress and Prospects", G.A. Bekey and E.C. Deland, in
Proc. Mexico Int'l. Conf. on Systems, Networks and Computers, pp. 641-648, 1971.
52.
"Mathematical Models of Large Systems", Simulation Councils Proceedings, Vol. 1, pp. 1-4, 1971.
53.
"Toward a Natural Simulation Language", E.C. Deland, G.A. Bekey and G.P. Moore, Proc. 1971 Summer
Computer Simulation Conf., Vol. 1, pp. 15-19.
54.
"On the Hybrid Computer Solution of Partial Differential Equations with Two Spatial Dimensions", G.A.
Bekey and M.T. Ung, Proc. Fall Joint Computer Conf., pp. 401-410, 1971.
55.
"Identification of Human Operator Models by Stochastic Approximation", C.B. Neal and G.A. Bekey,
Mathematical Biosciences, Vol. 10, pp. 91-116, February 1971.
56.
"Interactive Computer Simulation", E.C. Deland and G.A. Bekey, Instruments and Control Systems, Vol. 45,
pp. 63-65, October 1972.
57.
"The Effects of Vehicle Dynamics on Asymptotic Stability in Car Following", G. Burnham and G.A. Bekey,
Proc. 8th Annual Conf. on Manual Control, pp. 471-484, 1972.
58.
"Parameter Estimation in Biological Systems, A Survey", Proc. 3rd IFAC Int'l. Symposium on Identification
and System Parameter Estimation, pp. 1123-1130, 1973.
59.
"Clinical Engineering as a Resource for New Product Development", Proc. Western Electronic Show and
Convention, pp. 17/3/1-5, 1973.
60.
"Sensory Feedback Prostheses Using Intra-Neural Electrodes", J. Reswick, V. Mooney, A. Schwartz, D.
McNeal, N. Su and G.A. Bekey, Proc. 5th Int'l. Symposium on External Control of Human Extremities,
ETAN, Yugoslavia, Dubrovnik, 1973.
61.
"Hospital Electrical Safety", M. Ridgway and G.A. Bekey, Critical Care Handbook, Proc. 12th Annual
Symposium on Critical Care Medicine and Circulatory Shock, pp. 409-416, 1974.
62.
"A Comparative Evaluation of Two Global Search Algorithms", G.A. Bekey and M.T. Ung, IEEE Trans. on
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, pp. 112-116, January 1974.
63.
"A Recognition of Consonants Using An ARMA Model of the Speech Signal", A. Kumar and G.A. Bekey,
Proc. ICASSP, pp. 42.2.1-42.2.4, March 1974.
64.
"Analysis of Hybrid Computer Interface Errors on the Solution of Partial Differential Equations", M.T. Ung,
G.A. Bekey and M.J. Merritt, Proc. Int'l. Association for Analog Computation, Vol. 16, pp. 47-59, July 1974.
65.
"Observations on Some Commonly Used Methods for Identification of Parameters in Linear Systems", G.A.
Bekey, M.T. Ung and S. Karuza, Simulation, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 69-75, September 1974.
66.
"Parameter Identifiability of Dynamical Systems", M.S. Grewal, G.A. Bekey and H.J. Payne, Proc. IEEE
Conf. on Decision and Control, pp. 446-448, 1974.
67.
"Optimum Response Simulation of Multi-Degree Systems by Pulse Excitation", S.F. Masri, G.A. Bekey and
F.B. Safford, Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, (Trans. ASME) Vol. 97, pp. 46-52,
1975.
68.
"Identification of Human Driver Models in Car Following", G.O. Burnham, J. Seo and G.A. Bekey, IEEE
Trans. on Automatic Control, Vol. AC-19, pp. 911-915, December 1974.
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69.
"An Introduction to the Use of Pseudo Random Signals in System Identification", Proc. 8th Hawaii Conf. on
System Sciences, pp. 165-166, January 1975.
70.
"Mathematical Models of the Human Driver in a Car-Following Task", J.B. Seo and G.A. Bekey, Proc. 8th
Hawaii Conf. on System Sciences, pp. 245-247, January 1975.
71.
"The Human Controller in Car Following", G.O. Burnham and G.A. Bekey, Proc. Second Conference on
Remotely Manned Systems-Technology and Applications, pp. 5-6, June 1975.
72.
"Adaptive Step-Size Integration: It Seemed Like Such a Good Idea", G.A. Bekey and M.T. Ung, Proc.
Winter Simulation Conf., pp. 789-792, December 1975.
73.
"Online Estimation of Cardiac Output from Respiratory Data Using a Gradient Method", J.C. Maloney, Jr.
and G.A. Bekey, Medical and Biological Engineering, Vol. 14, pp. 379-386, July 1976.
74.
"A Heuristic Finite-State Model of the Human Driver in a Car-Following Situation", G.O. Burnham and G.A.
Bekey, IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Vol. SMC-6, pp. 554-562, August 1976.
75.
"A Model of the EMG-Torque-Movement Relationships for Knee Extension", E. Dombre, G.A. Bekey and J.
Perry, M. D., Proc. 12th Annual Conf. on Manual Control, pp. 820-835, May 1976.
76.
"Two-Dimensional Compensatory Tracking with Tactile Displays", H.P. Schmid, G.A. Bekey and J.B.
Reswick, Proc. 12th Annual Conf. on Manual Control, pp. 332-354, May 1976.
77.
"Identification of Biological and Medical Systems", G.A. Bekey and J.E. W. Beneken, 4th Symposium for
Identification and System Parameter Estimation, Int'l. Federation of Automatic Control, Tbilisi, Georgian
SSR, USSR, Vol. 1, pp. 493-516, September 1976.
78.
"An Adaptive Random Search Method for Identification of Large-Scale Nonlinear Systems", S.F. Masri,
G.A. Bekey and F.B. Safford, 4th Symposium for Identification and System Parameter Estimation, Int'l.
Federation of Automatic Control, Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR, Vol. 3, pp. 246-255, September 1976.
79.
"Control Theoretic Models of Human Drivers in Car Following", G.A. Bekey, G.O. Burnham and J. Seo,
Human Factors, Vol. 19, pp. 399-413, April 1977.
80.
"Pattern Recognition of Multiple EMG Signals Applied to the Description of Human Gait", G.A. Bekey,
C.W. Chang, J. Perry and M.M. Hoffer, Proc. of the IEEE, Vol. 65, pp. 674-681, May 1977.
81.
"Tactile Information Processing by Human Operators in Control Systems", H.P. Schmid and G.A. Bekey,
Proc. Joint Automatic Control Conf., pp. 1392-1398, June 1977.
82.
"Computer Graphics in the Study of Normal and Patholeogical Human Gait", D. Mihajlov, C.W. Chang, G.A.
Bekey and J. Perry, Proc. Conf. on Medical Information (MEDINFO), pp. 561-564, 1977.
83.
"Sensitivity Problems in the Identification of Biological System Parameters", T.M. Grove and G.A. Bekey,
Proc. Symposium on Applications of Computer Methods in Engineering, pp. 625-634, 1977.
84.
"Models and Reality: Reflections on the Art and Science of Simulation", Simulation, Vol. 29, pp. 161-164,
November 1977.
85.
"Accuracy of Parameter Estimation Applied to Physiological Systems", T.M. Grove, L.J. Haywood and G.A.
Bekey. 30th ACEMB, Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 5-9, 1977
86.
"Identification of Biological Systems: A Survey", G. A. Bekey and J. E. W. Beneken, Automatica, Vol. 14,
pp. 41-47, January 1978.
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87.
"System Performance Analysis", L.J. Haywood, T.M. Grove and G.A. Bekey, Proc. Workshop on Computer
Laboratory Health Care Resources, pp. 15-20, 1978.
88.
"Pattern Recognition Applied to the Prediction of Post-Operative Gait in Man", C.W. Chang and G.A. Bekey,
Proc. IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, pp. 787-788, 1978.
89.
"Tactile Information Processing by Human Operators in Control Systems", H.P. Schmid and G.A. Bekey,
IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Vol. SMC-8, pp. 860-866, December 1978.
90.
"Identification of Biological Systems: Problems and Prospects", Proc. Joint Automatic Control Conf., pp.
725-727, June 1979.
91.
"Identifiability of Hysteretic Systems", A.M. Andronikou and G.A. Bekey, Proc. 18th IEEE Conf. on
Decision and Control, pp. 1072-1073, December 1979.
92.
"Analysis of Errors in the Identification of Biological Systems", G.A. Bekey and T.M. Grove, Proc. IEEE
In'tl. Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp. 444-447, April 1980.
93.
"On-Line Pulse Control of Tall Buldings", S.F. Masri, G.A. Bekey and F.E. Udwadia, Structural Control,
edited by H. E. Leipholz, pp. 474-491, North Holland, 1980.
94.
"Analysis of Errors in Parameter Estimation with Application to Physiological Systems", T.M. Grove, G.A.
Bekey and L.J. Haywood, American Journal of Physiology, Vol. 239, pp. R390-R400, November 1980.
95.
"A Global Optimization Algorithm Using Adaptive Random Search", S.F. Masri, G.A. Bekey and F.B.
Safford, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Vol. 7, pp. 353-375, 1980.
96.
"Control of Flexible Structures Using Pulse Inputs", S.F. Masri and G.A. Bekey, Proc. IFAC Congress VIII,
Kyoto, Japan, pp. 3661-3666, 1981.
97.
"Input Impedance Requirements for EMG Signal Amplifiers", D. Hary, D. Antonelli and G.A. Bekey, Proc.
34th Conf. on Engineering in Med. and Biol., Houston, p. 78, 1981.
98.
"Optimum Pulse Control of Flexible Structures", S.F. Masri, G.A. Bekey and T.K. Caughey, Journal of
Applied Mechanics, Vol. 48, pp. 619-626, 1981.
99.
"EMG-Force Relationships in Skeletal Muscle", J. Perry and G.A. Bekey, Critical Reviews in Biomedical
Engineering, Vol. 4, pp. 1-22, December 1981.
100. "Mathematical Models of Skeletal Muscle Function", G.A. Bekey and D. Hary, Proc. 20th IEEE Conf. on
Decision and Control, pp. 137-140, December 1981.
101. "Development of a 'Standard' EMG Measurement System", D. Antonelli, D. Hary and G.A. Bekey, Proc. 17th
Annual Conf. on Manual Control, pp. 515-516, August 1981.
101A. “Anti-Earthquake Application of Pulse Generators”, S.F. Masri, G.A. Bekey, F.B. Safford, T.J. Dehghanyar,
Proc. of ASCE Conf. On Dymanic Response of Structures: Experimentation, Observation, Prediction and
Control, Atlanta, GA, Jan 1981.
102. "Non-parametric Identification of a Class of Non-Linear Multidegree Dynamic Systems", S.F. Masri, G.A.
Bekey, H. Sassi and T. K. Caughey, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 10, pp. 1-30,
1982.
103. "Identification of Nonlinear Hysteretic Systems Using Random Search", A.M. Andronikou, G.A. Bekey and
S.F. Masri, Proc. 6th IFAC Symposium on Identification and System Parameter Estimation, pp. 263-268,
1982.
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104. "Is Deterministic Identifiability a Fraud?", G.A. Bekey and F.Y. Hadaegh, Proc. 10th IMACS Congress on
System Simulation and Scientific Computation, pp. 211-213, 1982.
105. "Geological Materials Model Fits by Parameter Identification Techniques", S.F. Masri, G.A. Bekey, F.B.
Safford and R.E. Walker, Proc. Conf. on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering), pp. 571-585, July
1982.
106. "Equivalence Problems in Structural Identifiability", G.A. Bekey and F.Y. Hadaegh, Mathematics and
Computers in Simulation, Vol. 24, pp. 460-465, 1982.
107. "Optimal Inputs for Parameter Determination of Inert Gas Washout from the Lungs", S.M. Levis, D.Z.
d'Argenio, G.A. Bekey and C. Mittman, Respiration Physiology, Vol. 50, pp. 111-127, 1982.
108. "Effects on Finite Word Length on Signal Processing Operations", Proc. Conf. on Peripheral Array
Processors, Society for Computer Simulation Proc., Vol. 11, pp. 13-32, October 1982.
109. "On-Line Control of Nonlinear Flexible Structures", S.F. Masri, G.A. Bekey and T.K. Caughey, Journal of
Applied Mechanics (Trans. ASME), Vol. 49, pp. 877-884, December 1982.
110. "An Analytical and Experimental Study into the Stability and Control of Nonlinear Flexible Structures", G.A.
Bekey, T.J. Dehghanyar, S.F. Masri, and R.K. Miller, Proc. Fourth VPI and SU/AIAA Symposium on
Dynamics and Control of Large Structures, Blacksburg, Virginia, June, 1983.
111. "Random Search Techniques for Optimization of Nonlinear Systems with Many Parameters", G.A. Bekey
and S.F. Masri, Math. and Computers in Simulation, Vol. 25, pp. 210-213, 1983.
112. "Identifiability of Nonlinear Systems with Hysteretic Elements", A.M. Andronikou, G.A. Bekey and F.Y.
Hadaegh, Proc. American Control Conf., pp. 1247-1252, 1983; also in J. of Dynamic Systems, Measurement
and Control (Trans. ASME), Vol. 105, pp. 209-214, December 1983.
113. "Simulability", Proc. Summer Computation Conf., pp. 90-93, 1983.
114. "Structure Errors in System Identification", G.A. Bekey and F.Y. Hadaegh, Proc. Twentieth Annual
Conference on Manual Control, Vol. 1, pp. 149-156, June 1984.
115. "Identifiability of Real World Systems", G.A. Bekey and F.Y. Hadaegh, Proc. 37th ACEMB, pp. 127, Los
Angeles, California, September 1984.
116. "A Model of the Skin-Electrode Interface for Myoelectric Control Applications", G.A. Bekey and D.
Antonelli, Proc. 9th World Congress of The International Federation of Automatic Control, Vol. II, pp. 131135, Budaprest, Hungary, July 1984.
117. "Closed-Loop Control of the Human Leg Using Electrical Stimulation", D.R. McNeal and G.A. Bekey, Proc.
1984 Symposium on External Control of Human Extremities, pp. 113-126, Dubrovnik, September 1984.
118. "A Signal Processing Approach to Estimation of Intramuscular Potentials", G.A. Bekey, R. Chellappa and
J.K. Gronley, in Mathematics and Computers in Biomedical Applications, edited by J. Eisenfeld and C.
DeLisi, pp. 373-380, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. (North Holland), 1985.
119. "Identification of Parameters in Models of Robots with Rotary Joints", H.B. Olsen and G.A. Bekey, Proc.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1045-1049, St. Louis, Missouri, March
1985.
120. "Computer control of Space-Borne Teleoperators With Sensory Feedback", S. Lee, G.A. Bekey and A.K.
Bejczy, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 205-214, St. Louis, Missouri,
March 1985.
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121. "Simulability of Dynamical Systems", Transactions of The Society for Computer Simulation, Vol 2, pp. 5771, March 1985.
122. "Identification of Neuromuscular Systems", Proc. 7th IFAC Symposium on Identification and System
Parameter Estimation, pp. 69-76,United Kingdom, July 1985.
123. "Structural Error and Identifiability", F.Y. Hadaegh and G.A. Bekey, Proc. 7th IFAC Symposium on
Identification and System Parameter Estimation), pp. 1415-1419, United Kingdom, July 1985.
124. "Estimation of Time Varying Delays in Linear Stochastic Systems", F. Abrishamkar and G.A. Bekey, Proc.
7th IFAC Symposium on Identification and System Parameter Estimation, pp. 1793-1798, United Kingdom,
July 1985.
125. "A New Algorithm For Isolated Word Recognition With Large Within-Class Variability", W.W. Ahmed and
G.A. Bekey, Proc. International Conference on Speech and Signal Processing, pp. 878-881, Tampa, Florida,
July 1985.
126. "Near-Identifiability of Dynamical Systems", F.Y. Hadaegh and G.A. Bekey, Mathematical Biosciences, Vol.
77, pp. 325-340, 1985.
127. "Pointwise Control of a Flexible Manipulator Arm", A.G. Chassiakos and G.A. Bekey, Proc. 1st IFAC
Symposium on Robot Control, pp. 113-117, Barcelona, Spain, November 1985.
128. "Analysis of Modeling Errors in System Identification", F.Y. Hadaegh and G.A. Bekey, Transactions of The
Society for Computer Simulation, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 107-124, April 1986.
129. "Robot Control by Reflex Actions", R. Tomovic and G.A. Bekey, Proc. 1986 IEEE International Conference
on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 1, pp.240-247, San Francisco, CA, April 1986.
130. "Identification of Robot Dynamics", H.B. Olsen and G.A. Bekey, Proc. 1986 IEEE International Conference
on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 2, pp. 1004-1010, San Francisco, CA, April 1986.
131. "Estimation of Intramuscular EMG Spectrum From Surface EMG Signal Analysis", G.A. Bekey, Y. Zhou
and R. Chellappa, Proc. 1986 International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, pp.
34.21.1-34.21.4, Tokyo, Japan, April 1986.
132. "Identification of Time Varying Delays in Stochastic System Via Combined Non-Linear Estimation and
Viterbi Algorithm", F. Abrishamkar and G.A. Bekey, Proc. 1986 American Control Conference, pp. 16191628, Vol. 3-3, Seattle, WA, June 18-20, 1986.
133. "Effects of Structural Error on the Estimates of Parameters of Dynamical Systems", F.Y. Hadaegh and G.A.
Bekey, Proc. 1986 American Control Conference, pp. 917-924, Seattle WA, June 18-20, 1986.
134. "An Approach to Planning and Scheduling for Multi-Robot Assembly Systems", X. Xia and G.A. Bekey,
Recent Trends in Robotics, pp. 457-464, North Holland, 1986.
135. "On the Modelling and Control of a Flexible Manipulator Arm by Point Actuators", A.G. Chassiakos and
G.A. Bekey, Proc. 1986 IEEE International Conference on Decisions and Control, pp. 1145-1150, December
1986, Athens, Greece.
136. "Task Allocation Among Multiple Intelligent Robots", L. Gasser and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the Workshop on
Space Telerobotics, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, July 1, 1987, Vol. 1, pp. 127-130.
137. "Circuit Models and Simulation Analysis of Electromyographic Signal Sources - I: The Impedance of EMG
Electrodes", D. Hary, G.A. Bekey, D.J. Antonelli, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. BME
34, pp. 91-97, February 1987.
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138. "A Strategy for Grasp Synthesis With Multifingered Robot Hands", R. Tomovic, G.A. Bekey and W.J.
Karplus, Proc. 1987 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 1, pp. 83-89, April
1987.
139. "A Decentralized Approach to the Motion Planning Problem for Multiple Mobile Robots", D-Y. Yeung and
G.A. Bekey, Proc. 1987 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 3, pp. 1179-1784,
April 1987.
140. "Estimation of Filtering Properties of Living Tissue for Inverse Filtering of Surface EMG Signals", Y-T.
Zhou, R. Chellappa, G.A. Bekey, and E. Bontrager, Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal
Processing, Dallas, TX, April 1987.
141. "Learning Activity in Robot Hand Control", H. Liu and G.A. Bekey, Proc. IASTED Conf. on Robotics and
Automation, Santa Barbara, CA, May 27-29, 1987, pp. 110-113.
142. “Coordinating Multiple Mobile Robots for Materials Handling", G.A. Bekey and D-Y. Yeung, Proc. SME
Conf. on Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Manufacturing, October 14-16, 1987, Long Beach, CA, pp. 285 - 2-100.
143. "Identifiability of Systems with Modeling Error-A New Formulation", F.Y. Hadaegh and G.A. Bekey, in
Identrifiability of Parametric Models, edited by E. Walter, Pergamon Press, pp. 92-96, 1987.
144. "Adaptive Load Balancing Between Mobile Robots Through Learning in an Artificial Neural System", D-Y.
Yeung and G.A. Bekey, Proc. American Control Conference, Atlanta, GA, pp. 2299-2304, Jan. 15, 1988.
145. "Workshop on Coordinated Multiple Robot Manipulators: Planning, Control, and Applications", A. Koivo
and G.A. Bekey, IEEE Journal of Robotics and Automation, Vol. 4, pp. 91-93, February 1988.
146. "The Role of the University-Industry Consortium in the Technology Transfer Process",. G.A. Bekey, Proc.
Western Symposium on Strategic Management of Research and Development, Santa Clara, March 3, 1988.
147. "On the Development of Knowledge-Based Systems in Modeling, Simulation and Identification", G.A.
Bekey, Proc. Eastern Simulation Conference, Orlando, FL, pp. 38-42, April 1988.
148. "SROMA: Adaptive Scheduler for Robotic Assembly Systems", X.D. Xia and G.A. Bekey, Proc. 1988 IEEE
International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Philadelphia, pp. 1282-1287, April, 1988.
149. "Robot Hand-Eye Coordination: Shape Description and Grasping", K. Rao, G. Medioni, H. Liu, G.A. Bekey,
Proc. 1988 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. I, pp. 407-411, Philadelphia,
April 1988.
150. "Building a Generic Architecture for Robot Hand Control", H. Liu, T. Iberall and G.A. Bekey, IEEE
International Conference on Neural Networks, San Diego, CA, Vol. II, pp. 567-574, July, 1988.
151. "Reasoning about Grasping from Task Descriptions", H. Liu, T. Iberall, G.A. Bekey, Proc. SPIE Conference
on Intelligent Robots, Boston, 1988.
152. "Autonomous Dexterous End-Effectors for Space Robotics", G.A. Bekey, T. Iberall, and H. Liu, Proceedings
of the NASA Conference on Space Telerobotics, Vol. III, pp. 81-88, January 31, 1989.
153. "Decomposition of Neural Network Models of Robot Dynamics: A Feasibility Study", D.F. Bassi and G.A.
Bekey, Simulation and AI, pp. 8-13, January 1989.
154. "Shape Description and Grasping for Robot Hand-Eye Coordination", K. Rao, G. Medioni, H. Liu, and G.A.
Bekey, IEEE Control Systems Magazine Vol. 9, pp. 22-29, February 1989.
155. "Robotics Research at USC", Computer Journal, pp. 58-60, March 1989.
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156. "Neural Network Architecture for Robot Hand Control", H. Liu, T. Iberall, and G.A. Bekey, IEEE Control
Systems Magazine Vol. 9, pp. 38-43, April 1989.
157. "Using a Context-Sensitive Learning Network for Robot Arm Control", D-Y. Yeung and G.A. Bekey, Proc.
1989 IEEE International Conf. on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1441-1447, May 1989.
158. "The Multi-dimensional Quality of Task Requirements for Dextrous Robot Hand Control", H. Liu, T. Iberall,
G.A. Bekey, Proc. 1989 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 452-457, May
1989.
159. "Optimal and Sub-Optimal Binary Inputs for System Identification", G.A. Bekey, S. M. Lewis and F.
Abrishamkar, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Vol. 19, pp. 1199-1203, September 1989.
160. "High Precision Robot Control by Cartesian Trajectory Feedback and Conectionist Inverse Dynamics
Feedforward", D. Bassi and G. A. Bekey, IJCNN International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, pp.
325-331, June 1989.
161. "Toward a More Comprehensive Gait Disorder Analysis Expert System", G.A. Bekey and J-W J. Kim, Proc.
1989 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, pp. 523-525, November 1989.
162. "Integrating Robotic Assembly Planning and Scheduling: A Two-Dimensional View", X.D. Xia and G.A.
Bekey, Proc. 1990 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 3, pp. 1956-1960, May
1990.
163. "GAIT-ER-AID: An Expert System for Analysis of Gait with Automatic Intelligent Pre-processing of Data",
E. Bontrager, J. Perry, G.A. Bekey, and J.J. Kim, Proc. 1990 Conference of Society for Computer
Applications in Medical Care, pp. 625-629, November 1990.
164. "AEX: A DFA Analysis and Advisor System", G.J. Kim, G.A. Bekey, Proc. 1990 IEEE International
Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Los Angeles, CA, pp. 563-565, November 1990.
165. "IROS: An Intelligent Rehabilitative Orthotic System for Cerebrovascular Accident", S. H. Lee, A. Agah and
G. A. Bekey, Proc. 1990 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, (SMC’90) pp.
815-819, Los Angeles, CA, November 1990.
166. "Biologically Based Robot Control", G.A. Bekey and R. Tomovic, 1990 Proc. IEEE International Conference
on Medicine and Biology, 12:1928-1939.
167. "R2AD: Rapid Robotics Application Development Environment", A.H. Fagg, M.A. Lewis and G.A. Bekey,
Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1420-1426, Sacramento, CA, April 1991.
168. "Knowledge-Based Models of Human and Robot Grasping", G.A. Bekey, T. Iberall, R. Tomovic and H. Liu,
Proc. IFAC Symposium on System Identification, Budapest, Hungary, July 1991.
169. "Task Analysis for a Versatile Prosthetic Hand", T. Iberall, R. Zemke and G.A. Bekey, Proc. 1991 Intern.
Conf. on Rehabilitation Robotics, Atlanta, GA, June 1991.
170. "A Shape Metric for Design-for Assembly", G.J. Kim, G.A. Bekey and K. Goldberg, Proc. of the 1992 IEEE
International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 968-974, Nice, France, May 12-14, 1992.
171. "A Control Philosophy for Prosthetic Hands", R.A. DeGennaro II, D. Beattie, T. Iberall and G.A. Bekey,
Proc. of the 5th Annual IEEE Symposium on Computer Based Medical Systems, pp. 429-437, Durham, North
Carolina, June 14-17, 1992.
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172. "Adaptive Abstraction in Expert Systems for Medical Diagnosis", J. Kim and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the 5th
Annual IEEE Symposium on Computer Based Medical Systems, pp. 345-352, Durham, North Carolina, June
14-17, 1992.
173. "GAIT-ER-AID: An Expert System for Diagnosis of Human Gait", G.A. Bekey, J.J. Kim, J.K. Gronley, E.L.
Bontrager and J. Perry, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Vol. 4, pp. 293-308, 1992.
174. "The Behavioral Self-Organization of Nanorobots Using Local Rules", M.A. Lewis and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of
the 1992 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 1333-1338, Raleigh,
North Carolina, July 7-10, 1992.
175. "Planning with Intentions", H. Liu, C.D. Rowles and G.A. Bekey, Proc. Pacific Rim International Conference
on Artificial Intelligence, Seoul, Korea, Sept. 1992.
176. "Group Technology for DFA: An Intermediate Step for DFA Advisory System", C. Onwubiko and G.A.
Bekey, The Journal of Applied Manufacturing Systems, pp. 59-67, 1992.
177. "On Reducing Learning Time in Context-Dependent Mappings", D-Y. Yeung and G.A. Bekey, IEEE Trans.
on Neural Networks, Vol. 4, pp. 31-42, January 1993.
178. "The USC Autonomous Flying Vehicle: An Experiment in Real-Time Behavior-Based Control", M.A. Lewis,
A.H. Fagg and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the 1993 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation,
Vol. 2, pp. 422-429, Atlanta, GA, May 2-6, 1993.
179. "Constructing Design Plans for DFA Redesign", G.J. Kim and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the 1993 IEEE
International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 3, pp. 312-318, Atlanta, GA, May 2-6, 1993.
180. "Combining Assembly Planning with Redesign: An Approach for More Effective DFA", S. Lee, G.J. Kim
and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the 1993 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 3, pp.
319-325, Atlanta, GA, May 2-6, 1993.
181. "Generation and Control of Gait Patterns in a Simulated Horse", P. Koenig and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the 1993
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 3, pp. 359-366, Atlanta, GA, May 2-6,
1993.
182. "Control Philosophy for a Simulated Prosthetic Hand", T. Iberall, D.J. Beattie, G. Sukhatme, and G.A. Bekey,
Proc. Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America Conference '93, pp. Las Vegas, Nevada, June 1217, 1993.
183. "Generation and Control of Lateral Gaits in a Horse-Rider Simulation", P. Koenig and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of
the 1993 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vol. 1, pp. 572-579,
Yokohama, Japan, July 26-30, 1993.
184. "Control Philosophy and Simulation of a Robotic Hand as a Model for Prosthetic Hands", T. Iberall, G.
Sukhatme, D. Beattie, and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the 1993 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent
Robots and Systems, Vol. 2, pp. 824-831, Yokohama, Japan, July 26-30, 1993.
185. "The USC Autonomous Flying Vehicle: An Experiment in Real-Time Behavior-Based Control", A.H. Fagg,
M.A. Lewis, J.F. Montgomery, and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the 1993 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vol. 2, pp. 1173-1187, Yokohama, Japan, July 26-30, 1993.
186. "Knowledge-Based Control of Grasping in Robot Hands Using Heuristics from Human Motor Skills", G.A.
Bekey, H. Liu, R. Tomovic, and W.J. Karplus, IEEE Trans. on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 9, pp. 709722, December 1993.
187. "AI and Locomotion: Horse Kinematics", P. Koenig and G.A. Bekey, IEEE Expert, vol. pp. 18-27, January
1994.
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188. "Autonomous Mobile Robot Teams", A. Agah and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of AIAA/NASA Conf. on Intelligent
Robotics in Field, Factory, Service, and Space (CIRFFSS'94), Vol. 1, pp. 246-251, Houston, TX, March 2124, 1994.
189. "Software Integration of Pre-Existing Manufacturing Design Systems", M.C. McHenry and G.A. Bekey,
Proc. of the Third Workshop on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE), pp. 129-133, Morgantown, West Virginia, April 17-19, 1994.
190. "A Reinforcement-Learning Approach to Reactive Control Policy Design for Autonomous Robots", A.H.
Fagg, D. Lotspeich, and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the 1994 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and
Automation, Vol. 1, pp. 39-44, San Diego, CA, May 8-13, 1994.
191. "On the Development of EMG Control for a Prosthesis Using a Robotic Hand", T. Iberall, G. Sukhatme, D.
Beattie, and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the 1994 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol.
2, pp. 1753-1758, San Diego, CA, May 8-13, 1994.
192. "A Novel Cognitive Architecture for Simulated Robots in an Artificial World", A. Agah and G.A. Bekey,
Proc. of the 1994 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 3, pp. 2309-2314, San
Diego, CA, May 8-13, 1994.
193. "EMG Control for a Robot Hand Used as a Prosthesis", D. Beattie, T. Iberall, G.S. Sukhatme, and G.A.
Bekey, Fourth International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, Applied Science and Engineering
Laboratories, A.I. duPont Institute, Wilmington, Delaware, pp. 67-72, June 14-16, 1994.
194. "Exploration and Discovery During Task Performance by Simulated Autonomous Intelligent Robots", A.
Agah and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the Fifth International Symposium on Robotics and Manufacturing: Research,
Education and Applications (ISRAM '94), pp. 1-4, Maui, Hawaii, August 14-18, 1994.
195. "A Computer Integrated Manufacturing Research and Development System", B. Khoshnevis, D. Sormaz, A.
Requicha, and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the Fifth International Symposium on Robotics and Manufacturing:
Research, Education and Applications (ISRAM '94), pp. 555-560, Maui, Hawaii, August 14-18, 1994.
196. "Sociorobotics: One To Many Robots", A. Agah and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the Sixth International Conference
on Artificial Intelligence and Information-Control Systems of Robots, pp. 123-135, Smolenice, Slovakia,
September 12-16, 1994.
197. "A Research Methodology for Telesurgery With Time Delays", A. Bejczy, G. Bekey, A. Rovetta, and R.H.
Taylor, Proc. First International Symposium on Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery
(MRCAS’94), vol. 2, pp. 142-144, Pittsburgh, PA, Sept. 22-24, 1994.
198. “The USC AFV-1 - A Behavior-Based Entry in the 1994 International Aerial Robotics Competition”, J.F.
Montgomery, A.H. Fagg, and G.A. Bekey, IEEE Expert, pp. 16-22, April 1995.
199. “A Reduced Complexity Vision System for Autonomous Helicopter Navigation”, P.H. Batavia, M.A. Lewis,
and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the 1995 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 1,
pp.776-780, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, May 21-27, 1995.
200. “Mission Reachability for Extraterrestrial Rovers”, G.S. Sukhatme, M.A. Lewis, and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the
1995 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 2, pp.1964-1969, Nagoya, Aichi,
Japan, May 21-27, 1995.
201. “Comparative Assembly Planning During Assembly Design”, G.J. Kim, S. Lee, and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of
IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and Task Planning, pp. 319-326, Pittsburgh, PA, Aug. 10-11,
1995.
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202. “Foot-Placement for Legged Robots”, M.C. McHenry and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of The First ECPD International
Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Automation, pp. 302-306, Athens, Greece, Sept. 6-8, 1995.
203. “Adaptive Stochastic Optimization Using Multiprocessors”, S.F. Masri, and G.A. Bekey, Journal of Applied
Mathematics & Computation, pp. 225-237, NewYork, USA, 1995.
204. “An Evaluation Methodology for Autonomous Mobile Robots for Planetary Exploration”, G.S. Sukhatme and
G.A. Bekey, Proc. of The First ECPD International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent
Automation, pp. 558-563, Athens, Greece, Sept. 6-8, 1995.
205. “In A Team of Robots The Loudest Is Not Necessarily The Best” A. Agah and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the 1995
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, (SMC’95), pp. 3800-3805, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada, October 22-25, 1995.
206. “Simulating Cooperative Behavior in Robot Colonies” A. Agah and G.A. Bekey, In Proc. of the Summer
Computer Simulation Conference (SCSC’95), Ottawa, Canada, 1995.
207. “Learning from Perception, Success, and Failure in a Team of Autonomous Mobile Robots”, A. Agah, and
G.A. Bekey, In Proc. of the Seventh Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Madeira Island,
Portugal, 1995.
208. “Trends in Robotics”, G.A. Bekey, Communications of the ACM, Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 62, Feb. 1996.
209. “Interleaving Assembly Planning and Design”, G.J. Kim, S. Lee and G.A. Bekey, IEEE Transactions on
Robotics and Automation, Vol. 12, No. 2, 246-251, April 1996.
210. “A Genetic Algorithm-Based Controller for Decentralized Multi-Agent Robotic Systems”, A. Agah and G.A.
Bekey, in Proc. of 1996 IEEE International Conference on Evolutionary Computation, pp. 431-436, Nagoya,
Japan, May 20-22, 1996.
211. “Efficiency Assessment of Performance of Decentralized Autonomous Multi-Robot Systems”, A. Agah and
G.A. Bekey, Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 286-291, June 1996.
212. “Biologically Inspired Control of Autonomous Robots”, G.A. Bekey, Robotics and Autonomous Systems,
Vol. 18, pp. 21-31, 1996.
213. “Robot Colony Simulator: A Research Tool for Studying Colonies of Intelligent Robots” A. Agah and G.A.
Bekey, Simulation, Vol. 62. No. 2, pp. 82-93, August 1996.
214. “A Neural Network-Based Controller for Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Distributed Robotic Systems”, A.
Agah and G.A. Bekey, In Proc. of the 1996 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
(SMC’96), Vol. 1, pp. 655-660, Beijing, China, October 1996.
215. “Assembly Planning for Modular Fixtures”, C. Yi and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the 1996 IEEE/RSJ International
Conference on Robotic Systems (IROS), Vol. 2, pp. 704-711, Osaka, Japan, Nov. 4-8, 1996.
216. “Prototype System for Automated Sorting and Removal of Bags of Hazardous Waste”, A.M. Howard and
G.A. Bekey in Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XV: Algorithms, Techniques, Active Vision, and
Material Handling, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 2904, pp. 271-277, Boston, MA, Nov. 1996.
217. “Phylogenetic and Ontogenetic Learning in a Colony of Interacting Robots”, A. Agah and G.A. Bekey, in
Autonomous Robots, pp. 85-100, vol. 4, no. 1, 1997.
218. “Tropism-Based Cognition: A Novel Software Architecture for Agents in Colonies, by A. Agah and G.A.
Bekey, Journal of Experimental and Theoritical Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 9, pp. 393-404, 1997.
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219. “Cognitive Architecture for Robust Adaptive Control of Robots in a Team”, A. Agah and G.A. Bekey,
Journal of Intelligent and Robotic System, Vol. 20, Nos. 2-4, pp. 251-273, 1997.
220. “Emergence and Effectiveness of Communication Interface in a System of Distributed Intelligent Agents”, A.
Agah and G.A. Bekey, Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 146-151, 1997.
221. “Sub-Kilogram Intelligent Tele-Robots (SKIT) for Asteroid Exploration and Exploitation”, A. Behar, G.A.
Bekey, G. Friedman, and R. Desai, Proc. of the SSI/Princeton Conference on Space Manufacturing, pp. 6583, Space Studies Institute, Princeton, NJ, May 8-11 1997.
222. “Tropism-Based Cognition for the Interpretation of Context-Dependent Gestures”, R.M. Voyles, A. Agah,
P.K. Khosla, and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the 1997 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation,
pp. 3481-3486, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1997.
223. "Recursive Learning for Deformable Object Manipulation", A.M. Howard and G.A. Bekey, 8th International
Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR’97), pp. 939-944, Monterey, CA, July 7-9, 1997.
224. “A Strategy for Quadruped Walking on Uneven Terrain”, G.S. Sukhatme, S. Brizius, S. Cozy, and G.A.
Bekey, 8th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR’97), pp. 291-296, Monterey, CA, July 79, 1997.
225. “A Cerebellar Approach to Adaptive Locomotion for Legged Robots”, J. Hoff, and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the
1997 IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA'97),
pp. 94-100, Monterey, CA, July 10-12, 1997.
226. "Mobility Evaluation of a Wheeled Microrover using a Dynamic Model", G.S. Sukhatme, S. Brizius and G.A.
Bekey, Proc. of the 1997 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Grenoble,
France, Sept. 7-11 1997.
227. “An extended Kalman filter for frequent local and infrequent global sensor data fusion, S.I. Roumeliotis and
G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the 1997 SPIE Conference on Sensor Fusion and Decentralized Control in Autonomous
Robotic Systems, pp. 11-22, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Oct. 14-15, 1997.
228. “Compensation for End to End Delays in a VR System”, Y. Akatsuka and G.A. Bekey, IEEE 1998 Virtual
Reality Annual International Symposium (VRAIS), Atlanta, GA, March 14-18, 1998.
229. "Fault Detection and Identification in a Mobile Robot using Multiple-Model Estimation", S.I. Roumeliotis,
G.S. Sukhatme, and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the 1998 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and
Automation, Vol. 3, pp. 2223-2228, Leuven, Belgium, May 16-20 1998.
230. “On Autonomous Robots”, G.A. Bekey, The Knowledge Engineering Review, Vol. 13:2, pp. 143-146, 1998.
231. “A Virtual Factory Teaching System in Support of Manufacturing Education”, M.M. Dessouky, D.E. Bailey,
S. Verma, S. Adiga, G.A. Bekey, and E.J. Kazlauskas, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 87, No. 4, pp.
459-467, October 1998.
232. “Sensor Fault Detection and Identification in a Mobile Robot”, S.I. Roumeliotis, G.S. Sukhatme, and G.A.
Bekey, Proc. of the 1998 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vol. 3, pp.
1383-1388, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, October 13-17, 1998.
233. “Centralized Sensing and Control of Multiple Mobile Robots”, B. Khoshnevis and G.A. Bekey, Computers in
Industrial Engineering, Vol. 35, pp. 503-506, 1998.
233A. "Evaluating the Mobility Wheeled Robot using Dynamic Modeling", Sukhatme G.S., Brizius J.S.
Bekey G.A. (1998):, Advanced Robotics, 12(5), pp. 579–592
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234. “Smoother Based 3D Attitude Estimation for Mobile Robot Localization”, S.I. Roumeliotis, G.S. Sukhatme,
and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the 1999 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 3, pp.
1979-1986, Detroit, MI, May 10-15, 1999.
235. “Circumventing Dynamic Modeling: Evaluation of the Error-State Kalman Filter Applied to Mobile Robot
Localization”, S.I. Roumeliotis, G.S. Sukhatme, and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the 1999 IEEE International
Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 2, pp. 1656-1663, Detroit, MI, May 10-15, 1999.
236. “Intelligent Learning for Deformable Object Manipulation”, A.M. Howard and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the 1999
IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA’99), pp.
15-20, Monterey, CA, November 8-9, 1999.
237. “A Learning Methodology for Robotic Manipulation of Deformable Objects”, A.M. Howard and G.A. Bekey,
Proc. of the 4th Biannual World Automation Congress – Robotic and Manufacturing Systems – Recent
Results in Research, Development and Applications, Vol. 10, pp. 13-18, Maui, Hawaii, Jan. 2000.
238. "Collective Localization: A distributed Kalman filter approach to localization of groups of mobile robots'',
S.I. Roumeliotis and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the 2000 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and
Automation, pp. 2958-2965, San Francisco, CA, April 22-28, 2000.
239. "Bayesian estimation and Kalman filtering: A Unified Framework for Mobile Robot Localization”, S.I.
Roumeliotis and G.A. Bekey', Proc. of the 2000 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation,
pp. 2985-2992, San Francisco, CA, April 22-28, 2000.
240. "Distributed Multi-Robot Localization", S.I. Roumeliotis and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the 5th International
Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS 2000), pp. 179-188, Knoxville, TN,
October 4-6, 2000.
241. "SEGMENTS: A Layered, Dual-Kalman Filter Algorithm for Indoor Feature Extraction'', S.I. Roumeliotis
and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the 2000 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems,
Takamatsu, Japan, Oct. 30 - Nov. 5, 2000.
242. "Synergetic Localization for Groups of Mobile Robots'', S.I. Roumeliotis and G.A. Bekey, Proc. of the 39th
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 3477-3482, Sydney, Australia, Dec. 12-15, 2000.
243. “On Comparing the Performance of Robots and Humans in Planetary Surface Operations”, G. Rodriguez,
C.R. Weisbin, G. Bekey, and A. Bhadoria, Proc. of the 10th International Conference on Advanced Robotics
(ICAR 2001), Budapest, Hungary, August 22-25,2001.
244. “Winds of Change”, G.A. Bekey, editorial in Neurosurgery, vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 763-764 October 2001.
245. "Gait Adaptation in a Quadruped Robot", M.A. Lewis and G. A. Bekey, Autonomous Robots, v. 12, pp301312.
246. “Distributed Multi-Robot Localization”, S.I.Roumeliotis and G.A. Bekey, IEEE Transactions on Robotics
and Automation. v. 18, pp. 781-795. October 2002.
247. “An International Study of the Status of Robotics”, G.A. Bekey and J. Yuh, to be published in Robotics and
Automation, in 2007
Recent professional talks
January 18, 2003: “Rehabilitation robotics: Progress and problems”
Health consortium, Portland, OR
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September 12, 2003: “Intelligent Mobile Robots: Applications and commercial development”, Plenary lecture,
Automation 2003 conf, Taiwan
April 27, 2004: “ Rehabilitation robotics: Progress and problems”
IEEE Int. Conf on Robotics & Automation, Bio-Robotics workshop, New Orleans
June 24, 2004: “Sensors for Autonomous Robots: Status, problems and opportunities”
BEI Engineering Conference, Santa Monica
October 21, 2004: “Trends and opportunities in robotics”
RoboNexus conference, San Jose, CA
November 1, 2004: “Intelligent mobile robots: A status report”
Distinguished Lecture Series, Computer Science Department, Univ of Minnesota
December 7, 2004: “Trends and Opportunities in mobile robotics”
IEEE Central Coast Section monthly meeting, San Luis Obispo
February 4, 2005: "Intelligent mobile robots"
EE Department seminar, Calif Polytechnic State Univ, San Luis Obispo
March 8, 2005: “Sensors in robotics”
BEI Board of Directors meeting, San Francisco
April 14, 2005: "Robotics in Rehabilitation and Medicine"
Biomedical Engineering seminar, Calif Polytechnic State Univ, San Luis Obispo
May 15-30, 2005: Multiple talks on robotics
Auckland University, New Zealand
October 12, 2005: "Multiple robots: Systems of Systems"
Keynote address, IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics conf, Hawaii
Nov 23, 2005: “Legged robots: Applications and research issues”,
Seminar, Center for Control, Dynamical Systems and Computation , UC Santa Barbara
February 21, 2006: “Robotic assistance in arm and leg function’
Plenary address, IEEE BioRob 2006 conf, Pisa
May 14, 2006: “The WTEC World survey of robotics”,
Keynote address, NSF Workshop at ICRA 2006, Orlando, FL
July 24, 2006: “Robotics: A Worldwide Status Report”
Seminar, Northrop Grumman Corp, Dominguez Hills
Sept 26, 2006: “Co-existing with robots”
USC IEEE Student chapter
Oct 11, 2006: “Co-existing with robots”,
Plenary lecture, Intelligent Robotic Systems Conf (IROS 2006), Beijing, China
Oct 25, 2006: “Trends in Medical and Rehabilitation robotics)”
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Buenaventura Chapter, Cal Lutheran University,
Thousand Oaks, CA
Nov 9, 2006: “Robots that walk and run”
IEEE Central Coast section , UC Santa Barbara
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Ph.D. Graduates under George A. Bekey
1.
Samuel M. Brainin, “The Estimation of Randomly Varying Parameters in Linear Systems”, 1966. Retired
Engineer, formerly with Hughes Aircraft, Los Angeles, CA.
2.
Michael J. Merritt, “Synthesis and Identification of Mathematical Models for the Discrete Control Behavior
of Human Operators”, 1967. Engineer – Qualcomm, San Diego, CA.
3.
Louis R. Nardizzi, “Analysis and Synthesis of Discrete-Time Systems with Control Signals of Variable
Amplitude and Pulse-Width”, 1967. Cardiologist – Private medical practice.
4.
Anil V. Phatak, “On the Adaptive Behavior of the Human Operator in Response to a Sudden Change in the
Control Situation”, 1968 (Deceased).
5.
Andrew A. Frank, “Automatic Control Systems for Legged Locomotion Machines”, 1968. Professor of
Mechanical Engineering, UC Davis, Davis, CA.
6.
John C. Coggshall, “Mathematical Models of Muscle”, 1968. Research Associate at Yale University.
7.
Leo W. Morrison, “An Engineering Analysis of the Fetal Cardiovascular System”, 1969.
Biomedical
Engineering Consultant, Washington, DC.
8.
Caswell B. Neal, “Estimation of the Parameters of Sampled-Data Systems by Stochastic Approximation”,
1969. Retired Engineer, formerly at Hughes Aircraft, Los Angeles, CA.
9.
Man T. Ung, “Hybrid Solutions to Parabolic Partial Differential Equations with Two Spatial Dimensions”,
1971. Adjunct Professor - EE and CE at USC, Los Angeles, CA
10.
James C. Maloney, Jr., “Estimation of Cardiac Output Using Respiratory measurements and Real-Time
Computation”, 1971. Engineer – Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Pompano Beach, FL.
11.
Gerald O. Burnham, “Synthesis of Mathematical Models of Driver-Vehicle Dynamic in Car-Following”,
1973. Associate Dean of Engineering – University of Texas, TX.
12.
Jinbom Seo, “Mathematical Models of Human Driver in Car Following Task”, 1974 (Deceased).
13.
Mohinder S. Grewal, “Modeling and Identification of Freeway Traffic Systems”, 1974.
Professor of
Electrical Engineering, Cal State Fullerton, CA.
14.
Hans-Peter “Pete” Schmid. “Two-Dimensional Compensatory Tracking with a Tactile Display”, 1976.
Retired, former Division Director – Hughes Missiles Systems, Tucson, AZ.
15.
Willis G. Downing, Jr., “A Unified Theory of the Causes of Maximum Expiratory Flow”, 1976. Retired,
former Professor of Electrical Engineering, Cal State Northridge, Northridge, CA.
16.
Thomas M. Grove, “Cardiac Output Estimation from a Respiratory Model”, 1977.
Professor of
Anesthesiology – UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
17.
Chi-Wu “James” Chang, “Analysis of Human Gait Using Composite Electromyograms”, 1978. President,
Lyfsun Co., Santa Ana, CA.
18.
Tasos Andronikou, “Identification of Nonlinear Systems with Hysteretrc Elements”, 1981.
Formerly
Engineer with Rockwell Corp., Anaheim, CA. Now in Cyprus (Greece).
19.
Wissam W. Ahmed, “Computer Recognition of Cerebral Palsy Speech Using Nonlinear Mapping”, 1984.
President, International Cartoon & Animation, Anaheim, CA.
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Fred Y. Hadaegh, “The Effects of Structural Error on Parameter Identifiability of Dynamical Systems”,
1984. Member of the Senior Staff and Group Leader – JPL, Pasadena, CA.
21.
Farrokh Abrishamkar, “Identification of Time Varying Delays in Linear Discrete Time Stochastic Systems”,
1984. Engineer – Qualcomm, San Diego, CA.
22.
Daniel J. Antonelli, “Motor Unit Deployment in Skilled and Unskilled Movements”, 1985. Retired Professor
of Physical Therapy – USC, Los Angeles, CA.
23.
Howard B. Olsen, “Identification of Robot Models”, 1986. Research Engineer – Optivus Technology, Loma
Linda, CA.
24.
Anastassios G. Chassiakos, “Modelling and Control Algorithms for Flexible Robots by Point Actuators”,
1987. Professor of Engineering Technology – Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA.
25.
Huan Liu, “Knowledge Based Grasp Planning for Robot Hands”, 1989. Associate Professor of Computer
Science – Arizona State University, Tucson, AZ.
26.
Dit-Yan Yeung, “Handling Dimensionality and Nonlinearity in Connectionist Learning”, 1989. Professor of
Computer Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong.
27.
Danilo F. Bassi, “Connectionist Dynamic Control of Robotic Manipulators”, 1990. Professor of Engineering
Informatics, University of Santiago, Santiago, Chile.
28.
Gerard Jounghyun Kim, “Design-For-Assembly (DFA) by Reverse Engineering”, 1994. Associate Professor
of Computer Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea
29.
Patti Koenig Proctor, “A Model of Horse Locomotion and Rider Control”, 1994. Member of Technical Staff
- JPL, Pasadena, CA.
30.
Arvin Agah, “Sociorobotics: Learning for Coordination in Robot Colonies”, 1994. Associate Professor - EE
& CS, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
31.
Murray Anthony Lewis, “Self-Organization of Locomotor Controllers in Robots and Animals”, 1996.
President, IGUANA Robotics, Chicago, IL.
32.
Joung-woo John Kim, “Gait-Er-Aid: A Three Level Diagnostic Knowledge-Based System for Gait Analysis”,
1996. Currently a Protestant Minister, with a church in Palo Alto, CA
33.
Gaurav S. Sukhatme, “On the Evaluation of Autonomous Mobile Robots”, 1997. Associate Professor,
Computer Science Dept., USC
34.
Alberto E. Behar, “On the Design of Sub-Kilogram Intelligent Tele-Robots”, 1998. Member of Technical
Staff - JPL, Pasadena, CA
35.
Michael J. McHenry, “Slice Based Path Planning”, 1998. Consultant – Rossum Technologies, Los Angeles,
CA
36.
Ayanna M. Howard, “Grasping of Deformable Object”, 1999. Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology
37.
James F. Montgomery, 2000. “Learning Helicopter Control Through Teaching by Showing”, 1999.
Technical Staff Member – Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA.
38.
Stergios I. Roumeliotis, “Robust Mobile Robot Localization: From single-robot uncertainties to multi-robot
interdependencies", 2000 – Associate Professor, Computer Science Department, University of Minnesota