Milad Siami
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Assistant Professor |
About me
I am an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. From 2017 to 2019, I was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at MIT's Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) hosted by Prof. Ali Jadbabaie.
Research
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My research interests include
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Recent Journal Publications
R. Vafaee, and M. Siami, "Real-Time Sensor Selection for Time-Varying Networks With Guaranteed Performance," Automatica, 2024.
R. Vafaee, and M. Siami, "Exploring Non-Submodular Scheduling for Large-Scale Sensor Networks," IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2023.
A Darabi, and M Siami, "Centrality-based traffic restriction in delayed epidemic networks," SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 2023.
A. C. B. de Oliveira, M. Siami, and E. D. Sontag, "Edge Selection in Bilinear Dynamical Networks," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, [arXiv] 2023.
Y. M. Huang, A. C. B. de Oliveira, D. Murugan, and M. Siami, "Balancing Agility and Communication: Denser Networks Require Faster Agents," IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems, 2023.
M. Siami, "Stability and Robustness Analysis of Commensurate Fractional-order Networks," IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 2021. [arXiv]
M. Siami, A. Olshevsky and A. Jadbabaie, "Deterministic and Randomized Actuator Scheduling With Guaranteed Performance," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume 66, Issue 4, 2021. [arXiv]
Y. Ghaedsharaf, M. Siami, C. Somarakis and N. Motee, "Centrality in Time-Delay Consensus Networks with Structured Uncertainties," Automatica, Volume 125, 2021. [arXiv]
M. Siami and A. Jadbabaie, "A Separation Theorem for Joint Sensor and Actuator Scheduling with Guaranteed Performance Bounds," Automatica, Volume 56, Issue 8, 2020. [arXiv] [Link to download a free copy]
M. Siami, N. Motee, G. Buzi, B. Bamieh, M. Khammash, and J.C. Doyle, "Fundamental Limits and Tradeoffs in Autocatalytic Pathways," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume 65, Issue 2, 2020. [arXiv]
Y. Ghaedsharaf, M. Siami, C. Somarakis, and N. Motee, ”Performance Improvement in Noisy Linear Consensus Networks with Time-Delay,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume 64, Issue 6, 2019, Pages:2457-2472.
M. Siami and N. Motee, "Network Abstraction with Guaranteed Performance Bounds," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume 63, Issue 10, 2018, Pages:3301-3316. [arXiv]
M. Siami and N. Motee, "Growing Linear Dynamical Networks Endowed by Spectral Systemic Performance Measures," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume 63, Issue 7, 2018, Pages: 2091-2106. [arXiv]
M. Siami, J. Skaf, "Structural Analysis and Optimal Design of Distributed System Throttlers," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume 63, Issue 2, 2018, Pages: 540-547. [arXiv]
M. Siami, S. Bolouki, B. Bamieh and N. Motee, "Centrality measures in linear consensus networks with structured network uncertainties, " IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, Volume 5, Issue 3, 2018, Pages: 924-934.
M. Siami and N. Motee, "New Bounds on H_2-Norm of Noisy Linear Dynamical Networks," Automatica, Volume 53, Issue 5, 2017, Pages: 305-312. [arXiv]
S. Bolouki, R.P. Malhame, M. Siami and N. Motee. "Eminence Grise Coalitions: On the Shaping of Public Opinion," IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, June 2017, Pages 133-145. [arXiv]
M. Siami, and N. Motee, "Fundamental Limits and Tradeoffs on Disturbance Propagation in Linear Dynamical Networks," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume 61, Issue 12, 2016, Pages: 4055-4062. [arXiv]
Full list of publications.
A list of my publications is also available on Google Scholar.
News
2023 Five students from Siami Lab are set to present their work at ACC2023 in San Diego.
2023 Paper on investigating the effects of overfitting on the robustness of gradient-descent training when subject to uncertainty on the gradient estimation [arXiv]
2023 Our work on “Edge Selection in Bilinear Dynamical Networks” has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. [Link]
2023 Presenting our latest research on “Dynamic Centrality in Metapopulation Networks” at the 31st Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation. Our findings provide valuable insights into the effects of incorporating dynamics and network structure.
2023 Presenting a comparative analysis of reinforcement learning and adaptive control techniques for linear uncertain system at the SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications.
2023 Presenting our new findings on randomized learning-based sensor scheduling for robust state estimation at the IFAC World Congress.
2023 Presenting our work on Estimating Robotic Movement with WiFi Channel State Information at the American Control Conference.
2023 Presenting our recent work on Virtual Viscoelastic-Based Multi-Agent Systems: Pushing the Limits of Disturbance Propagation in Mini Self-Driving Cars at the American Control Conference.
2023 Giving a talk on linear-sized sensor scheduling using regret minimization at the American Control Conference.
2022 Our Paper on "On-the-fly Sensor Scheduling with Performance Guarantees" to appear in Proceedings of the 61st Conference on Decision and Control
2022 Our Paper on "Sensor and Actuator Scheduling in Bilinear Dynamic Networks" to appear in Proceedings of the 61st Conference on Decision and Control
2022 Co-chairing a session on "Networked Control Systems II" at the 61st Conference on Decision and Control
2022 Chairing a session at APS DFD 75th Annual Meeting
2022 Giving a talk on "Performance improvement in soft robots by exploiting viscoelastic non-integer-order dynamical systems" at APS DFD 75th Annual Meeting
2022 Giving a talk on "Online Sensor Scheduling For Linear Time-varying Dynamical Systems With Performance Guarantees" at INFORMS 2021 Annual Meeting
2022 MURI review event on August 23-24 more info
2022 Our Lab is leading $1.1 million NSF Award for Developing Effective Mitigation Strategies in Pandemics News link
2022 New grant for developing "Analytical Framework for AI&AA" from ARL
2022 Our Paper on "Learning-based Sensor Selection with Guaranteed Performance Bounds" to appear in Proceedings of 2022 American Control Conference
2022 Our Paper on "Stability and Robustness Analysis of Epidemic Networks with Multiple Time-Delays " to appear in Proceedings of 2022 American Control Conference
2022 Kick-off event for SENTRY Surveillance System on February 3 News link
2021 Siami Lab is delighted to be part of a $36 million, ten-year DHS project for building a Virtual Sentry system that provides just-in-time information to key decision makers. News link
2021 MURI Kick-off event on October 18 more info
2021 Invited talk on "Sparse Interactions in Complex Networks," at The 6th Annual Meeting of SIAM Central States Section.
2021 Siami Lab receives $300K NSF award to study sparse interactions in complex networks!
2021 Co-organizing four invited sessions on "Analysis and Control of Large-Scale Autonomous Networks," at CDC-2021
2021 Our Paper on "Eminence in Noisy Bilinear Networks" to appear in Proceedings of the 60th Conference on Decision and Control
2021 Yu-mei Huang successfully defended her master thesis. Congratulations Yu-mei!
2021 Invited talk at INFORMS 2021 Annual Meeting on “Reliable Sensor And Actuator Scheduling In Smart Grid Networks.”
2021 Co-PI for $7.5 million MURI Award, Northeastern University (lead institution) with co-PIs from University of California, Berkeley, Johns Hopkins University, and University of Michigan – News link
2021 The paper "Stability and Robustness Analysis of Commensurate Fractional-order Networks," to appear in IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems
2021 Our Paper on “Efficient Network-Based Vaccination Strategies for Epidemic Control” to appear in Proceedings World Automation Congress 2021
2021 Our Paper on "Centrality in Epidemic Networks with Time-Delay: A Decision-Support Framework for Epidemic Containment" to appear in Proceedings of 2021 American Control Conference
2021 Our Paper on "Edge Selection in Bilinear Dynamical Networks," to appear in Proceedings of 2021 American Control Conference
2021 Teaching "ST: Distributed Intelligence," Northeastern University, Spring 2021
2020 New paper on Traffic Shaping Strategies "Centrality-Based Traffic Restriction in Delayed Epidemic Networks"
2020 New paper on Link Selections "Edge Selection in Bilinear Dynamical Networks"
2020 New paper on Complex Networks "Stability and Robustness Analysis of Commensurate Fractional-order Networks"
2020 The paper "‘Centrality in Time-Delay Consensus Networks with Structured Uncertainties," to appear in Automatica
2020 Our Paper on "A Generalization of The Secant Condition for Stability of Interconnected Network of Fractional-order Systems" to appear in the 59th Conference on Decision and Control
2020 The paper "Deterministic and Randomized Actuator Scheduling With Guaranteed Performance" to appear in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
2020 The paper "A Separation Theorem for Joint Sensor and Actuator Scheduling with Guaranteed Performance Bounds" to appear in Automatica
2020 Co-teaching "Building blocks for the Internet of Things: From Sensors to Networks," Summer 2020
2020 Teaching "Digital Control Systems," Northeastern University, Fall 2020.
2020 Teaching "Introduction to Distributed Intelligence," Northeastern University, Spring 2020
2019 Chairing a session on "Network Analysis and Control," at CDC-2019
2019 Teaching "Digital Control Systems," Northeastern University
2019 I have joined the ECE Department at Northeastern University as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2019
2018 Co-organizing and co-chairing an invited session on "Social and Economic Networks," at CDC-2018
2018 Rapid Autonomous Complex-Environment Competing Ackermanndrive Robotics is featured in MIT’s Spectrum Magazine
2018 New paper on Actuator/Sensor Selections "Deterministic and Randomized Actuator Scheduling With Guaranteed Performance"
2018 Co-organizing and co-chairing an invited session on "Analysis and Control of Complex Networks," at ACC-2018
2017 Co-instructing the undergraduate level course "Introduction to Network Models," MIT
2017 Invited talk at the 3rd Annual Meeting of SIAM Central States Section