Publications

 K. G. Vamvoudakis and N.-M. T. Kokolakis, Synchronous Reinforcement Learning-Based Control for Cognitive Autonomy, Foundations and Trends in Systems and Control, vol. 8, no. 1-2, pp. 1-175, 2020.

 N.-M. T. Kokolakis, A. Kanellopoulos, and K. G. Vamvoudakis, “Bounded Rationality in Differential Games: A Reinforcement Learning-Based Approach,” in Handbook of Reinforcement Learning and Control, eds. K. G. Vamvoudakis, Y. Wan, F. L. Lewis, D. Cansever, Chapter 16, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2021.

 N.-M. T. Kokolakis, K. G. Vamvoudakis, and W. M. Haddad, “Fixed-Time Learning for Safe Time-Critical Verification using Reachability Analysis,” Automatica, vol. 183, paper 112528 , 2026 

 N.-M. T. Kokolakis, Z. Zhang, S. Liu, K. G. Vamvoudakis, J. Darbon, and G. Em. Karniadakis, “Safe Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Optimal Predefined-Time Stabilization: A Lyapunov-based Approach,” to appear in IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2025.

 N.-M. T. Kokolakis, K. G. Vamvoudakis, and W. M. Haddad, “Predefined-Time Reinforcement Learning for Optimal Feedback Control,” Automatica, vol. 179, paper 112421, 2025.

 S. P. Haeri Boroujeni, A. Razi, S. Khoshdel, F. Afghah, J. L. Coen, L. O'Neil, P. Fule, A. Watts, N.-M. T. Kokolakis, and K. G. Vamvoudakis, “A Comprehensive Survey of Research Towards AI-enabled Unmanned Aerial Systems in Pre-, Active-, and Post-Wildfire Management,” Information Fusion, vol. 108, paper 102369, 2024.

 L. Somers, W. M. Haddad, N.-M. T. Kokolakis, and K. G. Vamvoudakis, “Online Accelerated Data-Driven Learning for Optimal Feedback Control of Discrete-Time Partially Uncertain Systems,” International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 848-876, 2024.

 N.-M. T. Kokolakis and K. G. Vamvoudakis, “Safety-Aware Pursuit-Evasion Games in Unknown Environments using Gaussian Processes and Finite-Time Convergent Reinforcement Learning,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 3130-3143, 2024.

 N.-M. T. Kokolakis and K. G. Vamvoudakis, “Bounded Rational Dubins Vehicle Coordination for Target Tracking using Reinforcement Learning,” Automatica, vol. 149, paper 110732, 2023.

 K. G. Vamvoudakis, F. Fotiadis, A. Kanellopoulos, and N.-M. T. Kokolakis, “Nonequilibrium Dynamical Games: A Control Systems Perspective,” Annual Reviews in Control, vol. 53, pp. 6-18, 2022.

 N.-M. T. Kokolakis and N. T. Koussoulas, “Robust Standoff Target Tracking with Finite-Time Phase Separation under Unknown Wind,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 1183–1198, 2021.

 N.-M. T. Kokolakis and R. Mangharam, “Adversarially Robust Optimal Safe Predefined-Time Stabilization: A Game-Theoretic Approach,” to appear in Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2025.

 N.-M. T. Kokolakis and K. G. Vamvoudakis, “Safe Predefined-Time Stability and Optimal Feedback Control: A Lyapunov-based Approach,” Proc. American Control Conference, pp. 3665-3670, Toronto, Canada, 2024. 

 N.-M. T. Kokolakis, K. G. Vamvoudakis, and W. M. Haddad, “Fixed-Time Learning for Optimal Feedback Control,” Proc. ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Boston, MA, 2023.

 N.-M. T. Kokolakis, K. G. Vamvoudakis, and W. M. Haddad, “Reachability Analysis-based Safety-Critical Control using Online Fixed-Time Reinforcement Learning,” Proc. Learning for Dynamics and Control Conference, PMLR vol. 211, pp. 1257-1270, Philadelphia, PA, 2023.

 N.-M. T. Kokolakis and K. G. Vamvoudakis, “Safe Finite-Time Reinforcement Learning for Pursuit-Evasion Games,” Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4022-4027, Cancun, Mexico, 2022.

 N.-M. T. Kokolakis and K. G. Vamvoudakis, “Online Learning-based Optimal Control of Nonlinear Systems with Finite-Time Convergence Guarantees,” Proc. American Control Conference, pp. 812-817, Atlanta, GA, 2022.

 N.-M. T. Kokolakis, A. Kanellopoulos, and K. G. Vamvoudakis, “Bounded Rational Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Coordination for Adversarial Target Tracking,” Proc. American Control Conference, pp. 2508-2513, Denver, CO, 2020.

 N.-M. T. Kokolakis and N. T. Koussoulas, “Coordinated Standoff Tracking of a Ground Moving Target and the Phase Separation Problem,” Proc. International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, pp. 473-482, Dallas, TX, 2018.