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Journal Publications
Li, M., Sun, Z., and Dimarogonas, D. V. (2026). Discrete-Time Input-to-State Safety: Formulations, Comparisons, and Applications. Automatica. (Accepted, full paper)
Li, M., Sun, Z., Koelewijn, P. J. W., and Weiland, S. (2026). A Tunable Universal Formula for Safety-Critical Control. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC). (Accepted). [Arxiv]
Li, M., Chen, J., and Dimarogonas, D. V. (2026). Tunable Input-to-State Safety with Input Constraints. IEEE Control Systems Letters (L-CSS), 10. [Link to IEEE]
Li, M., Sun, Z., Liao, Z., and Weiland, S. (2026). Moving Obstacle Collision Avoidance via Chance-Constrained Model Predictive Control with Control Barrier Function. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control (IJRNC). (Accepted) [Link to Wiley]
Li, K., Li, M., Ji, W., Sun, Z., and Zhao, S. (2025). Multi-Robot Cooperative Herding through Backstepping Control Barrier Functions. Nonlinear Dynamics, 113(22), 31357-31371. [Link to Springer]
Chen, J., Li, M., Marcantoni, M., Jayawardhana, B., and Wang, Y. (2025). Range-only Distributed Safety-Critical Formation Control based on Contracting Bearing Estimators and Control Barrier Functions. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. [Link to IEEE]
Liao, Z., Wang, S., Shi, J., Li, M., Zhang, Y., and Sun, Z. (2024). Resilient Distributed Optimization for Cyber-Physical Systems under Adversarial Environments: An Event-based Method. ISA Transactions, 149, 1-15. [Link to Elsevier]
Li, M., Lam, T. L., and Sun, Z. (2022). 3-D Inter-Robot Relative Localization via Semidefinite Optimization. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 7(4), 10081-10088. [Link to IEEE]
Zhai, B., Yi, W., Li, M., Ju, H. and Kong, L., 2019. Data‐driven XGBoost‐based filter for target tracking. The Journal of Engineering, 2019(20), pp.6683-6687.[Link to Wiley]
Conference Publications
Li, M,. Sun, Z., and Weiland, S. (2025, December). A Comparative Study of Artificial Potential Fields and Reciprocal Control Barrier Function-based Safety Filters. In Proceedings of the 64th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), p. 5986-5991. [Link to IEEE]
Li, M. and Sun, Z. (2024, June). Safe Stabilization with Model Uncertainties: A Universal Formula with Gaussian Process Learning. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Control and Automation (ICCA), p. 180-185. [Link to IEEE] (Best Student Paper Award).
De Vries, W. A., Li, M.*, Song, Q., and Sun, Z. (2024, June). An Alternating Peak-Optimization Method for Optimal Trajectory Generation of Quadrotor Drones. In Proceedings of the 22nd European Control Conference (ECC), p. 3267-3272. [Link to IEEE]
Li, M. and Sun, Z. (2023 July). Consensus-Based Distributed Batch Estimation in Asynchronous Wireless Sensor Networks. In Proceedings of the 22nd World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), p. 2050-2055. [Open Access]
Li, M. and Sun, Z. (2023, May). A Graphical Interpretation and Universal Formula for Safe Stabilization. In Proceedings of the 65th American Control Conference (ACC), p. 3012-3017. [Link to IEEE]
Li, M. and Sun, Z. (2023, May). A New Perspective on Projection-to-State Safety and Its Application to Robotic Arms. In Proceedings of the 65th American Control Conference (ACC), p. 2430-2435. [Link to IEEE]
Li, M. and Sun, Z. (2022). Implicit Fixed-Time Convergence ISS Safe Control Barrier Functions for Signal Temporal Logic Tasks. In Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation (ICCA), p. 722-727. [Link to IEEE]
Li, M. and Sun, Z. (2022). Total Least Squares Estimation for Motion-Induced Extrinsic Calibration in Multi-Robot Systems. In Proceedings of the 13th Asian Control Conference (ASCC), p. 934-940. [Link to IEEE]
Li, M., Liang, G., Luo, H., Qian, H., & Lam, T. L. (2020, October). Robot-to-Robot Relative Pose Estimation based on Semidefinite Relaxation Optimization. In 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (pp. 4491-4498). IEEE. [Link to IEEE]
Luo, H., Li, M., Liang, G., Qian, H., & Lam, T. L. (2020, October). An Obstacle-Crossing Strategy based on the Fast Self-Reconfiguration for Modular Sphere Robots. In 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (pp. 3296-3303). IEEE. [Link to IEEE]
Liang, G., Luo, H., Li M., Qian, H., Lam, T. L. (2020, October) Freebot: A Freeform Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robot with Arbitrary Connection Point-Design and Implementation. In 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (pp. 6506-6513). IEEE. [Link to IEEE] (IROS Best Paper Award on Robot Mechanisms and Design)
Li, M., Chang, Z., Zhong, Z., and Gao, Y. (2020). Relative Localization in Multi-Robot Systems based on Dead Reckoning and UWB Ranging. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION), p. 1-7. [Link to IEEE]
Yang, Q., Shao, X., and Li, M. (2019). Likelihood-based Sensor Fusion in Radar/Infrared Systems using a Distributed Particle Filter. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Control, Automation and Information Sciences (ICCAIS). [Link to IEEE]
Li, M., Yi, W., Yang, Q., and Kong, L. (2018). An Efficient Particle Filter for the OOSM Problem in Nonlinear Dynamic Systems. In Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION), p. 1890-1895. [Link to IEEE]
Li, M., Yi, W., and Kong, L. (2017). Decentralized Batch Estimation for Asynchronous Data Fusion in MIMO Radar Systems. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION), p. 1-6. [Link to IEEE]
Li, M., Yi, W., and Kong, L. (2017). A Likelihood-based Distributed Particle Filter for Asynchronous Sensor Networks. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION), p. 1-5. [Link to IEEE]
Liu, G., Li, M., Yi, W., and Kong, L. (2017). An Approximate Optimal Chernoff Fusion Method via Importance Sampling. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Control, Automation and Information Sciences (ICCAIS). [Link to IEEE]
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