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Journal papers

  1. Determining the percentage of recycled plastic content in a plastic product

    Yaoli Zhao*, Charuvahan Adhivarahan*, Chandra Lekha Jyothula, Karthik Dantu, Thomas Thundat, Amit Goyal
    Nature Communications Engineering, 5(1), Article 51, 2026
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    DOI | PDF

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    BibTeX
    @article{Zhao2026RecycledPlastic,
      author = {Zhao, Yaoli and Adhivarahan, Charuvahan and Jyothula, Chandra Lekha and Dantu, Karthik and Thundat, Thomas and Goyal, Amit},
      title = {Determining the percentage of recycled plastic content in a plastic product},
      journal = {Communications Engineering},
      year = {2026},
      volume = {5},
      number = {1},
      article_number = {51},
      publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
      doi = {10.1038/s44172-026-00639-y},
      url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s44172-026-00639-y}
    }
    
  2. Efficient Planning for Scalable and Load-Balanced Area Coverage by Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

    Prajit KrisshnaKumar, Jhoel Witter, Leighton Collins, Jagadeswara P. K. V. Pothuri, Payam Ghassemi, Ehsan T. Esfahani, Karthik Dantu, Souma Chowdhury
    Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 26(9), Article 091002, 2026
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @article{JCIS26,
      author = {KrisshnaKumar, Prajit and Witter, Jhoel and Collins, Leighton and Pothuri, Jagadeswara P. K. V. and Ghassemi, Payam and Esfahani, Ehsan T. and Dantu, Karthik and Chowdhury, Souma},
      title = {Efficient Planning for Scalable and Load-Balanced Area Coverage by Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles},
      journal = {Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering},
      year = {2026},
      volume = {26},
      number = {9},
      article_number = {091002},
      publisher = {ASME International},
      doi = {10.1115/1.4071466},
      url = {https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/computingengineering/article/26/9/091002/1232074/Efficient-Planning-for-Scalable-and-Load-Balanced}
    }
    
  3. Explainable Deep Learning and Targeted Spectral Augmentation for Mid-Infrared Classification of Additive-Containing Polymers

    Nicholas Stavinski, Vaishali Maheshkar, Charutha Dassanayake, Fransuas P. González Ortiz, Gleniarys N. Rivera-Torres, Karthik Dantu, Luis Velarde
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 130(31), 2026 , pp. 8092–8102
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @article{JPCB26,
      author = {Stavinski, Nicholas and Maheshkar, Vaishali and Dassanayake, Charutha and González Ortiz, Fransuas P. and Rivera-Torres, Gleniarys N. and Dantu, Karthik and Velarde, Luis},
      title = {Explainable Deep Learning and Targeted Spectral Augmentation for Mid-Infrared Classification of Additive-Containing Polymers},
      journal = {The Journal of Physical Chemistry B},
      year = {2026},
      volume = {130},
      number = {31},
      pages = {8092--8102},
      publisher = {American Chemical Society (ACS)},
      doi = {10.1021/acs.jpcb.6c02143},
      url = {https://pubs.acs.org/jpcbfk/article/130/31/8092/5233880/Explainable-Deep-Learning-and-Targeted-Spectral}
    }
    
  4. CLEAR: A Semantic–Geometric Terrain Abstraction for Large-Scale Unstructured Environments

    Pranay Meshram, Charuvahan Adhivarahan, Ehsan Tarkesh Esfahani, Souma Chowdhury, Chen Wang, Karthik Dantu
    IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 11(10), 2026 , pp. 11394–11401 , Accepted September 2026
    Project: CLEAR
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @article{RALJ26,
      author = {Meshram, Pranay and Adhivarahan, Charuvahan and Esfahani, Ehsan Tarkesh and Chowdhury, Souma and Wang, Chen and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {CLEAR: A Semantic–Geometric Terrain Abstraction for Large-Scale Unstructured Environments},
      journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
      year = {2026},
      volume = {11},
      number = {10},
      pages = {11394--11401},
      publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)},
      doi = {10.1109/lra.2026.3726338},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11662374/},
      note = {Accepted September 2026}
    }
    
  5. Comparative Analysis of Feature Tracking Challenges in Unstructured Space Environments

    Timothy Chase, Andrew Balotin, Karthik Dantu
    IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 62, 2026 , pp. 6166–6179
    IEEE Xplore | DOI | Journal |
    BibTeX
    @article{Chase2026FeatureTracking,
      author = {Chase, Timothy and Balotin, Andrew and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {Comparative Analysis of Feature Tracking Challenges in Unstructured Space Environments},
      journal = {IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems},
      year = {2026},
      volume = {62},
      pages = {6166--6179},
      publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)},
      doi = {10.1109/taes.2026.3667132},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11408193/}
    }
    
  6. Adaptive Hiking-Time Prediction Through State-Dependent Energy Regulation

    Kristian Dalland, Souma Chowdhury, Karthik Dantu, Ehsan T. Esfahani
    IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2026 , pp. 1–10 , Early Access
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @article{TBME26,
      author = {Dalland, Kristian and Chowdhury, Souma and Dantu, Karthik and Esfahani, Ehsan T.},
      title = {Adaptive Hiking-Time Prediction Through State-Dependent Energy Regulation},
      journal = {IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering},
      year = {2026},
      pages = {1--10},
      publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)},
      note = {Early Access},
      doi = {10.1109/tbme.2026.3720250},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11643221/}
    }
    
  7. AnyNav: Visual Neuro-Symbolic Friction Learning for Off-road Navigation

    Taimeng Fu, Zitong Zhan, Zhipeng Zhao, Shaoshu Su, Xiao Lin, Ehsan Tarkesh Esfahani, Karthik Dantu, Souma Chowdhury, Chen Wang
    The International Journal of Robotics Research, 2026
    Project: AnyNav
    PDF
    BibTeX
    @article{IJRR26,
      author = {Fu, Taimeng and Zhan, Zitong and Zhao, Zhipeng and Su, Shaoshu and Lin, Xiao and Esfahani, Ehsan Tarkesh and Dantu, Karthik and Chowdhury, Souma and Wang, Chen},
      title = {AnyNav: Visual Neuro-Symbolic Friction Learning for Off-road Navigation},
      journal = {The International Journal of Robotics Research},
      year = {2026},
      url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.12654}
    }
    
  8. Designing socially assistive robots for clinical practice: insights from an asynchronous remote community of speech-language pathologists

    Denielle Oliva, Abbie Olszewski, Shekoufeh Sadeghi, Karthik Dantu, David Feil-Seifer
    Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 12, Article 1646880, 2025
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @article{FRRA25,
      author = {Oliva, Denielle and Olszewski, Abbie and Sadeghi, Shekoufeh and Dantu, Karthik and Feil-Seifer, David},
      title = {Designing socially assistive robots for clinical practice: insights from an asynchronous remote community of speech-language pathologists},
      journal = {Frontiers in Robotics and AI},
      year = {2025},
      volume = {12},
      article_number = {1646880},
      publisher = {Frontiers Media SA},
      doi = {10.3389/frobt.2025.1646880},
      url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2025.1646880/full}
    }
    
  9. A Comprehensive Study of Systems Challenges in Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Systems

    Sofiya Semenova, Steven Ko, Yu David Liu, Lukasz Ziarek, Karthik Dantu
    ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, 24(1), Article 2, 2024 , pp. 1–31
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @article{TECS24,
      author = {Semenova, Sofiya and Ko, Steven and Liu, Yu David and Ziarek, Lukasz and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {A Comprehensive Study of Systems Challenges in Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Systems},
      journal = {ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems},
      year = {2024},
      volume = {24},
      number = {1},
      article_number = {2},
      pages = {1--31},
      publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)},
      doi = {10.1145/3677317},
      url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3677317}
    }
    
  10. Design of an Adaptive Lightweight LiDAR to Decouple Robot–Camera Geometry

    Yuyang Chen, Dingkang Wang, Lenworth Thomas, Karthik Dantu, Sanjeev J. Koppal
    IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 40, 2024 , pp. 2254–2271
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @article{TROJ24,
      author = {Chen, Yuyang and Wang, Dingkang and Thomas, Lenworth and Dantu, Karthik and Koppal, Sanjeev J.},
      title = {Design of an Adaptive Lightweight LiDAR to Decouple Robot–Camera Geometry},
      journal = {IEEE Transactions on Robotics},
      year = {2024},
      volume = {40},
      pages = {2254--2271},
      publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)},
      doi = {10.1109/tro.2024.3371885},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10453967/}
    }
    
  11. Mid-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning for postconsumer plastics recycling

    Nicholas Stavinski, Vaishali Maheshkar, Sinai Thomas, Karthik Dantu, Luis Velarde
    Environmental Science: Advances, 2(8), 2023 , pp. 1099–1109
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @article{ESAD23,
      author = {Stavinski, Nicholas and Maheshkar, Vaishali and Thomas, Sinai and Dantu, Karthik and Velarde, Luis},
      title = {Mid-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning for postconsumer plastics recycling},
      journal = {Environmental Science: Advances},
      year = {2023},
      volume = {2},
      number = {8},
      pages = {1099--1109},
      publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)},
      doi = {10.1039/d3va00111c},
      url = {https://pubs.rsc.org/va/article/2/8/1099-1109/835854}
    }
    
  12. Edge-SLAM: Edge-Assisted Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping

    Ali J. Ben Ali, Marziye Kouroshli, Sofiya Semenova, Zakieh Sadat Hashemifar, Steven Y. Ko, Karthik Dantu
    ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, 22(1), Article 18, 2022 , pp. 1–31
    Project: Edge-SLAM
    DOI | PDF
    BibTeX
    @article{Ali2022,
      doi = {10.1145/3561972},
      url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3561972},
      year = {2022},
      month = oct,
      publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery ({ACM})},
      volume = {22},
      number = {1},
      pages = {1--31},
      article_number = {18},
      author = {Ali, Ali J. Ben and Kouroshli, Marziye and Semenova, Sofiya and Hashemifar, Zakieh Sadat and Ko, Steven Y. and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {Edge-{SLAM}: Edge-Assisted Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping},
      journal = {{ACM} Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems}
    }
    
  13. Standoff and Point Detection of Thin Polymer Layers Using Microcantilever Photothermal Spectroscopy

    Yaoli Zhao, Patatri Chakraborty, Nicholas Stavinski, Luis Velarde, Vaishali Maheshkar, Karthik Dantu, Arindam Phani, Seonghwan Kim, Thomas Thundat
    Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 169(3), Article 037501, 2022
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @article{JECS22,
      author = {Zhao, Yaoli and Chakraborty, Patatri and Stavinski, Nicholas and Velarde, Luis and Maheshkar, Vaishali and Dantu, Karthik and Phani, Arindam and Kim, Seonghwan and Thundat, Thomas},
      title = {Standoff and Point Detection of Thin Polymer Layers Using Microcantilever Photothermal Spectroscopy},
      journal = {Journal of The Electrochemical Society},
      year = {2022},
      volume = {169},
      number = {3},
      article_number = {037501},
      publisher = {The Electrochemical Society},
      doi = {10.1149/1945-7111/ac5657},
      url = {https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/1945-7111/ac5657}
    }
    
  14. Reliable Digital Forensics in the Air: Exploring an RF-based Drone Identification System

    Zhengxiong Li, Baicheng Chen, Xingyu Chen, Chenhan Xu, Yuyang Chen, Feng Lin, Changzhi Li, Karthik Dantu, Kui Ren, Wenyao Xu
    Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 6(2), Article 63, 2022 , pp. 1–25
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @article{IMWU22,
      author = {Li, Zhengxiong and Chen, Baicheng and Chen, Xingyu and Xu, Chenhan and Chen, Yuyang and Lin, Feng and Li, Changzhi and Dantu, Karthik and Ren, Kui and Xu, Wenyao},
      title = {Reliable Digital Forensics in the Air: Exploring an RF-based Drone Identification System},
      journal = {Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies},
      year = {2022},
      volume = {6},
      number = {2},
      article_number = {63},
      pages = {1--25},
      publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)},
      doi = {10.1145/3534598},
      url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3534598}
    }
    
  15. Technical perspective: The power of low-power GPS receivers for nanosats

    Karthik Dantu
    Communications of the ACM, 65(11), 2022 , pp. 132
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @article{CACM22,
      author = {Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {Technical perspective: The power of low-power GPS receivers for nanosats},
      journal = {Communications of the ACM},
      year = {2022},
      volume = {65},
      number = {11},
      pages = {132},
      publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)},
      doi = {10.1145/3559769},
      url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3559769}
    }
    
  16. Gesto: Mapping UI Events to Gestures and Voice Commands

    Chang Min Park , Taeyeon Ki , Ali J. Ben Ali , Nikhil Sunil Pawar , Karthik Dantu , Marziye Kouroshli , Lukasz Ziarek
    Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACM HCI), 3(EICS), June 2019
    Project Page | PDF
    Awards: Best Paper Honorable Mention Award
    BibTeX
    @article{gesto,
      author = {Park, Chang Min and Ki, Taeyeon and Ben Ali, Ali J. and Pawar, Nikhil Sunil and Dantu, Karthik and Ko, Steven Y. and Ziarek, Lukasz},
      title = {Gesto: Mapping UI Events to Gestures and Voice Commands},
      year = {2019},
      issue_date = {June 2019},
      publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
      address = {New York, NY, USA},
      volume = {3},
      number = {EICS},
      url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3300964},
      doi = {10.1145/3300964},
      journal = {Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACM HCI)},
      month = jun,
      articleno = {5},
      numpages = {22},
      keywords = {voice commands, gestures, mapping UI events, record and replay}
    }
    
  17. Augmenting Visual SLAM with Wi-Fi Sensing for Indoor Applications

    Zakieh Hashemifar , Charuvahan Adhivarahan , Anand Balakrishnan , Karthik Dantu
    Autonomous Robots, 43(8), 2019 , pp. 2245–2260
    Project Page | PDF
    BibTeX
    @article{wifi,
      author = {Hashemifar, Zakieh S. and Adhivarahan, Charuvahan and Balakrishnan, Anand and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {Augmenting Visual {SLAM} with Wi-Fi Sensing for Indoor Applications},
      journal = {Autonomous Robots},
      volume = {43},
      number = {8},
      pages = {2245--2260},
      year = {2019},
      url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10514-019-09874-z},
      doi = {10.1007/s10514-019-09874-z},
      timestamp = {Sat, 12 Oct 2019 12:50:38 +0200},
      biburl = {https://dblp.org/rec/journals/arobots/HashemifarA0D19.bib},
      bibsource = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
    }
    
  18. OS-based energy accounting for asynchronous resources in IoT devices

    Farshad Ghanei , Pranav Tipnis , Kyle Marcus , Karthik Dantu , Marziye Kouroshli , Lukasz Ziarek
    IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 6(3), 2019 , pp. 5841–5852
    Project Page | PDF
    BibTeX
    @article{ghanei2019based,
      title = {OS-based energy accounting for asynchronous resources in IoT devices},
      author = {Ghanei, Farshad and Tipnis, Pranav and Marcus, Kyle and Dantu, Karthik and Ko, Steven Y and Ziarek, Lukasz},
      journal = {IEEE Internet of Things Journal},
      volume = {6},
      number = {3},
      pages = {5841--5852},
      year = {2019},
      publisher = {IEEE}
    }
    

Conference papers

  1. SLAM Adversarial Lab: An Extensible Framework for Visual SLAM Robustness Evaluation under Adverse Conditions

    Mohamed Hefny, Karthik Dantu, Steven Y. Ko
    2026 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Sep 2026, Accepted for publication
    Project: SLAM Adversarial Lab
    arXiv | PDF
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{IROS26a,
      author = {Hefny, Mohamed and Dantu, Karthik and Ko, Steven Y.},
      title = {SLAM Adversarial Lab: An Extensible Framework for Visual SLAM Robustness Evaluation under Adverse Conditions},
      booktitle = {2026 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
      year = {2026},
      month = sep,
      issue_date = {Sep 2026},
      publisher = {IEEE},
      url = {https://2026.ieee-iros.org/program/contributed_talks/#f282f3:4564},
      note = {Accepted for publication}
    }
    
  2. TurboMap: GPU-Accelerated Local Mapping for Visual SLAM

    Parsa Hosseininejad, Kimia Khabiri, Shishir Gopinath, Soudabeh Mohammadhashemi, Karthik Dantu, Steven Y. Ko
    2026 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Sep 2026, Accepted for publication
    Project: TurboMap
    arXiv | PDF
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{IROS26b,
      author = {Hosseininejad, Parsa and Khabiri, Kimia and Gopinath, Shishir and Mohammadhashemi, Soudabeh and Dantu, Karthik and Ko, Steven Y.},
      title = {TurboMap: GPU-Accelerated Local Mapping for Visual SLAM},
      booktitle = {2026 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
      year = {2026},
      month = sep,
      issue_date = {Sep 2026},
      publisher = {IEEE},
      url = {https://2026.ieee-iros.org/program/contributed_talks/#8fc08d:4372},
      note = {Accepted for publication}
    }
    
  3. TIPS: Thermal Image based Plastics Sorting

    Long Duong, Charuvahan Adhivarahan, Roshan Ayyalasomayajula, Karthik Dantu
    Proceedings of the 24th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services, 2026 , pp. 247–260
    Project: TIPS
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{MOBS26b,
      author = {Duong, Long and Adhivarahan, Charuvahan and Ayyalasomayajula, Roshan and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {TIPS: Thermal Image based Plastics Sorting},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of the 24th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services},
      year = {2026},
      pages = {247--260},
      publisher = {ACM},
      doi = {10.1145/3745756.3809202},
      url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3745756.3809202}
    }
    
  4. Detailed Evaluation of Modern Machine Learning Approaches for Optic Plastics Sorting

    Vaishali Maheshkar, Aadarsh Anantha Ramakrishnan, Charuvahan Adhivarahan, Karthik Dantu
    Proceedings of the 2026 REMADE® Circular Economy Technology Summit & Conference, 2026
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{REMA26,
      author = {Maheshkar, Vaishali and Ramakrishnan, Aadarsh Anantha and Adhivarahan, Charuvahan and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {Detailed Evaluation of Modern Machine Learning Approaches for Optic Plastics Sorting},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2026 REMADE® Circular Economy Technology Summit \& Conference},
      year = {2026},
      publisher = {REMADE Institute},
      doi = {10.65569/xtzt3948},
      url = {https://remadeinstitute.org/academic-papers/detailed-evaluation-of-modern-machine-learning-approaches-for-optic-plastics-sorting/}
    }
    
  5. Learning When to Jump for Off-road Navigation

    Zhipeng Zhao, Taimeng Fu, Shaoshu Su, Qiwei Du, Ehsan Esfahani, Karthik K. Dantu, Souma Chowdhury, Chen Wang
    Robotics: Science and Systems XXII, 2026
    Project: Motion-Aware Traversability (MAT)
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{RSSC26,
      author = {Zhao, Zhipeng and Fu, Taimeng and Su, Shaoshu and Du, Qiwei and Esfahani, Ehsan and Dantu, Karthik K. and Chowdhury, Souma and Wang, Chen},
      title = {Learning When to Jump for Off-road Navigation},
      booktitle = {Robotics: Science and Systems XXII},
      year = {2026},
      publisher = {Robotics: Science and Systems Foundation},
      doi = {10.15607/rss.2026.xxii.066},
      url = {https://www.roboticsproceedings.org/rss22/p066.html}
    }
    
  6. QAL: A Loss for Recall–Precision Balance in 3D Reconstruction

    Pranay Meshram, Yash Turkar, Kartikeya Singh, Praveen Raj Masilamani, Charuvahan Adhivarahan, Karthik Dantu
    2026 IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2026 , pp. 7965–7974
    Project: QAL
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{WACV26,
      author = {Meshram, Pranay and Turkar, Yash and Singh, Kartikeya and Masilamani, Praveen Raj and Adhivarahan, Charuvahan and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {QAL: A Loss for Recall–Precision Balance in 3D Reconstruction},
      booktitle = {2026 IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV)},
      year = {2026},
      pages = {7965--7974},
      publisher = {IEEE},
      doi = {10.1109/wacv61042.2026.00769},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11492244/}
    }
    
  7. Graphite: A GPU-Accelerated Mixed-Precision Graph Optimization Framework

    Shishir Gopinath, Karthik Dantu, Steven Y. Ko
    2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2026
    Project: Graphite
    arXiv | PDF
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{ICRA26,
      author = {Gopinath, Shishir and Dantu, Karthik and Ko, Steven Y.},
      title = {Graphite: A GPU-Accelerated Mixed-Precision Graph Optimization Framework},
      booktitle = {2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
      year = {2026},
      publisher = {IEEE},
      url = {https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/conferences/ICRA26/program/ICRA26_ContentListWeb_5.html#thi1i_335}
    }
    
  8. Enhancing Visual Odometry with Reliable Pixel Masking

    Yash Turkar, Timothy Chase Jr, Christo Aluckal, Karthik Dantu
    Proceedings of the 23rd Conference on Robots and Vision, 2026
    Project: PIXER
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{CRVI26b,
      author = {Turkar, Yash and Chase, Jr, Timothy and Aluckal, Christo and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {Enhancing Visual Odometry with Reliable Pixel Masking},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of the 23rd Conference on Robots and Vision},
      year = {2026},
      publisher = {PubPub},
      doi = {10.21428/d82e957c.519b98ec},
      url = {https://crv.pubpub.org/pub/fv2mnwrd}
    }
    
  9. Task-Conditioned Uncertainty Costmaps for Legged Locomotion

    Kartikeya Singh, Christo Aluckal, Romeo Orsolino, Karthik Dantu
    29th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines (CLAWAR), 2026 , Paper 10
    Project: Legged Locomotion
    Conference program | PDF
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{CLAW26,
      author = {Singh, Kartikeya and Aluckal, Christo and Orsolino, Romeo and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {Task-Conditioned Uncertainty Costmaps for Legged Locomotion},
      booktitle = {29th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines (CLAWAR)},
      year = {2026},
      note = {Paper 10},
      url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.00261}
    }
    
  10. CART: Context-Aware Terrain Adaptation using Temporal Sequence Selection for Legged Robots

    Kartikeya Singh, Youngjin Kim, Yash Turkar, Karthik Dantu
    International Symposium of Robotics Research (ISRR), 2026 , Accepted for publication
    Project: Legged Locomotion
    Conference | PDF
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{ISRR26,
      author = {Singh, Kartikeya and Kim, Youngjin and Turkar, Yash and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {CART: Context-Aware Terrain Adaptation using Temporal Sequence Selection for Legged Robots},
      booktitle = {International Symposium of Robotics Research (ISRR)},
      year = {2026},
      note = {Accepted for publication},
      url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14344}
    }
    
  11. Empir3D: A Framework for Multi-Dimensional Point Cloud Assessment

    Yash Turkar, Pranay Meshram, Christo Aluckal, Charuvahan Adhivarahan, Karthik Dantu
    Proceedings of the 23rd Conference on Robots and Vision, 2026
    Project: Empir3D
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{CRVI26a,
      author = {Turkar, Yash and Meshram, Pranay and Aluckal, Christo and Adhivarahan, Charuvahan and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {Empir3D: A Framework for Multi-Dimensional Point Cloud Assessment},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of the 23rd Conference on Robots and Vision},
      year = {2026},
      publisher = {PubPub},
      doi = {10.21428/d82e957c.900da59a},
      url = {https://crv.pubpub.org/pub/dlf0gaqg}
    }
    
  12. Active Illumination Control in Low-Light Environments using NightHawk

    Yash Turkar, Youngjin Kim, Karthik Dantu
    19th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER), 2025
    Project: NightHawk
    Conference program | PDF
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{ISER25,
      author = {Turkar, Yash and Kim, Youngjin and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {Active Illumination Control in Low-Light Environments using NightHawk},
      booktitle = {19th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER)},
      year = {2025},
      url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06394}
    }
    
  13. Automated Generation of Diverse Courses of Actions for Multi-Agent Operations using Binary Optimization and Graph Learning

    Prithvi Poddar, Ehsan Tarkesh Esfahani, Karthik Dantu, Souma Chowdhury
    2025 IEEE 21st International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2025 , pp. 2901–2908
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{CASE25,
      author = {Poddar, Prithvi and Esfahani, Ehsan Tarkesh and Dantu, Karthik and Chowdhury, Souma},
      title = {Automated Generation of Diverse Courses of Actions for Multi-Agent Operations using Binary Optimization and Graph Learning},
      booktitle = {2025 IEEE 21st International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)},
      year = {2025},
      pages = {2901--2908},
      publisher = {IEEE},
      doi = {10.1109/case58245.2025.11163864},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11163864/}
    }
    
  14. Hybrid Human Model for Time of Hike Prediction

    Kristian Dalland, Chen Wang, Karthik Dantu, Souma Chowdhury, Ehsan T Esfahani
    2025 47th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2025 , pp. 1–6
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{EMBC25,
      author = {Dalland, Kristian and Wang, Chen and Dantu, Karthik and Chowdhury, Souma and Esfahani, Ehsan T},
      title = {Hybrid Human Model for Time of Hike Prediction},
      booktitle = {2025 47th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)},
      year = {2025},
      pages = {1--6},
      publisher = {IEEE},
      doi = {10.1109/embc58623.2025.11253206},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11253206/}
    }
    
  15. CLIPS: Continual Learning Infrastructure for Plastics Sorting

    Shivm Mehta, Vaishali Maheshkar, Charuvahan Adhivarahan, Karthik Dantu
    2025 International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), 2025 , pp. 1197–1204
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{IMLA25,
      author = {Mehta, Shivm and Maheshkar, Vaishali and Adhivarahan, Charuvahan and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {CLIPS: Continual Learning Infrastructure for Plastics Sorting},
      booktitle = {2025 International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA)},
      year = {2025},
      pages = {1197--1204},
      publisher = {IEEE},
      doi = {10.1109/icmla66185.2025.00183},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11471507/}
    }
    
  16. FastTrack: GPU-Accelerated Tracking for Visual SLAM

    Kimia Khabiri, Parsa Hosseininejad, Shishir Gopinath, Karthik Dantu, Steven Y. Ko
    2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025 , pp. 15165–15172
    Project: FastTrack
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{IROS25,
      author = {Khabiri, Kimia and Hosseininejad, Parsa and Gopinath, Shishir and Dantu, Karthik and Ko, Steven Y.},
      title = {FastTrack: GPU-Accelerated Tracking for Visual SLAM},
      booktitle = {2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
      year = {2025},
      pages = {15165--15172},
      publisher = {IEEE},
      doi = {10.1109/iros60139.2025.11247316},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11247316/}
    }
    
  17. TERA: A Simulation Environment for Terrain Excavation Robot Autonomy

    Christo Aluckal, Roopesh Vinodh Kumar Lal, Sean Courtney, Yash Turkar, Yashom Dighe, Youngjin Kim, Jake Gemerek, Karthik Dantu
    2025 IEEE International Conference on Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots (SIMPAR), 2025 , pp. 1–6
    Project: TERA
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{SIMP25,
      author = {Aluckal, Christo and Kumar Lal, Roopesh Vinodh and Courtney, Sean and Turkar, Yash and Dighe, Yashom and Kim, Youngjin and Gemerek, Jake and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {TERA: A Simulation Environment for Terrain Excavation Robot Autonomy},
      booktitle = {2025 IEEE International Conference on Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots (SIMPAR)},
      year = {2025},
      pages = {1--6},
      publisher = {IEEE},
      doi = {10.1109/simpar62925.2025.10979147},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10979147/}
    }
    
  18. Enhancing Archaeological Surveys with InSAR Imagery and UAV-Based GPR

    Yash Turkar, Shaunak De, Charuvahan Adhivarahan, Luca Mottola, Alessandro Sebastiani, Davide Castelletti, Karthik Dantu
    IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2024 , pp. 11454–11456
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{IGRS24,
      author = {Turkar, Yash and De, Shaunak and Adhivarahan, Charuvahan and Mottola, Luca and Sebastiani, Alessandro and Castelletti, Davide and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {Enhancing Archaeological Surveys with InSAR Imagery and UAV-Based GPR},
      booktitle = {IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium},
      year = {2024},
      pages = {11454--11456},
      publisher = {IEEE},
      doi = {10.1109/igarss53475.2024.10640645},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10640645/}
    }
    
  19. MARs: Multi-view Attention Regularizations for Patch-Based Feature Recognition of Space Terrain

    Timothy Chase Jr., Karthik Dantu
    Computer Vision – ECCV 2024, Part LXIV, 15122, 2024 , pp. 219–239
    Project: MARs
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{ECCV24,
      author = {Chase, Jr, Timothy and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {MARs: Multi-view Attention Regularizations for Patch-Based Feature Recognition of Space Terrain},
      booktitle = {Computer Vision – ECCV 2024, Part LXIV},
      year = {2024},
      volume = {15122},
      series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
      pages = {219--239},
      publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland},
      doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-73039-9_13},
      url = {https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-031-73039-9_13}
    }
    
  20. JacobiGPU: GPU-Accelerated Numerical Differentiation for Loop Closure in Visual SLAM

    Dhruv Kumar, Shishir Gopinath, Karthik Dantu, Steven Y. Ko
    2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024 , pp. 1687–1693
    Project: JacobiGPU
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{ICRA24a,
      author = {Kumar, Dhruv and Gopinath, Shishir and Dantu, Karthik and Ko, Steven Y.},
      title = {JacobiGPU: GPU-Accelerated Numerical Differentiation for Loop Closure in Visual SLAM},
      booktitle = {2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
      year = {2024},
      pages = {1687--1693},
      publisher = {IEEE},
      doi = {10.1109/icra57147.2024.10611512},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10611512/}
    }
    
  21. L-DYNO: Framework to Learn Consistent Visual Features Using Robot’s Motion

    Kartikeya Singh, Charuvahan Adhivarahan, Karthik Dantu
    2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024 , pp. 17522–17528
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{ICRA24b,
      author = {Singh, Kartikeya and Adhivarahan, Charuvahan and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {L-DYNO: Framework to Learn Consistent Visual Features Using Robot’s Motion},
      booktitle = {2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
      year = {2024},
      pages = {17522--17528},
      publisher = {IEEE},
      doi = {10.1109/icra57147.2024.10611097},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10611097/}
    }
    
  22. Profiling Vision-based Deep Learning Architectures on NASA SpaceCube Platforms

    Timothy Chase, Justin Goodwill, Karthik Dantu, Christopher Wilson
    2024 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2024 , pp. 1–16
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{AERO24a,
      author = {Chase, Timothy and Goodwill, Justin and Dantu, Karthik and Wilson, Christopher},
      title = {Profiling Vision-based Deep Learning Architectures on NASA SpaceCube Platforms},
      booktitle = {2024 IEEE Aerospace Conference},
      year = {2024},
      pages = {1--16},
      publisher = {IEEE},
      doi = {10.1109/aero58975.2024.10521096},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10521096/}
    }
    
  23. Unsupervised Surface-to-Orbit View Generation of Planetary Terrain

    Timothy Chase, Sannihith Kilaru, Shivendra Srinivas, Karthik Dantu
    2024 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2024 , pp. 1–14
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{AERO24b,
      author = {Chase, Timothy and Kilaru, Sannihith and Srinivas, Shivendra and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {Unsupervised Surface-to-Orbit View Generation of Planetary Terrain},
      booktitle = {2024 IEEE Aerospace Conference},
      year = {2024},
      pages = {1--14},
      publisher = {IEEE},
      doi = {10.1109/aero58975.2024.10521336},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10521336/}
    }
    
  24. DIOR: Dataset for Indoor-Outdoor Reidentification Long Range 3D/2D Skeleton Gait Collection Pipeline, Semi-Automated Gait Keypoint Labeling and Baseline Evaluation Methods

    Yuyang Chen, Praveen Raj Masilamani, Bhavin Jawade, Srirangaraj Setlur, Karthik Dantu
    2024 IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB), 2024 , pp. 1–9
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{IJCB24,
      author = {Chen, Yuyang and Masilamani, Praveen Raj and Jawade, Bhavin and Setlur, Srirangaraj and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {DIOR: Dataset for Indoor-Outdoor Reidentification Long Range 3D/2D Skeleton Gait Collection Pipeline, Semi-Automated Gait Keypoint Labeling and Baseline Evaluation Methods},
      booktitle = {2024 IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB)},
      year = {2024},
      pages = {1--9},
      publisher = {IEEE},
      doi = {10.1109/ijcb62174.2024.10744452},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10744452/}
    }
    
  25. A View-Planning Approach to 3D Reconstruction

    Yash Turkar, Christo Aluckal, Charuvahan Adhivarahan, Alessandro Sebastiani, Karthik Dantu
    Extended Reality: International Conference, XR Salento 2024, Proceedings, Part III, 15029, 2024 , pp. 340–350
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{XRSL24,
      author = {Turkar, Yash and Aluckal, Christo and Adhivarahan, Charuvahan and Sebastiani, Alessandro and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {A View-Planning Approach to 3D Reconstruction},
      booktitle = {Extended Reality: International Conference, XR Salento 2024, Proceedings, Part III},
      year = {2024},
      volume = {15029},
      series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
      pages = {340--350},
      publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland},
      doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-71710-9_27},
      url = {https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-031-71710-9_27}
    }
    
  26. VRF: Vehicle Road-side Point Cloud Fusion

    Kaleem Nawaz Khan, Ali Khalid, Yash Turkar, Karthik Dantu, Fawad Ahmad
    Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services, 2024 , pp. 547–560
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{MOBS24,
      author = {Khan, Kaleem Nawaz and Khalid, Ali and Turkar, Yash and Dantu, Karthik and Ahmad, Fawad},
      title = {VRF: Vehicle Road-side Point Cloud Fusion},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services},
      year = {2024},
      pages = {547--560},
      publisher = {ACM},
      doi = {10.1145/3643832.3661874},
      url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3643832.3661874}
    }
    
  27. Valorization of Plastic Waste via Advanced Separation and Processing

    Paschalis Alexandridis, Karthik Dantu, Christian Ferger, Ali Ghasemi, Gabrielle Kerr, Vaishali Maheshkar, Javid Rzayev, Nicholas Stavinski, Thomas Thundat, Marina Tsianou, Luis Velarde, Yaoli Zhao
    Technology Innovation for the Circular Economy: Recycling, Remanufacturing, Design, System Analysis and Logistics (2023 REMADE Conference Proceedings), 2024 , pp. 495–506
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{REMA24,
      author = {Alexandridis, Paschalis and Dantu, Karthik and Ferger, Christian and Ghasemi, Ali and Kerr, Gabrielle and Maheshkar, Vaishali and Rzayev, Javid and Stavinski, Nicholas and Thundat, Thomas and Tsianou, Marina and Velarde, Luis and Zhao, Yaoli},
      title = {Valorization of Plastic Waste via Advanced Separation and Processing},
      booktitle = {Technology Innovation for the Circular Economy: Recycling, Remanufacturing, Design, System Analysis and Logistics (2023 REMADE Conference Proceedings)},
      year = {2024},
      pages = {495--506},
      publisher = {Wiley},
      doi = {10.1002/9781394214297.ch38},
      url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781394214297.ch38},
      editor = {Nasr, Nabil}
    }
    
  28. Kinematics-Only Differential Flatness Based Trajectory Tracking for Autonomous Racing

    Yashom Dighe, Youngjin Kim, Smit Rajguru, Yash Turkar, Tarunraj Singh, Karthik Dantu
    2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2023 , pp. 1629–1636
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{IROS23b,
      author = {Dighe, Yashom and Kim, Youngjin and Rajguru, Smit and Turkar, Yash and Singh, Tarunraj and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {Kinematics-Only Differential Flatness Based Trajectory Tracking for Autonomous Racing},
      booktitle = {2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
      year = {2023},
      pages = {1629--1636},
      publisher = {IEEE},
      doi = {10.1109/iros55552.2023.10341603},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10341603/}
    }
    
  29. Anemoi: A Low-cost Sensorless Indoor Drone System for Automatic Mapping of 3D Airflow Fields

    Stephen Xia, Minghui Zhao, Charuvahan Adhivarahan, Kaiyuan Hou, Yuyang Chen, Jingping Nie, Eugene Wu, Karthik Dantu, Xiaofan Jiang
    Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, Article 77, 2023 , pp. 1–16
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{MCOM23,
      author = {Xia, Stephen and Zhao, Minghui and Adhivarahan, Charuvahan and Hou, Kaiyuan and Chen, Yuyang and Nie, Jingping and Wu, Eugene and Dantu, Karthik and Jiang, Xiaofan},
      title = {Anemoi: A Low-cost Sensorless Indoor Drone System for Automatic Mapping of 3D Airflow Fields},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking},
      year = {2023},
      article_number = {77},
      pages = {1--16},
      publisher = {ACM},
      doi = {10.1145/3570361.3613292},
      url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3570361.3613292}
    }
    
  30. PyPose: A Library for Robot Learning with Physics-based Optimization

    Chen Wang, Dasong Gao, Kuan Xu, Junyi Geng, Yaoyu Hu, Yuheng Qiu, Bowen Li, Fan Yang, Brady Moon, Abhinav Pandey, Aryan, Jiahe Xu, Tianhao Wu, Haonan He, Daning Huang, Zhongqiang Ren, Shibo Zhao, Taimeng Fu, Pranay Reddy, Xiao Lin, Wenshan Wang, Jingnan Shi, Rajat Talak, Kun Cao, Yi Du, Han Wang, Huai Yu, Shanzhao Wang, Siyu Chen, Ananth Kashyap, Rohan Bandaru, Karthik Dantu, Jiajun Wu, Lihua Xie, Luca Carlone, Marco Hutter, Sebastian Scherer
    2023 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2023 , pp. 22024–22034
    Project: PyPose
    DOI | Open access |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{CVPR23,
      author = {Wang, Chen and Gao, Dasong and Xu, Kuan and Geng, Junyi and Hu, Yaoyu and Qiu, Yuheng and Li, Bowen and Yang, Fan and Moon, Brady and Pandey, Abhinav and {Aryan} and Xu, Jiahe and Wu, Tianhao and He, Haonan and Huang, Daning and Ren, Zhongqiang and Zhao, Shibo and Fu, Taimeng and Reddy, Pranay and Lin, Xiao and Wang, Wenshan and Shi, Jingnan and Talak, Rajat and Cao, Kun and Du, Yi and Wang, Han and Yu, Huai and Wang, Shanzhao and Chen, Siyu and Kashyap, Ananth and Bandaru, Rohan and Dantu, Karthik and Wu, Jiajun and Xie, Lihua and Carlone, Luca and Hutter, Marco and Scherer, Sebastian},
      title = {PyPose: A Library for Robot Learning with Physics-based Optimization},
      booktitle = {2023 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)},
      year = {2023},
      pages = {22024--22034},
      publisher = {IEEE},
      doi = {10.1109/cvpr52729.2023.02109},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10204505/}
    }
    
  31. Improving the Performance of Local Bundle Adjustment for Visual-Inertial SLAM with Efficient Use of GPU Resources

    Shishir Gopinath, Karthik Dantu, Steven Y. Ko
    2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023 , pp. 6239–6245
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{ICRA23,
      author = {Gopinath, Shishir and Dantu, Karthik and Ko, Steven Y.},
      title = {Improving the Performance of Local Bundle Adjustment for Visual-Inertial SLAM with Efficient Use of GPU Resources},
      booktitle = {2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
      year = {2023},
      pages = {6239--6245},
      publisher = {IEEE},
      doi = {10.1109/icra48891.2023.10160499},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10160499/}
    }
    
  32. AI-Driven Sign Language Interpretation for Nigerian Children at Home

    Ifeoma Nwogu, Roshan Peiris, Karthik Dantu, Ruchi Gamta, Emma Asonye
    Proceedings of the Thirty-Second International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2023 , pp. 6395–6404
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{IJCA23,
      author = {Nwogu, Ifeoma and Peiris, Roshan and Dantu, Karthik and Gamta, Ruchi and Asonye, Emma},
      title = {AI-Driven Sign Language Interpretation for Nigerian Children at Home},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of the Thirty-Second International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence},
      year = {2023},
      pages = {6395--6404},
      publisher = {International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization},
      doi = {10.24963/ijcai.2023/710},
      url = {https://www.ijcai.org/proceedings/2023/710}
    }
    
  33. Graph Learning based Decision Support for Multi-Aircraft Take-Off and Landing at Urban Air Mobility Vertiports

    Prajit K. Kumar, Jhoel Witter, Steve Paul, Karthik Dantu, Souma Chowdhury
    AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum, 2023 , AIAA Paper 2023-1848
    DOI | Correction |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{SCIT23,
      author = {Kumar, Prajit K. and Witter, Jhoel and Paul, Steve and Dantu, Karthik and Chowdhury, Souma},
      title = {Graph Learning based Decision Support for Multi-Aircraft Take-Off and Landing at Urban Air Mobility Vertiports},
      booktitle = {AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum},
      year = {2023},
      note = {AIAA Paper 2023-1848},
      publisher = {American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics},
      doi = {10.2514/6.2023-1848},
      url = {https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2023-1848}
    }
    
  34. Fast Decision Support for Air Traffic Management at Urban Air Mobility Vertiports Using Graph Learning

    Prajit KrisshnaKumar, Jhoel Witter, Steve Paul, Hanvit Cho, Karthik Dantu, Souma Chowdhury
    2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2023 , pp. 1580–1585
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{IROS23a,
      author = {KrisshnaKumar, Prajit and Witter, Jhoel and Paul, Steve and Cho, Hanvit and Dantu, Karthik and Chowdhury, Souma},
      title = {Fast Decision Support for Air Traffic Management at Urban Air Mobility Vertiports Using Graph Learning},
      booktitle = {2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
      year = {2023},
      pages = {1580--1585},
      publisher = {IEEE},
      doi = {10.1109/iros55552.2023.10341398},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10341398/}
    }
    
  35. Efficient Feature Matching and Mapping for Terrain Relative Navigation Using Hypothesis Gating

    Chris Gnam, Timothy B. Chase, Karthik Dantu, John L. Crassidis
    AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, 2022 , AIAA Paper 2022-2513
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{SCIT22,
      author = {Gnam, Chris and Chase, Timothy B. and Dantu, Karthik and Crassidis, John L.},
      title = {Efficient Feature Matching and Mapping for Terrain Relative Navigation Using Hypothesis Gating},
      booktitle = {AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum},
      year = {2022},
      note = {AIAA Paper 2022-2513},
      publisher = {American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics},
      doi = {10.2514/6.2022-2513},
      url = {https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2022-2513}
    }
    
  36. PRE-SLAM: Persistence Reasoning in Edge-assisted Visual SLAM

    Timothy Chase, Ali J. Ben Ali, Steven Y. Ko, Karthik Dantu
    2022 IEEE 19th International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS), 2022 , pp. 458–466
    Project: Edge-SLAM
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{MASS22,
      author = {Chase, Timothy and Ben Ali, Ali J. and Ko, Steven Y. and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {PRE-SLAM: Persistence Reasoning in Edge-assisted Visual SLAM},
      booktitle = {2022 IEEE 19th International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS)},
      year = {2022},
      pages = {458--466},
      publisher = {IEEE},
      doi = {10.1109/mass56207.2022.00071},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9973604/}
    }
    
  37. You Only Crash Once: Improved Object Detection for Real-Time, Sim-to-Real Hazardous Terrain Detection and Classification for Autonomous Planetary Landings

    Timothy Chase Jr., Chris Gnam, John Crassidis, Karthik Dantu
    AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 2022 , AAS Paper 22-638
    Manuscript |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{AASS22,
      author = {Chase, Jr, Timothy and Gnam, Chris and Crassidis, John and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {You Only Crash Once: Improved Object Detection for Real-Time, Sim-to-Real Hazardous Terrain Detection and Classification for Autonomous Planetary Landings},
      booktitle = {AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference},
      year = {2022},
      address = {Charlotte, North Carolina},
      note = {AAS Paper 22-638},
      url = {https://space-flight.org/docs/2022_summer/ASC22_FullProgram_Compiled.pdf}
    }
    
  38. A quantitative analysis of system bottlenecks in visual SLAM

    Sofiya Semenova, Steven Y. Ko, Yu David Liu, Lukasz Ziarek, Karthik Dantu
    Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications, 2022 , pp. 74–80
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{HMOB22,
      author = {Semenova, Sofiya and Ko, Steven Y. and Liu, Yu David and Ziarek, Lukasz and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {A quantitative analysis of system bottlenecks in visual SLAM},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications},
      year = {2022},
      pages = {74--80},
      publisher = {ACM},
      doi = {10.1145/3508396.3512882},
      url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3508396.3512882}
    }
    
  39. Learning Robot Swarm Tactics over Complex Adversarial Environments

    Amir Behjat, Hemanth Manjunatha, Prajit Krisshna Kumar, Apurv Jani, Leighton Collins, Payam Ghassemi, Joseph Distefano, David Doermann, Karthik Dantu, Ehsan Esfahani, Souma Chowdhury
    2021 International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems (MRS), 2021 , pp. 83–91
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{MRSA21,
      author = {Behjat, Amir and Manjunatha, Hemanth and Kumar, Prajit Krisshna and Jani, Apurv and Collins, Leighton and Ghassemi, Payam and Distefano, Joseph and Doermann, David and Dantu, Karthik and Esfahani, Ehsan and Chowdhury, Souma},
      title = {Learning Robot Swarm Tactics over Complex Adversarial Environments},
      booktitle = {2021 International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems (MRS)},
      year = {2021},
      pages = {83--91},
      doi = {10.1109/mrs50823.2021.9620707},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9620707/}
    }
    
  40. JCopter: Reliable UAV Software Through Managed Languages

    Adam Czerniejewski, John Henry Burns, Farshad Ghanei, Karthik Dantu, Yu David Liu, Lukasz Ziarek
    2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2021 , pp. 4282–4289
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{IROS21,
      author = {Czerniejewski, Adam and Burns, John Henry and Ghanei, Farshad and Dantu, Karthik and Liu, Yu David and Ziarek, Lukasz},
      title = {JCopter: Reliable UAV Software Through Managed Languages},
      booktitle = {2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
      year = {2021},
      pages = {4282--4289},
      doi = {10.1109/iros51168.2021.9636617},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9636617/}
    }
    
  41. Understanding Bounding Functions in Safety-Critical UAV Software

    Xiaozhou Liang , John Henry Burns , Joseph Sanchez , Karthik Dantu , Lukasz Ziarek , Yu David Liu
    Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering, 2021
    Paper (ICSE 2021) | PDF
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{boundedvariables,
      author = {Liang, Xiaozhou and Burns, John Henry and Sanchez, Joseph and Dantu, Karthik and Ziarek, Lukasz and Liu, Yu David},
      title = {Understanding Bounding Functions in Safety-Critical UAV Software},
      year = {2021},
      publisher = {IEEE/ACM},
      url = {https://conf.researchr.org/details/icse-2021/icse-2021-papers/30/Understanding-Bounding-Functions-in-Safety-Critical-UAV-Software},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering},
      pages = {},
      numpages = {},
      keywords = {},
      location = {Virtual},
      series = {ICSE '21}
    }
    
  42. Using Physiological Information to Classify Task Difficulty in Human-Swarm Interaction

    Joseph P. Distefano, Hemanth Manjunatha, Souma Chowdhury, Karthik Dantu, David Doermann, Ehsan T. Esfahani
    2021 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2021 , pp. 1198–1203
    DOI |
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{SMCC21,
      author = {Distefano, Joseph P. and Manjunatha, Hemanth and Chowdhury, Souma and Dantu, Karthik and Doermann, David and Esfahani, Ehsan T.},
      title = {Using Physiological Information to Classify Task Difficulty in Human-Swarm Interaction},
      booktitle = {2021 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)},
      year = {2021},
      pages = {1198--1203},
      doi = {10.1109/smc52423.2021.9658653},
      url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9658653/}
    }
    
  43. Edge-SLAM: Edge-Assisted Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping

    Ali J. Ben Ali , Zakieh Hashemifar , Karthik Dantu
    Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services, 2020 , pp. 325–337
    Project Page | PDF
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{edgeslam,
      author = {Ben Ali, Ali J. and Hashemifar, Zakieh Sadat and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {Edge-SLAM: Edge-Assisted Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping},
      year = {2020},
      isbn = {9781450379540},
      publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
      address = {New York, NY, USA},
      url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3386901.3389033},
      doi = {10.1145/3386901.3389033},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services},
      pages = {325–337},
      numpages = {13},
      keywords = {mobile systems, mapping, visual simultaneous localization and mapping, split architecture, localization, edge computing},
      location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      series = {MobiSys '20}
    }
    
  44. WISDOM: WIreless Sensing-Assisted Distributed Online Mapping

    Charuvahan Adhivarahan , Karthik Dantu
    International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2019 , pp. 8026–8033
    Video | Project Page | PDF
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{wisdom,
      author = {Adhivarahan, Charuvahan and Dantu, Karthik},
      title = {{WISDOM:} WIreless Sensing-Assisted Distributed Online Mapping},
      booktitle = {International Conference on Robotics and Automation ({ICRA})},
      pages = {8026--8033},
      publisher = {{IEEE}},
      year = {2019},
      month = may,
      url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2019.8793932},
      doi = {10.1109/ICRA.2019.8793932},
      timestamp = {Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:14:51 +0200},
      biburl = {https://dblp.org/rec/conf/icra/AdhivarahanD19.bib},
      bibsource = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
    }
    
  45. Performance of the Asynchronous Consensus Based Bundle Algorithm in Lossy Network Environments

    Matthew Rantanen , Jalil Modares , Nicholas Mastronarde , Farshad Ghanei , Karthik Dantu
    Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop (SAM), 2018 , pp. 311-315
    PDF
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{Ghanei:2018:acbba,
      author = {Rantanen, Matthew and Modares, Jalil and Mastronarde, Nicholas and Ghanei, Farshad and Dantu, Karthik},
      journal = {Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop (SAM)},
      title = {Performance of the Asynchronous Consensus Based Bundle Algorithm in Lossy Network Environments},
      year = {2018},
      volume = {},
      number = {},
      pages = {311-315},
      keywords = {Task analysis;Resource management;Drones;Signal processing algorithms;Planning;Robot sensing systems;Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs);wireless networking;decentralized task allocation},
      doi = {10.1109/SAM.2018.8448984},
      issn = {2151-870X},
      month = jul
    }
    
  46. UB-ANC planner: Energy efficient coverage path planning with multiple drones

    J. Modares , Farshad Ghanei , N. Mastronarde , Karthik Dantu
    International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2017 , pp. 6182-6189
    Project Page | PDF
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{Ghanei:2017:ub-anc-planner:7989732,
      author = {Modares, J. and Ghanei, F. and Mastronarde, N. and Dantu, K.},
      journal = {International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
      title = {UB-ANC planner: Energy efficient coverage path planning with multiple drones},
      year = {2017},
      volume = {},
      number = {},
      pages = {6182-6189},
      keywords = {autonomous aerial vehicles;computational complexity;minimisation;path planning;travelling salesman problems;CPP problem;EECPP;MEPP;NP-hard problem;TSP;UB-ANC planner;back tracking algorithm;battle field surveillance;coverage path planning problem;drone design;drone flight paths;drone flight time;energy-efficient coverage path planning;energy-efficient coverage path planning problem;load-balanced allocation;maximum energy consumption minimization;minimum energy path planning problem;traveling salesman problem;unmanned aerial vehicles;Drones;Energy consumption;Energy measurement;Optimization;Path planning;Planning;Power demand},
      doi = {10.1109/ICRA.2017.7989732},
      issn = {},
      month = may
    }
    
  47. OS-based Resource Accounting for Asynchronous Resource Use in Mobile Systems

    Farshad Ghanei , Pranav Tipnis , Kyle Marcus , Karthik Dantu , Marziye Kouroshli , Lukasz Ziarek
    International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), 2016 , pp. 296–301
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{Ghanei:2016:ORA:2934583.2934639,
      author = {Ghanei, Farshad and Tipnis, Pranav and Marcus, Kyle and Dantu, Karthik and Ko, Steve and Ziarek, Lukasz},
      title = {OS-based Resource Accounting for Asynchronous Resource Use in Mobile Systems},
      journal = {International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED)},
      series = {ISLPED '16},
      year = {2016},
      isbn = {978-1-4503-4185-1},
      location = {San Francisco Airport, CA, USA},
      pages = {296--301},
      numpages = {6},
      url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2934583.2934639},
      doi = {10.1145/2934583.2934639},
      acmid = {2934639},
      publisher = {ACM},
      address = {New York, NY, USA},
      keywords = {Embedded Systems, Operating Systems, Power Management, Resource Management}
    }