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João Hespanha

Professor and Chair
Electrical & Computer Engineering
UC Santa Barbara
Phone:
+1 805-893-7042
Email:
hespanha@ece.ucsb.edu
Office:
Engineering I, Room 5157
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Hybrid and switched systems; the modeling and control of communication networks; distributed control over communication networks (also known as networked control systems); game theory; and stochastic modeling in biology.

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ICB Supported Publications

High-Precision Control of Plasma Drug Levels Using Feedback-Controlled Dosing

Netzahualcóyotl Arroyo-Currás, Gabriel Ortega, David A. Copp, Kyle L. Ploense, Zoe A. Plaxco, Tod E. Kippin, João P. Hespanha and Kevin W. Plaxco
CS Pharm. Trans. Sci.,
10.1021/acsptsci.8b00033

Self-Triggered and Event-Triggered Set-Valued Observers

Daniel Silvestre, Paulo Rosa, João P. Hespanha and Carlos Silvestre
Information Sciences,
10.1016/j.ins.2017.10.029

Online Optimal Operation of Parallel Voltage-Source Inverters Using Partial Information

Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis and João P. Hespanha
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics,
10.1109/TIE.2016.2630658

Set‐based fault detection and isolation for detectable linear parameter‐varying systems

Daniel Silvestre, Paulo Rosa, João P. Hespanha and Carlos Silvestre
International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control,
10.1002/rnc.3814

Control With Minimal Cost-Per-Symbol Encoding and Quasi-Optimality of Event-Based Encoders

Justin Pearson, Joao P. Hespanha and Daniel Liberzon
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control,
10.1109/TAC.2016.2604921

Stochastic optimal coordination of small UAVs for target tracking using regression-based dynamic programming

Quintero, S. A. P., Ludkovski, M. and Hespanha, J.
Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems,
10.1007/s10846-015-0270-7

Quasi-optimality of event-based encoders

Pearson, J., Hespanha, J. and Liberzon, D.
Proceedings of the 54th Annual Conference on Decision and Control,
10.1109/CDC.2015.7402968

Approximate optimal adaptive control for weakly coupled nonlinear systems: A neuro-inspired approach

Garcia Carrillo, L. R., Vamvoudakis, K. G. and Hespanha, J.
International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing,
10.1002/acs.2631

Asymptotically-stable adaptive-optimal control algorithm with saturating actuators and relaxed persistence of excitation.

Vamvoudakis, K. G., Miranda, M. F. and Hespanha, J.
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems,
10.1109/TNNLS.2015.2487972

Finite-time convergence policies in state-dependent social networks

D. Silvestre, P. Rosa, J. P. Hespanha, and C. Silvestre
Proceedings of the 2015 American Control Conference,

State estimation of multiagent systems under impulsive noise and disturbances

L. R. García Carrillo, W. J. Russell, J. P. Hespanha, and G. E. Collins
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology,
10.1109/TCST.2014.2309911

Quadratic control of stochastic hybrid systems with renewal transitions

F. R. Pour Safaei, K. Roh, S. R. Proulx, and J. P. Hespanha
Automatica,
10.1016/j.automatica.2014.10.012

Vision-based target tracking with a small UAV: Optimization-based control strategies

S. A. P. Quintero and J. P. Hespanha
Control Engineering Practices,
10.1016/j.conengprac.2014.07.007

Modeling and analysis of networked control systems using stochastic hybrid systems

J. P. Hespanha
Annual Reviews in Control,
10.1016/j.arcontrol.2014.09.001

Belief propagation based localization and mapping using sparsely sampled GNSS SNR measurements

A. T. Irish, J. T. Isaacs, J. P. Hespanha, and U. Madhow
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation,

GPS-optimal micro air vehicle navigation in degraded environments

J. T. Isaacs, C. Magee, A. Subbaraman, K. Fregene, A. R. Teel, U. Madhow, and J. P. Hespanha
Proceedings of the 2014 American Control Conference,
10.1109/ACC.2014.6859336

Online optimal switching of single phase DC/AC inverters using partial information

K. G. Vamvoudakis and J. P. Hespanha
Proceedings of the 2014 American Control Conference,

Direct numerical solution of algebraic Lyapunov equations for large-scale systems using quantized tensor trains

M. Nip, J. P. Hespanha, and M. Khammash
Proceedings of the 52nd Conference on Decision and Control,
10.1109/CDC.2013.6760167

Probabilistic management of slope disaster detection systems for reduced energy consumption and its convergence property

K. Hirata, K. Koizumi and J. P. Hespanha
Proceedings of the 4th IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems (NecSys’13),

Flocking with fixed-wing UAVs for distributed sensing: a stochastic optimal control approach

S. A. P. Quintero, G. E. Collins, and J. P. Hespanha
Proceedings of the 2013 American Control Conference,
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