@article{ChEtAl_LearnTerrain, 
	Author = {Chang, A.H. and Hubicki, C.M. and Aguilar, J.J. and Goldman, D.I. and Ames, A.D. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Learning Terrain Dynamics: {A} {G}aussian Process Modeling and Optimal Control Adaptation Framework Applied to Robot Jumping},
	Journal = {submitted to IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology},
	Year = {2019}
} 


@InProceedings{ZhYeVe_MapHash, 
	Author = {Zhao, Y. and Ye, W. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Low-latency Visual SLAM with Appearance-Enhanced Local Map Building},
	BookTitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation},
	Pages = {8213--8219},
	Month = {May},
	Year = {2019}
} 


@InProceedings{YeZhVe_SLAMChar, 
	Author = {Ye, W. and Zhao, Y. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Characterizing SLAM Benchmarks and Methods for the Robust Perception Age},
	BookTitle = {ICRA Workshop on SLAM Benchmarking},
	Year = {2019}
} 


@InCollection{SmEtAl_PiPS[2019], 
	Author = {Smith, J.S. and Feng, S. and Lyu, F. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Real-Time Egocentric Navigation Using 3D Sensing},
	BookTitle = {Machine Vision and Navigation (to be published)},
	editor = {Sergiyenko, O. and Flores-Fuentes, W. and Mercorelli, P.},
	Publisher = {Springer},
	Year = {2019}
} 


@article{ChXuVe_2019_AffordSeg, 
	Author = {Chu, F. and Xu, R. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Learning Affordance Segmentation for Real-World Robotic Manipulation via Synthetic Images},
	Journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
	Volume = {4},
	Number = {2},
	Pages = {1140--1147},
	Year = {2019}
} 


@article{ChVe_Robotica[2019], 
	Author = {Chang, A.H. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Evaluation of Bio-Inspired Scales on Locomotion Performance of Snake-like Robots},
	Journal = {Robotica},
	Volume = {37},
	Number = {8},
	Publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
	Year = {2019}
} 


@InProceedings{ZhVe_2018_GFSLAM, 
	Author = {Zhao, Y. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Good Feature Selection for Least Squares Pose Optimization in VO/VSLAM},
	BookTitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems},
	Pages = {1183--1189},
	Year = {2018}
} 


@InProceedings{ChEtAl_IROS[2018], 
	Author = {Chu, F.C. and Xu, R. and Zhang, Z. and Vela, P.A. and Ghovanloo, M.},
	Title = {Hands-Free Control of an Assistive Manipulator Using Augmented Reality and Tongue Drive System},
	BookTitle = {IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robotics},
	Pages = {5463--5468},
	Address = {Madrid, Spain},
 	Year = {2018}
} 


@article{ChXuVe_RAL[2018], 
	Author = {Chu, F.J. and Xu, R. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Real-World Multi-Object, Multi-Grasp Detection},
	Journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
	Volume = {3},
	Number = {4},
	Pages = {3355--3362},
	Year = {2018}
} 


@article{ChXuVe_Grasp[2018], 
	Author = {Chu, F.J. and Xu, R. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Deep Grasp: Detection and Localization of Grasps with Deep Neural Networks},
	Journal = {arxiv/CoRR},
	Volume = {abs/1802.00520},
	Year = {2018}
} 


@article{HaVeCh_JCCE[2018], 
	Author = {Hadjidemetriou, G.M. and Vela, P.A. and Christodoulou, S.E.},
	Title = {Automated Pavement Patch Detection and Quantification using Support Vector Machines},
	Journal = {Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering},
	Volume = {32},
	Number = {1},
	Year = {2018}
} 


@article{SmEtAl_Drive[2018], 
	Author = {Smith, J.S. and Hwang, J.H. and Chu, F.J. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Learning to Navigate: Exploiting Deep Networks to Inform Sample-Based Planning During Vision-Based Navigation},
	Journal = {arxiv/CoRR},
	Volume = {abs/1801.05132},
	Year = {2018}
} 


@InProceedings{FaVe_ACC[2018], 
	Author = {Fairfax, L. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {A Concurrent Learning Approach to Monocular, Vision-Based Regulation of Leader/Follower Systems},
	BookTitle = {American Control Conference},
	Pages = {3502--3507},
	Year = {2018}
} 


@InProceedings{ChEtAl_EMBC[2018], 
	Author = {Chu, F.C. and Xu, R. and Zhang, Z. and Vela, P.A. and Ghovanloo, M.},
	Title = {The Helping Hand: An Assistive Manipulation Framework Using Augmented Reality and Tongue-Drive Interfaces},
	BookTitle = {International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society},
	Address = {Honolulu, HI},
 	Year = {2018}
} 


@InProceedings{ZhVe_ECCV[2018], 
	Author = {Zhao, Y. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Good Line Cutting: {T}owards Accurate Pose Tracking of Line-assisted {VO/VSLAM}},
	BookTitle = {ECCV},
	Year = {2018}
} 


@Misc{SmEtAl_NavBench, 
	Author = {Smith, J.S. and Hwang, J.H. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Benchmark Worlds for Testing Autonomous Navigation Algorithms},
	Year = {2018}
} 


@article{BuEtAl_CACIE[2017], 
	Author = {Bügler, M. and Bormann, A. and Ogunmakin, G. and Vela, P.A. and Teizer, J.},
	Title = {Fusion of Photogrammetry and Video Analysis for Productivity Assessment of Earthwork Processes},
	Journal = {Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering},
	Volume = {32},
	Number = {2},
	Pages = {107--123},
	Year = {2017}
} 


@InProceedings{ChVe_ICRA[2017], 
	Author = {Chang, A.H. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Closed-Loop Path Following of Traveling Wave Rectilinear Motion Through Obstacle-Strewn Terrain},
	BookTitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation},
	Pages = {3532--3537},
	Month = {May},
	Year = {2017}
} 


@InProceedings{ChEtAl_ICRA[2017], 
	Author = {Chang, A.H. and Hubicki, C.M. and Aguilar, J.J. and Goldman, D.I. and Ames, A.D. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Learning to Jump in Granular Media: Unifying Optimal Control Synthesis with Gaussian Process-Based Regression},
	BookTitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation},
	Pages = {2154--60},
	Month = {May},
	Year = {2017}
} 


@article{HyVeVe_RAL[2017], 
	Author = {Hyun, N.K. and Vela, P.A. and Verriest, E.I.},
	Title = {A New Framework for Optimal Path Planning of Rectangular Robots Using a Weighted $L_p$ Norm},
	Journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
	Volume = {2},
	Number = {3},
	Pages = {1460--1465},
	Year = {2017}
} 


@InProceedings{SmVe_ICRA[2017], 
	Author = {Smith, J.S. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Planning in Perception Space},
	BookTitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation},
	Pages = {6204--6209},
	Year = {2017}
} 


@article{NgBrVe_JCCE[2017], 
	Author = {Nguyen, B. and Brilakis, I. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Optimized Parameters for Over-Height Vehicle Detection Under Variable Weather Conditions},
	Journal = {Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering},
	Volume = {31},
	Number = {5},
	Year = {2017}
} 


@InProceedings{ChSeVe_CDC[2016a], 
	Author = {Chang, A.H. and Serrano, M.M. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Shape-Centric Modeling of Traveling Wave Rectilinear Locomotion for Snake-Like Robots},
	BookTitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control},
	Pages = {7535--7541},
	Address = {Las Vegas, NV},
 	Month = {December},
	Year = {2016}
} 


@InProceedings{ChSeVe_CDC[2016b], 
	Author = {Chang, A.H. and Serrano, M.M. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Shape-Centric Modeling of Lateral Undulation and Sidewinding Gaits for Snake Robots},
	BookTitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control},
	Pages = {6676--6682},
	Address = {Las Vegas, NV},
 	Month = {December},
	Year = {2016}
} 


@article{KoEtAl_TPAMI[2016], 
	Author = {Kolesov, I. and Lee, J. and Sharp, G. and Vela, P. and Tannenbaum, A.},
	Title = {A Stochastic Approach to Diffeomorphic Point Set Registration with Landmark Constraints},
	Journal = {IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence},
	Volume = {38},
	Number = {2},
	Pages = {238--251},
	Year = {2016}
} 


@InProceedings{OgVeRe_MB[2016], 
	Author = {Ogunmakin, G. and Vela, P. and Rebola, C.},
	Title = {A Semi-Automated System for Measuring the Effects of Technology Interventions in Older Adult Populations},
	BookTitle = {Measuring Behavior},
	Pages = {117--122},
	Year = {2016}
} 


@InProceedings{SeEtAl_EMBC[2016a], 
	Author = {Serrano, M.M. and Chen, YP and Howard, A. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Lower Limb Pose Estimation for Monitoring the Kicking Patterns of Infants},
	BookTitle = {International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society},
	Pages = {2157--2160},
	Year = {2016}
} 


@InProceedings{SeEtAl_EMBC[2016b], 
	Author = {Serrano, M.M. and Chen, YP and Howard, A. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Automated Feet Detection for Clinical Gait Assessment},
	BookTitle = {International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society},
	Pages = {2161--2164},
	Year = {2016}
} 


@InProceedings{ZhLiVe_ICRA[2016], 
	Author = {Zhang, G. and Lilly, M.J. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Learning Binary Features Online from Motion Dynamics for Incremental Loop-Closure Detection and Place Recognition},
	BookTitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation},
	Year = {2016}
} 


@article{AsEtAl_PNAS[2015], 
	Author = {Astley, H. and Gong, C. and Travers, M. and Serrano, M. and Vela, P. and Mendelson III, J.R. and Choset, H. and Hu, D.L. and Goldman, D.I.},
	Title = {Modulation of Orthogonal Body Waves Enables High Maneuverability in Sidewinding Locomotion},
	Journal = {Proceedings of the NAtional Academy of Sciences},
	Volume = {112},
	Number = {19},
	Pages = {6200--5},
	Year = {2015}
} 


@InProceedings{SeEtAl_ICRA[2015], 
	Author = {Serrano, M. and Chang, A. and Zhang, G. and Vela, P.},
	Title = {Incorporating Frictional Anisotropy in the Design of a Robotic Snake Through the Exploitation of Scales},
	BookTitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation},
	Pages = {3729--3734},
	Year = {2015}
} 


@article{ChEtAl_TNNLS[2015], 
	Author = {Chowdhary, G. and Kingravi, H.A. and How, J. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {{B}ayesian Nonparametric Adaptive Control Using {G}aussian Processes},
	Journal = {IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems},
	Volume = {26},
	Number = {3},
	Pages = {537--550},
	Year = {2015}
} 


@InProceedings{HaVeCh_ICCSEEC[2015], 
	Author = {Hadjidemetriou, G. and Serrano, M.M. and Vela, P.A. and Christodoulou, S.},
	Title = {Path Defects Detection in Images Using Support Vector Machines},
	BookTitle = {International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing},
	Address = {Prague, Czech Republic},
 	Year = {2015}
} 


@InProceedings{MaEtAl_ICCSEEC[2015], 
	Author = {Mavrovounioti, P. and Hadjidemetriou, G. and Vela, P.A. and Christodoulou, S.},
	Title = {Computer-Vision-Aided Automatic Generation of Building Information Models},
	BookTitle = {International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing},
	Address = {Prague, Czech Republic},
 	Year = {2015}
} 


@article{RaBrVe_JCCE[2015], 
	Author = {Rashidi, A. and Brilakis, I. and Vela, P.},
	Title = {Generating Absolute-Scale Point Cloud Data of Built Infrastructure Scenes Using a Monocular Camera Setting},
	Journal = {ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering},
	Volume = {29},
	Number = {6},
	Year = {2015}
} 


@article{SaEtAl_JEB[2015], 
	Author = {Sharpe, S.S. and Koehler, S.A. and Kuckuk, R. and Serrano, M. and Vela, P. and Goldman, D.I.},
	Title = {Locomotor Benefits of Being a Slender and Slick Sand-Swimmer},
	Journal = {Journal of Experimantal Biology},
	Volume = {218},
	Pages = {440--450},
	Year = {2015}
} 


@article{YaEtAl_AEI[2015], 
	Author = {Yang, J. and Park, MW and Vela, P.A. and Golparvar-Fard, M.},
	Title = {Construction Performance Monitoring via Still Images, Time-Lapse Photos, and Video Streams: {N}ow, Tomorrow, and the Future},
	Journal = {Advanced Engineering Informatics},
	Volume = {29},
	Number = {2},
	Pages = {211--224},
	Year = {2015}
} 


@article{ZhEtAl_CACIE[2015], 
	Author = {Zhang, G. and Vela, P.A. and Brilakis, I. and Karasev, P.},
	Title = {A Sparsity-Inducing Optimization Based Algorithm for Planar Patches Extraction from Noisy Point-Cloud Data},
	Journal = {Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering},
	Volume = {30},
	Number = {2},
	Pages = {85--102},
	Publisher = {Wiley},
	Year = {2015}
} 


@article{ZhEtAl_IJRR[2015], 
	Author = {Zhang, G. and Kontitsis, M. and Filipe, N. and Tsiotras, P. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Cooperative Relative Navigation for Space Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Using Controlled Active Vision},
	Journal = {Journal of Field Robotics},
	Volume = {33},
	Number = {2},
	Year = {2016}
} 


@InProceedings{ZhVe_ICRA[2015], 
	Author = {Zhang, G. and Vela, P.},
	Title = {Optimal Observability and Minimal Cardinality Localization and Mapping},
	BookTitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation},
	Year = {2015}
} 


@InProceedings{ZhVe_CVPR[2015], 
	Author = {Zhang, G. and Vela, P.},
	Title = {Good Features to Track for Visual SLAM},
	BookTitle = {Proceedings IEEE Conference on Vision and Pattern 		Recognition},
	Year = {2015}
} 


@article{ZhVe_GFSLAMsub, 
	Author = {Zhao, Y. and Zhang, G. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Good Features Matching: Towards Accurate, Robust, and Low-Latency VO/VSLAM},
	Journal = {submitted to IEEE Trans. on Robotics (under review)},
	Year = {2019}
} 


@article{ArEtAl_JCCE[2014], 
	Author = {Arif, O. and Ray, S. and Vela, P.A. and Teizer, J.},
	Title = {Potential of Time-of-Flight (TOF) Range Imaging for Object Identification and Manipulation in Construction},
	Journal = {ASCE J. Computing in Civil Engineering},
	Volume = {28},
	Number = {6},
	Year = {2014}
} 


@InProceedings{BuEtAl_EGICE[2014], 
	Author = {Bügler, M. and Ogunmakin, G. and Teizer, J. and Vela, P. A. and Borrmann, A.},
	Title = {A Comprehensive Methodology for Vision-Based 			 Progress and Activity Estimation of Excavation Processes for 			 Productivity Assessment},
	BookTitle = {EG-ICE Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering},
	Address = {Cardiff, Wales},
 	Year = {2014}
} 


@InProceedings{KeVeVe_ICRA[2014], 
	Author = {Keselman, L. and Verriest, E. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Forage {RRT} - An Efficient Approach To Task-Space Goal Planning for High Dimensional Systems},
	BookTitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation},
	Pages = {1572--1577},
	Year = {2014}
} 




@InProceedings{ZhVeBr_IWCCE[2014], 
	Author = {Zhang, G. and Vela, P.A. and Brilakis, I.},
	Title = {Automatic Generation of as-built Geometric Civil Infrastructure Models from Point Cloud Data},
	BookTitle = {International Workshop on Construction in Civil Engineering},
	Pages = {406--413},
	Address = {Orlando, FL},
 	Year = {2014}
} 


@InProceedings{ZhEtAl_SAFE[2014], 
	Author = {Zhang, G. and Vela, P. and Tsiotras, P. and Cho, D-M.},
	Title = {Efficient Closed-Loop Detection and Pose Estimation for Vision-Only Relative Localization in Space with a Cooperative Target},
	BookTitle = {AIAA Space and Astronautics Forum and Exposition},
	Number = {0},
	Address = {San Diego, CA},
 	Year = {2014}
} 


@InProceedings{BoReVe_ALAIPO[2012], 
	Author = {Bowers, L, Rebola, C. B. and Vela, P.},
	Title = {Communication Technologies for Older Adults in Retirement Communities},
	BookTitle = {Proceedings of the ALAIPO},
	Address = {Cordoba, Argentina},
 	Year = {2012}
} 


@article{CeEtAl_ExpSys[2013], 
	Author = {Celebi, E. and Kingravi, H.A and Vela, P.A},
	Title = {A comparative study of efficient initialization methods for the k-means clustering algorithm},
	Journal = {Expert Syst. Appl},
	Volume = {40},
	Number = {1},
	Pages = {200--210},
	Year = {2013}
} 


@InProceedings{ChEtAl_ACC[2013], 
	Author = {Chowdhary, G. and Kingravi, H.A. and J, How and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Nonparametric Adaptive Control of Time-Varying Systems using {G}aussian processes},
	BookTitle = {American Control Conference},
	Pages = {2655--2661},
	Year = {2013}
} 


@InProceedings{ChEtAl_CDC[2013], 
	Author = {Chowdhary, G. and Kingravi, H.A and How, J.P. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Nonparametric Adaptive Control using {G}aussian Processes},
	BookTitle = {CDC},
	Pages = {861--867},
	Year = {2013}
} 


@InProceedings{ChEtAl_GNC[2013], 
	Author = {Chowdhary, G. and Kingravi, H. and Grande, R.C. and How, J.P. and Vela, P.},
	Title = {Nonparametric Adaptive Control using {G}aussian Processes},
	BookTitle = {AIAA Guidance Navigation and Control Conference},
	Year = {2013}
} 


@InProceedings{ChEtAl_MCRLDM[2013], 
	Author = {Chowdhary, G. and Kingravi, H.A. and Grande, R. and How, J. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Bayesian Nonparametric Adaptive Control using {G}aussian Processes},
	BookTitle = {Multidisciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making},
	Year = {2013}
} 


@InProceedings{ChEtAl_WAMLSC[2013], 
	Author = {Chowdhary, G. and Kingravi, H.A. and Grande, R. and How, J. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Bayesian Nonparametric Adaptive Control using {G}aussian Processes},
	BookTitle = {NIPS Workshop on Advances in Machine Learning for Sensorimotor Control},
	Year = {2013}
} 


@article{DaEtAl_JCEM[2013], 
	Author = {Dai, F. and Rashidi, A. and Brilakis, I. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Comparison of Image- and Time-of-Flight-Based Technologies for Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Infrastructure},
	Journal = {Journal of Construction Engineering and Management},
	Volume = {139},
	Number = {1},
	Year = {2013}
} 


@InProceedings{KaVeTa_SysCon[2013], 
	Author = {Karasev, P. and Vela, P. and Tannenbaum, A.},
	Title = {{IMU}-Compensated Image Segmentation for Improved Vision-Based Control Performance},
	BookTitle = {IEEE Systems Conference},
	Pages = {251--257},
	Year = {2013}
} 


@article{KaEtAl_TME[2013], 
	Author = {Karasev, P. and Kolesov, I. and Fritscher, K. and Vela, P. and Mitchell, P. and Tannenbaum, A.},
	Title = {Interactive Medical Image Segmentation using PDE Control of Active Contours},
	Journal = {IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging},
	Volume = {32},
	Number = {11},
	Pages = {2127--2139},
	Year = {2013}
} 


@InProceedings{KiEtAl_SIAM[2013], 
	Author = {Kingravi, H. and Vela, P.A and Gray, A.},
	Title = {Reduced Set {KPCA} for Improving the Training and Execution Speed of Kernel Machines},
	BookTitle = {{SIAM} International Conference on Data Mining},
	Pages = {441--449},
	Address = {Austin, TX},
 	Year = {2013}
} 


@InProceedings{KoEtAl_SPIE_EI[2013], 
	Author = {Kolesov, I. and Lee, J. and Vela, P. and Tannenbaum, A.},
	Title = {A Stochastic Approach for Non-Rigid Image Registration},
	BookTitle = {Conference on Image Processing - Algorithms and Systems XI},
	Volume = {8655},
	Series = {Proceedings of SPIE},
	Year = {2013}
} 


@InProceedings{KoEtAl_SPIE_MI[2013], 
	Author = {Kolesov, I. and Lee, J. and Vela, P. and Tannenbaum, A.},
	Title = {Stochastic Image Registration with User Constraints},
	BookTitle = {Conference on Medical Imaging - Image Processing},
	Volume = {8669},
	Series = {Proceedings of SPIE},
	Year = {2013}
} 


@InProceedings{KoEtAl_MP[2013], 
	Author = {Kolesov, I. and Karasev, P. and Shusharinia, N. and Vela, P.A and Tannenbaum, A. and Sharp, G.},
	Title = {Interactive Segmentation of Structures in the Head and Neck Using Steerable Active Contours},
	BookTitle = {Medical Physics - Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine},
	Volume = {40},
	Year = {2013}
} 


@article{LoEtAl_MIA[2013], 
	Author = {Lou, Y. and Jia, X. and Niu, T. and Vela, P. and Zhu, L. and Tannenbaum, A.},
	Title = {Joint {CT}/{CBCT} Deformable Registration and {CBCT} Enhancement for Cancer Radiotherapy},
	Journal = {Medical Image Analysis},
	Volume = {17},
	Number = {3},
	Pages = {387--400},
	Month = {April},
	Year = {2013}
} 


@article{LoEtAl_TBE[2013], 
	Author = {Lou, Y. and Irimia, A. and Vela, P. and Chambers, M.C. and Van Horn, J. and Vespa, P.M. and Tannenbaum, A.},
	Title = {Multimodal Deformable Registration of Traumatic Brain Injury {MR} Volumes via the {B}hattacharyya Distance},
	Journal = {IEEE Transactions on Bioengineering},
	Volume = {60},
	Number = {9},
	Pages = {2511--2520},
	Year = {2013}
} 


@InProceedings{RaBrVe_ICCAVR[2013], 
	Author = {Rashidi, A. and Brilakis, I. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Built Infrastructure Point Cloud Data Cleaning: An Overview of Gap Filling Algorithms},
	BookTitle = {International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality},
	Pages = {585--593},
	Address = {London, UK},
 	Year = {2013}
} 


@article{RaEtAl_AEI[2012], 
	Author = {Rashidi, A. and Dai, F. and Brilakis, I. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Optimized Selection of Key Frames for Monocular Videogrammetric Surveying of Civil Infrastructure},
	Journal = {Advance Engineering Informatics},
	Volume = {27},
	Number = {2},
	Pages = {270--282},
	Year = {2013}
} 


@InProceedings{RaBrVe_IWCCE[2013], 
	Author = {A, Rashidi and Brilakis, I. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Monocular Videogrammetry for Generating Absolute-Scale 3D Point Cloud Data of Civil and Infrastructure Scenes},
	BookTitle = {International Workshop on Construction in Civil Engineering},
	Pages = {581--588},
	Address = {Los Angeles, CA},
 	Year = {2013}
} 


@article{ReOgVe_IJSR[2013], 
	Author = {Rebola, C. and Ogunmakin, G. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Design and Technologies for Understanding Older Adults Social Interactions in Retirement Communities},
	Journal = {International Journal of Social Robotics},
	Volume = {5},
	Number = {4},
	Pages = {575--591},
	Year = {2013}
} 


@article{YaEtAl_JCCE[2013], 
	Author = {Yang, J. and Vela, P.A. and Teizer, J. and Shi, Z.},
	Title = {Vision-Based Tower Crane Tracking for Understanding Construction Activity},
	Journal = {ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering},
	Volume = {28},
	Number = {1},
	Pages = {103--112},
	Year = {2013}
} 


@InProceedings{ZhVeBr_IWCE[2013], 
	Author = {Zhang, G. and Vela, P.A. and Brilakis, I.},
	Title = {Detecting, Fitting, and Classifying Surface Primitives for Infrastructure Point Cloud Data},
	BookTitle = {International Workshop on Construction in Civil Engineering},
	Pages = {589--596},
	Address = {Los Angeles, CA},
 	Year = {2013}
} 


@article{ChEtAl_JCCE[2012], 
	Author = {Cheng, T. and Mantripragada, U. and Teizer, J. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Automated Trajectory and Path Planning Analysis Based on Ultra Wideband Data},
	Journal = {Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering},
	Volume = {26},
	Number = {2},
	Pages = {151--160},
	Year = {2012}
} 


@InProceedings{DaEtAl_CRC[2012], 
	Author = {Dai, F and Rashidi, A and Brilakis, I and Vela, PA},
	Title = {Comparison of Image-Based and Time-of-Flight-Based Technologies for 3D Reconstruction of Infrastructure},
	BookTitle = {ASCE Construction Research Congress},
	Pages = {929--939},
	Address = {West Lafayette, IN},
 	Year = {2012}
} 


@article{KiEtAl_TNNLS[2012], 
	Author = {Kingravi, H.A. and Chowdhary, G. and Vela, P.A. and Johnson, E.N.},
	Title = {Reproducing Kernel {H}ilbert Space Approach for the Online Update of Radial Bases in Neuro-Adaptive Control},
	Journal = {IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems},
	Volume = {23},
	Number = {7},
	Pages = {1130--1141},
	Year = {2012}
} 


@InProceedings{KaEtAl_MTNS[2012], 
	Author = {Karasev, P.A. and Vela, A.E. and Vela, P.A. and Tannenbaum, A.R.},
	Title = {Detection of Human-Initiated Vehicle Maneuvers via Group-Sparsity},
	BookTitle = {MTNS},
	Year = {2012}
} 


@InProceedings{RaEtAl_IWCCE[2012], 
	Author = {Rashidi, A. and Dai, F. and Brilakis, I. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {A Novel Approach for Automated Selection of Key Video Frames for 3D Reconstruction of Civil Infrastructure},
	BookTitle = {International Workshop on Construction in Civil Engineering},
	Pages = {188--195},
	Address = {Clearwater Beach, FL},
 	Year = {2012}
} 


@InProceedings{ReOgVe_ICSR[2012], 
	Author = {Rebola, C. and Ogunmakin, G. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Automated Behavioral Mapping for Monitoring Social Interactions Among Older Adults},
	BookTitle = {Proc. of International Conference on Social Robotics},
	Pages = {188--198},
	Year = {2012}
} 


@InProceedings{ReEtAl_SIGDOC[2012], 
	Author = {Rebola, C.B. and Vela, P. and Saurus, C. and Palacio, J. and Ogunmakin, G.},
	Title = {Stitchtures: Interactive Art Installations for Social Interventions in Retirement Communities},
	BookTitle = {Proceedings of the SIGDOC},
	Address = {Seattle, WA},
 	Year = {2012}
} 


@InProceedings{SeEtAl_VAIB[2012], 
	Author = {Serrano, M.M. and Sharpe, S. and Goldman, D.I. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Marker-Based Tracking of Subsurface Locomotion in Noisy Environments},
	BookTitle = {Workshop on Visual Observation and Analysis of Animal and Insect Behavior},
	Address = {Tsukuba, Japan},
 	Year = {2012}
} 


@InProceedings{VeKaVe_DASC[2012], 
	Author = {Vela, A.E. and Karasev, P. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {A posteriori aircraft control signal recovery via sparsity-inducing norm minimization},
	BookTitle = {Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), 2012 IEEE/AIAA 31st},
	Pages = {4--1},
	Year = {2012}
} 


@InProceedings{ZhEtAl_IWCCE[2012], 
	Author = {Zhang, G. and Karasev, P. and Brilakis, I. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {A Sparsity-Inducing Optimization Algorithm for the Extraction of Planar Structures in Noisy Point Cloud Data},
	BookTitle = {International Workshop on Construction in Civil Engineering},
	Pages = {317--324},
	Year = {2012}
} 


@article{ArVe_TNN[2011], 
	Author = {Arif, O. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Kernel Map Compression for Speeding the Execution of Kernel-Based Methods},
	Journal = {IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks},
	Volume = {22},
	Number = {6},
	Pages = {870--879},
	Year = {2011}
} 


@article{ChEtAl_AIC[2011], 
	Author = {Cheng, T. and Venugopal, M. and Teizer, J. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Performance Evaluation of Ultra Wideband Technology for Resource Location Tracking in Harsh Environments},
	Journal = {Automation in Construction},
	Volume = {20},
	Number = {8},
	Pages = {870--879},
	Year = {2011}
} 


@article{ChEtAl_JCCE[2011], 
	Author = {Cheng, T. and Mantripragada, U. and Teizer, J. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Automated Trajectory and Path Planning Analysis Based on Ultra Wideband Data},
	Journal = {Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering},
	Volume = {26},
	Number = {2},
	Pages = {151--160},
	Year = {2011}
} 


@InProceedings{DaEtAl_WSC[2011], 
	Author = {Dai, F. and Rashidi, A. and Brilakis I, I. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Generating the Sparse Point Cloud of a Civil Infrastructure Scene Using a Single Video Camera under Practical Constraints},
	BookTitle = {Winter Simulation Conference},
	Address = {Phoenix, AZ},
 	Year = {2011}
} 


@InProceedings{KaEtAl_CDC[2011], 
	Author = {Karasev, P.A. and Serrano, M.M. and Vela, P.A. and Tannenbaum, A.},
	Title = {Depth invariant visual servoing},
	BookTitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control},
	Pages = {4992--4998},
	Year = {2011}
} 


@InProceedings{KiEtAl_CDC[2011], 
	Author = {Kingravi, H.A. and Chowdhary, G. and Vela, P.A. and Johnson, Eric N.},
	Title = {A Reproducing Kernel {H}ilbert Space Approach for the Online Update of Radial Bases in Neuro-Adaptive Control},
	BookTitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control},
	Pages = {1796--1802},
	Year = {2011}
} 


@InProceedings{FaBrVe_IWCCE[2011], 
	Author = {Fathi, H. and Brilakis, I. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Automated 3D Structure Inference of Civil Infrastructure Using a Stereo Camera Set},
	BookTitle = {International Workshop on Construction in Civil Engineering},
	Pages = {118--125},
	Year = {2011}
} 


@InProceedings{RaEtAl_IWCCE[2011], 
	Author = {Rashidi, A. and Dai, F. and Brilakis, I. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Comparison of Camera Motion Estimation Methods for 3D Reconstruction of Infrastructure},
	BookTitle = {International Workshop on Construction in Civil Engineering},
	Pages = {363--371},
	Year = {2011}
} 


@InProceedings{ReEtAl_ISEA[2011], 
	Author = {Rebola, C.B. and Vela, P. and Saurus, C. and Palacio, J. and Ogunmakin, G.},
	Title = {Stitchtures: Interactive Art Installation for Social Interventions},
	BookTitle = {International Symposium on Electronic Art},
	Address = {Istanbul, Turkey},
 	Year = {2011}
} 


@article{ShEtAl_JCEM[2011], 
	Author = {Shahandashti, S.M. and Razavi, S.N. and Soibelman, L. and Berges, M. and Caldas, C.M. and Brilakis, I. and Teizer, J. and Vela, P.A. and Haas, C.T. and Garrett, J. and Akinci, B. and Zhiu, Z.},
	Title = {Data Fusion Approaches and Applications for Construction Engineering},
	Journal = {Journal of Construction Engineering and Management},
	Volume = {137},
	Number = {10},
	Pages = {863--869},
	Year = {2011}
} 


@InProceedings{XuEtAl_ICIP[2011], 
	Author = {Xue, Kang and Ogunmakin, Gbolabo and Liu, Yue and Vela, Patricio A and Wang, Yongtian},
	Title = {PTZ camera-based adaptive panoramic and multi-layered 			 background model},
	BookTitle = {International Conference on Image Processing},
	Pages = {2949--2952},
	Year = {2011}
} 


@article{YaEtAl_AEI[2011], 
	Author = {Yang, J. and Cheng, T. and Vela, P.A. and Teizer, J. and Shi, Z.},
	Title = {A Performance Evaluation of Vision and Radio Frequency Tracking Methods for Interacting Workforce},
	Journal = {Advanced Engineering Informatics},
	Volume = {25},
	Number = {4},
	Pages = {736--747},
	Year = {2011}
} 


@InProceedings{YaEtAl_IWCCE[2011], 
	Author = {Yang, J. and Vela, P.A. and Teizer, J. and Shi, Z.},
	Title = {Vision-Based Crane Tracking for Understanding Construction Activity},
	BookTitle = {ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering},
	Pages = {258--265},
	Year = {2011}
} 


@InProceedings{YaShVe_CRV[2011], 
	Author = {Yang, J. and Shi, Z.K. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Person Reidentification by Kernel {PCA} Based Appearance Learning},
	BookTitle = {Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision},
	Pages = {227--233},
	Year = {2011}
} 


@InProceedings{ArVe_ICMLA[2009], 
	Author = {Arif, O. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Robust Target Localization and Segmentation Using Graph Cut, {KPCA} and Mean-Shift},
	BookTitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning Applications},
	Pages = {35--40},
	Address = {Miami, FL},
 	Year = {2009}
} 


@InProceedings{KaEtAl_ACC[2010], 
	Author = {Karasev, P. and Serrano, M.M. and Vela, P.A. and Tannenbaum, A.},
	Title = {Visual Closed-Loop Tracking with Area Stabilization},
	BookTitle = {American Control Conference},
	Pages = {6955--6961},
	Year = {2010}
} 


@InProceedings{KaVeTa_CDC[2010], 
	Author = {Karasev, P.A. and Vela, P.A. and Tannenbaum, A.},
	Title = {Delay estimation for wireless LAN control of nonlinear systems},
	BookTitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control},
	Pages = {1010--1016},
	Year = {2010}
} 


@InProceedings{MaEtAl_CRC[2010], 
	Author = {Makhmalbaf, A. and Park, M.W. and Yang, J. and Brilakis, I. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {2D Vision Tracking Methods' Performance Comparison for 3D Tracking of Construction Resources},
	BookTitle = {Construction Research Congress},
	Pages = {459--469},
	Year = {2010}
} 


@InProceedings{NdEtAl_ACC[2010], 
	Author = {Ndiour, I.J. and Arif, O. and Teizer, J. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {A Probabilistic Observer for Visual Tracking},
	BookTitle = {American Control Conference},
	Pages = {4558--4563},
	Year = {2010}
} 


@article{NdTeVe_SIAMJIS[2010], 
	Author = {Ndiour, I.J. and and Teizer, J. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {A Probabilistic Observer for Visual Tracking},
	Journal = {SIAM Journal of Imaging Science},
	Volume = {3},
	Number = {4},
	Pages = {835--855},
	Year = {2010}
} 


@InProceedings{NdVe_ACC[2010], 
	Author = {Ndiour, I.J. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Optimal Estimation Applied to Visual Contour Tracking},
	BookTitle = {American Control Conference},
	Pages = {4564--4569},
	Year = {2010}
} 


@InProceedings{NdVe_CDC[2010], 
	Author = {Ndiour, I.J. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {A Local Sub-Optimal Second-Order Filter for Visual Tracking},
	BookTitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control},
	Pages = {2498--2504},
	Year = {2010}
} 


@InProceedings{VeOgVe_DASC[2010], 
	Author = {Vela, P.A. and Vela, A.E. and Ogunmakin, G.},
	Title = {Topologically based decision support tools for aircraft routing},
	BookTitle = {Digital Avionics Systems Conference},
	Pages = {1--0},
	Year = {2010}
} 


@article{YaEtAl_AEI[2010], 
	Author = {Yang, J. and Arif, O. and Vela, P.A. and Teizer, J. and Shi, Z.},
	Title = {Tracking Multiple Workers on Construction Situes Using Video Cameras},
	Journal = {Advanced Engineering Informatics},
	Volume = {24},
	Number = {4},
	Pages = {428--34},
	Year = {2010}
} 


@InProceedings{ZhEtAl_ISARC[2010], 
	Author = {Zhu, Z. and Ndiour, I.J. and Brilakis, I. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Improvements to Concrete Column Detection in Live Video},
	BookTitle = {ISARC},
	Pages = {108--117},
	Address = {Bratislava, Slovakia},
 	Year = {2010}
} 


@article{TeVe_AEI[2009], 
	Author = {Teizer, J. and Vela, P.A. and Ndiour, I.},
	Title = {Personnel Tracking on Construction Sites Using Video Cameras},
	Journal = {Advanced Engineering Informatics},
	Volume = {23},
	Number = {4},
	Pages = {452--462},
	Year = {2009}
} 


@article{VeEtAl_TCST[2009], 
	Author = {Vela, P.A. and Betser, A. and Malcolm, J. and Tannenbaum, A.},
	Title = {Vision-Based Range Regulation of a Leader-Follower Formation},
	Journal = {IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology},
	Volume = {17},
	Number = {2},
	Pages = {442--448},
	Year = {2009}
} 


@InProceedings{ArEtAl_DASC[2009], 
	Author = {Arif, O. and Yang, J. and Teizer, J. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Visual Monitoring of Airport Ground Operations},
	BookTitle = {Proceedings of the Digital Avionics Systems Conference},
	Address = {Orlando, FL},
 	Year = {2009}
} 


@InProceedings{ArVe_BMVC[2009], 
	Author = {Arif, O. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Robust Density Comparison for Visual Tracking},
	BookTitle = {British Machine Vision Conference},
	Number = {189},
	Pages = {1--6},
	Address = {London, UK},
 	Year = {2009}
} 


@InProceedings{ArVe_ICIP[2009], 
	Author = {Arif, O. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Kernel Covariance Image Region Description for Object Tracking},
	BookTitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing},
	Address = {Cairo, Egypt},
 	Year = {2009}
} 


@InProceedings{ArVe_ICCV[2009a], 
	Author = {Arif, O. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Non-Rigid Object Localization and Segmentation Using Eigenspace Representation},
	BookTitle = {IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision},
	Year = {2009}
} 


@InProceedings{ArVe_ICCV[2009b], 
	Author = {Arif, O. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Kernel Map Compression Using Generalized Radial Basis Functions},
	BookTitle = {IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision},
	Year = {2009}
} 


@InProceedings{NdVe_CDC[2009], 
	Author = {Ndiour, I.J. and Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Towards a Local {K}alman Filter for Visual Tracking},
	BookTitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control},
	Year = {2009}
} 


@InProceedings{YaEtAl_PETS[2009], 
	Author = {Yang, J. and Vela, P.A. and Shi, Z.K. and Teizer, J.},
	Title = {Probabilistic Multiple People Tracking through Complex Situatiions},
	BookTitle = {International Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Tracking and Surveillance (PETS)},
	Pages = {86--94},
	Year = {2009}
} 


@article{NiVeTa_TPAMI[2008], 
	Author = {Niethammer, M. and Vela, P.A. and Tannenbaum, A.},
	Title = {Geometric Observers for Dynamically Evolving Curves},
	Journal = {IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence},
	Volume = {30},
	Number = {6},
	Pages = {1093--1108},
	Year = {2008}
} 


@article{VeEtAl_TCST[2008], 
	Author = {Vela, P.A. and Niethammer, M. and Pryor, G.D. and Tannenbaum, A.R. and Butts, R. and Washburn, D.},
	Title = {Knowledge-Based Segmentation for Tracking Through Deep Turbulence},
	Journal = {IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology},
	Volume = {16},
	Number = {3},
	Pages = {469--474},
	Year = {2008}
} 


@InProceedings{TeVe_ICE[2008], 
	Author = {Teizer, J. and Vela, P.},
	Title = {Workforce Tracking on Construction Sites Using Video Cameras},
	BookTitle = {Workshop of the European Group for Intelligent Computing in Engineering},
	Year = {2008}
} 


@InProceedings{PrEtAl_CDC[2007], 
	Author = {Pryor, G. and ur-Rehman, T. and Lankton, S. and Vela, P.A. and Tannenbaum, A.},
	Title = {Fast Optimal Mass Transport for Dynamic Active Contour Tracking on the GPU},
	BookTitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control},
	Pages = {2681--2688},
	Year = {2007}
} 


@InProceedings{PrEtAl_BMVC[2007], 
	Author = {Pryor, G. and Vela, P.A. and Rehg, J. and Tannenbam, A.},
	Title = {Layered Active Contours for Tracking},
	BookTitle = {British Machine Vision Conference},
	Address = {Warwick, UK},
 	Year = {2007}
} 


@InProceedings{Ve_CDC[2006], 
	Author = {Vela, P.A.},
	Title = {Knowledge-Based Segmentation Using Dynamic Models},
	BookTitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control},
	Year = {2007}
} 


@InProceedings{NiVeTa_CDC[2005], 
	Author = {Niethammer, M. and Vela, P.A. and Tannenbaum, A.},
	Title = {Geometric Observers for Dynamically Evolving Curves},
	BookTitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control},
	Pages = {6071--6077},
	Year = {2005}
} 


@article{NiVeTa_IJCV[2005], 
	Author = {Niethammer, M. and Vela, P.A. and Tannenbaum, A.R.},
	Title = {On the Evolution of Vector Distance Functions of Closed Curves},
	Journal = {International Journal of Computer Vision},
	Volume = {65},
	Pages = {5--27},
	Year = {2005}
} 


@InProceedings{VeBu_ACC[2003a], 
	Author = {Vela, P. A. and Burdick, J. W.},
	Title = {A General Averaging Theory via Series Expansions},
	BookTitle = {American Control Conference},
	Address = {Denver, CO},
 	Year = {2003}
} 


@InProceedings{VeBu_ACC[2003b], 
	Author = {Vela, P. A. and Burdick, J. W.},
	Title = {Control of Underactuated Driftless Systems Using Higher-Order Averaging},
	BookTitle = {American Control Conference},
	Address = {Denver, CO},
 	Year = {2003}
} 


@InProceedings{VeBu_CDC[2003a], 
	Author = {Vela, P. A. and Burdick, J. W.},
	Title = {Geometric Homogeneity and Controllability of Nonlinear Systems},
	BookTitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control},
	Year = {2003}
} 


@InProceedings{VeBu_CDC[2003b], 
	Author = {Vela, P. A. and Burdick, J. W.},
	Title = {Control of Mechanical Systems with Drift Using Higher-Order Averaging},
	BookTitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control},
	Year = {2003}
} 


@InProceedings{VeBu_ICRA[2003], 
	Author = {Vela, P.A. and Burdick, J.W.},
	Title = {Control of Biomimetic Locomotion via Averaging Theory},
	BookTitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation},
	Pages = {1482--1489},
	Address = {Taipei, Taiwan},
 	Year = {2003}
} 


@PhdThesis{Vela_Thesis[2003], 
	Author = {Vela, P. A.},
	Title = {Averaging and Control of Nonlinear Systems},
	School = {California Institute of Technology},
	Year = {2003}
} 


@InProceedings{MoVeBu_ICRA[2002], 
	Author = {Morgansen, K. A. and Vela, P. A. and Burdick, J. W.},
	Title = {Trajectory Stabilization for a Planar Carangiform Robot Fish},
	BookTitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation},
	Address = {Washinton D.C},
 	Year = {2002}
} 


@InProceedings{VeMoBu_ACC[2002], 
	Author = {Vela, P. A. and Morgansen, K. A. and Burdick, J. W.},
	Title = {Second-Order Averaging Methods for Oscillatory Control of Underactuated Mechanical Systems},
	BookTitle = {American Control Conference},
	Address = {Anchorage, AL},
 	Year = {2002}
} 


@InProceedings{VeBu_CDC[2002], 
	Author = {Vela, P. A. and Morgansen, K. A. and Burdick, J. W.},
	Title = {Underwater Locomotion from Oscillatory Shape Deformations},
	BookTitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control},
	Address = {Las Vegas, NV},
 	Year = {2002}
}