Publications

Publications of P.A. Vela

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Academic Journals

  1. A.H. Chang, C.M. Hubicki, J.J. Aguilar, D.I. Goldman, A.D. Ames, P.A. Vela. Learning Terrain Dynamics: A Gaussian Process Modeling and Optimal Control Adaptation Framework Applied to Robot Jumping. submitted to IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 2019. (more)
  2. F. Chu, R. Xu, P.A. Vela. Learning Affordance Segmentation for Real-World Robotic Manipulation via Synthetic Images. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 4(2):1140-1147, 2019. (more) doi
  3. A.H. Chang, P.A. Vela. Evaluation of Bio-Inspired Scales on Locomotion Performance of Snake-like Robots. Robotica, 37(8), 2019. (more) doi
  4. Y. Zhao, G. Zhang, P.A. Vela. Good Features Matching: Towards Accurate, Robust, and Low-Latency VO/VSLAM. submitted to IEEE Trans. on Robotics (under review), 2019. (more)
  5. F.J. Chu, R. Xu, P.A. Vela. Real-World Multi-Object, Multi-Grasp Detection. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 3(4):3355-3362, 2018. (more) doi
  6. F.J. Chu, R. Xu, P.A. Vela. Deep Grasp: Detection and Localization of Grasps with Deep Neural Networks. arxiv/CoRR, abs/1802.00520, 2018. (more) download
  7. G.M. Hadjidemetriou, P.A. Vela, S.E. Christodoulou. Automated Pavement Patch Detection and Quantification using Support Vector Machines. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 32(1), 2018. (more) download
  8. J.S. Smith, J.H. Hwang, F.J. Chu, P.A. Vela. Learning to Navigate: Exploiting Deep Networks to Inform Sample-Based Planning During Vision-Based Navigation. arxiv/CoRR, abs/1801.05132, 2018. (more) download
  9. M. Bügler, A. Bormann, G. Ogunmakin, P.A. Vela, J. Teizer. Fusion of Photogrammetry and Video Analysis for Productivity Assessment of Earthwork Processes. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 32(2):107-123, 2017. (more)
  10. N.K. Hyun, P.A. Vela, E.I. Verriest. A New Framework for Optimal Path Planning of Rectangular Robots Using a Weighted $L_p$ Norm. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2(3):1460-1465, 2017. (more) download
  11. B. Nguyen, I. Brilakis, P.A. Vela. Optimized Parameters for Over-Height Vehicle Detection Under Variable Weather Conditions. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 31(5), 2017. (more)
  12. I. Kolesov, J. Lee, G. Sharp, P. Vela, A. Tannenbaum. A Stochastic Approach to Diffeomorphic Point Set Registration with Landmark Constraints. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 38(2):238-251, 2016. (more) download
  13. G. Zhang, M. Kontitsis, N. Filipe, P. Tsiotras, P.A. Vela. Cooperative Relative Navigation for Space Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Using Controlled Active Vision. Journal of Field Robotics, 33(2), 2016. (more)
  14. H. Astley, C. Gong, M. Travers, M. Serrano, P. Vela, J.R. Mendelson III, H. Choset, D.L. Hu, D.I. Goldman. Modulation of Orthogonal Body Waves Enables High Maneuverability in Sidewinding Locomotion. Proceedings of the NAtional Academy of Sciences, 112(19):6200-5, 2015. (more)
  15. G. Chowdhary, H.A. Kingravi, J. How, P.A. Vela. Bayesian Nonparametric Adaptive Control Using Gaussian Processes. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 26(3):537-550, 2015. (more)
  16. A. Rashidi, I. Brilakis, P. Vela. Generating Absolute-Scale Point Cloud Data of Built Infrastructure Scenes Using a Monocular Camera Setting. ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 29(6), 2015. (more)
  17. S.S. Sharpe, S.A. Koehler, R. Kuckuk, M. Serrano, P. Vela, D.I. Goldman. Locomotor Benefits of Being a Slender and Slick Sand-Swimmer. Journal of Experimantal Biology, 218:440-450, 2015. (more)
  18. J. Yang, MW Park, P.A. Vela, M. Golparvar-Fard. Construction Performance Monitoring via Still Images, Time-Lapse Photos, and Video Streams: Now, Tomorrow, and the Future. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 29(2):211-224, 2015. (more) doi
  19. G. Zhang, P.A. Vela, I. Brilakis, P. Karasev. A Sparsity-Inducing Optimization Based Algorithm for Planar Patches Extraction from Noisy Point-Cloud Data. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 30(2):85-102, 2015. (more) doi
  20. O. Arif, S. Ray, P.A. Vela, J. Teizer. Potential of Time-of-Flight (TOF) Range Imaging for Object Identification and Manipulation in Construction. ASCE J. Computing in Civil Engineering, 28(6), 2014. (more) doi
  21. E. Celebi, H.A Kingravi, P.A Vela. A comparative study of efficient initialization methods for the k-means clustering algorithm. Expert Syst. Appl, 40(1):200-210, 2013. (more)
  22. F. Dai, A. Rashidi, I. Brilakis, P.A. Vela. Comparison of Image- and Time-of-Flight-Based Technologies for Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Infrastructure. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(1), 2013. (more)
  23. P. Karasev, I. Kolesov, K. Fritscher, P. Vela, P. Mitchell, A. Tannenbaum. Interactive Medical Image Segmentation using PDE Control of Active Contours. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 32(11):2127-2139, 2013. (more)
  24. Y. Lou, A. Irimia, P. Vela, M.C. Chambers, J. Van Horn, P.M. Vespa, A. Tannenbaum. Multimodal Deformable Registration of Traumatic Brain Injury MR Volumes via the Bhattacharyya Distance. IEEE Transactions on Bioengineering, 60(9):2511-2520, 2013. (more)
  25. A. Rashidi, F. Dai, I. Brilakis, P.A. Vela. Optimized Selection of Key Frames for Monocular Videogrammetric Surveying of Civil Infrastructure. Advance Engineering Informatics, 27(2):270-282, 2013. (more) doi pdf
  26. C. Rebola, G. Ogunmakin, P.A. Vela. Design and Technologies for Understanding Older Adults Social Interactions in Retirement Communities. International Journal of Social Robotics, 5(4):575-591, 2013. (more)
  27. J. Yang, P.A. Vela, J. Teizer, Z. Shi. Vision-Based Tower Crane Tracking for Understanding Construction Activity. ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 28(1):103-112, 2013. (more) doi pdf
  28. Y. Lou, X. Jia, T. Niu, P. Vela, L. Zhu, A. Tannenbaum. Joint CT/CBCT Deformable Registration and CBCT Enhancement for Cancer Radiotherapy. Medical Image Analysis, 17(3):387-400, April 2013. (more)
  29. T. Cheng, U. Mantripragada, J. Teizer, P.A. Vela. Automated Trajectory and Path Planning Analysis Based on Ultra Wideband Data. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 26(2):151-160, 2012. (more) doi
  30. H.A. Kingravi, G. Chowdhary, P.A. Vela, E.N. Johnson. Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space Approach for the Online Update of Radial Bases in Neuro-Adaptive Control. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 23(7):1130-1141, 2012. (more) download
  31. O. Arif, P.A. Vela. Kernel Map Compression for Speeding the Execution of Kernel-Based Methods. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 22(6):870-879, 2011. (more) doi pdf
  32. T. Cheng, M. Venugopal, J. Teizer, P.A. Vela. Performance Evaluation of Ultra Wideband Technology for Resource Location Tracking in Harsh Environments. Automation in Construction, 20(8):870-879, 2011. (more) doi pdf
  33. T. Cheng, U. Mantripragada, J. Teizer, P.A. Vela. Automated Trajectory and Path Planning Analysis Based on Ultra Wideband Data. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 26(2):151-160, 2011. (more) doi pdf
  34. S.M. Shahandashti, S.N. Razavi, L. Soibelman, M. Berges, C.M. Caldas, I. Brilakis, J. Teizer, P.A. Vela, C.T. Haas, J. Garrett, B. Akinci, Z. Zhiu. Data Fusion Approaches and Applications for Construction Engineering. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 137(10):863-869, 2011. (more) doi pdf
  35. J. Yang, T. Cheng, P.A. Vela, J. Teizer, Z. Shi. A Performance Evaluation of Vision and Radio Frequency Tracking Methods for Interacting Workforce. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 25(4):736-747, 2011. (more) doi pdf
  36. I.J. Ndiour, J. and Teizer, P.A. Vela. A Probabilistic Observer for Visual Tracking. SIAM Journal of Imaging Science, 3(4):835-855, 2010. (more) doi pdf
  37. J. Yang, O. Arif, P.A. Vela, J. Teizer, Z. Shi. Tracking Multiple Workers on Construction Situes Using Video Cameras. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 24(4):428-34, 2010. (more) doi pdf
  38. J. Teizer, P.A. Vela, I. Ndiour. Personnel Tracking on Construction Sites Using Video Cameras. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 23(4):452-462, 2009. (more) doi pdf
  39. P.A. Vela, A. Betser, J. Malcolm, A. Tannenbaum. Vision-Based Range Regulation of a Leader-Follower Formation. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 17(2):442-448, 2009. (more) pdf
  40. M. Niethammer, P.A. Vela, A. Tannenbaum. Geometric Observers for Dynamically Evolving Curves. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 30(6):1093-1108, 2008. (more) pdf
  41. P.A. Vela, M. Niethammer, G.D. Pryor, A.R. Tannenbaum, R. Butts, D. Washburn. Knowledge-Based Segmentation for Tracking Through Deep Turbulence. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 16(3):469-474, 2008. (more) pdf
  42. M. Niethammer, P.A. Vela, A.R. Tannenbaum. On the Evolution of Vector Distance Functions of Closed Curves. International Journal of Computer Vision, 65:5-27, 2005. (more)

Book Chapters

  1. J.S. Smith, S. Feng, F. Lyu, P.A. Vela. Real-Time Egocentric Navigation Using 3D Sensing. In Machine Vision and Navigation (to be published), O. Sergiyenko, W. Flores-Fuentes, P. Mercorelli (eds.), Springer, 2019. (more)

International Conferences

  1. W. Ye, Y. Zhao, P.A. Vela. Characterizing SLAM Benchmarks and Methods for the Robust Perception Age. In ICRA Workshop on SLAM Benchmarking, 2019. (more) download
  2. Y. Zhao, W. Ye, P.A. Vela. Low-latency Visual SLAM with Appearance-Enhanced Local Map Building. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Pages 8213-8219, May 2019. (more) doi
  3. Y. Zhao, P.A. Vela. Good Feature Selection for Least Squares Pose Optimization in VO/VSLAM. In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pages 1183-1189, 2018. (more) download
  4. F.C. Chu, R. Xu, Z. Zhang, P.A. Vela, M. Ghovanloo. Hands-Free Control of an Assistive Manipulator Using Augmented Reality and Tongue Drive System. In IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robotics, Pages 5463-5468, Madrid, Spain, 2018. (more) download
  5. L. Fairfax, P.A. Vela. A Concurrent Learning Approach to Monocular, Vision-Based Regulation of Leader/Follower Systems. In American Control Conference, Pages 3502-3507, 2018. (more) download
  6. F.C. Chu, R. Xu, Z. Zhang, P.A. Vela, M. Ghovanloo. The Helping Hand: An Assistive Manipulation Framework Using Augmented Reality and Tongue-Drive Interfaces. In International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Honolulu, HI, 2018. (more) download
  7. Y. Zhao, P.A. Vela. Good Line Cutting: Towards Accurate Pose Tracking of Line-assisted VO/VSLAM. In ECCV, 2018. (more) download
  8. J.S. Smith, P.A. Vela. Planning in Perception Space. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Pages 6204-6209, 2017. (more) download
  9. A.H. Chang, P.A. Vela. Closed-Loop Path Following of Traveling Wave Rectilinear Motion Through Obstacle-Strewn Terrain. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Pages 3532-3537, May 2017. (more) download
  10. A.H. Chang, C.M. Hubicki, J.J. Aguilar, D.I. Goldman, A.D. Ames, P.A. Vela. Learning to Jump in Granular Media: Unifying Optimal Control Synthesis with Gaussian Process-Based Regression. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Pages 2154-60, May 2017. (more) download
  11. G. Ogunmakin, P. Vela, C. Rebola. A Semi-Automated System for Measuring the Effects of Technology Interventions in Older Adult Populations. In Measuring Behavior, Pages 117-122, 2016. (more)
  12. M.M. Serrano, YP Chen, A. Howard, P.A. Vela. Lower Limb Pose Estimation for Monitoring the Kicking Patterns of Infants. In International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Pages 2157-2160, 2016. (more)
  13. M.M. Serrano, YP Chen, A. Howard, P.A. Vela. Automated Feet Detection for Clinical Gait Assessment. In International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Pages 2161-2164, 2016. (more)
  14. G. Zhang, M.J. Lilly, P.A. Vela. Learning Binary Features Online from Motion Dynamics for Incremental Loop-Closure Detection and Place Recognition. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2016. (more)
  15. A.H. Chang, M.M. Serrano, P.A. Vela. Shape-Centric Modeling of Traveling Wave Rectilinear Locomotion for Snake-Like Robots. In IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Pages 7535-7541, Las Vegas, NV, December 2016. (more)
  16. A.H. Chang, M.M. Serrano, P.A. Vela. Shape-Centric Modeling of Lateral Undulation and Sidewinding Gaits for Snake Robots. In IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Pages 6676-6682, Las Vegas, NV, December 2016. (more)
  17. M. Serrano, A. Chang, G. Zhang, P. Vela. Incorporating Frictional Anisotropy in the Design of a Robotic Snake Through the Exploitation of Scales. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Pages 3729-3734, 2015. (more)
  18. G. Hadjidemetriou, M.M. Serrano, P.A. Vela, S. Christodoulou. Path Defects Detection in Images Using Support Vector Machines. In International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Prague, Czech Republic, 2015. (more)
  19. P. Mavrovounioti, G. Hadjidemetriou, P.A. Vela, S. Christodoulou. Computer-Vision-Aided Automatic Generation of Building Information Models. In International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Prague, Czech Republic, 2015. (more)
  20. G. Zhang, P. Vela. Optimal Observability and Minimal Cardinality Localization and Mapping. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2015. (more)
  21. G. Zhang, P. Vela. Good Features to Track for Visual SLAM. In Proceedings IEEE Conference on Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2015. (more)
  22. M. Bügler, G. Ogunmakin, J. Teizer, P. A. Vela, A. Borrmann. A Comprehensive Methodology for Vision-Based Progress and Activity Estimation of Excavation Processes for Productivity Assessment. In EG-ICE Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering, Cardiff, Wales, 2014. (more)
  23. L. Keselman, E. Verriest, P.A. Vela. Forage RRT - An Efficient Approach To Task-Space Goal Planning for High Dimensional Systems. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Pages 1572-1577, 2014. (more)
  24. G. Zhang, P.A. Vela, I. Brilakis. Automatic Generation of as-built Geometric Civil Infrastructure Models from Point Cloud Data. In International Workshop on Construction in Civil Engineering, Pages 406-413, Orlando, FL, 2014. (more) doi
  25. G. Zhang, P. Vela, P. Tsiotras, D-M. Cho. Efficient Closed-Loop Detection and Pose Estimation for Vision-Only Relative Localization in Space with a Cooperative Target. In AIAA Space and Astronautics Forum and Exposition, San Diego, CA, 2014. (more) doi
  26. G. Chowdhary, H.A. Kingravi, How J, P.A. Vela. Nonparametric Adaptive Control of Time-Varying Systems using Gaussian processes. In American Control Conference, Pages 2655-2661, 2013. (more)
  27. G. Chowdhary, H.A Kingravi, J.P. How, P.A. Vela. Nonparametric Adaptive Control using Gaussian Processes. In CDC, Pages 861-867, 2013. (more)
  28. G. Chowdhary, H. Kingravi, R.C. Grande, J.P. How, P. Vela. Nonparametric Adaptive Control using Gaussian Processes. In AIAA Guidance Navigation and Control Conference, 2013. (more)
  29. G. Chowdhary, H.A. Kingravi, R. Grande, J. How, P.A. Vela. Bayesian Nonparametric Adaptive Control using Gaussian Processes. In Multidisciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making, 2013. (more)
  30. G. Chowdhary, H.A. Kingravi, R. Grande, J. How, P.A. Vela. Bayesian Nonparametric Adaptive Control using Gaussian Processes. In NIPS Workshop on Advances in Machine Learning for Sensorimotor Control, 2013. (more)
  31. P. Karasev, P. Vela, A. Tannenbaum. IMU-Compensated Image Segmentation for Improved Vision-Based Control Performance. In IEEE Systems Conference, Pages 251-257, 2013. (more)
  32. H. Kingravi, P.A Vela, A. Gray. Reduced Set KPCA for Improving the Training and Execution Speed of Kernel Machines. In SIAM International Conference on Data Mining, Pages 441-449, Austin, TX, 2013. (more)
  33. I. Kolesov, J. Lee, P. Vela, A. Tannenbaum. A Stochastic Approach for Non-Rigid Image Registration. In Conference on Image Processing - Algorithms and Systems XI, Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 8655, 2013. (more)
  34. I. Kolesov, J. Lee, P. Vela, A. Tannenbaum. Stochastic Image Registration with User Constraints. In Conference on Medical Imaging - Image Processing, Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 8669, 2013. (more)
  35. I. Kolesov, P. Karasev, N. Shusharinia, P.A Vela, A. Tannenbaum, G. Sharp. Interactive Segmentation of Structures in the Head and Neck Using Steerable Active Contours. In Medical Physics - Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Volume 40, 2013. (more)
  36. A. Rashidi, I. Brilakis, P.A. Vela. Built Infrastructure Point Cloud Data Cleaning: An Overview of Gap Filling Algorithms. In International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality, Pages 585-593, London, UK, 2013. (more)
  37. Rashidi A, I. Brilakis, P.A. Vela. Monocular Videogrammetry for Generating Absolute-Scale 3D Point Cloud Data of Civil and Infrastructure Scenes. In International Workshop on Construction in Civil Engineering, Pages 581-588, Los Angeles, CA, 2013. (more)
  38. G. Zhang, P.A. Vela, I. Brilakis. Detecting, Fitting, and Classifying Surface Primitives for Infrastructure Point Cloud Data. In International Workshop on Construction in Civil Engineering, Pages 589-596, Los Angeles, CA, 2013. (more) doi
  39. L, Rebola, C. B. Bowers, P. Vela. Communication Technologies for Older Adults in Retirement Communities. In Proceedings of the ALAIPO, Cordoba, Argentina, 2012. (more)
  40. F Dai, A Rashidi, I Brilakis, PA Vela. Comparison of Image-Based and Time-of-Flight-Based Technologies for 3D Reconstruction of Infrastructure. In ASCE Construction Research Congress, Pages 929-939, West Lafayette, IN, 2012. (more)
  41. P.A. Karasev, A.E. Vela, P.A. Vela, A.R. Tannenbaum. Detection of Human-Initiated Vehicle Maneuvers via Group-Sparsity. In MTNS, 2012. (more) pdf
  42. A. Rashidi, F. Dai, I. Brilakis, P.A. Vela. A Novel Approach for Automated Selection of Key Video Frames for 3D Reconstruction of Civil Infrastructure. In International Workshop on Construction in Civil Engineering, Pages 188-195, Clearwater Beach, FL, 2012. (more)
  43. C. Rebola, G. Ogunmakin, P.A. Vela. Automated Behavioral Mapping for Monitoring Social Interactions Among Older Adults. In Proc. of International Conference on Social Robotics, Pages 188-198, 2012. (more)
  44. C.B. Rebola, P. Vela, C. Saurus, J. Palacio, G. Ogunmakin. Stitchtures: Interactive Art Installations for Social Interventions in Retirement Communities. In Proceedings of the SIGDOC, Seattle, WA, 2012. (more)
  45. M.M. Serrano, S. Sharpe, D.I. Goldman, P.A. Vela. Marker-Based Tracking of Subsurface Locomotion in Noisy Environments. In Workshop on Visual Observation and Analysis of Animal and Insect Behavior, Tsukuba, Japan, 2012. (more)
  46. A.E. Vela, P. Karasev, P.A. Vela. A posteriori aircraft control signal recovery via sparsity-inducing norm minimization. In Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), 2012 IEEE/AIAA 31st, Pages 4-1, 2012. (more) pdf
  47. G. Zhang, P. Karasev, I. Brilakis, P.A. Vela. A Sparsity-Inducing Optimization Algorithm for the Extraction of Planar Structures in Noisy Point Cloud Data. In International Workshop on Construction in Civil Engineering, Pages 317-324, 2012. (more) doi pdf
  48. F. Dai, A. Rashidi, I. Brilakis I, P.A. Vela. Generating the Sparse Point Cloud of a Civil Infrastructure Scene Using a Single Video Camera under Practical Constraints. In Winter Simulation Conference, Phoenix, AZ, 2011. (more)
  49. P.A. Karasev, M.M. Serrano, P.A. Vela, A. Tannenbaum. Depth invariant visual servoing. In IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Pages 4992-4998, 2011. (more) pdf
  50. H.A. Kingravi, G. Chowdhary, P.A. Vela, Eric N. Johnson. A Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space Approach for the Online Update of Radial Bases in Neuro-Adaptive Control. In IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Pages 1796-1802, 2011. (more) download
  51. H. Fathi, I. Brilakis, P.A. Vela. Automated 3D Structure Inference of Civil Infrastructure Using a Stereo Camera Set. In International Workshop on Construction in Civil Engineering, Pages 118-125, 2011. (more)
  52. A. Rashidi, F. Dai, I. Brilakis, P.A. Vela. Comparison of Camera Motion Estimation Methods for 3D Reconstruction of Infrastructure. In International Workshop on Construction in Civil Engineering, Pages 363-371, 2011. (more)
  53. C.B. Rebola, P. Vela, C. Saurus, J. Palacio, G. Ogunmakin. Stitchtures: Interactive Art Installation for Social Interventions. In International Symposium on Electronic Art, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011. (more)
  54. Kang Xue, Gbolabo Ogunmakin, Yue Liu, Patricio A Vela, Yongtian Wang. PTZ camera-based adaptive panoramic and multi-layered background model. In International Conference on Image Processing, Pages 2949-2952, 2011. (more)
  55. J. Yang, P.A. Vela, J. Teizer, Z. Shi. Vision-Based Crane Tracking for Understanding Construction Activity. In ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, Pages 258-265, 2011. (more) doi pdf
  56. J. Yang, Z.K. Shi, P.A. Vela. Person Reidentification by Kernel PCA Based Appearance Learning. In Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, Pages 227-233, 2011. (more) download pdf
  57. P. Karasev, M.M. Serrano, P.A. Vela, A. Tannenbaum. Visual Closed-Loop Tracking with Area Stabilization. In American Control Conference, Pages 6955-6961, 2010. (more) pdf
  58. P.A. Karasev, P.A. Vela, A. Tannenbaum. Delay estimation for wireless LAN control of nonlinear systems. In IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Pages 1010-1016, 2010. (more)
  59. A. Makhmalbaf, M.W. Park, J. Yang, I. Brilakis, P.A. Vela. 2D Vision Tracking Methods' Performance Comparison for 3D Tracking of Construction Resources. In Construction Research Congress, Pages 459-469, 2010. (more) doi pdf
  60. I.J. Ndiour, O. Arif, J. Teizer, P.A. Vela. A Probabilistic Observer for Visual Tracking. In American Control Conference, Pages 4558-4563, 2010. (more) pdf
  61. I.J. Ndiour, P.A. Vela. Optimal Estimation Applied to Visual Contour Tracking. In American Control Conference, Pages 4564-4569, 2010. (more) pdf
  62. I.J. Ndiour, P.A. Vela. A Local Sub-Optimal Second-Order Filter for Visual Tracking. In IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Pages 2498-2504, 2010. (more)
  63. P.A. Vela, A.E. Vela, G. Ogunmakin. Topologically based decision support tools for aircraft routing. In Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Pages 1-0, 2010. (more)
  64. Z. Zhu, I.J. Ndiour, I. Brilakis, P.A. Vela. Improvements to Concrete Column Detection in Live Video. In ISARC, Pages 108-117, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2010. (more) pdf
  65. O. Arif, P.A. Vela. Robust Target Localization and Segmentation Using Graph Cut, KPCA and Mean-Shift. In International Conference on Machine Learning Applications, Pages 35-40, Miami, FL, 2009. (more)
  66. O. Arif, J. Yang, J. Teizer, P.A. Vela. Visual Monitoring of Airport Ground Operations. In Proceedings of the Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Orlando, FL, 2009. (more)
  67. O. Arif, P.A. Vela. Robust Density Comparison for Visual Tracking. In British Machine Vision Conference, Pages 1-6, London, UK, 2009. (more) pdf
  68. O. Arif, P.A. Vela. Kernel Covariance Image Region Description for Object Tracking. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Cairo, Egypt, 2009. (more)
  69. O. Arif, P.A. Vela. Non-Rigid Object Localization and Segmentation Using Eigenspace Representation. In IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision, 2009. (more) pdf
  70. O. Arif, P.A. Vela. Kernel Map Compression Using Generalized Radial Basis Functions. In IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision, 2009. (more) pdf
  71. I.J. Ndiour, P.A. Vela. Towards a Local Kalman Filter for Visual Tracking. In IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2009. (more) pdf
  72. J. Yang, P.A. Vela, Z.K. Shi, J. Teizer. Probabilistic Multiple People Tracking through Complex Situatiions. In International Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Tracking and Surveillance (PETS), Pages 86-94, 2009. (more) pdf
  73. J. Teizer, P. Vela. Workforce Tracking on Construction Sites Using Video Cameras. In Workshop of the European Group for Intelligent Computing in Engineering, 2008. (more)
  74. G. Pryor, T. ur-Rehman, S. Lankton, P.A. Vela, A. Tannenbaum. Fast Optimal Mass Transport for Dynamic Active Contour Tracking on the GPU. In IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Pages 2681-2688, 2007. (more)
  75. G. Pryor, P.A. Vela, J. Rehg, A. Tannenbam. Layered Active Contours for Tracking. In British Machine Vision Conference, Warwick, UK, 2007. (more)
  76. P.A. Vela. Knowledge-Based Segmentation Using Dynamic Models. In IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2007. (more)
  77. M. Niethammer, P.A. Vela, A. Tannenbaum. Geometric Observers for Dynamically Evolving Curves. In IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Pages 6071-6077, 2005. (more)
  78. P. A. Vela, J. W. Burdick. A General Averaging Theory via Series Expansions. In American Control Conference, Denver, CO, 2003. (more)
  79. P. A. Vela, J. W. Burdick. Control of Underactuated Driftless Systems Using Higher-Order Averaging. In American Control Conference, Denver, CO, 2003. (more)
  80. P. A. Vela, J. W. Burdick. Geometric Homogeneity and Controllability of Nonlinear Systems. In IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2003. (more)
  81. P. A. Vela, J. W. Burdick. Control of Mechanical Systems with Drift Using Higher-Order Averaging. In IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2003. (more)
  82. P.A. Vela, J.W. Burdick. Control of Biomimetic Locomotion via Averaging Theory. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Pages 1482-1489, Taipei, Taiwan, 2003. (more)
  83. K. A. Morgansen, P. A. Vela, J. W. Burdick. Trajectory Stabilization for a Planar Carangiform Robot Fish. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Washinton D.C, 2002. (more)
  84. P. A. Vela, K. A. Morgansen, J. W. Burdick. Second-Order Averaging Methods for Oscillatory Control of Underactuated Mechanical Systems. In American Control Conference, Anchorage, AL, 2002. (more)
  85. P. A. Vela, K. A. Morgansen, J. W. Burdick. Underwater Locomotion from Oscillatory Shape Deformations. In IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, NV, 2002. (more)

Misc

  1. J.S. Smith, J.H. Hwang, P.A. Vela. Benchmark Worlds for Testing Autonomous Navigation Algorithms. 2018. (more) download

Thesis

  1. P. A. Vela. Averaging and Control of Nonlinear Systems. PhD Thesis California Institute of Technology, 2003. (more) pdf

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