Peer-Reviewed Papers$^{\S}$

* Corresponding Author

$\dagger$ Equal Contribution

Journal Papers

  1. Zewen Yang$^{\boldsymbol{\dagger}}$, Xiaobing Dai$^{\boldsymbol{\dagger}}$, Zhenxiao Yin, Hang Zhao, and C.C. Chan, "COIN-GP: Cooperative Online Learning in Networked Distributed Systems with Partial Measurements via Gaussian Process Regression", Automatic, 2024. (under review).
  2. Zheping Yan(supervisor), Zewen Yang*, Xiaoli Pan, Jiajia Zhou, and Di Wu, "Virtual Leader Based Path Tracking Control for Multi-UUV Considering Sampled-data Delays and Packet Losses", Ocean Engineering, vol. 216, p. 108065, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.108065.
  3. Zheping Yan(supervisor), Zewen Yang*, Lidong Yue, Lu Wang, Heming Jia, and Jiajia Zhou, "Discrete-time coordinated control of leader-following multiple AUVs under switching topologies and communication delays", Ocean Engineering, vol. 172, pp. 361-372, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2018.12.018.
  4. Zheping Yan(supervisor), Zewen Yang*, Jinzhong Zhang, Jiajia Zhou, Anzuo Jiang, and Xue Du, "Trajectory Tracking Control of UUV Based on Backstepping Sliding Mode With Fuzzy Switching Gain in Diving Plane", IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 166788-166795, 2019. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2953530.
  5. Xiaobing Dai, Zewen Yang*, Sihua Zhang, Di-Hua Zhai, Yuanqing Xia, and Sandra Hirche, "Cooperative Online Learning for Multi-Agent System Control via Gaussian Processes with Event-Triggered Mechanism", IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/TNNLS.2024.3446732.
    Extended Version: Xiaobing Dai, Zewen Yang, and Sandra Hirche, "Cooperative Online Learning for Multi-Agent System Control via Gaussian Processes with Event-Triggered Mechanism: Extended Version", arXiv, 2023. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2304.05138
  6. Xiaobing Dai$^{\boldsymbol{\dagger}}$, Zewen Yang*$^{\boldsymbol{\dagger}}$, Mengtian Xu, Sihua Zhang, Fangzhou Liu, Georges Hattab, and Sandra Hirche, "Decentralized Event-Triggered Online Learning for Safe Consensus Control of Multi-Agent Systems with Gaussian Process Regression", European Journal of Control, 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcon.2024.101058.
  7. Moritz Weckbecker$^{\boldsymbol{\dagger}}$, Aleksandar Anžel$^{\boldsymbol{\dagger}}$, Zewen Yang$^{\boldsymbol{\dagger}}$, and Georges Hattab, "Interpretable Molecular Encodings and Representations for Machine Learning Tasks", Computational and Structural Biotechnology, 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2024.05.035.
  8. Armin Lederer, Zewen Yang, Junjie Jiao, and Sandra Hirche, "Cooperative Control of Uncertain Multi-Agent Systems via Distributed Gaussian Processes", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 68, no. 5, pp.3091--3098, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/TAC.2022.3205424.
  9. Akshat Dubey, Zewen Yang, and Georges Hattab, "A Nested Model for AI Design and Validation", iScience, 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110603.
  10. Zhenxiao Yin, Xiaobing Dai, Zewen Yang, Yang Shen, Fang Li, Dianxun Xiao, and Hang Zhao, "Torque-Induced-Overshoot Reduction Inspired Compensator for PMSM using Motor-Physics Embedded Gaussian Process Regression", IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2024.3443929.
  11. Zhenxiao Yin, Xiaobing Dai, Zewen Yang, Dianxun Xiao, Filippo Menolascina, Sandra Hirche, and Hang Zhao, "A Learning-Assisted Tunable Controller for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors using Gaussian Processes", IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, 2024. (under review). DOI: techrxiv.170619269.99730127.
  12. Zheping Yan, Jinzhong Zhang, Zewen Yang, and Jialing Tang, "Two-dimensional Optimal Path Planning for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Using a Whale Optimization Algorithm", Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, vol. 33, no. 9, pp. e6140, 2021. DOI: 10.1002/cpe.6140.
  13. Zheping Yan, Jinzhong Zhang, Zewen Yang, and Jialing Tang, "Kapur's Entropy for Underwater Multilevel Thresholding Image Segmentation Based on Whale Optimization Algorithm", IEEE Access, vol. 9, p. 41294 - 41319, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3005452.
  14. Zheping Yan, Xiaoli Pan, Zewen Yang, and Yueli Dong, "Formation Control of Leader-Following Multi-UUVs With Uncertain Factors and Time-Varying Delays", IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 118792-118805, 2019. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2935067.
  15. Zheping Yan, Anzuo Jiang, Xiangling Liu, Zewen Yang, and Heng Li, "Fine Alignment Algorithm for UUVs With a Large Misalignment Angle", IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 96953-96964, 2019. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2929509.
  16. Zheping Yan, Jiyun Li, Yi Wu, and Zewen Yang, "A Novel Path Planning for AUV Based on Objects' Motion Parameters Predication", IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 69304-69320, 2018.
  17. Zheping Yan, Lu Wang, Tongda Wang, Zewen Yang, Tao Chen, and Jian Xu, "Polar Cooperative Navigation Algorithm for Multi-Unmanned Underwater Vehicles Considering Communication Delays", Sensors, vol. 18, no. 4, p. 1044, 2018. DOI: 10.3390/s18041044.
    18. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2880307.
  18. Jiajia Zhou, Xinyi Zhao, Tao Chen, Zheping Yan, and Zewen Yang, "Trajectory Tracking Control of an Underactuated AUV Based on Backstepping Sliding Mode With State Prediction", IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 181983-181993, 2019. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2958360.
  19. Zheping Yan, Lu Wang, Tongda Wang, Honghan Zhang, and Zewen Yang, "Polar Transversal Initial Alignment Algorithm for UUV with a Large Misalignment Angle", Sensors, vol. 18, no. p. 3231, 2018. DOI: 10.3390/s18103231.
  20. Wei Zhang, Jia Zeng, Zheping Yan, Shilin Wei, Jun Zhang, and Zewen Yang, "Consensus Control of Multiple AUVs Recovery System Under Switching Topologies and Time Delays", IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 119965-119980, 2019. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2935104.
  21. Luis Roger Esquivel Gomez$^{\boldsymbol{\dagger}}$, Nadezdha Malysheva$^{\boldsymbol{\dagger}}$, Juliane Pfeil$^{\boldsymbol{\dagger}}$, Zewen Yang$^{\boldsymbol{\dagger}}$, Sandra M. Bütow, Christopher Irrgang, Nils Körber, Georges Hattab1, Denise Kühnert, Katharina Ladewig, "Holistic forecasting for future pandemics – a review of pathogens, models, and data", Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2024. (under review).

Conference Papers

  1. Zewen Yang*$^{\boldsymbol{\dagger}}$, Xiaobing Dai$^{\boldsymbol{\dagger}}$, Akshat Dubey, Sandra Hirche, and Georges Hattab, "Whom to Trust? Elective Learning for Distributed Gaussian Process Regression", the 23rd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), Auckland, New Zealand, May. 2024. (oral). DOI: 10.5555/3635637.3663066.
    Extended Version: ``Pri-GP: Prior-Aware Distributed Gaussian Process Regression'', https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/doc/1734729/1734729.pdf
  2. Zewen Yang*, Songbo Dong, Armin Lederer, Xiaobing Dai, Siyu Chen, Stefan Sosnowski, Georges Hattab, Sandra Hirche, "Cooperative Learning-based Control via Gaussian Process Regression for Uncertain Euler-Lagrange Systems under Switching Topologies", the 2024 American Control Conference (ACC), Toronto, ON, Canada, 2024. (oral). DOI: 10.23919/ACC60939.2024.10644832.
  3. Xiaobing Dai$^{\boldsymbol{\dagger}}$, Zewen Yang*$^{\boldsymbol{\dagger}}$, Mengtian Xu, Fangzhou Liu, Georges Hattab, and Sandra Hirche, "Distributed Event-Triggered Online Learning for Multi-Agent System Control using Gaussian Process Regression", the 22nd European Control Conference (ECC), Stockholm, Sweden, Jun. 2024. (accepted, oral). DOI: arXiv:2402.03174.
  4. Zhenxiao Yin$^{\boldsymbol{\dagger}}$, Xiaobing Dai$^{\boldsymbol{\dagger}}$, Zewen Yang$^{\boldsymbol{\dagger}}$, Yang Shen, Georges Hattab, and Hang Zhao, "Learning-based Control for PMSM Using Distributed Gaussian Processes with Optimal Aggregation Strategy", IECON 2023- 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Singapore, Singapore, 2023, pp. 1-7. (oral). DOI: 10.1109/IECON51785.2023.10312503.
  5. Zewen Yang*, Xiaobing Dai$^{\boldsymbol{\dagger}}$, Weijie Yang, Bahar İlgen, Aleksandar Anžel, Georges Hattab, "Kernel-based Learning for Safe Control of Discrete-Time Unknown Systems under Incomplete Observations", the 43rd Chinese Control Conference (CCC), Kunming, China, Jul. 2024. (accepted, oral). DOI: 10.23919/CCC63176.2024.10662288.
  6. Zewen Yang*, Stefan Sosnowski, Qingchen Liu, Junjie Jiao, Armin Lederer, and Sandra Hirche, "Distributed Learning Consensus Control for Unknown Nonlinear Multi-Agent Systems based on Gaussian Processes", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Austin, TX, USA, Dec. 2021, pp. 4406-4411. (oral). DOI: 10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683522.
  7. Zheping Yan(supervisor), Zewen Yang*, Anzuo Jiang, Yanbin Teng, Xiangling Liu, and Shilin Wei, "Coordinated Control for Trajectory Tracking of Multiple UUVs with Input Saturation", IEEE OCEANS, Marseille, France, Jun. 2019, pp. 1-5. (poster). DOI: 10.1109/OCEANSE.2019.8867291.
  8. Zheping Yan(supervisor), Zewen Yang*, Gengshi Zhang, Jiajia Zhou, Xiaoli Pan, and Lidong Yue, "Diving Control of Underactuated UUV Based on Backstepping Upper Bound Sliding Mode Method", IEEE Chinese Control Conference (CCC), Guangzhou, China Jul. 2019, pp. 381-385. (oral). DOI: 10.23919/ChiCC.2019.8865195.
  9. Zheping Yan(supervisor), Zewen Yang*, et al, "Discrete-time Path Tracking Control of Multiple UUVs Based on Virtual Leader under Time Varying Delay", IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Washington, DC, USA, Otc. 2018, pp. 2280-2287. (oral). DOI: 10.1109/IECON.2018.8592742.
  10. Zheping Yan(supervisor), Zewen Yang*, et al, "Horizontal Trajectory Tracking Control of AUV Using a Two-way Channel High Gain Observer", IEEE Chinese Control Conference (CCC), Wuhan, China, Jul. 2018, pp. 418-422. (oral). DOI: 10.23919/ChiCC.2018.8484200.
  11. Akshat Dubey, Zewen Yang, and Georges Hattab, "AI Readiness in Healthcare through Storytelling XAI", in the first workshop on Explainable Artificial Intelligent for the Medical Domain - EXPLIMED with the 27th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI), 2024. (accepted). DOI: .
  12. Akshat Dubey, Zewen Yang, and Georges Hattab, "Five P's of AXI to Enable Human-Centric Trustworthy AI in Public Health", in 2024 APHA (American Public Health Association) Annual Meeting and Expo, Minneapolis, USA, Otc. 2024. (accepted). DOI: .
  13. Xiaobing Dai, Armin Lederer, Zewen Yang, and Sandra Hirche, "Can Learning Deteriorate Control? Analyzing Computational Delays in Gaussian Process-Based Event-Triggered Online Learning", The 5th Annual Learning for Dynamics and Control Conference (L4DC), Philadelphia, PA, USA, Jun. 2023, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research vol 211: 445-457. (poster). DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2305.08169.
    Extended Version: ``Gaussian Process-Based Event-Triggered Online Learning with Computational Delays for Control of Unknown Systems: Extended Version'', https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/doc/1693032
  14. Zheping Yan, Lidong Yue, Zewen Yang, "Coordinated Control of Multiple AUVs with Nonconvex Control Input Constraints", IEEE Chinese Control Conference (CCC), Hefei, China, Jul. 2022, pp. 4849-4856. (oral). DOI: 10.23919/CCC55666.2022.9902260.
  15. Zheping Yan, Xiaoli Pan, Zewen Yang, "Leader-following Group Consensus of Multi-agent Systems with Different Time Delays", IEEE Chinese Control Conference (CCC), Shanghai, China, Jul. 2021, pp. 4943-4948. (oral). DOI: 10.23919/CCC52363.2021.9549815.
  16. Jiajia Zhou, Xinyi Zhao, Tao Chen, and Zewen Yang, "Time-delay State Feedback Control for an Underactuated AUV with Model Uncertainty Constraints", IEEE Chinese Control Conference (CCC), Guangzhou, China, Jul. 2019, pp. 392-398. (oral). DOI: 10.23919/ChiCC.2019.8866081.
  17. Zheping Yan, Lu Wang, Tongda Wang, Zewen Yang, Jiyun Li, "Transversal Navigation Algorithm for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles in the Polar Region", IEEE Chinese Control Conference (CCC), Wuhan, China, Jul. 2018, pp. 4546-4551. (oral). DOI: 10.23919/ChiCC.2018.8483996.
  18. Xue Du, Xuan Zhao, Wei Zhang, Yanbin Teng, and Zewen Yang, "A Novel Analytical Recovery Controller for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles", IEEE OCEANS, Marseille, France, Jun. 2019, pp. 1-6. (poster). DOI: 10.1109/OCEANSE.2019.8867457.
  19. Hattab Georges, Anžel Aleksander, Dubey Akshat, Ezekannagha Chisom, Zewen Yang, İlgen Bahar "A Novel Analytical Recovery Controller for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles", the 2024 8th International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval (NLPIR), 2024. 2024. (accepted, oral). DOI: .

Papers, under double-blind peer review, remain unlisted.