Milad Siami
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Office
- 423 Dana Research Center
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Research Focus
Sparse Sensing and Control in Cyber-Physical Networks and Robotics; Distributed Systems Theory and Applications; Network Optimization and Control; Hard Limits and Tradeoff s in Large-Scale Dynamical Networks
Education
- Post-Doctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2019
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (Control), Lehigh University, 2017
- M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering (Control), Lehigh University, 2014
- M.Sc., Electrical Engineering (Control), Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2011
- Exchange Graduate Student, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 2010
- B.Sc., Electrical Engineering (Control), Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2009
- B.Sc., Pure Mathematics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2009
Research Overview
Sparse Sensing and Control in Cyber-Physical Networks and Robotics; Distributed Systems Theory and Applications; Network Optimization and Control; Hard Limits and Tradeoff s in Large-Scale Dynamical Networks
Selected Research Projects
- Modeling and Control of Non-Passive Networks with Distributed Time-Delays: Application in Epidemic Control
- – Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
- Sparse Sensing, Actuation, and Communication in Complex Networks
- – Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
- Control and Learning Enabled Verifiable Robust AI (CLEVR-AI)
- – Co-Principal Investigator, Department of Defense
- SENTRY–Soft Target Engineering to Neutralize the Threat Reality
- – Co-Principal Investigator, Department of Homeland Security
- Analytical Framework for AI/AA
- – Co-Principal Investigator, ARL/KRI
Selected Publications
- M. Siami, Stability and Robustness Analysis of Commensurate Fractional-order Networks, EEE Transaction on Control of Network Systems, 8(3), 2021
- M. Siami, A. Olshevsky, A. Jadbabaie, Deterministic and Randomized Actuator Scheduling With Guaranteed Performance, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 66(4), 2021
- Y. Ghaedsharaf, M. Siami, C. Somarakis and N. Motee, Centrality in Time-Delay Consensus Networks with Structured Uncertainties, Automatica, Volume 125, 2021.
- M. Siami, A. Jadbabaie, A Separation Theorem for Joint Sensor and Actuator Scheduling with Guaranteed Performance Bounds, Automatica, 119, 2020
- M. Siami, N. Motee, G. Buzi, B. Bamieh, M. Khammash, J.C. Doyle, Fundamental Limits and Tradeoffs in Autocatalytic Pathways, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 65(2), 2020, 733-740
- Y. Ghaedsharaf, M. Siami, C. Somarakis, N. Motee Performance Improvement in Noisy Linear Consensus Networks with Time-Delay, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 64(6), 2019, 2457-2472
- M. Siami, N. Motee, Abstraction of Linear Dynamical Networks with Guaranteed Systemic Performance Measures, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 63(10), 2018, 3301-3316
- M. Siami, S. Bolouki, B. Bamieh, N. Motee, Centrality measures in Linear Consensus Networks with Structured Network Uncertainties, IEEE Transaction on Control of Network Systems, 5(3), 2018, 924-934
- M. Siami, N. Motee, Growing Linear Dynamical Networks Endowed by Spectral Systemic Performance Measures, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 63(7), 2018, 2091-2106
- M. Siami, J. Skaf, Structural Analysis and Design of Distributed System Throttlers, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 63(2), 2018, 540-547
- S. Bolouki, R.P. Malhame, M. Siami, N. Motee Eminence Grise Coalitions: On the Shaping of Public Opinion, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems. 4(2), 2017, 133-145
Jun 05, 2023
Who Has the Best Self-driving Car? Northeastern Robotics Team Captures First Place in Premier Competition
A robotics team led by ECE Assistant Professor Milad Siami won the Self-Driving Car Competition at the American Control Conference (ACC) 2023.
Apr 21, 2022
Team Led by ECE’s Siami Awarded $1.1M by NSF for Multi-System Modeling Framework
ECE/EAI Assistant Professor Milad Siami is leading a multi-university $1.1M NSF grant, in collaboration with Dennis Picard Trustee Professor Mario Sznaier and S. Farokh Atashzar from the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, for “Modeling and Control of Non-Passive Networks with Distributed Time-Delays: Application in Epidemic Control.”
Aug 13, 2021
Simplifying Large-Scale Complex Networks
ECE Assistant Professor Milad Siami was awarded a $300K NSF grant for “Sparse Sensing, Actuation, and Communication in Complex Networks.”
Jul 02, 2021
Team Led by Sznaier Awarded $7.5M by DoD for Control and Learning Enabled Verifiably Robust AI
Mario Sznaier, Dennis Picard Trustee Professor, electrical and computer engineering (ECE), is leading a multi-university team that was awarded a $7.5 million, five-year grant from the Department of Defense (DoD).
Aug 29, 2019
New Faculty Spotlight: Milad Siami
Milad Siami joins the Electrical and Computer Engineering department in August 2019 as an Assistant Professor.