Research
Projects
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Available Contact me if you're interested in!
Sustainable Buildings: an Advanced Diagnosis Approach, joint project with DWa
In progress
Point-of-interest Thermal Control in Reticle Cooling, joint project with Nathan van de Wouw at ASML
Automated Bipolar Sentiment Text Classification in HR Domain, joint project with Marco Loog at Focus Orange
Motion Planning for Non-holonomic Autonomous Vehicles, joint project with TNO
Completed
Publications
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[P1] Intrusion Detection in Electric Power Networks
Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Maria Vrakopoulou, Goran Andersson, and John Lygeros
Patent applied for PCT-EP-13002162, filed on 22 July 2013
Selected for the Spark Award for the top 20 best inventions of the year -
- [J17] Generalized Maximum Entropy Estimation
Tobias Sutter, David Sutter, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, and John Lygeros
submitted for publication, August 2017, [arXiv]
- [J16] From Data to Decisions: Distributionally Robust Optimization is Optimal
Bart Van Parys, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, and Daniel Kuhn
submitted for publication, April 2017, [arXiv], [Optimization-Online]
- [J15] From Infinite to Finite Programs: Explicit Error Bounds with an Application to Approximate Dynamic Programming
Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Tobias Sutter, Daniel Kuhn, and John Lygeros
submitted for publication, February 2017, [arXiv], [Optimization-Online]
- [J14] Data-driven Inverse Optimization with Imperfect Information
Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Soroosh Shafieezadeh-Abadeh, Grani A. Hanasusanto, and Daniel Kuhn
submitted for publication, December 2015, [arXiv], [Optimization-Online]
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- [J13] Data-driven Distributionally Robust Optimization Using the Wasserstein Metric: Performance Guarantees and Tractable Reformulations
Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani and Daniel Kuhn
Mathematical Programming, pp. 1-52, July 2017, [Link], [arXiv], [Optimization-Online]
Nominated for the ICCOPT 2016 Best Paper Prize (Top 3 finalists)
- [J12] LQG Control with Minimal Information: Three-Stage Separation Principle and SDP-based Solution Synthesis
Takashi Tanaka, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, and Sanjoy Mitter
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC), to appear as a full paper, July 2017, [Link], [arXiv]
- [J11] On Infinite Linear Programming Approach to Deterministic Infinite Horizon Discounted Optimal Control Problems
Angeliki Kamoutsi, Tobias Sutter, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, and John Lygeros
IEEE Control Systems Letters, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 134-139, July 2017, [Link], [arXiv]
- [J10] Approximation of Stochastic Hybrid Systems: A Compositional Approach
Majid Zamani, Mattias Rungger, and Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC), vol. 62, no. 6, pp. 2838-2853, Jun 2017, [Link], [arXiv]
- [J9] The Stochastic Reach-Avoid Problem and Set Characterization for Diffusions
Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Debasish Chatterjee, and John Lygeros
Automatica, vol. 70, pp. 43-56, August 2016, [Link], [arXiv]
- [J8] Motion Planning for Continuous Time Stochastic Processes: A Dynamic Programming Approach
Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Debasish Chatterjee, and John Lygeros
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC), vol. 61, no. 8, pp. 2155-2170, August 2016 [Link], [arXiv]
- [J7] Efficient Approximation of Quantum Channel Capacities
David Sutter, Tobias Sutter, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, and Renato Renner
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (TIT), vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 578-598, January 2016, [Link], [arXiv]
- [J6] A Decomposition Method for Large Scale MILPs, with Performance Guarantees and a Power System Application
Robin Vujanic, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Paul Goulart, Sebastian Mariethoz, and Manfred Morari
Automatica, vol. 67, pp. 144-156, May 2016, [Link], [arXiv]
- [J5] A Tractable Fault Detection and Isolation Approach for Nonlinear Systems with Probabilistic Performance
Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani and John Lygeros
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC), vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 633-647, March 2016, [Link], [arXiv]
- [J4] Efficient Approximation of Channel Capacities
Tobias Sutter, David Sutter, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, and John Lygeros
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (TIT), vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 1649-1666, April 2015, [Link], [arXiv]
- [J3] Performance Bounds for the Scenario Approach and an Extension to a Class of Non-convex Programs
Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Tobias Sutter, and John Lygeros
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC), vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 46-58, January 2015, [Link], [arXiv]
The 2016 George S. Axelby Best Paper Award
- [J2] Symbolic Control of Stochastic Systems via Approximately Bisimilar Finite Abstractions
Majid Zamani, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Rupak Majumdar, Alessandro Abate, and John Lygeros
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC), vol. 59, no. 12, pp. 3135-3150, December 2014, [Link], [arXiv]
- [J1] Optimal State-Feedback Design for Nonlinear Feedback-Linearizable Systems
Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Farhad Farokhi, Masoud Karimi-Ghartemani
IET Control Theory & Applications, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 323-333, January 2011, [Link]
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[B1] Cyber-Attacks in the Automatic Generation Control
Maria Vrakopoulou, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Kostas Margelos, John Lygeros, and Goran Andersson
Cyber Physical Systems Approach to Smart Electric Power Grid, Understanding Complex Systems (K. Khaitan, D. McCalley, and C. Liu Editors), Springer-Verlag Inc., 2015. -
- [C26] Maximum Entropy Estimation via Gauss-LP Quadratures
Maxim Thely, Tobias Sutter, P. Mohajerin Esfahani, and John Lygeros
World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), Toulouse, France, July 2017
- [C25] Three-Stage Separation Theorem for Information-frugal LQG Control
Takashi Tanaka, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, and Sanjoy Mitter
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Las Vegas, USA, December 2016
- [C24] Distributionally Robust Logistic Regression
Soroosh Shafieezadeh-Abadeh, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, and Daniel Kuhn
Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), Montreal, Canada, December 2015, [arXiv], [Optimization-Online]
Awarded for spotlight presentation (Top 4%)
- [C23] Construction of Approximations of Stochastic Control Systems: A Compositional Approach
Majid Zamani, Mattias Rungger, and Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Osaca, Japan, December 2015
- [C22] Stochastic Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of an Uncertain Batch Polymerization Reactor
Vahab Rostampour, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, and Tamas Keviczky
IFAC Conference on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control, Seville, Spain, September 2015
- [C21] Approximation of Constrained Average Cost Markov Control Processes
Tobias Sutter, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, and J. Lygeros
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Los Angeles, California, USA, December 2014
- [C20] Electric Vehicles Aggregator Optimization: a Fast and Solver-Free Solution Method
Robin Vujanic, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Paul Goulart, and Manfred Morari
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Los Angeles, California, USA, December 2014
- [C19] Large Scale Mixed-Integer Optimization: a Solution Method with Supply Chain Applications
Robin Vujanic, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Paul Goulart, and Manfred Morari
Mediterranean Conference on Control & Automation (MED), Palermo, Italy, March 2014
- [C18] Capacity Approximation of Memoryless Channels with Countable Output Alphabets
Tobias Sutter, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, David Sutter, and J. Lygeros
IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, July 2014
- [C17] Efficient Approximation of Discrete Memoryless Channel Capacities
David Sutter, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Tobias Sutter, and J. Lygeros
IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, July 2014
- [C16] Model Based Power Optimisation of Wind Farms
Flavio Heer, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Maryam Kamgarpour, and John Lygeros
European Control Conference (ECC), Strasbourg, France, June 2014
- [C15] Fault Detection with Discrete-time Measurements: an Application for the Cyber Security of Power Networks
Erasmia Evangelia Tiniou, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, and John Lygeros
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Florence, Italy, December 2013
- [C14] Bisimilar Finite Abstractions of Stochastic Control Systems
Majid Zamani, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Rupak Majumdar, Alessandro Abate, and John Lygeros
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Florence, Italy, December 2013
- [C13] Analysis of Controlled Biological Switches via Stochastic Motion Planning
Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Andreas Milias-Argeitis, and Debasish Chatterjee
European Control Conference (ECC), Zurich, Switzerland, July 2013
- [C12] Symbolic Models for Stochastic Control Systems without Stability Assumptions
Majid Zamani, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Alessandro Abate, and John Lygeros
European Control Conference (ECC), Zurich, Switzerland, July 2013
- [C11] A Robust Fault Detection and Isolation Filter for a Horizontal Axis Variable Speed Wind Turbine
Bratislav Svetozarevic, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Maryam Kamgarpour, and John Lygeros
American Control Conference (ACC), Washington, USA, June 2013
- [C10] Adaptively Constrained Stochastic Model Predictive Control for Closed-Loop Constraint Satisfaction
Frauke Oldewurtel, David Sturzenegger, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Goran Andersson, Manfred Morari, and John Lygeros
American Control Conference (ACC), Washington, USA, June 2013
- [C9] A Tractable Nonlinear Fault Detection and Isolation Technique with Application to the Cyber-Physical Security of Power Systems
Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Maria Vrakopoulou, Goran Andersson, and John Lygeros
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Maui, Hawaii, USA, December 2012
- [C8] Hybrid Modelling and Reachability on Autonomous RC-Cars
Tony Wood, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, and John Lygeros
IFAC Conference on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems (ADHS), Eindhoven, Netherland, June 2012, [Videos]
- [C7] Cyber-security of SCADA systems
Goran Andersson, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Maria Vrakopoulou, Kostas Margellos, John Lygeros Andre Teixeira, Gyorgy Dan, Henrik Sandberg, and Karl H. Johansson
Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT), IEEE PES, January 2012
- [C6] On a Problem of Stochastic Reach-Avoid Set Characterization
Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Debasish Chatterjee, and John Lygeros
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Orlando, Florida, USA, December 2011
- [C5] A Robust Policy for Automatic Generation Control Cyber Attack in Two Area Power Network
Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Maria Vrakopoulou, Kostas Margellos, John Lygeros, and Goran Andersson
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Dec 2010
- [C4] Cyber Attack in a Two-Area Power System: Impact Identification using Reachability
Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Maria Vrakopoulou, Kostas Margellos, John Lygeros, and Goran Andersson
American Control Conference (ACC), Baltimore, USA, June 2010
- [C3] An Optimal Approach in Control of Robotic Manipulator
Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Masoud Karimi Ghartemani, and Mehrzad Namvar
IEEE International Conference on Robotic and Automation (ICRA), Kobe, Japan, May 2009
- [C2] A Suboptimal Controller Design Methodology for Input-Output Feedback-Linearizable Systems
Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani and Masoud Karimi Ghartemani
the 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, S. Korea, Jul 2008
- [C1] Optimum Design of Fractional Order PID for MIMO and SISO Systems Using Particle Swarm Optimization Techniques
Naser Sadati, Majid Zamani, and Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani
Mechatronics, ICM2007 4th IEEE International Conference</em>, Kumamoto Japan, May 2007
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- [T2] Stochastic Motion Planning for Diffusions & Fault Detection and Isolation for Large Scale Nonlinear Systems
Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani
Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zurich, January 2014
- [T1] An Optimal Control Design for Input-Affine Nonlinear Systems (in Persian)
Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani
M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, December 2007