Aliasghar (Al) Arab is a research associate at ACCESS Lab and an adjunct research professor at New York University. He has over eight years of industrial experience in Artificial Intelligence, Telecommunications, Industrial Automation, and Autonomous Vehicles. He has worked in academia (NYU) and with companies of varying sizes, from early-stage startups (Zoomi Inc., Nuro AI) to prestigious research labs (Nokia Bell Labs, Verizon Emerging Technologies Lab). He has demonstrated his ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders. He is passionate about enhancing the safety and reliability of robotic and autonomous systems for future sustainable autonomous communities. He aims to advance state-of-the-art control theories using AI for autonomous robotic applications. He believes that his efforts will have a positive social and environmental impact.

• Bachelor of Science in Robotics Engineering, Shahrood University of Technology

• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Control Systems), Shahrood University of Technology

• Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Control Systems), Rutgers University

• Post-Doctorate in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Control Systems), NC A&T State University

Journal Papers: 

• A Mousavi, R Mousavi, Y Mousavi, M Tavasoli, A Arab, A Fekih, IEEE Access, 2024. Artificial Neural Networks-Based Fault Localization in Distributed Generation Integrated Networks Considering Fault Impedance.

• J Yu, C Chen, A Arab, J Yi, X Pei, X Guo, Expert Systems with Applications, 2024. RDT-RRT: Real-time double-tree rapidly-exploring random tree path planning for autonomous vehicles.

• J Yu, A Arab, J Yi, X Pei, X Guo, Applied Intelligence, 2023. Hierarchical framework integrating rapidly-exploring random tree with deep reinforcement learning for autonomous vehicle.

• A Arab, TechRxiv, 2023. Safe Iterative Feedback Linearization Control Design for Collaborative Robots.

• A Arab, K Yu, J Yu, J Yi, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2023. Motion planning and control of autonomous aggressive vehicle maneuvers. 

• M Souzanchi-K, A Arab, MR Akbarzadeh-T., MM Fateh, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 2017. Robust Impedance Control of Uncertain Mobile Manipulators Using Time-Delay Compensation.

• A Arab, MM Fateh, Advanced Robotics, 2015. An uncertainty compensator for robust control of wheeled mobile robots. 

•  A Ghaffari, R Hasanzadeh, A Arab, Journal of Mechatronics, 2015. Solving Inverse Kinematic of the Protein Nanostructure Using Genetic Algorithm.

•  A Arab, A Alfi, Information Sciences, 2015. An adaptive gradient descent-based local search in memetic algorithm applied to optimal controller design.

• MM Fateh, A Arab, Nonlinear Dynamics, 2015. Robust control of a wheeled mobile robot by voltage control strategy.

•  MM Fateh, A Arab, International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Cybernetics, 2014. Voltage control strategy for an uncertain Mobile robot.

•  AA Arab, MM Fateh, Journal of Solid and Fluid Mechanics, 2014. Design and implement of fuzzy control of a robotic camera for target tracking. 

• Conference Papers: 

• A Arab, Y Mousavi, K Yu, I Kucukdemiral, IEEE CCTA, 2024. Safety Prioritization by Iterative Feedback Linearization Control for Collaborative Robots. 

•  KC Shekar, P Doma, C Prashanth, V Subramaniam, A Arab, IEEE RO-MAN, 2024. Explainable Autonomous Mobile Robots: Interface and Socially Aware Learning. 

• A Arab, J Yi, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2021. Instructed reinforcement learning control of safe autonomous j-turn vehicle maneuvers. 

•  A Arab, I Hadžić, J Yi, American Control Conference (ACC), 2021. Safe predictive control of four-wheel mobile robot with independent steering and drive.

•  A Arab, J Yi, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2020. Safety-guaranteed learning-predictive control for aggressive autonomous vehicle maneuvers.

• A Arab, Y Mousavi, American Control Conference (ACC), 2020. Optimal control of wheeled mobile robots: From simulation to real world. 

•  A Arab, K Yu, J Yi, D Song, IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, 2016. Motion planning for aggressive autonomous vehicle maneuvers. 

•   A Arab, K Yu, J Yi, Y Liu, IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2016. Motion control of autonomous aggressive vehicle maneuvers.

• A Arab, J Yi, MM Fateh, S Arabshahi, Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, 2014. Robust control of a low-cost mobile robot using a neural network uncertainty compensator.