Investigators: Lucy Y. Pao and Todd D. Murphey
Sponsor: Air Force Research Laboratories
Project Duration: September 2008 - September 2011
Project Title: Data Association Algorithms for Tracking Satellites
Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
Sponsor:
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
and
Air Force Research Laboratories
Project Duration: March 1, 2007 - November 30, 2007
Project Title: Disaster-Tolerant and Interoperable Communications
Investigators:
Mahesh Varanasi, Lucy Y. Pao, Youjian Liu, Timothy X Brown
Sponsor:
Department of Education
Project Duration: August 15, 2006 - August 14, 2009
Project Title: Advanced Signal Processing Algorithms
for the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS)
Investigators:
George H. Born and Lucy Y. Pao
Sponsor:
Lockheed Martin Federal Systems, Inc.
Project Duration: December 1, 2003 - March 31, 2004
Project Title: Sensor Management and Multisensor Fusion Algorithms
for Tracking Applications
Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
Sponsor:
Office of Naval Research
Project Duration: October 1, 2001 - September 30, 2005
Project Title: Computationally Efficient Algorithms
for Managing Sensor Information that Incorporate Models
of Data Association
Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
Sponsors:
Colorado Advanced
Software Institute and Data Fusion Corporation
Project Duration: September 1, 1999 - August 31, 2000
Project Title: Young Investigator Award: Distributed
Multisensor Fusion Algorithms for Tracking Applications
Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
Sponsor:
Office of Naval Research
Project Duration: June 1, 1997 - May 31, 2000
Project Title: Control of Sensor Information in Distributed
Multisensor Systems
Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
Sponsors:
Colorado Advanced
Software Institute and Data Fusion Corporation
Project Duration: July 1, 1997 - August 31, 1998
Project Title: Control of Sensor Information in Centralized
Multisensor Systems
Investigator: Lucy Y. Pao
Sponsors:
Colorado Advanced
Software Institute and Data Fusion Corporation
Project Duration: January 1, 1997 - December 31, 1997
Awards:
Recent Publications:
BS/MS student Anil Damle received the
CU-Boulder
College of Engineering and Applied Science Outstanding Graduate
for Research Award, May 2011.
ONR Young Investigator Award, 1997-2000
M. J. Travers,
T. D. Murphey,
and L. Y. Pao, "Linear Time-Varying Impulse Optimization for Data Association,"
Proc. American Control Conf., Montreal, Canada, pp. 1047-1052, June 2012.
A. Damle and L. Y. Pao.
"Simultaneous Numerical Optimization for Data Association and Parameter
Estimation,"
Proc. Joint IEEE Conf. Decision and Control and European Control Conf.,
Orlando, FL, pp. 7800-7805, Dec. 2011.
M. J. Travers, T. D. Murphey, and L. Y. Pao.
"Impulsive Data Association with an Unknown Number of Targets,"
Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, Chicago, IL, pp. 261-270, Apr. 2011.
M. J. Travers, T. D. Murphey, and L. Y. Pao.
"Impulse Optimization for Data Association,"
Proc. IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, Atlanta, GA, pp. 2204-2209, Dec. 2010.
M. J. Travers, T. D. Murphey, and L. Y. Pao.
"Stochastic Sampling Based Data Association,"
Proc. American Control Conf., Baltimore, MD, pp. 1386-1391, June 2010.
M. J. Travers, T. D. Murphey, and L. Y. Pao.
"Data Association
with Ambiguous Measurements,"
Proc. American Control Conf., Seattle, WA,
pp. 1875-1880, June 2008.
R. M. Powers and L. Y. Pao.
"Power and Robustness of a Track-Loss Detector Based
on Kolmogorov-Smirnov Tests,"
Proc. American Control Conf.,
Minneapolis, MN, pp. 3757-3764, June 2006.
R. M. Powers and L. Y. Pao.
"
Using Kolmogorov-Smirnov Tests to Detect Track-Loss in the
Absence of Truth Data," Proc. IEEE Conf. Decision and
Control, Seville, Spain, pp. 3097-3104, Dec. 2005.
L. Trailovic
and L. Y. Pao. "Variance Estimation and Ranking of Target
Tracking Position Errors Modeled Using Gaussian Mixture
Distributions," Automatica, 41(8): 1433-1438, Aug. 2005.
V. Kulkarni and L. Y. Pao.
"A Sensor Management Protocol for Tracking with Diverse Sensors,"
Proc. American Control Conf., Portland, OR, pp. 5015-5020,
June 2005.
M. Kalandros
and L. Y. Pao.
"Covariance Control Strategies for Reducing Bias Effects
in Interacting Target Scenarios,"
IEEE Trans. Aerospace Electronic Systems, 41(1): 153-173,
Jan. 2005.
R. M. Powers and L. Y. Pao.
"Detecting Track-Loss for the Probabilistic Data Association Filter
in the Absence of Truth Data," Proc. IEEE Conf. Decision and
Control, Paradise Island, Bahamas, pp. 4316-4323, Dec. 2004.
M. Mallick, L. Y. Pao, and K. C. Chang.
"Multiple Hypothesis Tracking Based Distributed Fusion
Using Decorrelated Pseudo Measurement Sequences,"
Proc. American Control Conf., Boston, MA, pp. 4750-4751,
June 2004.
W. Khawsuk and L. Y. Pao.
"Distributed Multi-sensor Multi-target Tracking with Feedback,"
Proc. American Control Conf.,
Boston, MA, pp. 5356-5362, June 2004.
M. Kalandros,
L. Trailovic,
L. Y. Pao, and Y. Bar-Shalom.
"Tutorial on Multisensor Management and Fusion Algorithms
for Target Tracking," Proc. American Control Conf.,
Boston, MA, pp. 4734-4748, June 2004.
M. Kalandros
and L. Y. Pao.
"Covariance Control for Sensor Management in Cluttered Tracking
Environments," AIAA J. Guidance, Control, and Dynamics,
27(3): 493-496, May-June 2004.
M. Mallick, S. Schmidt, L. Y. Pao, and K. C. Chang.
"Out-of-sequence Track (OOST) Filtering Using the Decorrelated
Pseudo Measurement Approach," Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5428,
Orlando, FL, April 2004.
L. Trailovic
and L. Y. Pao.
"Computing Budget Allocation for Efficient Ranking and
Selection of Variances with Application to Target Tracking
Algorithms," IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, 49(1): 58-67,
Jan. 2004.
L. Trailovic
and L. Y. Pao.
"Position Error Modeling Using Gaussian Mixture Distributions
with Application to Comparison of Tracking Algorithms,"
Proc. American Control Conf.,
Denver, CO, pp. 1272-1277, June 2003.
L. Y. Pao and R. M. Powers.
"A Comparison of Several Different Approaches for Target Tracking
with Clutter,"
Proc. American Control Conf., Denver, CO, pp. 3919-3924, June 2003.
W. Khawsuk and L. Y. Pao.
"Decorrelated State Estimation for Distributed Tracking Using
Multiple Sensors in Cluttered Environments,"
Proc. American Control Conf., Denver, CO, pp. 3208-3214, June 2003.
M. Kalandros
and L. Y. Pao.
"Covariance Control for Multisensor Systems,"
IEEE Trans. Aerospace Electronic Systems, 38(4): 1138-1157,
Oct. 2002.
W. Khawsuk and L. Y. Pao.
"Decorrelated State Estimation for Distributed Tracking of Interacting
Targets in Cluttered Environments,"
Proc. American Control Conf., Anchorage, AK, pp. 899-904,
May 2002.
L. Trailovic
and L. Y. Pao.
"
Computing Budget Allocation for Optimization of Sensor Processing
Order in Sequential Multi-sensor Fusion Algorithms,"
Proc. American Control Conf., Arlington, VA, pp. 1841-1847,
June 2001.
M. Kalandros
and L. Y. Pao.
"
Sensor Management for Tracking Interacting Targets,"
Proc. Workshop on Estimation, Tracking, Fusion, and Control:
A Tribute to Yaakov Bar-Shalom,
Monterey, CA, pp. 221-248, May 2001.
L. Y. Pao and
L. Trailovic.
"The Optimal Order of Processing Sensor Information
in Sequential Multisensor Fusion Algorithms,"
IEEE Trans. Automatic Control,
45(8): 1532--1536, Aug. 2000.
M. K. Kalandros
and L. Y. Pao.
"
The Effects of Data Association on Sensor Manager Systems,"
Proc. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conf.,
Denver, CO, Aug. 2000.
L. Y. Pao and W. Khawsuk.
"
Determining Track Loss Without Truth Information for Distributed
Target Tracking Applications,"
Proc. American Control Conf.,
Chicago, IL, pp. 4363-4367, June 2000.
M. K. Kalandros, L. Y. Pao, and
Y.C. Ho.
"
Randomization and Super-Heuristics in Choosing Sensor Sets
in Target Tracking Applications,"
Proc. IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, Phoenix, AZ,
pp. 1803-1808, Dec. 1999.
L. Y. Pao and
L. Trailovic.
"
On the Order of Processing Sensor
Information in Sequential Implementations of Fusion Algorithms,"
Proc. American Control Conf.,
San Diego, CA, pp. 2407-2411, June 1999.
L. Y. Pao and
N. T. Baltz.
"
Control of Sensor Information in Distributed Multisensor Systems,"
Proc. American Control Conf.,
San Diego, CA, pp. 2397-2401, June 1999.
L. Y. Pao and M. K. Kalandros.
"
The Effects of Delayed Sensor Requests on Sensor Manager
Systems,"
Proc. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conf.,
Boston, MA, pp. 1127-1135, Aug. 1998.
M. K. Kalandros and L. Y. Pao.
"
Controlling Target Estimate Covariance in Centralized Multisensor
Systems,"
Proc. American Control Conf., Philadelphia, PA,
pp. 2749-2753, June 1998.
C. W. Frei and L. Y. Pao.
"Alternatives to Monte Carlo Simulation Evaluations of Two Multisensor
Fusion Algorithms," Automatica, 34(1): 103-110, Jan. 1998.
L. Y. Pao and M. K. Kalandros.
"Algorithms for a Class
of Distributed Architecture Tracking,"
Proc. American Control Conf., Albuquerque, NM,
pp. 1434-1438, June 1997.