Gang Tao's Conference Papers (Control Theory)

[1] G. Tao and P. A. Ioannou, ``Robust model reference adaptive control for multivariable plants,'' Proceedings of the 1988 American Control Conference, pp. 749-753, Atlanta, GA.

[2] G. Tao and P. A. Ioannou, ``Persistency of excitation and overparametrization in model reference adaptive control,'' Proceedings of the 27th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 757-758, Austin, TX, 1988.

[3] G. Tao and P. A. Ioannou, ``Model reference adaptive control of plants with unknown relative degree,'' Proceedings of the 1989 American Control Conference, pp. 2297-2302, Pittsburgh, PA.

[4] J. S. Gibson, I. G. Rosen and G. Tao, ``Approximation in control of thermoelastic systems,'' Proceedings of the 1989 American Control Conference, pp. 1171-1176, Pittsburgh, PA.

[5] G. Tao and P. A. Ioannou, ``A model reference adaptive controller for multivariable plants with zero residual tracking error,'' Proceedings of the 28th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1597-1600, Tampa, FL, 1989.

[6] G. Tao, ``Robust adaptive control with reduced knowledge of unmodeled dynamics,'' Proceedings of the 29th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 3214-3219, Honolulu, HI, 1990.

[7] G. Tao, ``Model reference adaptive control of multivariable plants with unknown interactor matrix,'' Proceedings of the 29th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2780-2785, Honolulu, HI, 1990.

[8] G. Tao, ``New normalizing signals for robust adaptive control,'' Proceedings of the 1991 American Control Conference, pp. 138-143, Boston, MA.

[9] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of a class of time-varying and non-linear plants,'' Proceedings of the 30th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. pp. 1100-1105, Brighton, England, 1991.

[10] G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Adaptive control of plants with unknown dead-zones,'' Proceedings of the 1992 American Control Conference, pp. 2710-2714, Chicago, IL.

[11] G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Adaptive control of systems with backlash,'' Proceedings of the 1992 International Symposium on Adaptive Systems in Control and Signal Processing, pp. 1-6, Grenoble, France, July, 1992.

[12] G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Adaptive control of plants with unknown hystereses,'' Proceedings of the 31st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 261-266, Tucson, AZ, 1992.

[13] G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Continuous-time adaptive control of systems with unknown backlash,'' Proceedings of the 1993 American Control Conference, pp. 1344-1348, San Francisco, CA.

[14] G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Adaptive control of plants with unknown output dead-zones,'' Proceedings of the 12th World Congress of IFAC, vol. 6, pp. 7-10, Sydney, Australia, July 1993.

[15] G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Adaptive control of plants with unknown output backlash,'' Proceedings of the 32nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2635-2640, San Antonio, TX, 1993.

[16] G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Discrete-time adaptive control of systems with unknown output hystereses,'' Proceedings of the 1994 American Control Conference, pp. 870-874, Baltimore, MD.

[17] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control systems with L^{1 + alpha} tracking,'' Proceedings of the 1994 American Control Conference, pp. 1267-1268, Baltimore, MD.

[18] G. Tao, ``A non-quadratic gradient algorithm,'' Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 3608-3609, Lake Buena Vista, FL, 1994.

[19] G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Discrete-time adaptive control of systems with unknown nonsmooth input nonlinearities,'' Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1171-1176, Lake Buena Vista, FL, 1994.

[20] G. Tao and M. Tian, ``Design of adaptive dead-zone inverse for nonminimum phase plants,'' Proceedings of the 1995 American Control Conference, pp. 2059-2063, Seattle, WA.

[21] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of partially known systems,'' Proceedings of the 1995 American Control Conference, pp. 3007-3011, Seattle, WA.

[22] G. Tao and M. Tian, ``Discrete-time adaptive control of systems with multi-segment piecewise-linear nonlinearities,'' Proceedings of the 1995 American Control Conference, pp. 3019-3024, Seattle, WA.

[23] M. Tian and G. Tao, ``Control of nonminimum phase plants with output dead-zones,'' Proceedings of the 34th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 973-974, New Orleans, LA, 1995.

[24] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of plants with unknown input and output nonlinearities,'' Proceedings of the 34th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 3429-3434, New Orleans, LA, 1995.

[25] M. Tian and G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of a class of nonlinear systems with unknown dead-zones,'' Proceedings of the 13th World Congress of IFAC, vol. E, pp. 209-213, San Francisco, CA, July 1996.

[26] G. Tao, ``Adaptive backlash compensation for robot control,'' Proceedings of the 13th World Congress of IFAC, vol. K, pp. 307-311, San Francisco, CA, July 1996.

[27] M. Tian, G. Tao and Y. Ling, ``Adaptive dead-zone inverse design for nonlinear plants,'' Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , pp. 4381-4386, Kobe, Japan, 1996.

[28] Y. Ling and G. Tao, ``Adaptive backstepping control design for linear multivariable plants,'' Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , pp. 2438-2443, Kobe, Japan, 1996.

[29] G. Tao, ``Robustness of MRAC schemes,'' Proceedings of the 1997 American Control Conference , pp. 744-745, Albuquerque, NM.

[30] G. Tao and Y. Ling, ``Parameter estimation for coupled multivariable error models,'' Proceedings of the 1997 American Control Conference , pp. 1934-1938, Albuquerque, NM.

[31] M. Tian and G. Tao, ``Adaptive compensation of sensor uncertainties,'' Proceedings of the 1997 American Control Conference , pp. 2239-2243, Albuquerque, NM.

[32] G. Tao, ``Adaptive compensation for actuator imperfections,'' Proceedings of the 1997 American Control Conference , pp. 3788-3792, Albuquerque, NM.

[33] M. Tian and G. Tao, ``Adaptive output dead-zone compensation,'' Proceedings of the 36th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1157--1161, San Diego, CA, 1997.

[34] K. Ezal, P. V. Kokotovic and G. Tao, ``Optimal control of tracking systems with backlash and flexibility,'' Proceedings of the 36th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1749--1754, San Diego, CA, 1997.

[35] G. Tao and Y. Ling, ``Multivariable adaptive actuator nonlinearity compensation,'' Proceedings of the 36th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (invited), pp. 2858--2863, San Diego, CA, 1997.

[36] G. Tao, ``A robust adaptive law for l^{1 + \alpha} modeling errors,'' Proceedings of the 36th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4659--4664, San Diego, CA, 1997.

[37] G. Tao, ``Friction compensation in the presence of flexibility,'' Proceedings of the 1998 American Control Conference (invited), pp. 2128--2132, Philadelphia, PA.

[38] M. Y. Shi, G. Tao, J. H. Downs, ``Positive realness and tracking of teleoperation systems,'' Proceedings of the 37th IEEE Conferences on Decision and Control, pp. 2527--2532, Tampa, FL, 1998.

[39] Y. Ling and G. Tao, ``Multivariable adaptive actuator compensation with partially known high frequency gain matrix,'' Proceedings of the 37th IEEE Conferences on Decision and Control, pp. 3990--3995, Tampa, FL, 1998.

[40] M. Y. Shi, H. Liu, G. Tao and L. L. Fajardo, ``Stereo-fluoroscopic image-guided robotic biopsy system,'' Proceedings of the 1999 Photonics West: Internatal Biomedical Optics Symposium, San Jose, CA, January 1999.

[41] Y. Ling and G. Tao, ``Numerical design and analysis of backlash compensation for a multivariable nonlinear tracking system,'' Proceedings of the 1999 American Control Conference, pp. 3539--3543, San Diego, CA, 1999.

[42] G. Tao, ``Hybrid control of sandwich systems with nonsmooth nonlinearities,'' Proceedings of the 14th World Congress of IFAC, pp. Beijing, China, 1999.

[43] Z. Lin and G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of a nonminimum phase linear system,'' Proceedings of the 14th World Congress of IFAC, Beijing, China, July, 1999.

[44] J. A. Stankovic, C. Y. Lu, S. H. Son and G. Tao, ``The case for feedback control real-time scheduling,'' Proceedings of the 11th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems, pp. 11--20, June, 1999, York, England.

[45] M. Baloh, G. Tao and P. Allaire, ``Adaptive parameter estimation of magnetic bearings,'' Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications, pp. 1193--1198, Kohala Coast, Hawaii, August 1999.

[46] M. Y. Shi, G. Tao and J. H. Downs, ``Adaptive control of teleoperation systems,'' Proceedings of the 38th IEEE Conferences on Decision and Control, pp. 791--796, Phoenix, AZ, 1999.

[47] A. Taware and G. Tao, ``Analysis and control of sandwich systems,'' Proceedings of the 38th IEEE Conferences on Decision and Control, pp. 1156--1161, Phoenix, AZ, 1999.

[48] X. L. Ma and G. Tao, ``Adaptive control designs for a two-body system,'' Proceedings of the 38th IEEE Conferences on Decision and Control, pp. 1246--1247, Phoenix, AZ, 1999.

[49] G. Tao and X. L. Ma, ``Backlash compensation for multivariable nonlinear systems with actuator dynamics,'' Proceedings of the 38th IEEE Conferences on Decision and Control, pp. 3382--3387, Phoenix, AZ, 1999.

[50] X. L. Ma and G. Tao, ``Adaptive actuator compensation control with feedback linearization,'' Proceedings of the 38th IEEE Conferences on Decision and Control, pp. 5194--5199, Phoenix, AZ, 1999.

[51] C. Y. Lu, J. A. Stankovic, G. Tao and S. H. Son, ``Design and evaluation of a feedback control EDF scheduling algorithm,'' Proceedings of the 20th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium, pp. 56--67, Phoenix, Arizona, 1999.

[52] M. Baloh, G. Tao and P. Allaire, ``Modeling and control of a magnetic bearing actuated beam,'' Proceedings of the 2000 American Control Conference, pp. 1602--1606, Chicago, IL, June 2000.

[53] A. Taware and G. Tao, ``Design and analysis of hybrid control schemes for sandwich nonlinear systems,'' Proceedings of the 2000 American Control Conference, pp. 1669-1673, Chicago, IL, June 2000.

[54] G. Tao, X. L. Ma and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive output tracking control of systems with actuator failures,'' Proceedings of the 2000 American Control Conference, pp. 2654--2658, Chicago, IL, June 2000.

[55] G. Tao, Y. Ling and A. Taware, ``Parametrizations for adaptive control of multivariable systems with actuator nonlinearities,'' Proceedings of the 2000 American Control Conference, pp. 2659-2663, Chicago, IL, June 2000.

[56] G. Tao and X. L. Ma, ``Adaptive actuator compensation control for multivariable nonlinear systems,'' Proceedings of the 2000 American Control Conference, pp. 2664--2668, Chicago, IL, June 2000.

[57] G. Tao, X. L. Ma and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive state feedback control of systems with actuator failures,'' Proceedings of the 2000 American Control Conference, pp. 2669--2673, Chicago, IL, June 2000.

[58] X. R. Zhang, G. Tao, J. H. Lee, and P. Allaire, ``Implementation the control system for a balance beam with magnetic bearings,'' Proceedings of the 2000 American Control Conference, pp. 3069--3070, Chicago, IL, June 2000.

[59] C. Lu, J. Stankovic, T. Abdelzaher, G. Tao, and S. Son, ``Control-based performance specifications and metrics for real-time systems,'' Proceedings of IEEE Real-Time Technology and Applications Symposium, Washington, DC, June 2000 (in the work-in-progress session).

[60] C. Lu, J. Stankovic, T. Abdelzaher, G. Tao, S. Son, and M. Marley, ``Performance specifications and metrics for adaptive real-time systems,'' Proceedings of the 20th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium, pp. 13--23, Orlando, FL, December 2000.

[61] A. Taware, N. Pradhan and G. Tao, ``Feedback linearzation based adaptive friction compensation for a sandwich nonlinear system,'' Proceedings of the 2001 American Control Conference, pp. 588--593, Arlington VA, 2001.

[62] A. Taware and G. Tao, ``Neural-hybrid control of systems with sandwiched dead-zones,'' Proceedings of the 2001 American Control Conference, pp. 594--599, Arlington VA, 2001.

[63] G. Tao, S. H. Chen and S. M. Joshi, ``An adaptive control scheme for systems with unknown actuator failures,'' Proceedings of the 2001 American Control Conference, pp. 1115--1120, Arlington VA, 2001.

[64] G. Tao, X. D. Tang and S. M. Joshi, ``Output tracking actuator failure compensation control,'' Proceedings of the 2001 American Control Conference, pp. 1821--1826, Arlington VA, 2001.

[65] S. H. Chen, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive actuator failure compensation for a transport aircraft model,'' Proceedings of the 2001 American Control Conference, pp. 1827--1832, Arlington VA, 2001.

[66] A. Taware, G. Tao and C. Teolis, ``An adaptive dead-zone inverse controller for systems with sandwiched dead-zones,'' Proceedings of the 2001 American Control Conference, pp. 2456--2461, Arlington VA, 2001.

[67] G. Tao, S. H. Chen and S. M. Joshi, ``An adaptive failure compensation controller using output feedback,'' Proceedings of the 2001 American Control Conference, pp. 3085--3090, Arlington VA, 2001.

[68] J. A. Stankovic, T. He, T. Abdelzaher, M. Marley, G. Tao and S. H. Son, ``Feedback control scheduling in distributed real-time systems,'' to appear in Proceedings of the 22th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium, London, UK, 2001.

[69] A. K. Imai, R. R. Costa, L. Hsu, G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Multivariable MRAC using high frequency gain matrix facterization,'' Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Conferences on Decision and Control, pp. 1193--1198, Orlando, FL, 2001.

[70] S. H. Chen, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``On matching conditions for adaptive state tracking control of systems with actuator failures,'' Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Conferences on Decision and Control, pp. 1479--1484, Orlando, FL, 2001.

[71] A. Taware, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive tracking control of systems with actuator nonlinearities and failures,'' Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Conferences on Decision and Control, pp. 1607--1612, Orlando, FL, 2001.

[72] X. D. Tang, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive control of parametric strict-feedback nonlinear systems with actuator failures,'' Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Conferences on Decision and Control, pp. 1613--1614, Orlando, FL, 2001.

[73] X. D. Tang, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive actuator failure compensation control of parametric strict-feedback systems with zero dynamics,'' Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Conferences on Decision and Control, pp. 2031--2036, Orlando, FL, 2001.

[74] A. K. Imai, R. R. Costa, L. Hsu, G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Adaptive backstepping design for MIMO plants using factorization,'' Proceedings of the 2002 American Control Conference, Anchorage, AK, May 2002.

[75] Lu, Y., T. Abdelzaher, C. Y. Lu and G. Tao, ``An adaptive control framework for QoS guarantees and its application to differentiated caching services,'' Proceedings of the 2002 International Workshop on Quality of Service, Miami Beach, FL, May 2002.

[76] X. D. Tang and G. Tao, ``Adaptive actuator failure compensation for feedback linearizable systems,'' Proceedings of the 4th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA'02), June 10-14, 2002, Shanghai, China.

[77] X. D. Tang, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``An adaptive control scheme for output feedback nonlinear systems with actuator failures,'' Proceedings of the 15th IFAC World Congress, T-Tu-A03, July 21--26, 2002, Barcelona, Spain.

[78] S. H. Chen, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive actuator failure compensation designs for a linearized aircraft longitudinal model,'' Proceedings of the 2002 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, GNC-1, Monterey, CA, 2002.

[79] X. D. Tang, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive actuator failure compensation for parametric-strict-feedback systems and an aircraft application,'' Proceedings of the 2002 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, GNC-1, Monterey, CA, 2002.

[80] X. D. Tang, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Compensation of nonlinear MIMO systems for uncertain actuator failures with an application to aircraft control,'' Proceedings of the 41st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1245--1250, Las Vegas, NV, 2002.

[81] Y. Lu, G. Tao and T. Abdelzaher, ``LDU parametrized discrete-time multivariable MRAC and application to a web cache system,'' Proceedings of the 41st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4492--4497, Las Vegas, NV, 2002.

[82] S. H. Chen, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``An adaptive actuator failure compensation controller for MIMO systems,'' Proceedings of the 41st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4778--4482, Las Vegas, NV, 2002.

[83] L. F. Wang, G. Tao, J. A. Stankovic and X. D. Tang, ``Real-time design and simulation of actuator failure compensation for rocket fairing vibration reduction,'' Proceedings of the 2003 American Control Conference, pp. 515--520, Denver, CO, June 2003.

[84] S. H. Chen and G. Tao, ``Adaptive actuator failure compensation for nonminimum phase systems,'' Proceedings of the 2003 American Control Conference, pp. 527--532, Denver, CO, June 2003.

[85] G. Tao, ``A unification of multivariable MRAC based on high frequency gain matrix decompositions,'' Proceedings of the 2003 American Control Conference, pp. 945--950, Denver, CO, June 2003.

[86] Y. Wu, P. Allaire and G. Tao, ``An adaptive speed/flow controller for a continuous flow left ventricular assist device,'' Proceedings of the 2003 American Control Conference, pp. 1171--1176, Denver, CO, June 2003.

[87] Y. Lu, T. Abdelzaher and G. Tao, ``Direct adaptive control of a web cache system,'' Proceedings of the 2003 American Control Conference, pp. 1625--1630, Denver, CO, June 2003.

[88] X. D. Tang and G. Tao, ``Adaptive compensation of actuator failures for nonlinear MIMO systems under relaxed design conditions,'' Proceedings of the 2003 American Control Conference, pp. 5123--5128, Denver, CO, June 2003.

[89] L. F. Wang, X. T. Tang, G. Tao and J. A. Stankovic, ``Actuator failure compensation schemes for vibration control of a rocket fairing model,'' Proceedings of the 5th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes, pp. 175--180, Washington, D.C., June, 2003.

[90] E. F. Kececi, X. D. Tang and G. Tao, ``Adaptive actuator failure compensation for concurrently actuated manipulators,'' Proceedings of the 5th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes, pp. 411--416, Washington, DC, June 2003.

[91] E. F. Kececi, X. D. Tang and G. Tao, ``Adaptive actuator failure compensation for cooperating multiple manipulator systems,'' Proceedings of the 5th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes, pp. 417--422, Washington, DC, June 2003.

[92] J. T. Fei, S. H. Chen, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``A discrete-time adaptive actuator failure compensation controller,'' Proceedings of the 5th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes, pp. 423--428, Washington, DC, June 2003.

[93] X. D. Tang, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive output feedback actuator failure compensation for a class of state-dependent nonlinear systems,'' Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1681--1686, Maui, Hawaii, 2003.

[94] G. Tao, S. H. Chen, J. T. Fei and S. M. Joshi, ``An adaptive actuator failure compensation scheme for controlling a morphing aircraft model,'' Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4926--4931, Maui, Hawaii, 2003.

[95] S. H. Chen, G. Tao, J. T. Fei and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive compensation of morphing actuator failures,'' Proceedings of the 2004 American Control Conference, pp. 1805--1810, Boston, 2004.

[96] Y. Wu, P. E. Allaire, G. Tao, and Y. J. Liu, ``In vitro test of an adaptive flow controller for a continuous flow LVAD,'' to appear in Proceedings of the 2004 American Control Conference, pp. 1647--1648, Boston, 2004.

[97] D. Deb, G. Tao, J. O. Burkholder, D. R. Smith, ``An adaptive inverse control scheme for a synthetic jet actuator model,'' Proceedings of the 2005 American Control Conference, pp. 2646-2651, Portland, Oregon, 2005.

[98] X. D. Tang, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive output feedback design for actuator failure compensation using dynamic bounding: output tracking and an application,'' Proceedings of the 2005 American Control Conference, pp. 3186--3191, Portland, Oregon, 2005.

[99] X. D. Tang, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive output feedback design for actuator failure compensation using dynamic bounding: output regulation,'' Proceedings of the 2005 American Control Conference, pp. 3315--3320, Portland, Oregon, 2005.

[100] Y. Wu, P. E. Allaire, G. Tao, and D. Olson, ``Modeling, estimation and control of cardiovascular systems with a left ventricular assist device,'' Proceedings of the 2005 American Control Conference, pp. 3841--3846, Portland, Oregon, 2005.

[101] G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive output feedback compensation of variant actuator failures,'' Proceedings of the 2005 American Control Conference, pp. 4862--4867, Portland, Oregon, 2005.

[102] Y. Liu, X. D. Tang and G. Tao, ``Adaptive failure compensation control of autonomous robotic systems: application to a precision pointing hexapod,'' Proceedings of the 2005 AIAA Infotech@Aerospace, Washington, DC, September 2005.

[103] Y. Liu, X. D. Tang, G. Tao, and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive failure compensation for aircraft flight control using engine differentials: regulation,'' Proceedings of the 2005 AIAA Infotech@Aerospace, Washington, DC, September 2005.

[104] D. Deb, G. Tao, J. O. Burkholder and D. Smith, ``An adaptive inverse control scheme for synthetic jet actuator arrays,'' Proceedings of the 2005 AIAA Infotech@Aerospace, Washington, DC, September 2005.

[105] D. Deb, G. Tao, J. Burkholder and D. Smith, ``Adaptive compensation of nonlinearities in synthetic jet actuators for nonlinear aircraft dynamics,'' Proceedings of the 2006 American Control Conference, pp. 327--332, Minneapolis, MN, 2006.

[106] Y. Wu, P. E. Allaire, G. Tao, and D. Olson, ``Study of Pressure Estimation for a Human Circulatory System with a LVAD,'' Proceedings of the 2006 American Control Conference, pp. 713--718, Minneapolis, MN, 2006.

[107] Y. Liu, X. D. Tang, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive failure compensation for aircraft tracking control using engine differential model,'' Proceedings of the 2006 American Control Conference, pp. 5984--5989, Minneapolis, MN, 2006.

[108] X. D. Tang, Y. Liu and G. Tao, ``A study of adaptation of multiple actuating signals for LTI systems,'' Proceedings of the 2006 American Control Conference, pp. 5996--6001, Minneapolis, MN, 2006. [109] D. Deb, G. Tao, J. Burkholder and D. Smith, ``Adaptive synthetic jet actuator compensation for aircraft at high angles of attack,'' 2006 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Paper AIAA-2006-6051, Keystone, CO, 2006.

[110] Y. Liu, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Direct adaptive actuator failure compensation techniques with applications to aircraft flight control systems,'' 2006 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Paper AIAA-2006-6554, Keystone, CO, 2006.

[111] Z. H. Wang and G. Tao, ``Stabilization of an underactuated rigid body using certainty equivalence adaptive control,'' Proceedings of 2007 American Control Conference, pp. 3144--3149, New York, NY, 2007.

[112] S. S. Li and G. Tao, ``Feedback based adaptive sensor uncertainty compensation for control of LTI systems,'' Proceedings of 2007 American Control Conference, pp. 4003--4008, New York, NY, 2007.

[113] H. Shageer and G. Tao, ``Modeling and adaptive control of spacecraft with fuel slosh: overview and case studies,'' Proceedings of 2007 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Paper AIAA-2007-6434, Hilton Head, South Carolina.

[114] D. Deb, G. Tao and J. Burkholder, ``Adaptive Approximation based Compensation of Synthetic Jet Actuator Nonlinearities for Aircraft Control,'' Proceedings of 2007 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Paper AIAA-2007-6523, Hilton Head, South Carolina.

[115] Y. Liu and G. Tao, ``An adaptive disturbance rejection algorithm for MIMO systems with an aircraft flight control application,'' Proceedings of 2007 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Paper AIAA-2007-6647, Hilton Head, South Carolina.

[116] D. Deb, G. Tao and J. O. Burkholder, ``An adaptive inverse compensation scheme for signal-dependent actuator nonlinearities,'' Proceedings of the 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4821--4826, New Orleans, LA, 2007.

[117] Y. Liu and G. Tao, ``Multivariable MRAC of aircraft with damages,'' Proceedings of 2008 American Control Conference, pp. 2981--2986, Seattle, WA, June 2008.

[118] D. Deb, G. Tao and J. Burkholder, ``High-order design of adaptive inverses for signal-dependent actuator nonlinearities,'' Proceedings of 2008 American Control Conference, pp. 3464--3469, Seattle, WA, June 2008.

[119] S. S. Li and G. Tao, ``Adaptive feedback control based artificial pancreas,'' to appear in Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, pp. 2186--2191, Chongqing, China, June 2008.

[120] Y. Liu, D. Deb and G. Tao, ``Modeling and multivariable adaptive control of aircraft with synthetic jet actuators,'' Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, pp. 2192--2199, Chongqing, China, June 2008.

[121] Q. Sang and G. Tao, ``Gain margins of model reference adaptive control systems,'' Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, pp. 2246--2951, Chongqing, China, June 2008.

[122] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of systems with actuator failures,'' Semi-Plenary Talk Abstract (2 pages), Proceedings of 2008 Chinese Control and Decision Conference, Yantai, China, July 3, 2008.

[123] H. M. Shageer and G. Tao, ``Zero dynamics analysis for spacecraft with fuel slosh,'' Proceedings of 2008 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, AIAA-2008-6455, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2008.

[124] J. O. Burkholder, G. Tao and M. Niestroy, ``Adaptive methods for flight control diagnostics,'' Proceedings of 2008 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, AIAA-2008-6500, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2008.

[125] G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Direct adaptive control of systems with actuator failures: state of the art and continuing challenges,'' Proceedings of 2008 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, AIAA-2008-7284, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2008.

[126] J. O. Burkholder and G. Tao, ``An adaptive design for model-based diagnosis of uncertain nonlinear systems,'' presented at 2008 International Conference on Prognostics and Health Management, Denver, CO, October 2008.

[127] Q. Sang and G. Tao, ``Gain margins of multivariable model reference adaptive control systems,'' Proceedings of 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 702--707, Cancun, Mexico, December 2008.

[128] Y. Liu and G. Tao, ``Multivariable MRAC using Nussbaum gains for aircraft with abrupt damages,'' Proceedings of 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1397--1342, Cancun, Mexico, December 2008.

[129] H. Shageer, G. Tao and J. O. Burkholder, ``Adaptive spline function based compensation of synthetic jet actuators for aircraft flight control,'' Proceedings of 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2600--2605, Cancun, Mexico, December 2008.

[130] J. X. Guo, Y. Liu and G. Tao, ``Multivariable MRAC with state feedback for output tracking,'' Proceedings of 2009 American Control Conference, pp. 592--597, St. Louis, MO, June 2009.

[131] Q. Sang and G. Tao, ``Performance robustness of MRAC under reduced actuator effectiveness,'' Proceedings of 2009 American Control Conference, pp. 4506--4511, St. Louis, MO, June 2009.

[132] Y. Liu, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Modeling and model reference adaptive control of aircraft with asymmetric damages,'' Proceedings of 2009 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Paper AIAA-2009-5617, Chicago, IL, August 2009.

[133] S. M. Joshi, G. Tao and T. Khong, ``A direct adaptive control approach in the presence of model mismatch,'' Proceedings of 2009 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Paper AIAA-2009-5620, Chicago, IL, August 2009. [134] G. Tao and J. O. Burkholder, ``Adaptive detection of sensor uncertainties and failures,'' Proceedings of 2009 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Paper AIAA-2009-5889, Chicago, IL, August 2009.

[135] C. Singhal, G. Tao and J. O. Burkholder, ``Neural networks based compensation of synthetic jet actuator nonlinearities for aircraft flight control,'' Proceedings of 2009 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Paper AIAA-2009-6177, Chicago, IL, August 2009.

[136] S. S. Li, G. Tao and Y. Liu, ``Discrete-time MRAC schemes using sensor uncertainty compensation with application to artificial pancreas'', Proceedings of 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 823--828, Shanghai, China, December 2009.

[137] J. X. Guo and G. Tao, ``A multivariable MRAC scheme with sensor uncertainty compensation,'' Proceedings of 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 6632--6637, Shanghai, China, December 2009.

[138] S. Mack, G. Tao, and J. Burkholder, ``An adaptive detection scheme for aircraft aerodynamic system damage,'' Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, pp. 542--547, Baltimore, MD, 2010.

[139] J. X. Guo, Y. Liu and G. Tao, ``A multivariable MRAC design using state feedback for linearized aircraft models with damage,'' Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, pp. 2095--2100, Baltimore, MD, 2010.

[140] S. S. Li and G. Tao, ``Output feedback MIMO MRAC schemes with sensor uncertainty compensation, '' Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, pp. 3229--3234, Baltimore, MD, 2010.

[141] Q. Sang and G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of piecewise linear systems: the state tracking case,'' Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, pp. 4040--4045, Baltimore, MD, 2010.

[142] J. X. Guo, S. Narkhede and G. Tao, ``An adaptive LQ-based control design with parameter projection applied to the NASA GTM,'' Proceedings of 2010 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Paper AIAA-2010-7689, Toronto, Canada, August 2010.

[143] J. X. Guo and G. Tao, ``A multivariable mrac scheme applied to the NASA GTM with damage,'' Proceedings of 2010 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Paper AIAA-2010-8014, Toronto, Canada, August 2010.

[144] S. C. Mack, G. Tao and J. O. Burkholder, ``Adaptive detection of aircraft actuator failures and aerodynamic damage,'' Proceedings of 2010 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Paper AIAA-2010-8145, Toronto, Canada, August 2010.

[145] S. T. Mondschein, G. Tao and J. O. Burkholder, ``Adaptive actuator nonlinearity compensation and disturbance rejection applied to aircraft models with synthetic jet actuators,'' Proceedings of 2010 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Paper AIAA-2010-8149, Toronto, Canada, August 2010.

[146] S. S. Li and G. Tao ``Discrete-time multivariable MRAC schemes with output sensor uncertainty compensation,'' Proceedings of the 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1761--1766, Atlanta, GA, December 2010.

[147] C. Tan, G. Tao and R. Y. Qi, ``A discrete-time multiple-model MRAC scheme for adaptive actuator failure compensation,'' Proceedings of the 8th Asian Control Conference, pp. 1164--1169, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, May 2011.

[148] R. Y. Qi, G. Tao and C. Tan, ``An adaptive control scheme for discrete-time T-S fuzzy systems with unknown membership parameters,'' Proceedings of the 8th Asian Control Conference, pp. 1276--1281, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, May 2011.

[149] J. X. Guo and G. Tao, ``A feedback-based fault detection scheme for aircraft systems with damage,'' Proceedings of the 8th Asian Control Conference, pp. 1431--1436, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, May 2011.

[150] J. X. Guo, Y. Liu and G. Tao, ``A Multivariable MRAC Design for Aircraft Systems under Failure and Damage Conditions,'' Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference, pp. 600--605, San Francisco, June 2011.

[151] D. Maiti, J. X. Guo and G. Tao, ``A discrete-time multivariable state feedback MRAC design with application to linearized aircraft models with damage,'' Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference, pp. 606--611, San Francisco, June 2011.

[152] Q. Sang and G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of piecewise linear systems with applications to the NASA GTM,'' Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference, pp. 1157--1162, San Francisco, June 2011.

[153] Q. Sang and G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of piecewise linear systems: the output tracking case,'' Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference, pp. 2000--2005, San Francisco, June 2011.

[154] S. T. Mondschein, G. Tao and J. O. Burkholder, ``Adaptive actuator nonlinearity compensation and disturbance rejection with an aircraft control application,'' Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference, pp. 2951--2956, San Francisco, June 2011.

[155] R. Y. Qi, G. Tao, B. Jiang and C. Tan, ``Adaptive control schemes for discrete-time T-S fuzzy systems with unknown parameters and actuator failures,'' Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference, pp. 3748--3753, San Francisco, June 2011.

[156] C. Tan, R. Y. Qi and G. Tao, ``A discrete-time parameter estimation based adaptive actuator failure compensation control scheme,'' Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference, pp. 3754--3759, San Francisco, June 2011.

[157] R. Y. Qi, G. Tao and C. Tan, ``Adaptive control of discrete-time state-space T-S fuzzy systems,'' Proceedings of the 30th Chinese Control Conference, pp. 2496--2501, Yantai, China, July 2011.

[158] C. Tan, G. Tao and R. Y. Qi, ``A multiple-model based adaptive actuator failure compensation control scheme,'' Proceedings of the 7th Chinese Safeprocess Conference, pp. 104--108, Nanjing, China, August 2011.

[159] J. O. Burkholder and G. Tao, ``Adaptive Actuator Nonlinearity Compensation for Multivariable Systems,'' Proceedings of 2011 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Paper AIAA-2011-6397, Portland, OR, August 2011.

[160] R. Y. Qi, G. Tao, B. Jiang and H. J. Gong, ``Adaptive control of MIMO T-S fuzzy systems with general delay matrices,'' Proceedings of the 18th IFAC World Congress, pp. 3445--3450, Milan, Italy, August 2011.

[161] G. Tao, R. Y. Qi and B. Jiang, ``Adaptive failure compensation control with redundant actuators,'' Proceedings of the 18th IFAC World Congress, pp. 13711--13716, Milan, Italy, August 2011.

[162] J. X. Guo and G. Tao, ``A feedback-based sensor uncertainty detection scheme,'' Proceedings of the 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, pp. 1122--1127, Orlando, FL, December 2011.

[163] Q. Sang and G. Tao, ``Multivariable state feedback for output tracking MRAC for piecewise linear systems,'' Proceedings of the 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, pp. 1784--1789, Orlando, FL, December 2011.

[164] Y. H. Huang, R. Y. Qi and G. Tao, ``Indirect adaptive fault-tolerant control for T-S fuzzy systems with actuator failures,'' Proceedings of the 24th Chinese Control and Decision Conference, pp. 2922--2927, Taiyuan, China, May 23-25, 2012.

[165] R. Y. Qi, G. Tao, C. Tan and X. L. Yao, ``Adaptive prediction and control of discrete-time T-S fuzzy systems'', Proceedings of the 2012 American Control Conference, pp. 356--361, Montreal, Canada, June 2012.

[166] X. L. Yao, G. Tao, R. Y. Qi and B. Jiang, ``An adaptive actuator failure compensation scheme for an attitude dynamic model of near space vehicles,'' Proceedings of the 2012 American Control Conference, pp. 368--373, Montreal, Canada, June 2012.

[167] C. Tan, G. Tao and R. Y. Qi, ``A discrete-time direct adaptive multiple-model control scheme,'' Proceedings of the 31st Chinese Control Conference, pp. 2997--3002, Hefei, China, July 2012.

[168] X. L. Yao, G. Tao and R. Y. Qi, ``An adaptive actuator failure compensation scheme for spacecraft,'' Proceedings of the 31st Chinese Control Conference, pp. 3003--3008, Hefei, China, July 2012.

[169] Y. Huang, R. Y. Qi, B. Jiang and G. Tao, ``Adaptive failure compensation design for hypersonic vehicle based on dynamic surface backstepping control,'' Proceedings of the 31st Chinese Control Conference, pp. 5305-5310, Hefei, China, July 2012.

[170] J. X. Guo and G. Tao, ``Adaptive fault detection and fault-tolerant control of NASA generic transport aircraft model,'' Proceedings of 2012 IFAC International Symposium on SAFEPROCESS, pp. 307--312, Mexico City, Mexico, August 2012.

[171] C. Tan, X. L. Yao, G. Tao and R. Y. Qi, ``A multiple-model based adaptive actuator failure compensation scheme for control of near-space vehicles,'' Proceedings of 2012 IFAC International Symposium on SAFEPROCESS, pp. .594--599, Mexico City, Mexico, August 2012.

[172] F. Y. Chen, B. Jiang and G. Tao, ``A self-repairing control scheme for the helicopter using adaptive sliding model backstepping technology,'' Proceedings of 2012 IFAC International Symposium on SAFEPROCESS, pp. 788--793, Mexico City, Mexico, August 2012.

[173] Q. Sang and G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of piecewise linear systems with output feedback for output tracking,'' Proceedings of the 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, USA, December 2012.

[174] X. L. Yao, G. Tao, Y. J. Ma and R. Y. Qi, ``An adaptive actuator failure compensation scheme for spacecraft with unknown inertia parameters,'' Proceedings of the 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, USA, December 2012.

[175] J. X. Guo and G. Tao, ``Discrete-time adaptive control of a nonlinear aircraft flight dynamic system (NASA GTM) with damage,'' Proceedings of the 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, USA, December 2012.

[176] G. Tao, J. O. Burkholder and J. X. Guo, ``Adaptive output feedback actuator nonlinearity compensation for multivariable systems,'' to appear in Proceedings of the 2013 American Control Conference, Washington DC, June 17--19, 2012.

[177] C. Tan, G. Tao and R. Y. Qi, ``Direct adaptive multiple-model control schemes,'' to appear in Proceedings of the 2013 American Control Conference, Washington DC, June 17--19, 2012.





Conference Papers (Control Applications)

[1] P. A. Ioannou and G. Tao, ``Dominant richness and improvement of performance of robust adaptive control,'' accepted to the 8th IFAC/IFORS Symposium on System Identification and Parameter Estimation, Beijing, August 1988.

[2] J. S. Gibson, I. G. Rosen and G. Tao, ``Approximation in LQG control of a thermoelastic rod,'' Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Conference on Aerospace Computational Control, Oxnard, CA, August 1989.

[3] G. Tao, P. V. Kokotovic and G. Ianculescu, ``Adaptive friction compensation applied to positioning of a space-station solar array,'' Proceedings of the First IEEE Regional Conference on Aerospace Control Systems, pp. 80-84, Westlake Village, CA, May 1993.

[4] W. O. Dennis and G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of plants with jumping parameters,'' presented at the SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications, St. Louris, MO, April 1995.

[5] G. Tao, ``Adaptive inverse control for nonsmooth nonlinearities,'' Proceedings of the International Conference on Control and Information, pp. 207-209, Hong Kong, June 1995.

[6] M. Tian and G. Tao, ``Discrete-time adaptive control of plants with output piecewise-linear nonlinearities,'' Proceedings of the IFAC 1995 Youth Automation Conference, pp. 221-226, Beijing, August 1995.

[7] G. Tao and M. Tian, ``Adaptive inverse: a new approach for control of nonsmooth nonlinear systems'' Proceedings of the IFAC 1995 Youth Automation Conference, pp. 931-936, Beijing, August 1995.

[8] T. L. Coles and G. Tao, ``Control of manipulators with time-varying parameters,'' accepted to the 1995 European Control Conference, Roma, Italy, September 1995.

[9] M. Tian and G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of non-minimum phase plants with output dead-zones,'' Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton, NJ, March 1996.

[10] Y. Ling and G. Tao, ``A state observer for multivariable adaptive control,'' Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton, NJ, March 1996.

[11] G. Tao and M. Tian, ``An adaptive inverse control--A summary,'' Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton, NJ, March 1996.

[12] G. Tao, ``Adaptive backlash compensation,'' Proceedings of the 6th Conference on Nonlinear Vibrations, Stability, and Dynamics of Structures , Blacksburg, VA, June 1996.

[13] G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Inverse control for output nonlinearities,'' presented at Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems--1996, St. Louis, MO, June 1996.

[14] G. Tao and M. Tian, ``Adaptive control of output-feedback canonical systems with input dead-zones,'' presented at Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems--1996, St. Louis, MO, June 1996.

[15] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of nonsmooth nonlinear systems,'' to appear in Proceedings of Circuits, Systems and Computers '96 , pp. 451-455, July 15-17, Hellenic Naval Academy, Greece (invited).

[16] E. A. Sniffen and G. Tao, ``Discrete-time adaptive control of multivariable systems with input dead-zones,'' presented at the 1996 SIAM Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO, July 22--26, 1996.

[17] G. Tao, ``Algorithm-based actuator compensation,'' accepted to Technology 2006 , October 29-31, 1996, Anaheim, CA.

[18] Y. Ling and G. Tao, ``Multivariable adaptive actuator compensation,'' Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems , Baltimore, MD, March 1997.

[19] J. Burkholder and G. Tao, ``Adaptive actuator compensation for autopilot design,'' Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems , Baltimore, MD, March 1997.

[20] Y. Ling and G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of multivariable systems with actuator nonlinearities,'' Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton, NJ, March 1998.

[21] M. Y. Shi, J. H. Downs, G. Tao and S. Graves, ``Control issues in teleoperations with communication time delays,'' Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton, NJ, March 1998.

[22] G. Roberson and G. Tao, ``Sway control for trolley with pendulum load,'' Proceedings of the 7th Conference on Nonlinear Vibrations, Stability, and Dynamics of Structures, Blacksburg, VA, July 1998.

[23] A. Taware and G. Tao, ``Control of sandwich systems,'' Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Baltimore, MD, March 1999.

[24] M. Baloh, G. Tao and P. E. Allaire, ``Feedback linearization applied to a MIMO active magnetic bearing: A systematic approach and application to a balance beam,'' Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Magnetic Suspension Technology, Santa Barbara, CA, December 1999.

[25] J. H. Lee, E. F. Hilton, X. R. Zhang, G. Tao and P. E. Allaire, ``Integral sliding mode controller for magnetically suspended balance beam: Theory and experimental evaluation,'' Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Magnetic Suspension Technology, Santa Barbara, CA, December 1999.

[26] C. Lu, J. Stankovic, T. Abdelzaher, S. Son and G. Tao, ``Feedback control real-time scheduling: support performance guarantees in unpredictable environments,'' Work-In-Progress session in the 17th ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, Kiawah Island Resort, SC, December 1999.

[27] X. R. Zhang, G. Tao and P. Allaire, ``Dynamic self-sensing for magnetic bearing control systems,'' Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, vol. II, pp. TP8:21--26, Princeton, NJ, March 2000.

[28] A. Taware and G. Tao, ``Control of systems with hysteresis: survey and new topics,'' Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, vol. II, pp. TP8:27--32, Princeton, NJ, March 2000.

[29] N. Pradhan and G. Tao, ``Friction compensation control of a sandwich system,'' Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, vol. II, pp. TP8:33--38, Princeton, NJ, March 2000.

[30] X. R. Zhang, G. Tao and P. Allaire, ``Nonlinear VSC Control for magnetic bearing systems,'' presented at the 7th International Symposium on Magnetic Bearings, August 23-25, 2000, Zurich, Switzerland.

[31] M. Baloh, G. Tao, P. Allaire and E. Maslen, ``Feedback linearization of magnetic bearing actuator,'' presented at the 7th International Symposium on Magnetic Bearings, August 23-25, 2000, Zurich, Switzerland.

[32] S. H. Chen, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive actuator failure compensation: a survey of designs for linear dynamics,'' Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, vol. II, pp. TA6: 487--492, Baltimore, MD, March 2001.

[33] X. D. Tang, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive actuator failure compensation: nonlinear dynamics,'' Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, vol. II, pp. TP6: 685--690, Baltimore, MD, March 2001.

[34] C. Chen, J. Ludlow, J. Antaki, G. Tao, G. Bearnson, P. Strojnik, P. Allaire and B. Paden, ``Sensing and control for HeartQuest maglev LVAD,'' Poster, ASAIO 2001, New York.

[35] S. H. Chen, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive actuator failure compensation based on MRAC designs,'' Proceedings of the 2001 International Symposium on Adaptive and Intelligent Systems and Control, June, 2001, Charlottesville, VA.

[36] X. D. Tang, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive actuator failure compensation for nonlinear systems,'' Proceedings of the 2001 International Symposium on Adaptive and Intelligent Systems and Control, June, 2001, Charlottesville, VA.

[37] A. Taware and G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of sandwich nonlinear systems,'' Proceedings of the 2001 International Symposium on Adaptive and Intelligent Systems and Control, June, 2001, Charlottesville, VA.

[38] P. Allaire, X. Zhang, M. Baloh, W. Jiang and G. Tao, ``Optimum four axis stable permanent magnet bearing suspension for artificial heart pump applications,'' the 9th Congress of the International Society for Rotary Blood Pumps, Seattle, WA, August 2001.

[39] J. H. Lee, Paul E. Allaire, Gang Tao, ``A benchmark magnetic bearing system using sliding mode control including integral compensator: analysis and experiments'' Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium Magnetic Suspension Technology, Turin, Italy, October 2001.

[40] J. H. Lee, Paul E. Allaire, Gang Tao, ``Robust sliding mode control with unmatched uncertainty for a magnetically suspended balance beam'' Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Magnetic Suspension Technology, Turin, Italy, October 2001.

[41] E. F. Kececi and G. Tao, ``Adaptive actuator failure compensation for a platform manipulator,'' Proceedings of the 6th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis (ESDA02), Istanbul, Turkey, July 2002.

[42] E. F. Kececi and G. Tao, ``An intelligent robotic walker: mechanical design and control system,'' Proceedings of the 2002 ASME International Symposium on Advances in Robot Dynamics and Control (IMECE02), New Orleans, LA, November 2002.

[43] Y. Wu, P. E. Allaire, G. Tao, H. Wood and D. Olsen ``Adaptive physiological controller: a solution for long term left ventricle assist device,'' Proceedings of the 10th Congress of International Society for Rotary Blood Pumps, Osaka, Japan, September 11-14, 2002.

[44] Y. Wu, P. E. Allaire, G. Tao, H. Wood and D. Olsen ``Advanced physiological controller for a LVAD to prevent left ventricle collapse,'' Proceedings of the 10th Congress of International Society for Rotary Blood Pumps, Osaka, Japan, September 11-14, 2002.

[45] Y. Wu, P. E. Allaire and G. Tao, ``An adaptive controller for left ventricle assist device,'' Proceedings of the 2nd Joint EMBS-BMES Conference, Houston, TX, October, 2002.

[46] Y. Wu, P. E. Allaire, G. Tao, D. B. Olsen and J. M. Adams, ``An anti-suction physiological controller for a long-term LVAD,'' the 2nd ASAIO-ISAO Joint Conference, Washington D.C., June 2003.