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.