Publications

## Publications My scholarly contributions include: - **Active Sensing and Deferred-Decision Trajectory Optimization for Robust Target Identification** (2026, published in IEEE Control Systems Letters, available on [IEEE Xplore](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/11563843)) Develops an active-sensing extension of deferred-decision trajectory optimization for robust target identification under sensing uncertainty and resource constraints. - **Conformal prediction-based multi-sensor classification** (2026, published in Neurocomputing, article 133182, available on [ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925231226005795)) Studies conformal prediction methods for reliable multi-sensor classification with uncertainty-aware decision support. - **Coverage Guarantees for Pseudo-Calibrated Conformal Prediction under Distribution Shift** (2026, available on [arXiv](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.14913)) Provides coverage guarantees for pseudo-calibrated conformal prediction under bounded distribution shift. - **Deep Reinforcement Learning for Epidemic Control of a Networked SIS Model** (September 2025, published in IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA) 2025, available on [IEEE Xplore](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/11151322)) Proposes a novel approach to reduce infection spread in a networked susceptible-infected-susceptible (SIS) model using deep deterministic policy gradient (DDPG). - **Towards Opinion Shaping: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach in Bot-User Interactions** (September 2024, available on [arXiv](https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.11426)) Explores the impact of interference in social networks using deep reinforcement learning. - **Image-Based and Partially Categorical Annotating Approach for Pedestrian Attribute Recognition** (July 2023, available on [SSRN](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4373086)) Introduces the CA-Duke dataset and a two-step learning method with a novel Separation Index metric. - **SIVD: Dataset of Iranian Vehicles for Real-Time Multi-Camera Video Tracking and Recognition** (December 2022, published in International Conference on Signal Processing and Intelligent Systems (ICSPIS) 2022, available on [IEEE Xplore](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10043932)) Presents a new dataset with 29 classes and over 36,000 images for vehicle tracking and recognition.