Curriculum Vitae Michael M. Zavlanos

Curriculum Vitae Michael M. Zavlanos Home Address Work Address 2114 Pine Street 3330 Walnut Street Apartment 1 Front GRASP Laboratory, Levine Hall 465 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Dept. of Electrical and Systems Eng. USA University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA RESEARCH INTERESTS Web: http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~zavlanos/ Email: zavlanos@grasp.upenn.edu Networked Systems and Science, Distributed Control of Networked Dynamical Systems, Distributed Robotics, Formation Control, Modeling and Identification of Biomolecular Networks, Hybrid Systems, Nonlinear Control, Optimization. EDUCATION University of Pennsylvania (May 2005 - Aug. 2008), Philadelphia, PA, USA Ph.D., Dept. of Electrical and Systems Engineering Thesis: Distributed Control of Robotic Networks Advisor: Prof. George J. Pappas University of Pennsylvania (Sept. 2003 - May 2005), Philadelphia, PA, USA M.S.E., Dept. of Electrical and Systems Engineering Advisor: Prof. George J. Pappas National Technical University of Athens, (Oct. 1997 - Nov. 2002), Athens, Greece Diploma (M.S.E.), Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Advisor: Prof. Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Postdoctoral Researcher (Aug. 2008 - present) GRASP Laboratory, Research Assistant (Sept. 2003 - Aug. 2008) GRASP Laboratory, Research Assistant (Nov. 2001 - Jul. 2003) CSL Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Co-instructor (Spring 2009) MEAM 620: Advanced Robotics (focus on distributed algorithms and robotic networks) Teaching Assistant (Fall 2006) ESE 617: Nonlinear Control Theory Teaching Assistant (Fall 2004) ESE 530: Elements of Probability Theory and Random Processes Teaching Assistant (Fall 2004) ENM 503: Introduction to Probability HONORS & AWARDS NSF Student Travel Award for the American Control Conference (2007, 2008). NSF Student Travel Award for the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (2005, 2006). Finalist, Best Student Paper Award, 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, December 2006. Graduate Research Fellowship (Sept. 2003 - Aug. 2008) Dept. of Electrical and Systems Engineering Award of Academic Excellence in Engineering Sciences for the academic year 2001-2002. (Best Diploma Thesis Award) Awarded by the Technical Chamber of Greece. PUBLICATIONS Theses Th1. M. M. Zavlanos. Distributed Control of Robotic Networks. Ph.D. Thesis, Electical & Systems Engineering Dept., University of Pennsylvania, August 2008. Journal Publications J11. M. M. Zavlanos, D. E. Koditschek and G. J. Pappas. Consensus on the Orthogonal Group. (in preparation) J10. M. M. Zavlanos, N. Michael, V. Kumar and G. J. Pappas. Distributed Deployment of Heterogeneous Robotic Networks in Complex Environments. (in preparation) J9. M. M. Zavlanos, A. A. Julius, S. P. Boyd and G. J. Pappas. Identification of Stable Genetic Networks using Convex Programming. January 2009. (submitted) J8. N. Michael, M. M. Zavlanos, V. Kumar and G. J. Pappas. Maintaining Connectivity in Mobile Robot Networks. November 2008. (submitted)

J7. A. A. Julius, M. M. Zavlanos, S. P. Boyd and G. J. Pappas. Genetic Network Identification using Convex Programming. IET Systems Biology, Nov. 2008. (accepted) J6. M. M. Zavlanos, H. G. Tanner, A. Jadbabaie and G. J. Pappas. Hybrid Control for Connectivity Preserving Flocking. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Oct. 2008. (accepted) J5. M. M. Zavlanos and G. J. Pappas. Distributed Connectivity Control of Mobile Networks. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol. 24, No. 6, pp. 1416-1428, Dec. 2008. J4. M. M. Zavlanos and G. J. Pappas. A Dynamical Systems Approach to Weighted Graph Matching. Automatica, Vol. 44, No. 11, pp. 2817-2824, Nov. 2008. J3. M. M. Zavlanos and G. J. Pappas. Dynamic Assignment in Distributed Motion Planning with Local Coordination. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 232-242, February 2008. J2. M. M. Zavlanos and G. J. Pappas. Potential Fields for Maintaining Connectivity of Mobile Networks. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 812-816, August 2007. J1. D. V. Dimarogonas, S. G. Loizou, K. J. Kyriakopoulos, and M. M. Zavlanos. A Feedback Stabilization and Collision Avoidance Scheme for Multiple Independent Non-Point Agents. Automatica, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 229-243, February 2006. Conference Publications C17. M. M. Zavlanos, N. Michael, V. Kumar and G. J. Pappas. Distributed Deployment of Heterogeneous Robotic Networks in Complex Environments. January 2009. (submitted) C16. M. M. Zavlanos, D. E. Koditschek and G. J. Pappas. A Distributed Dynamical Scheme for Fastest Mixing Markov Chains. 2009 American Control Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 2009. (accepted) C15. M. M. Zavlanos, L. Spesivtsev and G. J. Pappas. A Distributed Auction Algorithm for the Assignment Problem. Proceedings of the 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, December 2008, pp. 1212-1217. C14. N. Michael, M. M. Zavlanos, V. Kumar and G. J. Pappas. Maintaining Connectivity in Mobile Robot Networks. Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, Athens, Greece, July 2008. C13. M. M. Zavlanos, A. A. Julius, S. P. Boyd and G. J. Pappas. Identification of Stable Genetic Networks using Convex Programming. Proceedings of the 2008 American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, June 2008, pp. 2755-2760. C12. M. M. Zavlanos, A. Tahbaz-Salehi, A. Jadbabaie and G. J. Pappas. Distributed Topology Control of Dynamic Networks. Proceedings of the 2008 American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, June 2008, pp. 2660-2665. C11. N. Michael, M. M. Zavlanos, V. Kumar and G. J. Pappas. Distributed Multi-Robot Task Assignment and Formation Control. Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Pasadena, CA, May 2008, pp. 128-133. C10. M. M. Zavlanos and G. J. Pappas. Distributed Connectivity Control of Mobile Networks. Proceedings of the 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, December 2007, pp. 3591-3596.

C9. M. M. Zavlanos and G. J. Pappas. Distributed Formation Control with Permutation Symmetries. Proceedings of the 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, December 2007, pp. 2894-2899. C8. M. M. Zavlanos, A. Jadbabaie and G. J. Pappas. Flocking while Preserving Network Connectivity. Proceedings of the 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, December 2007, pp. 2919-2924. C7. M. M. Zavlanos and G. J. Pappas. Dynamic Assignment in Distributed Motion Planning with Limited Information. Proceedings of the 2007 American Control Conference, New York, NY, July 2007, pp. 1173-1178. C6. M. M. Zavlanos and G. J. Pappas. Sensor-Based Dynamic Assignment in Distributed Motion Planning. Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Rome, Italy, April 2007, pp. 3333-3338. C5. M. M. Zavlanos and G. J. Pappas. Distributed Hybrid Control for Multiple Pursuer Multiple Evader Games. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, LNCS vol. 4416, pp. 787-789, Pisa, Italy, April 2007. C4. M. M. Zavlanos and G. J. Pappas. A Dynamical Systems Approach to Weighted Graph Matching. Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, December 2006, pp. 3492-3497. Finalist, Best Student Paper Award C3. M. M. Zavlanos and G. J. Pappas. Controlling Connectivity of Dynamic Graphs. Proceedings of the 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Seville, Spain, December 2005, pp. 6388-6393. C2. D. V. Dimarogonas, M. M. Zavlanos, S. G. Loizou and K. J. Kyriakopoulos. Decentralized Motion Control of Multiple Holonomic Agents under Input Constraints. Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, December 2003, pp. 3390-3395. C1. M. M. Zavlanos and K. J. Kyriakopoulos. Decentralized Motion Control of Multiple Mobile Agents. Proceedings of the 11th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Rhodes, Greece, 2003. Poster Presentations P1. A. A. Julius, M. M. Zavlanos, S. P. Boyd and G. J. Pappas. Genetic Network Identification using Convex Programming. In Eight International Conference on Systems Biology (ICSB), Los Angeles, CA, October 2007. Technical Reports T3. A. A. Julius, M. M. Zavlanos, S. P. Boyd and G. J. Pappas. Genetic Network Identification using Convex Programming. Technical Report MS-CIS-07-20, Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, July 2007. T2. M. M. Zavlanos and G. J. Pappas. Distributed Connectivity Control of Mobile Networks. Technical Report MS-CIS-07-08, Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, March 2007. T1. D. V. Dimarogonas, S. G. Loizou, K. J. Kyriakopoulos and M. M. Zavlanos. A Feedback Stabilization and Collision Avoidance Scheme for Multiple Independent Non-Point Agents. Technical Report No. 01-04, Control Systems Lab. M.E. Dept, NTUA, 2004.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Invited Session Organizer 1. Co-organized (with A. Agung Julius) an invited session on Modeling and Identification of Genetic Regulatory Networks at the 2008 American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, June 2008. Society Memberships 1. Student member of IEEE since 2005 (Philadelphia Chapter) Control Systems Society Robotics and Automation Society 2. Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece since 2003 Mechanical Engineering Affiliations 1. GRASP Laboratory (2003 - present) 2. Control Systems Laboratory (CSL) (Nov. 2001 - Jul. 2003) Dept. of Mechanical Engineering National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece Reviewer 1. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 2. IEEE Transactions on Robotics 3. International Journal of Robotics Research 4. IEEE International Conference on Decision and Control 5. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 6. American Control Conference 7. European Control Conference 8. Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control 9. IFAC World Congress 10. IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation TECHNICAL SKILLS & FOREIGN LANGUAGES Programming: MATLAB, C++, Fortran English: Certificate of Proficiency & Endorsement to Certificate of Proficiency in English (Translation from and into Greek), University of Cambridge French: Diplôme d Études en Langue Francais, D.E.L.F. 2nd Degré German: Zeugnis Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung, Goethe Institut

REFERENCES Prof. George J. Pappas Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania 200 South 33rd Street, 460 Levine Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA tel: (215) 898-9780; fax: (215) 573-2068; e-mail: pappasg@grasp.upenn.edu Prof. Vijay Kumar Department of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania 3330 Walnut Street, 470 Levine Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA tel: (215) 898-3630; fax: (215) 573-2048; e-mail: kumar@grasp.upenn.edu Prof. Daniel E. Koditschek Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania 200 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA tel: (215) 898-9506; fax: (215) 573-2068; e-mail: kod@seas.upenn.edu Prof. Ali Jadbabaie Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania 200 South 33rd Street, 365 GRW Moore Bldg., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA tel: (215) 898-8105; fax: (215) 573-2068; e-mail: jadbabai@grasp.upenn.edu Prof. Magnus Egerstedt School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology Office: TSRB 432, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA tel: (404) 894-3484; fax: (404) 894-4641; e-mail: magnus@ece.gatech.edu Prof. Herbert G. Tanner Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware 126 Spencer Lab, Newark, DE 19716, USA tel: (302) 831-6888; e-mail: btanner@udel.edu