Current Research Projects

• Mekong Delta Report, 2007
• Consensus in Distributed Agents + Khepera Hardware Testbed, Sam McKennoch, Linda Bushnell.
• Data-Logging Salinity Sensor & Control Optimized Schedule for River System , Tung Pham, Jon Chen, Tom Green, PHuong Truong, Aditya Vaidya, Linda Bushnell.

• S. McKennoch, T. Voegtlin and L. Bushnell, “Spike-Timing Error BackProp in Theta Neuron Networks,” (to appear 2008) Neural Computation.
• Y. Hong, G. Chen, and L. Bushnell, “Distributed Observers Design for Leader-Following Control of Multi-Agent Networks,” (to appear 2008) Automatica.
• T.-T. Pham, D. Burnett, L. Handugan, D. Frashure, J. Chen, L. Bushnell, “Low Cost, Data-Logging Salinity Sensor,” IEEE MTS/OCEANS, September 2007.
• Sam McKennoch, Preethi Sundaradevan and Linda G. Bushnell, “Theta Neuron Networks: Robustness to Noise in Embedded Applications,” IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN): Orlando, FL, August 2007.
• S. McKennoch, D. Liu and L. G. Bushnell, “Fast Modifications of the SpikeProp Algorithm,” IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI) (Vancouver, BC) July 2006.
• S. McKennoch and L. G. Bushnell, "Dynamics of Convergence to a Symbol Anchoring Consensus in Distributed Agents," UWEETR-2005-0006.
• S. Hoyt, S. McKennoch, and L. G. Bushnell, "An Autonomous Multi-Agent Testbed using Infrared Wireless Communication and Localization," UWEETR-2005-0005.
• M. Yamagishi, "Social Rules for Reactive Formation Switching," M.S. Thesis, June 2004.
• S. McKennoch, S. Hoyt and L. G. Bushnell, “A Study of Group Size and Communication in an Evolving Fuzzy-Controlled Population,” Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (Budapest) July 2004.
• T. Nguyen and L. G. Bushnell, “Feasibility Study of DTMF Communications for Robots,” UWEETR-2004-0013.
• L. G. Bushnell and A. P. Crick, "Control Education via Autonomous Robotics," Proceedings IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (Maui, Hawaii) December 2003.
• S. Hoyt, D. St. John, D. Wilson and L. G. Bushnell, "A Tree Tour with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)," Proceedings IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Annual Conference (IECON) (Roanoke, VA) November 2003.
• S. McKennoch, J.M. McNew and L. G. Bushnell, "A Biologically-Inspired Platform for the Evolution of Communication in Multi-Agent Systems," Proceedings IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control (ISIC) (Houston, TX) October 2003.