Book chapters Sara Nasser, Adrienne Breland, Frederick C. Harris Jr., Monica Nicolescu, and Gregory L. Vert, "Fuzzy Genome Sequence Assembly for Single and Environmental Genomes"  in Fuzzy Systems in Bioinformatics, Bioengineering and Computational Biology, Springer Book Series on Studies in Computational Intelligence, to appear 2008. Monica Nicolescu, Maja J Mataric´, "Task Learning Through Imitation and Human-Robot Interaction", in Models and Mechanisms of Imitation and Social Learning in Robots, Humans and Animals: Behavioural, Social and Communicative Dimensions, Kerstin Dautenhahn and Chrystopher Nehaniv Eds., pages 407-424, 2006. [PDF] Journal articles Richard Kelley, Christopher King, Alireza Tavakkoli, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica Nicolescu, George Bebis, "An Architecture for Understanding Intent Using a Novel Hidden Markov Formulation", International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, Special Issue on Cognitive Humanoid Robots, vol. 5, no. 2, pages 1-22, 2008. [PDF] Monica Nicolescu, Odest Chadwicke Jenkins, Adam Olenderski, Eric Fritzinger, "Learning Behavior Fusion from Observation", Interactive Studies Journal, Special Issue on Robot and Human Interactive Communication , vol. 9, no. 2, pages 319-352, 2008. [PDF] Alireza Tavakkoli, Mircea Nicolescu, George Bebis, Monica Nicolescu, "A Support Vector Data Description Approach for Background Modeling in Videos with Quasi-Stationary Backgrounds", to appear in the International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, 2008. [PDF] Alireza Tavakkoli, Mircea Nicolescu, George Bebis, Monica Nicolescu, "Non-Parametric Statistical Background Modeling for Efficient Foreground Region Detection", Machine Vision and Applications, April 2008. [PDF] Junxian Wang, George Bebis, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica Nicolescu, Ronald Miller, "Improving Target Detection by Coupling It with Tracking", Machine Vision and Applications, February 2008. [PDF] Monica Nicolescu, Ryan Leigh, Adam Olenderski, Sushil Louis, Sergiu Dascalu, Chris Miles, Juan Quiroz, Ryan Aleson, "A Training Simulation System with Realistic Autonomous Ship Control", Computational Intelligence, Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence Methods for Ambient Intelligence, vol. 23, no. 4, pages 497-516, November 2007. [PDF] Jorge Usabiaga, George Bebis, Ali Erol, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica Nicolescu, "Recognizing Simple Human Actions Using 3D Head Movement", Computational Intelligence, Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence Methods for Ambient Intelligence, vol. 23, no. 4, pages 484-496, November 2007. [PDF] Sara Nasser, Gregory Vert, Monica Nicolescu, Alison Murray "Multi Sequence Assembly for Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes Using Fuzzy Logic", IEEE International Journal of Information Technology and Intelligent Computing, vol. 2, no. 4, 2007. [PDF] Monica Nicolescu, Maja J Mataric´, "Learning and Interacting in Human-Robot Domains", Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans , Vol. 31, No. 5, pages 419-430, Chelsea C. White and Kerstin Dautenhahn Eds., September, 2001. [PS], [PDF] Refereed conference publications Sara Nasser, Adrienne Breland, Frederick Harris Jr, Monica Nicolescu, "A Fuzzy Classifier to Taxonomically Group DNA Fragments within a Metagenome", in Proceedings of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society Conference, New York, NY, May, 2008. [PDF] Alireza Tavakkoli, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica Nicolescu, George Bebis, "Efficient Background Modeling through Incremental Support Vector Data Description", to appear in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Tampa, Florida, December 2008. [PDF] Alireza Tavakkoli, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica Nicolescu, George Bebis, "Incremental SVDD Training: Improving Efficiency of Background Modeling in Videos", to appear in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Signal and Image Processing, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, August 2008. [PDF] Richard Kelley, Alireza Tavakkoli, Christopher King, Monica Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu, George Bebis, "Understanding Human Intentions via Hidden Markov Models in Autonomous Mobile Robots", Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pages 367-374, Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 2008. [PDF] Alireza Tavakkoli, Richard Kelley, Christopher King, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica Nicolescu, George Bebis, "A Vision-Based Architecture for Intent Recognition", Proceedings of the International Symposium on Visual Computing, pages 173-182, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, November 2007. [PDF] Monica Nicolescu, Odest Chadwicke Jenkins, Austin Stanhope, "Fusing Robot Behaviors for Human-Level Tasks", in Proceedings, IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL 07), London, UK, July 11-13, 2007.[PDF] Anil Shankar, Juan Quiroz, Sergiu Dascalu, Sushil Louis, Monica Nicolescu "Sycophant: An API for Research in Context-Aware User Interfaces", in Proceedings, International Conference on Software Engineering Advances, Cap Esterel, France, Aug25-31, 2007.[PDF] Jeff C. LaCombe, Eric L. Wang, Monica Nicolescu, Pablo Rivera, B. Poe "Design Experiences with a Student Satellite Program", in Proceedings, the American Society for Engineering Education, Pacific Southwest Section Conference, Reno, NV, USA, April 12-13, 2007.[PDF] Sara Nasser, Gregory Vert, Monica Nicolescu, "Fuzzy Classification of Genome Sequences Prior to Assembly Based on Similarity Measures", in Proceedings, the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society Conference San Diego, CA, June 24-27, 2007. [PDF] Christopher King, Xavier Palathingal, Monica Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu, "A Vision-Based Architecture for Long-Term Human-Robot Interaction", in Proceedings, the IASTED International Conference on Human Computer Interaction, Chamonix, France, March 14-16, 2007.[PDF] Christopher King, Xavier Palathingal, Monica Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu, "A Control Architecture for Long-Term Autonomy of Robotic Assistants", Proceedings of the International Symposium on Visual Computing, pages 375-384, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, November 2007. Sara Nasser, Gregory Vert, Monica Nicolescu, "Multiple Sequence Alignment using Fuzzy Logic", in Proceedings, IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Honolulu, HI, April 1-5, 2007. [PDF] Monica Nicolescu, Odest Chadwicke Jenkins, Adam Olenderski, "Learning Behavior Fusion Estimation from Demonstration", in Proceedings, IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 06), Hatfield, UK, pages 340-345, September 6-8, 2006. Monica Nicolescu, Odest Chadwicke Jenkins, Adam Olenderski, "Behavior Fusion Estimation for Robot Learning from Demonstration", in Proceedings, IEEE 2006 Workshop on Distributed Intelligent Systems (DIS06), Prague, Czech Republic, pages 31-36, June 15-16, 2006. [PDF] Adam Olenderski, Monica Nicolescu, Sushil Louis, "A Behavior-Based Architecture for Realistic Autonomous Ship Control", in Proceedings, IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG06), Reno, NV, USA, May 22-24, 2006. [PDF] Michael Capps, Joseph Liu, Edward Resnik, Monica Nicolescu, "Specification and Design of a High Risk Surveillance Vehicle", in Proceedings, International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP 2005), Las Vegas, NV, USA, June 27-30, 2005. Ryan Leigh, Tony Morelli, Sushil Louis, Monica Nicolescu, Chris Miles, "Finding Attack Strategies for Predator Swarms Using Genetic Algorithms", in Proceedings, IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, Edinburgh, SCOTLAND, September 2-5, 2005. [PDF] Adam Olenderski, Monica Nicolescu, Sushil Louis, "Robot Learning by Demonstration Using Forward Models of Schema-Based Behaviors", in Proceedings, International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, Barcelona, SPAIN, September 14-17, 2005. [PDF] Monica Nicolescu, Maja J Mataric´, "Natural Methods for Robot Task Learning: Instructive Demonstration, Generalization and Practice", to appear in Proceedings, Second International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA, July 14-18, 2003 (best student paper nomination). [PDF] Monica Nicolescu, Maja J Mataric´, "Linking Perception and Action in a Control Architecture for Human-Robot Domains", Proceedings, Thirty-Sixth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-36), Hawaii, USA, January 6-9, 2003 (best paper award). [PS], [PDF] Monica Nicolescu, Maja J Mataric´, "A Hierarchical Architecture for Behavior-Based Robots", Proceedings, First International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, pages 227-233, Bologna, ITALY, July 15-19, 2002. [PS], [PDF] Monica Nicolescu, Maja J Mataric´, "Experience-Based Representation Construction: Learning from Human and Robot Teachers", Proceedings, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pages 740-745, Maui, Hawaii, USA, October 29 - November 3, 2001. [PS], [PDF] Monica Nicolescu, Maja J Mataric´, "Experience-Based Learning of Task Representations from Human-robot Interaction", Proceedings, IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, pages 463-468, Banff, Alberta, CANADA, July 29 - August 1, 2001. [PS], [PDF] Refereed conference posters Monica Nicolescu, Maja J Mataric´, "Learning Cooperation From Human-Robot Interaction", Proceedings, 5th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS), pages 477-478, Knoxville, TN, October 4-6, 2000. [PS], [PDF] Monica Nicolescu, Maja J Mataric´, "Deriving and Using Abstract Representation in Behavior-Based Systems", Proceedings, Seventeenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Student poster, page 1087, Austin, Texas, July 30-August 3, 2000. [PS], [PDF] Invited workshop publications Monica Nicolescu, Maja J Mataric´, "Extending Behavior-Based Systems Capabilities Using An Abstract Behavior Representation", Working Notes of the AAAI Fall Symposium on Parallel Cognition, pages 27-34, North Falmouth, MA, November 3-5, 2000. [PS], [PDF] Refereed workshop and symposia publications Odest C. Jenkins, Monica Nicolescu, Maja J Mataric´, "Autonomy and Supervision for Robot Skills and Tasks Learned from Demonstration", in Proceedings, the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, Workshop on Supervisory Control of Learning and Adaptive Systems, San Jose, CA, July 25, 2004. [PDF] Monica Nicolescu, Maja J Mataric´, "Natural Methods for Learning and Generalization in Human-Robot Domains", to appear in Proceedings, the AAAI Spring Symposium on Human Interaction with Autonomous Systems in Complex Environments, Palo Alto, CA, March 24-26, 2003. Monica Nicolescu, Maja J Mataric´, "Learning Task Representations from Experienced Demonstrations" , Proceedings, the AAAI Fall Symposium on Anchoring Symbols to Sensor Data in Single and Multiple Robot Systems, North Falmouth, MA, November 2-4, 2001. Technical reports Monica Nicolescu, Maja J Mataric´, "Natural Methods for Learning and Generalization in Human-Robot Domains", USC Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems Technical Report CRES-02-006, December 2002. [PDF] Monica Nicolescu, Maja J Mataric´, "Learning and Interacting in Human-Robot Domains", USC Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems Technical Report IRIS-01-395, January 2001. [PS], [PDF] Monica Nicolescu, Maja J Mataric´, "Extending Behavior-Based Systems Capabilities Using An Abstract Behavior Representation", USC Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems Technical Report IRIS-00-389, July 2000. [PS], [PDF] Thesis Monica Nicolescu "Natural Methods for Learning and Generalization in Human-Robot Domains", USC Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems Technical Report CRES-02-006, December 2002. [PDF] Created by: Monica NICOLESCU (e-mail: monica@cs.unr.edu) Last update: 07/02/2008.