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2nd PNAS paper published - congratulations!

April 28, 2023
March 2023. Multiple models for outbreak decision support in the face of uncertainty. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2207537120 Jan. 2022. Evaluation of individual and ensemble probabilistic forecasts of COVID-19 mortality in the United States. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas....

MESA Lab welcomes Visiting Professor Norelys Aguila Camacho from Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana Chile

January 20, 2023
MESA Lab welcomes Visiting  Professor Norelys Aguila Camacho from Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana Chile Dr. Prof. Norelys Aguila (norelys.aguila@utem.cl) our short term visiting professor delivered a seminar on Monday Jan. 16th from 5-6:30pm on "Fractional Order Adaptive Control...

Hello 2023! 2022 MESA Lab updates

January 10, 2023
Hello 2023! MESA Lab 2022 updates   First of all, welcome two new Ph.D. students joined MESA Lab in Fall 2022. Osama and Shiang, welcome! Dr. Chen's sabbatical year ends Aug. 2023. 1/9/2023, Monday 5-6:30pm we had our first lab meeting. Welcome our visiting professor Dr. Norelys...

Prof. Chen was invited to serve on new journal inauguration editorial boards

January 10, 2023
Prof. Chen was invited to serve on the following new journal inauguration editorial boards: Elsevier, Journal of Automation and Intelligence, Open access, editorial board Elsevier, Journal of Information and Intelligence (INTECOM), Open access, editorial board Springer,...

Four papers accepted to appear at ICUAS2022 - congratulations!

May 11, 2022
Four papers accepted to appear at ICUAS2022 - congratulations!   The 2022 Int´l Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems ICUAS ’22 | June 21-24, 2022 | Dubrovnik, Croatia Di An (107392), Derek Hollenbeck (78354), Si Gao (120746), YangQuan Chen* (...

Two MESA Lab research monographs in production (Springer)

May 6, 2022
Two MESA Lab research monographs in production (Springer) It is a great pleasure to anounce that two MESA Lab research monographs in production as of May 2022 (both by Springer). Congratulations to Dr. Viola and Dr. Niu! The details are listed below. "Digital Twin Enabled Smart...

Congratulations to Jairo Viola for his successful defense of Ph.D. dissertation on 4/26/2022

May 4, 2022
Congratulations to Jairo Viola for his successful defense of Ph.D. dissertation on 4/26/2022 A flyer for this event is shown in this PDF file.  flyer_template_jairo_viola1.pdf (more of his work is documented on this site: http://www.TheEdgeAI.com)     Mechanical...

Prof. Chen gave two public talks in April 2022

April 16, 2022
Prof. Chen gave two public talks in April 2022 4/5/2022. UFC (Unversity Friends Circle) luncheon seminar on "Drone engineering research" together with Ph.D. students Derek, Justus, Rafal. [ppt 123Mb] 4/8/2022. The Engineering PhD Program majoring in Automation, Control and Process...

Haoyu Niu Ph.D. Dissertation Defense info

March 15, 2022
Congratulations to Haoyu for successully defending his Ph.D. dissertation! Updated 3/19/22. Thursday, March 17, 2022 9:00 AM-11:00 AM https://ucmerced.zoom.us/j/4529169801 PDF of the flyer Ph.D. Dissertation Defense Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Smart Big Data in...

Prof. Chen was named Editor-in-Chief for Drones "Agriculture and Forestry" section

January 22, 2022
Prof. Chen was named Editor-in-Chief for Drones "Agriculture and Forestry" section. Official Announcement https://www.mdpi.com/about/announcements/3439 (fun to read) and scopes: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/drones/sectioneditors/drones_in_agriculture_forestry Drones will get its...

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