Publications:
2010
R. Smith, J. Das, H. Heidarsson, A. de Menezes Pereira, F. Arrichiello, I. Cetinic, L. Darjany, M. Garneau, M. Howard, C. Oberg, M. Ragan, E. Seubert, E. Smith, B. Stauffer, A. Schnetzer, G. Toro-Farmer, D.A. Caron, B.H. Jones, and G.S. Sukhatme. "The USC Center for Integrated Networked Aquatic PlatformS (CINAPS): Observing and Monitoring the Southern California Bight", Submitted to IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 2010. pdf
2009
I. Cetinić, G. Toro-Farmer, M. Ragan, C. Oberg, and B.H. Jones. "Calibration procedure for Slocum glider deployed optical instruments." Optics Express 17(18): 15420–15430, Aug 2009. pdf
F.N. Ishikawa, B. Stauffer, D.A. Caron, and C. Zhou. "Rapid and Label-Free Cell Detection by Metal-Cluster-Decorated Carbon Nanotube Biosensors." Biosensors and Bioelectronics 24(10): 2967-2972, 2009. pdf
E. Sekula-Wood, A. Schnetzer, C.R. Benitez-Nelson, C. Anderson, W. Berelson, M. Brzezinksi, J. Burns, D.A. Caron, I. Cetinic, J. Ferry, E. Fitzpatrick, B.H. Jones, P.E. Miller, S.L. Morton, R. Schaffner, D. Siegel and R. Thunell. "Rapid downward transport of the neurotoxin domoic acid in coastal waters." Nature Geoscience 2: 272-275, 2009. pdf
R. Smith, Y. Chao, B.H. Jones, D.A. Caron, P. Li, and G.S. Sukhatme. "Trajectory Design for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles based on Ocean Model Predictions for Feature Tracking", In the Proceedings of the International Conference on Field and Service Robotics, Jul 2009. pdf
R. Smith, J. Das, H. Heidarsson, A. de Menezes Pereira, D.A. Caron, B.H. Jones, and G.S. Sukhatme. "Implementation of an Embedded Sensor Network for the Coordination of Slocum Gliders for Coastal Monitoring and Observation", In the Proceedings of the ACM International Workshop on UnderWater Networks, Berkeley, CA, Nov 2009. pdf
R. Smith, B. Stauffer, J. Das, H. Heidarsson, A. de Menezes Pereira, Y. Chao, L. Darjany, I. Cetinic, D. Estrin, C. Oberg, M. Ragan, B.H. Jones, G.S. Sukhatme, and D.A. Caron. "Design and Implementation of Sensor Networks for the Observation and Research of Harmful Algal Blooms in Southern California Coastal Waters", In the Proceedings of the Conference on Coastal Environmental Sensing Networks, Boston, MA, Jul 2009. pdf
F. Arrichiello, J. Das, H. Heidarsson, A. de Menezes Pereira, S. Chiaverini, and G.S. Sukhatme. "Multi-Robot Collaboration with Range-Limited Communication: Experiments with Two Underactuated ASVs", In the Proeedings of the 7th International Conference on Field and Service Robots (FSR-2009), Cambridge, Massachusetts, Jul 2009. pdf
A. de Menezes Pereira, H. Heidarsson, C. Oberg, D.A. Caron, B.H. Jones, and G.S. Sukhatme. "A Communication Framework for Cost-effective Operation of AUVs in Coastal Regions", In the Proeedings of the 7th International Conference on Field and Service Robots (FSR-2009), Cambridge, Massachusetts, Jul 2009. pdf
F. Arrichiello, D.N. Liu, S. Yerramalli, A. de Menezes Pereira, J. Das, U. Mitra, and G.S. Sukhatme. "Effects of underwater communication constraints on the control of marine robot teams", In International Conference on Robot Communication and Coordination (ROBOCOMM), Odense, Denmark, Mar 2009.
J. Das and G.S. Sukhatme. "A Robotic Sentinel for Benthic Sampling along a Transect"; In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2009. pdf
F. Arrichiello, J. Das, H. Heidarsson, G.S. Sukhatme, and S. Chiaverini. "Experiments in autonomous navigation with an under-actuated surface vessel via the Null-Space based Behavioral control"; In the Proeedings of the IEEE/ASME Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), 2009. pdf
2008
D.A. Caron, B.A. Stauffer, S.D. Moorthi, A. Singh, M. Batalin, E. Graham, M. Hansen, W.J. Kaiser, J. Das, A. Pereira, A. Dhariwal, B. Zhang, C. Oberg, and G.S. Sukhatme. "Macro- to fine-scale spatial and temporal distributions and dynamics of phytoplankton and their environmental driving forces in a small subalpine lake in southern California, USA." Limnology and Oceanography 53: 2333-2349, 2008. pdf
B.A. Stauffer, R.A. Schaffner, C. Wazniak, and D.A. Caron. "An immunofluorescent flow cytometric technique for counting the brown tide alga, Aureococcus anophagefferens." Applied & Environmental Microbiology 74(22): 6931-40, 2008. pdf
A. de Menezes Pereira, J. Das, and G.S. Sukhatme. "An Experimental Study of Station Keeping on an Underactuated ASV." In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pages 3164-3171, 2008. pdf
2007
A. Dhariwal and G.S. Sukhatme. "Experiments in Robotic Boat Localization." In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pages 1702-1708, San Diego, Oct 2007, IEEE. pdf
A. Schnetzer, P.E. Miller, R.A. Schaffner, B.A. Stauffer, B.H. Jones, S.B. Weisberg, P.M. DiGiacomo, W.M. Berelson, and D.A. Caron. "Blooms of Pseudo-nitzschia and domoic acid in the San Pedro Channel and Los Angeles harbor areas of the Southern California Bight, 2003–2004." Harmful Algae 6(3): 372-387, 2007. pdf
A. Singh, M. Batalin, M.J. Stealey, B. Zhang, A. Dhariwal, B. Stauffer, S. Moorthi, C. Oberg, A. Pereira, V. Chen, Y. Lam, D.A. Caron, M. Hansen, W.J. Kaiser, and G.S. Sukhatme. "Human Assisted Robotic Team Campaigns for Aquatic Monitoring." Journal of Field Robotics 24(11-12): 969-989, 2007. pdf
G.S. Sukhatme, A. Dhariwal, B. Zhang, C. Oberg, B.A. Stauffer, and D.A. Caron. "Design and Development of a Wireless Robotic Networked Aquatic Microbial Observing System." Environmental Engineering Science 24(2): 205-215, 2007. pdf
B. Zhang and G.S. Sukhatme. "Adaptive Sampling for Estimating a Scalar Field using a Robotic Boat and a Sensor Network." In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pages 3673-3680, 2007. pdf
2006
A. Dhariwal, B. Zhang, B. Stauffer, C. Oberg, G.S. Sukhatme, D.A. Caron, and A.A. Requicha. "Networked Aquatic Microbial Observing System." Poster paper in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pages 4285-4287, Orlando, FL, May 2006, IEEE.
L. Golubchik, D.A. Caron, A. Das, A. Dhariwal, R. Govindan, D. Kempe, C. Oberg, A. Sharma, B. Stauffer, G.S. Sukhatme, and B. Zhang. "A generic multi-scale modeling framework for reactive observing systems: An overview." Computational Science – ICCS, Part 3, Proceedings Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3993: 514-521, 2006. pdf
A.S Lee, M. Mahapatro, D.A. Caron, A.A.G. Requicha, B.A. Stauffer, M.E. Thompson, and C.W. Zhou. "Whole-cell sensing for a harmful bloom-forming microscopic alga by measuring antibody-antigen forces." IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience 5(3): 149-156, 2006. pdf
S.D. Moorthi, P.D. Countway, B.A. Stauffer, and D.A. Caron. "Use of quantitative real-time PCR to investigate the dynamics of the red tide dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedrum." Microbial Ecology 52(1): 136-150, 2006. pdf
G.S. Sukhatme, A. Dhariwal, B. Zhang, C. Oberg, B. Stauffer, and D.A. Caron. "The Design and Development of a Wireless Robotic Networked Aquatic Microbial Observing System." Environmental Engineering Science, 24(2):205-215, 2006. pdf
2004
A. Dhariwal, G.S. Sukhatme, and A.A. Requicha. "Bacterium-inspired Robots for Environmental Monitoring." In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pages 1436-1443, New Orleans, Louisiana, Apr 2004, IEEE. pdf
B. Zhang, G.S. Sukhatme, and A.A. Requicha. "Adaptive Sampling for Marine Microorganism Monitoring." In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), volume 2, pages 1115 - 1122, 2004. pdf




