Teaching

Ph.D. in Automatic Control, Uppsala University

(co-advised with André M. H. Teixeira)

Thesis Topic 

Closing the loop in real-time cyber-neural systems

Ph.D. in Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology

(co-advised with Tamás Keviczky and Mohammad Khosravi)

Thesis Topic 

Distributed control of heating plants

M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Instituto Superior Técnico (co-advised with Rita Nunes, Instituto Superior Técnico)

Topic 

Integrated Investigation of Anatomical Structure and Functional Brain Connectivity: Methodological Development and Applications in Migraine Studies

M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Instituto Superior Técnico (co-advised with Guilherme Ramos, Instituto Superior Técnico)

Topic 

Privacy and Integrity Preservation in Dynamic Social Networks

M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Instituto Superior Técnico (co-advised with Arian Ashourvan, Kansas University)

Topic 

Fractional-Order Dynamical Modeling for Cerebral State Monitoring During General Anesthesia with iEEG

M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Instituto Superior Técnico (co-advised with Arian Ashourvan, Kansas University)

Topic 

Understanding anesthesia dynamics using blood oxygen level-dependent data: A model-based approach using a fractional-order model with unknown inputs

(co-advised with Laura Ferranti)

Delft Center for Systems and Control, 

Delft University of Technology

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,

Faculdade de Engenharia, University of Porto

(co-advised with A. Pedro Aguiar)

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Ph.D. in Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology

(co-advised with Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani)

Thesis Topic 

Optimization-based Approaches for Fault Detection and Estimation with applications to health-monitoring of energy systems

Ph.D. in Electrical, Computer & Systems Engineering, University Southern California

(co-advised with Paul Bogdan)

Thesis Topic 

Cyber-fractional systems and their applications in epilepsy

Highlights

• Best Student Paper Award Finalist, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, July 2020

• USC Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Award April 21, 2022

• USC Women in Science and Engineering Qualcomm Top-Off Fellowship August 2020 - May 2021

• USC Ethical Decision Making Campus-wide Student Competition Award Winner April 2019

• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, September 2019 - September 2022

• National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship (Declined Award)

• USC Annenberg Fellowship, August 2017 - May 2021

• USC Women in Science and Engineering Top-Off Fellowship, August 2017 - May 2019

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Ph.D. in Electrical, Computer & Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Thesis Topic 

Analysis and Design of Closed-loop Fractional-order Systems and its Applications to Neurotechnology

Highlights

• Professor Howard Kaufman ’62 Memorial Fellowship 

• Allen B. DuMont prize from the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering (ECSE), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The award is given annually to an ECSE graduate student who has demonstrated high scholastic ability and has made a substantial contribution to that field.

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Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Topic 

Complete Directed Graph Equilibrium Propagation: Searching for a Biologically Plausible Model for Neural Networks

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Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Topic 

The Fall of Homo Economicus: The Role of Cognitive Biases and Theory of Mind in Human Coordination

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(co-advised with A. Pedro Aguiar, 2015)

Topic 

Distributed Verification of Structural Controllability

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(co-advised with Ximing Chen, Victor Preciado and George Pappas, 2019)

Topic 

A structural approach to the control, design, and analysis of networked dynamical systems

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M.Sc. in Computer Science

Radboud University (jointly advised with Marcel van Gerven)

Topic 

Fractional Order Distributed Optimization: Theory, Applications, and Empirical Validation

M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering

Uppsala University

Topic 

Design, analysis and applications of fractional proportional-integrative-derivative controller

M.Sc. in Computer and Information Engineering (Embedded Systems)

Uppsala University

Topic 

Stabilization of Multi-Hop Control Networks Subject to Malicious Attacks 

M.Sc. in Systems and Control

Delft University of Technology

Topic 

Closed-loop control of smart digestible medical pills

M.Sc. in Systems and Control

Delft University of Technology

Topic 

A dynamic systems approach for studying meditation

M.Sc. in Systems and Control

Delft University of Technology

Topic 

A systems approach for monitoring anesthesia

M.Sc. in Systems and Control, jointly with M.Sc. in Technical Medicine

Delft University of Technology

Topic 

Fractional-Order model predictive control applied to electrical neurostimulation in pain treatment

M.Sc. in Systems and Control

Delft University of Technology

Topic 

A time-reversed model selection approach for time-series forecasting

M.Sc. in Systems and Control

Delft University of Technology

Topic 

Spatiotemporal model-based filtering of resting-state blood-oxygen-level-dependent signal

M.Sc. in Industrial and Management Engineering

Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Topic 

Optimal sensor and actuator selection: algorithms and performance guarantees

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M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering 

Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto

Topic 

Output selection for large-scale structural systems: a matroid theory approach

M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics

Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto

Topic 

Structural hybrid systems

B.Sc. in Mathmatics

Uppsala University

Topic 

Control perspective on distributed optimization

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering

Delft University of Technology

Topic 

Optimization of lunar lander control system using reinforcement learning

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering

Delft University of Technology

Topic 

Optimization of lunar lander control system using reinforcement learning

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering

Delft University of Technology

Topic 

Optimization of lunar lander control system using reinforcement learning

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering

Delft University of Technology

Topic 

Optimization of lunar lander control system using reinforcement learning

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering

Delft University of Technology

Topic 

Optimization of lunar lander control system using reinforcement learning

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Topic 

Controlling Lego-Robots using brainwave predictions

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Topic 

 Quantifying Alertness

(in collaboration with Lighting Research Center)

B.Sc. in Industrial and Systems Engineering

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Topic 

Re-thinking fast-fashion industry and materials towards sustainability

(co-Advised with Prof. Jennifer Pazour)

B.Sc. in Industrial and Systems Engineering

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Topic 

Re-thinking statistics in engineering programs -- Introduction to data science in engineering

B.Sc. in Industrial and Systems Engineering

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Topic 

Re-thinking statistics in engineering programs -- Introduction to data science in engineering

B.Sc. in Industrial and Systems Engineering

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Topic 

Re-thinking statistics in engineering programs -- Introduction to data science in engineering

B.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Topic 

 Developing new prediction schemes for brain-computer interfaces

B.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Topic 

Assessing Epilepsy Dynamics

B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Topic 

Modeling and Control using Bifurcation Theory

B.Sc. in Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Topic 

Structural and functional dependencies in Alzheimer's disease

B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Topic 

Insights on Neurotechnology from a CPS perspective

B.Sc. in Electrical and Systems Engineering

University of Pennsylvania

Topic 

A data-driven coupled Epileptor: quantifying the qualitative behavior of epileptic seizures

(co-advised with George J. Pappas)

B.Sc. in Electrical and Systems Engineering

University of Pennsylvania

Topic 

On the interplay between micro-mesoscopic dynamic epileptic networks

(co-advised with George J. Pappas)

B.Sc. in Electrical and Systems Engineering

University of Pennsylvania

Topic 

A data-driven coupled Epileptor: quantifying the qualitative behavior of epileptic seizures

(co-advised with George J. Pappas)