Monica N. Nicolescu

110 papers A* 3A 6B 10C 6Misc 1Journal 36Unranked 46

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2025	B	`conf`	Design Activity for Robot Faces: Evaluating Child Responses To Expressive Faces. RO-MAN Denielle Oliva, Joshua Knight, Tyler J. Becker, Heather Aministani, Monica N. Nicolescu, David Feil-Seifer
2025	J	`jnl`	Design Activity for Robot Faces: Evaluating Child Responses To Expressive Faces. CoRR Denielle Oliva, Joshua Knight, Tyler J. Becker, Heather Amistani, Monica N. Nicolescu, David Feil-Seifer
2025	—	`conf`	Early Classification of Intentions for Maritime Domains Using Deep Learning Models. CASE Md. Azizul Hakim, Md. Abu Sayed, Ayesh Meepaganithage, Tyler J. Becker, Monica N. Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu
2025	—	`conf`	Proactive Maritime Threat Prediction: Vessel Intent Classification with LSTMs and Transformers Using a Sliding Window Approach. CASE Ayesh Meepaganithage, Md. Abu Sayed, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu
2025	J	`jnl`	Simulation theory of mind for heterogeneous human-robot teams. Frontiers Robotics AI Monica N. Nicolescu, Janelle Blankenburg, Bashira Akter Anima, Mariya Zagainova, Pourya Hoseini, Mircea Nicolescu, David Feil-Seifer
2025	A*	`conf`	Through the Clutter: Exploring the Impact of Complex Environments on the Legibility of Robot Motion. ICRA Melanie Schmidt-Wolf, Tyler J. Becker, Denielle Oliva, Monica N. Nicolescu, David Feil-Seifer
2025	J	`jnl`	Using breast density for hybrid region and pixel-level loss function. Mach. Vis. Appl. Parvaneh Aliniya, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu, George Bebis
2024	—	`conf`	Enhanced Maritime Safety Through Deep Learning and Feature Selection. ISVC (2) Ayesh Meepaganithage, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu
2024	—	`conf`	Feature Selection Using the Advanced Shapley Value. CCWC Ayesh Meepaganithage, Suman Rath, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu, Shamik Sengupta
2024	—	`conf`	Hostile Vessel Behavior Prediction using LSTMs. ICMVA Ayesh Meepaganithage, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu
2024	—	`conf`	Image Forgery Detection Using Convolutional Neural Networks. ISDFS Ayesh Meepaganithage, Suman Rath, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu, Shamik Sengupta
2024	J	`jnl`	Improved Loss Function for Mass Segmentation in Mammography Images Using Density and Mass Size. J. Imaging Parvaneh Aliniya, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu, George Bebis
2024	B	`conf`	Investigating Non-Verbal Cues in Cluttered Environments: Insights Into Legible Motion From Interpersonal Interaction. RO-MAN Melanie Schmidt-Wolf, Tyler J. Becker, Denielle Oliva, Monica N. Nicolescu, David Feil-Seifer
2024	C	`conf`	NavySim: A Multi-Vessel Simulation and Analysis Engine for Naval Domains. CoG Md. Abu Sayed, Korben Diarchangel, Mayamin Hamid Raha, Parvaneh Aliniya, Monica N. Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu, Sushil J. Louis
2024	J	`jnl`	ROS-Pose: Simplified object detection and planar pose estimation for rapid robotics application development. Softw. Impacts Shuvo Kumar Paul, Ovi Paul, Monica N. Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu
2024	—	`conf`	Supervised Pectoral Muscle Removal in Mammography Images. AIME (2) Parvaneh Aliniya, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu, George Bebis
2024	J	`jnl`	Through the Clutter: Exploring the Impact of Complex Environments on the Legibility of Robot Motion. CoRR Melanie Schmidt-Wolf, Tyler J. Becker, Denielle Oliva, Monica N. Nicolescu, David Feil-Seifer
2024	J	`jnl`	Towards Robust Supervised Pectoral Muscle Segmentation in Mammography Images. J. Imaging Parvaneh Aliniya, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu, George Bebis
2023	—	`conf`	ASP Loss: Adaptive Sample-Level Prioritizing Loss for Mass Segmentation on Whole Mammography Images. ICANN (2) Parvaneh Aliniya, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu, George Bebis
2023	J	`jnl`	Enhancing Human-Robot Collaboration through a Multi-Module Interaction Framework with Sensor Fusion: Object Recognition, Verbal Communication, User of Interest Detection, Gesture and Gaze Recognition. Sensors Shuvo Kumar Paul, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu
2023	—	`conf`	Hybrid Region and Pixel-Level Adaptive Loss for Mass Segmentation on Whole Mammography Images. ISVC (1) Parvaneh Aliniya, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu, George Bebis
2023	—	`conf`	Integrating User Gaze with Verbal Instruction to Reliably Estimate Robotic Task Parameters in a Human-Robot Collaborative Environment. ICMVA Shuvo Kumar Paul, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu
2023	—	`conf`	Maritime Dynamic Resource Allocation and Risk Minimization Using Visual Analytics and Elitist Multi-Objective Optimization. ICINCO (1) Mayamin Hamid Raha, Md. Abu Sayed, Monica N. Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu, Sushil J. Louis
2023	J	`jnl`	Next Best View Planning in a Single Glance: An Approach to Improve Object Recognition. SN Comput. Sci. Pourya Hoseini, Shuvo Kumar Paul, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu
2023	—	`conf`	Single Robot Multitasking Through Dynamic Resource Allocation. Humanoids Tyler J. Becker, Song Jiang, David Feil-Seifer, Monica N. Nicolescu
2022	J	`jnl`	A one-shot next best view system for active object recognition. Appl. Intell. Pourya Hoseini, Shuvo Kumar Paul, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu
2022	—	`conf`	Simultaneous Integration of Multimodal Interfaces for Generating Structured and Reliable Robotic Task Configurations. ICMVA Shuvo Kumar Paul, Pourya Hoseini, Arjun Vettath Gopinath, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu
2021	—	`conf`	A Surface and Appearance-based Next Best View System for Active Object Recognition. VISIGRAPP (5: VISAPP) Pourya Hoseini, Shuvo Kumar Paul, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu
2021	J	`jnl`	Early Classification of Intent for Maritime Domains Using Multinomial Hidden Markov Models. Frontiers Artif. Intell. Logan Carlson, Dalton Navalta, Monica N. Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu, Gail Woodward
2021	J	`jnl`	Object Detection and Pose Estimation from RGB and Depth Data for Real-time, Adaptive Robotic Grasping. CoRR Shuvo Kumar Paul, Muhammed Tawfiq Chowdhury, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu
2021	J	`jnl`	Socially Aware Navigation: A Non-linear Multi-objective Optimization Approach. ACM Trans. Interact. Intell. Syst. Santosh Balajee Banisetty, Scott Forer, Logan Yliniemi, Monica N. Nicolescu, David Feil-Seifer
2020	J	`jnl`	Horizon line detection using supervised learning and edge cues. Comput. Vis. Image Underst. Touqeer Ahmad, George Bebis, Monica N. Nicolescu, Ara Nefian, Terry Fong
2020	B	`conf`	Human-Robot Collaboration and Dialogue for Fault Recovery on Hierarchical Tasks. ICSR Janelle Blankenburg, Mariya Zagainova, S. Michael Simmons, Gabrielle Talavera, Monica N. Nicolescu, David Feil-Seifer
2020	J	`jnl`	Performance Analysis of Keypoint Detectors and Binary Descriptors Under Varying Degrees of Photometric and Geometric Transformations. CoRR Shuvo Kumar Paul, Pourya Hoseini, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu
2020	—	`conf`	Simple Camera-to-2D-LiDAR Calibration Method for General Use. ISVC (2) Andrew H. Palmer, Chris Peterson, Janelle Blankenburg, David Feil-Seifer, Monica N. Nicolescu
2019	J	`jnl`	Active Eye-in-Hand Data Management to Improve the Robotic Object Detection Performance. Comput. Pourya Hoseini, Janelle Blankenburg, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu, David Feil-Seifer
2019	—	`conf`	An Active Robotic Vision System with a Pair of Moving and Stationary Cameras. ISVC (2) Seyed Pourya Hoseini Alinodehi, Janelle Blankenburg, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu, David Feil-Seifer
2019	B	`conf`	Collaborative Human-Robot Hierarchical Task Execution with an Activation Spreading Architecture. ICSR Bashira Akter Anima, Janelle Blankenburg, Mariya Zagainova, S. Pourya Hoseini A., Muhammed Tawfiq Chowdhury, David Feil-Seifer, Monica N. Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu
2019	—	`conf`	Learning of Complex-Structured Tasks from Verbal Instruction. Humanoids Monica N. Nicolescu, Natalie Arnold, Janelle Blankenburg, David Feil-Seifer, Santosh Balajee Banisetty, Mircea Nicolescu, Andrew H. Palmer, Thor Monteverde
2019	A	`conf`	Multinomial HMMs for Intent Recognition in Maritime Domains. AAMAS Logan Carlson, Dalton Navalta, Monica N. Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu, Gail Woodward
2019	J	`jnl`	Socially-Aware Navigation: A Non-linear Multi-Objective Optimization Approach. CoRR Santosh Balajee Banisetty, Scott Forer, Logan Michael Yliniemi, Monica N. Nicolescu, David Feil-Seifer
2018	J	`jnl`	A real-time spike-timing classifier of spatio-temporal patterns. Neurocomputing Banafsheh Rekabdar, Luke Fraser, Monica N. Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu
2018	—	`conf`	Active Object Detection Through Dynamic Incorporation of Dempster-Shafer Fusion for Robotic Applications. ICVISP S. Pourya Hoseini A., Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu
2018	Misc	`conf`	Handling Ambiguous Object Recognition Situations in a Robotic Environment via Dynamic Information Fusion. CogSIMA S. Pourya Hoseini A., Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu
2018	A	`conf`	Socially-Aware Navigation Using Non-Linear Multi-Objective Optimization. IROS Scott Forer, Santosh Balajee Banisetty, Logan Michael Yliniemi, Monica N. Nicolescu, David Feil-Seifer
2017	—	`conf`	A distributed control architecture for collaborative multi-robot task allocation. Humanoids Janelle Blankenburg, Santosh Balajee Banisetty, Seyed Pourya Hoseini Alinodehi, Luke Fraser, David Feil-Seifer, Monica N. Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu
2017	J	`jnl`	Using patterns of firing neurons in spiking neural networks for learning and early recognition of spatio-temporal patterns. Neural Comput. Appl. Banafsheh Rekabdar, Monica N. Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu, Sushil J. Louis
2016	J	`jnl`	A Scale and Translation Invariant Approach for Early Classification of Spatio-Temporal Patterns Using Spiking Neural Networks. Neural Process. Lett. Banafsheh Rekabdar, Monica N. Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu, Mohammad Taghi Saffar, Richard Kelley
2016	—	`conf`	A compact task representation for hierarchical robot control. Humanoids Luke Fraser, Banafsheh Rekabdar, Monica N. Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu, David Feil-Seifer, George Bebis
2016	—	`ch.`	Behavior-Based Systems. Springer Handbook of Robotics, 2nd Ed. François Michaud, Monica N. Nicolescu
2015	—	`conf`	A biologically inspired approach to learning spatio-temporal patterns. ICDL-EPIROB Banafsheh Rekabdar, Monica N. Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu, Richard Kelley
2015	C	`conf`	An Edge-Less Approach to Horizon Line Detection. ICMLA Touqeer Ahmad, George Bebis, Monica N. Nicolescu, Ara V. Nefian, Terry Fong
2015	J	`jnl`	An Unsupervised Approach to Learning and Early Detection of Spatio-Temporal Patterns Using Spiking Neural Networks. J. Intell. Robotic Syst. Banafsheh Rekabdar, Monica N. Nicolescu, Richard Kelley, Mircea Nicolescu
2015	—	`conf`	An Unsupervised Learning Approach for Classifying Sequence Data for Human Robotic Interaction Using Spiking Neural Network. HRI (Extended Abstracts) Banafsheh Rekabdar, Monica N. Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu
2015	A	`conf`	Context-based intent understanding using an Activation Spreading architecture. IROS Mohammad Taghi Saffar, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu, Banafsheh Rekabdar
2015	—	`conf`	Fusion of edge-less and edge-based approaches for horizon line detection. IISA Touqeer Ahmad, George Bebis, Monica N. Nicolescu, Ara V. Nefian, Terry Fong
2015	—	`conf`	Intent Recognition in a Simulated Maritime Multi-agent Domain. MOD Mohammad Taghi Saffar, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu, Daniel Bigelow, Christopher A. Ballinger, Sushil J. Louis
2015	J	`jnl`	Intent Understanding Using an Activation Spreading Architecture. Robotics Mohammad Taghi Saffar, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu, Banafsheh Rekabdar
2015	B	`conf`	Scale and translation invariant learning of spatio-temporal patterns using longest common subsequences and spiking neural networks. IJCNN Banafsheh Rekabdar, Monica N. Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu, Richard Kelley
2014	J	`jnl`	An auction behavior-based robotic architecture for service robotics. Intell. Serv. Robotics Bradford A. Towle, Monica N. Nicolescu
2014	J	`jnl`	Improving Gender Classification Using an Extended Set of Local Binary Patterns. Int. J. Multim. Data Eng. Manag. Abbas Roayaei Ardakany, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu
2014	—	`conf`	Unsupervised Learning of Spatio-temporal Patterns Using Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity. AGI Banafsheh Rekabdar, Monica N. Nicolescu, Richard Kelley, Mircea Nicolescu
2014	J	`jnl`	Vehicle classification framework: a comparative study. EURASIP J. Image Video Process. Amol Ambardekar, Mircea Nicolescu, George Bebis, Monica N. Nicolescu
2013	—	`conf`	A Developmental Approach to Concept Learning. ICINCO (2) Liesl Wigand, Monica N. Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu
2013	C	`conf`	An Extended Local Binary Pattern for Gender Classification. ISM Abbas Roayaei Ardakany, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu
2013	B	`conf`	Comparing heuristic search methods for finding effective group behaviors in RTS game. IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation Siming Liu, Sushil J. Louis, Monica N. Nicolescu
2013	—	`conf`	Evolving team tactics using potential fields. CISDA Michael Oberberger, Sushil J. Louis, Monica N. Nicolescu
2013	—	`conf`	Incorporating a reusable human robot interface with an Auction Behavior-Based Robotic Architecture. CTS Bradford A. Towle, Monica N. Nicolescu
2013	—	`conf`	Using CIGAR for finding effective group behaviors in RTS game. CIG Siming Liu, Sushil J. Louis, Monica N. Nicolescu
2013	J	`jnl`	Visual traffic surveillance framework: classification to event detection. J. Electronic Imaging Amol Ambardekar, Mircea Nicolescu, George Bebis, Monica N. Nicolescu
2012	J	`jnl`	Context-Based Bayesian Intent Recognition. IEEE Trans. Auton. Ment. Dev. Richard Kelley, Alireza Tavakkoli, Christopher King, Amol Ambardekar, Monica N. Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu
2012	A*	`conf`	Deep networks for predicting human intent with respect to objects. HRI Richard Kelley, Liesl Wigand, Brian Hamilton, Katie Browne, Monica N. Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu
2012	—	`conf`	Real-world implementation of an Auction Behavior-Based Robotic Architecture (ABBRA). TePRA Bradford A. Towle, Monica N. Nicolescu
2011	J	`jnl`	Benefits of Human-Robot Interaction [TC Spotlight]. IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag. Pericle Salvini, Monica N. Nicolescu, Hiroshi Ishiguro
2010	—	`conf`	A Developmental Framework for Visual Learning in Robotics. IPCV Amol Ambardekar, Alireza Tavakkoli, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu
2010	—	`conf`	An annotated BCB Adrienne Breland, Karen Schlauch, Monica N. Nicolescu, Frederick C. Harris Jr.
2010	—	`conf`	Fusing multiple sensors through behaviors with the distributed architecture. MFI Bradford A. Towle, Monica N. Nicolescu
2010	—	`conf`	Integrating Context into Intent Recognition Systems. ICINCO (2) Richard Kelley, Christopher King, Amol Ambardekar, Monica N. Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu, Alireza Tavakkoli
2010	J	`jnl`	Liability in Robotics: An International Perspective on Robots as Animals. Adv. Robotics Richard Kelley, Enrique Schaerer, Micaela Gomez, Monica N. Nicolescu
2010	—	`conf`	Towards Benchmarking of Video Motion Tracking Algorithms. ICSAP Mukesh C. Motwani, Nishith Tirpankar, Rakhi C. Motwani, Monica N. Nicolescu, Frederick C. Harris Jr.
2010	—	`conf`	Towards Integrating Role Playing Game Constructs in Real-Time Strategy Games. SEDE Bradford A. Towle, Monica N. Nicolescu, Sergiu Dascalu
2009	—	`ch.`	Fuzzy Genome Sequence Assembly for Single and Environmental Genomes. Fuzzy Systems in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Sara Nasser, Adrienne Breland, Frederick C. Harris Jr., Monica N. Nicolescu, Gregory Vert
2009	—	`conf`	Grammar-based robot control. AAMAS (2) Richard Kelley, Monica N. Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu
2009	J	`jnl`	Improving target detection by coupling it with tracking. Mach. Vis. Appl. Junxian Wang, George Bebis, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu, Ronald Miller
2009	J	`jnl`	Non-parametric statistical background modeling for efficient foreground region detection. Mach. Vis. Appl. Alireza Tavakkoli, Mircea Nicolescu, George Bebis, Monica N. Nicolescu
2009	B	`conf`	Robots as animals: A framework for liability and responsibility in human-robot interactions. RO-MAN Enrique Schaerer, Richard Kelley, Monica N. Nicolescu
2008	J	`jnl`	A Support Vector Data Description Approach for Background Modeling in Videos with Quasi-Stationary Backgrounds. Int. J. Artif. Intell. Tools Alireza Tavakkoli, Mircea Nicolescu, George Bebis, Monica N. Nicolescu
2008	—	`conf`	A Visual Tracking Framework for Intent Recognition in Videos. ISVC (1) Alireza Tavakkoli, Richard Kelley, Christopher King, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu, George Bebis
2008	J	`jnl`	An Architecture for Understanding Intent Using a Novel Hidden Markov Formulation. Int. J. Humanoid Robotics Richard Kelley, Christopher King, Alireza Tavakkoli, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu, George Bebis
2008	B	`conf`	Efficient background modeling through incremental Support Vector Data Description. ICPR Alireza Tavakkoli, Mircea Nicolescu, George Bebis, Monica N. Nicolescu
2008	A*	`conf`	Understanding human intentions via hidden markov models in autonomous mobile robots. HRI Richard Kelley, Alireza Tavakkoli, Christopher King, Monica N. Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu, George Bebis
2007	—	`conf`	A Control Architecture for Long-Term Autonomy of Robotic Assistants. ISVC (1) Christopher King, Xavier Palathingal, Monica N. Nicolescu, Mircea Nicolescu
2007	J	`jnl`	A Training Simulation System with Realistic Autonomous Ship Control. Comput. Intell. Monica N. Nicolescu, Ryan E. Leigh, Adam Olenderski, Sushil J. Louis, Sergiu Dascalu, Chris Miles, Juan C. Quiroz, Ryan Aleson
2007	—	`conf`	A Vision-Based Architecture for Intent Recognition. ISVC (2) Alireza Tavakkoli, Richard Kelley, Christopher King, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu, George Bebis
2007	C	`conf`	Multiple Sequence Alignment using Fuzzy Logic. CIBCB Sara Nasser, Gregory Vert, Monica N. Nicolescu, Alison Murray
2007	J	`jnl`	Recognizing Simple Human Actions Using 3D Head Movement. Comput. Intell. Jorge Usabiaga, George Bebis, Ali Erol, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica N. Nicolescu
2007	C	`conf`	Sycophant: An API for Research in Context-Aware User Interfaces. ICSEA Anil Shankar, Juan C. Quiroz, Sergiu M. Dascalu, Sushil J. Louis, Monica N. Nicolescu
2006	—	`conf`	A Behavior-Based Architecture for Realistic Autonomous Ship Control. CIG Adam Olenderski, Monica N. Nicolescu, Sushil J. Louis
2006	B	`conf`	Learning Behavior Fusion Estimation from Demonstration. RO-MAN Monica N. Nicolescu, Odest Chadwicke Jenkins, Adam Olenderski
2005	B	`conf`	Finding attack strategies for predator swarms using genetic algorithms. Congress on Evolutionary Computation Ryan E. Leigh, Tony Morelli, Sushil J. Louis, Monica N. Nicolescu, Chris Miles
2005	C	`conf`	Robot learning by demonstration using forward models of schema-based behaviors. ICINCO Adam Olenderski, Monica N. Nicolescu, Sushil J. Louis
2005	—	`conf`	Specification and Design of a High Risk Surveillance Vehicle. Software Engineering Research and Practice Michael P. Capps, Joseph Liu, Edward B. Resnick, Monica N. Nicolescu
2003	—	`conf`	Linking Perception and Action in a Control Architecture for Human-Robot Domains. HICSS Monica N. Nicolescu, Maja J. Mataric
2003	A	`conf`	Natural methods for robot task learning: instructive demonstrations, generalization and practice. AAMAS Monica N. Nicolescu, Maja J. Mataric
2002	A	`conf`	A hierarchical architecture for behavior-based robots. AAMAS Monica N. Nicolescu, Maja J. Mataric
2001	—	`conf`	Experience-based learning of task representations from human-robot interaction. CIRA Monica N. Nicolescu, Maja J. Mataric
2001	A	`conf`	Experience-based representation construction: learning from human and robot teachers. IROS Monica N. Nicolescu, Maja J. Mataric
2001	J	`jnl`	Learning and interacting in human-robot domains. IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern. Part A Monica N. Nicolescu, Maja J. Mataric
2000	—	`conf`	Deriving and Using Abstract Representation in Behavior-Based Systems. AAAI/IAAI Monica N. Nicolescu, Maja J. Mataric
2000	—	`conf`	Learning Cooperation from Human-Robot Interaction. DARS Monica N. Nicolescu, Maja J. Mataric