Publications

2025

1. Robotics

   

   Reinforcement Learning-Based Model Matching to Reduce the Sim-Real Gap in COBRA

   Adarsh Salagame, Harin Kumar, Bardia Ardakanian, and 3 more authors

   Under review at the American Control Conference (ACC), 2025

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   @article{salagame2025cobra,
     title = {Reinforcement Learning-Based Model Matching to Reduce the Sim-Real Gap in COBRA},
     author = {Salagame, Adarsh and Kumar, Harin and Ardakanian, Bardia and Sihite, Eric and Schirner, Gunar and Ramezani, Alireza},
     journal = {Under review at the American Control Conference (ACC)},
     year = {2025},
     url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.13700},
   }

2024

1. Computer Vision

   

   Unsupervised Camera-LiDAR Fusion for Fast Region Proposal

   Bardia Ardakanian

   2024

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   In recent years, the integration of multisensory data such as camera and LiDAR in object detection systems has garnered significant attention. This integration can help improve accuracy and efficiency in object recognition. However, the collection and manual labeling of data required to train object detection models is a time-consuming and costly process. In this research, we evaluate the performance of a proposed method for region proposal using unsupervised learning and the fusion of camera and LiDAR data. The main objective is to determine how this approach can be effective in the region proposal process and how it affects the accuracy and speed of object detection. To this end, two-dimensional camera images and three-dimensional LiDAR data are fused, and unsupervised clustering algorithms are employed to identify regions containing objects. The results indicate that this method can detect object-containing regions with acceptable accuracy without the need for labeled data, which can help reduce the costs and time required for developing object detection systems.

   @thesis{ardakanian2024thesis,
     title = {Unsupervised Camera-LiDAR Fusion for Fast Region Proposal},
     author = {Ardakanian, Bardia},
     year = {2024},
     school = {Amirkabir University of Technology},
     type = {Bachelor's Thesis},
     url = {https://digitallib.aut.ac.ir/},
   }

2. Computer Vision

   Development of Natural and Artificial Intelligence - Post-Selection Dialogue: Challenges to Post-Selection

   Bardia Ardakanian

   IEEE Cognitive Development Systems Newsletter, 2024

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3. Systems

   Optimizing Cache Replacement Policies through Unsupervised Learning

   Bardia Ardakanian, Fatemeh Farshidi, and Hamed Farbeh

   Manuscript Under Preparation, 2024
4. Computer Vision

   Unsupervised Camera-LiDAR Fusion for Efficient Online Segmentation

   Bardia Ardakanian, Fardin Ayar, and Mahdi Javanmardi

   Manuscript Under Preparation, 2024