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  1. Transition Path Sampling Using Koopman Operators and Exit-Time Optimal Control

    Oct 7, 2026Boya Hou, Shane Wang, Siddharth Ambekar +2Stochastic Optimal ControlOptimal Control

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  2. Decentralized Power-Optimal Coordination for Spacecraft Swarms Using Time-Varying Magnetorquer Actuation

    Oct 1, 2026Yuta Takahashi, Shin-ichiro SakaiMulti-Agent CoordinationFeedback Control

    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · Department of Spacecraft Engineering, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Kanagawa, Japan

  3. Least-time Gradient Flow

    Oct 1, 2026Alessandro Betti, Marco Gori, Stefano Melacci +1Optimal ControlGradient Descent Dynamics

    Department of Mathematics “Tullio Levi-Civita”, University of Padua, Italy. · Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics, University of Siena, Italy. · University of Florence, Italy.

  4. Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Differentiable Predictive Control for Underground Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Systems

    Sep 16, 2026Honghui Zheng, Ján Boldocký, Yury Dvorkin +1Model Predictive ControlOptimal Control

    Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, US · Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia

  5. Optimizing Geoengineering Interventions Using Differentiable Climate Models

    Sep 14, 2026Pulkit Dubey, Dorian S. Abbot, Ashesh ChattopadhyayClimate ScienceClimate Modeling

    Department of Applied Mathematics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 · Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637

  6. Differential Games for Compositional Handling of Competing Control Tasks

    Sep 1, 2026Joshua Shay KricheliOptimal Control

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, The Faculty of Natural Sciences, The Department of Computer Science

  7. Optimal control of a swimming robot based on Purcell's microswimmer model

    Aug 18, 2026Noam Berkovich Lahav, Oren Wiezel, Yizhar OrEnergy-Efficient Robot LocomotionRobot Locomotion

  8. Distribution Steering via Sliced Optimal Transport Control

    Aug 13, 2026Kaito Ito, Anqi DongFeedback ControlOptimal Control

    Department of Information Physics and Computing The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan · Department of Mathematics and Digital Futures KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden

  9. Genetic Fuzzy System-based Control for Final Approach of Spacecraft Rendezvous and Proximity Operations

    Aug 13, 2026Daegyun Choi, Donghoon Kim, Henzeh LeeghimSpacecraft Rendezvous and Proximity OperationsFuzzy Logic

    PhD Student, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA. · Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA. · Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Chosun University, Gwangju 61452, South Korea.

  10. Event-Time Hybrid Optimal Control for Robotic Table Tennis Serves

    Aug 8, 2026Thomas Gossard, Till Köpff, Andreas ZieglerTrajectory OptimizationRobotics

  11. Generalization Bounds on Optimal Control for Transformer Training and Wasserstein Distributional Robustness

    Jul 30, 2026Kağan Akman, Naci Saldi, Serdar YükselTransformerWasserstein Distributionally Robust Optimization

    Department of Mathematics, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey · Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen’s University, Kingston, K7L 3N8, Ontario, Canada

  12. Bridging Reinforcement Learning and Optimal Control via Feasible Action Mapping

    Jul 27, 2026Stefan Richter, Alberto Giammarino, Guillem Torrente +2Robotic ControlRL Control

    Sony AI, Zurich, Switzerland

  13. End-to-End Learning of Safe Optimal Feedback Control in High Dimensions with Control Barrier Function Layers

    Jul 22, 2026Xingjian Li, Kelvin Kan, Deepanshu Verma +3Safety-Critical ControlControl Barrier Functions

    UT Austin · UCLA · Clemson University +1

  14. Real-time optimal control with shallow recurrent decoder networks

    Jul 21, 2026Matteo Tomasetto, Francesco Braghin, J. Nathan Kutz +1Recurrent Neural NetworksReduced-Order Modeling

    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy · Autodesk Research, London, UK · MOX - Department of Mathematics, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

  15. Mobile Network Control with a World Model

    Jul 20, 2026Maxime Bouton, Ioanna Mitsioni, Simon Lindståhl +1World Model LearningWireless Communications

    Ericsson Research, Stockholm, Sweden

  16. When Can Safe Controllers Adapt? Information before Commitment

    Jul 18, 2026Venkatesh SaligramaRL ExplorationOptimal Control

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, MA 02215

  17. Physics-enhanced reinforcement learning for real-time optimal control of dynamical systems

    Jul 17, 2026Matteo Tomasetto, Nicolò Botteghi, Gabriele Bruni +1RL ControlReinforcement Learning

    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy · MOX - Department of Mathematics, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

  18. Control Laguerre Tessellation: Semi-discrete Optimal Transport Over Control Systems

    Jul 10, 2026Ripon C. Sarker, Abhishek HalderOptimal ControlOptimal Transport

    Department of Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA

  19. Optimality-Informed Neural Networks for Lunar Landing Trajectory Optimization

    Jul 2, 2026Zhenbo WangTrajectory OptimizationOptimal Control

    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering The University of Tennessee 1512 Middle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996

  20. GPU-Parallel Linearization Error Bounds for Real-Time Robust Optimal Control of Nonlinear and Neural Network Dynamics

    Jul 1, 2026Jeffrey Fang, Keyi Shen, Anutam Srinivasan +1Robust ControlOptimal Control

  21. Robustness-Based Synthesis for Time Window Temporal Logic Specifications via Mixed-Integer Linear Programming

    Jun 29, 2026Philip Smith, Ahmad Ahmad, Kevin LeahyCyber-Physical SystemsModel Predictive Control

    Department of Robotics Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  22. Hierarchical Decision Making with Structured Policies: A Principled Design via Inverse Optimization

    Jun 27, 2026Yuexuan Wang, Jingyuan Zhou, Kaidi YangHierarchical RLOptimal Control

    Institute of Operations Research and Analytics, National University of Singapore · Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore

  23. A Fast Convergent Algorithm for Solving Non-convex Partially-Decoupled Generalized Nash Equilibrium Problems

    Jun 26, 2026Bennet Outland, Vishala AryaGame TheoryNonconvex Optimization

    Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department, 3775 Discovery Drive, Boulder, CO, USA

  24. PAC-Bayesian Certificates for Quadratic Closed-Loop Control

    Jun 26, 2026Domagoj HercegPAC-Bayesian Generalization BoundsData-Driven Control

    Department of Mechanical Engineering Eindhoven University of Technology The Netherlands

  25. Adaptive Utility driven Resource Orchestration for Resilient AI (AURORA-AI)

    Jun 25, 2026Rahul Umesh Mhapsekar, Ilias Cherkaoui, Lizy Abraham +1Optimal Control

    Walton Institute, South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland

  26. Parallel Dynamic Programming for Conic Linear Quadratic Control

    Jun 23, 2026Luyao Zhang, Gabriel Bravo-Palacios, Brian Plancher +1Dynamic ProgrammingFeedback Control

    Delft Center for Systems and Control, TU Delft, The Netherlands · Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 USA · & Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA

  27. Hessian-augmented Supervised Learning for Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman PDEs

    Jun 22, 2026Matías Gómez-Aedo, Behzad Azmi, Yuyang Huang +2Value Function EstimationPDE Solving

    Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, UK · Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Konstanz, Germany · RICAM and Institute of Mathematics and Scientific Computing, University of Graz, Austria

  28. Horizon-Uniform Sensitivity Certificates for Finite-Horizon Pontryagin Systems

    Jun 16, 2026Pyuyi Chufeng Huang, Zikang Song, Xingshu ChenDynamical SystemsFeedback Control

    School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China · School of Mathematics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

  29. Dual-Network PINNs for Optimal Control: A Reproducible Benchmark on the Mass-Spring-Damper System

    Jun 13, 2026Abdeladhim Tahimi, Rinaldo Vieira da Silva JuniorPhysics-Informed MLOptimal Control

    Centro de Engenharias e Ciˆencias Agr´arias, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil

  30. Neural Architectures as Functional Priors in Physics-Informed Control Problems

    Jun 11, 2026Sonia Rubio Herranz, Fernando Carlos López Hernández, Antonio López MontesDynamical SystemsPhysics-Informed ML

    Department of Statistics and Operations Research (EIO), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain · Department of Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain · Department of Analysis and Applied Mathematics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain

  31. Deterministic Policy Gradient for Learning Equilibrium in Time-Inconsistent Control Problems

    Jun 10, 2026Xin Guo, Yijie Huang, Xiang YuPolicy GradientStochastic Optimal Control

    Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley, USA. · Department of Applied Mathematics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

  32. Gradient based Bilevel for Inverse Optimal Control, a Riemannian approach

    Jun 9, 2026Ahmed-Manaf Dahmani, Vincent Bonnet, David Daney +1Bilevel OptimizationOptimal Control

    INRIA Bordeaux, Universit´e de Bordeaux, Talence, France · INRIA Nancy, Universit´e de Lorraine, Villers-l`es-Nancy, France · LAAS-CNRS, Universit´e de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse, France

  33. Bayesian Optimization for Learning Nonlinear MPC in Autonomous Agent Navigation

    Jun 8, 2026Lorenzo Ortolani, Gabriel Voss, Gabriele Beltrami +2Constrained Motion PlanningNonlinear MPC

    Talos Robotics AI Milan, Italy

  34. Families of Control-Cost-Parametrized Inverse-Optimal Universal Stabilizers

    Jun 8, 2026Miroslav Krstic, Luke BhanFeedback ControlOptimal Control

    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0411, USA · Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0411, USA

  35. Optimal Control Approach for Non-prehensile Ball Juggling Using a 7-DoF Manipulator

    Jun 4, 2026Joel Ramadani, Vasilije Rakčević, Riddhiman Laha +4Contact-Rich ManipulationNon-Prehensile Manipulation

    Technical University of Munich · Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany. · DLR Oberpfaffenhofen +3

  36. Amortized Nonlinear Model Predictive Control

    Jun 4, 2026Francesco Pillitteri, Alberto BemporadRobotic ControlNonlinear MPC

    IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca, Italy

  37. Activation Steering of Video Generation Models via Reduced-Order Linear Optimal Control

    Jun 3, 2026Jihoon Hong, Alice Chan, Qiyue Dai +2Text-to-Video GenerationVideo Generation

    Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30308

  38. When Mean Age Is Not Enough: Distribution-Aware Scheduling for Networked LQR Control

    Jun 3, 2026Abdullah Y. Etcibasi, C. Emre Koksal, Eylem EkiciAge of InformationFeedback Control

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.

  39. Global Convergence of a Line-Search Filter Differential Dynamic Programming Method

    May 31, 2026Ming Xu, Iman ShamesOptimization Convergence AnalysisConstrained Optimization

    School of Computer and Communication Sciences EPFL 1015 Lasanne, Switzerland · Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering University of Melbourne Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia

  40. Time-Optimal Collision Avoidance Via a Greedy Polynomial Backward Sweep

    May 31, 2026Zeno Pavanello, Frank De Veld, Roberto ArmellinCollision AvoidanceTrajectory Optimization

    Department of Aerospace Science and Technology (DAER), Politecnico di Milano, via Privata Giuseppe La Masa 34, Milano, 20156, Italy · Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR), Anthony Fokkerweg 2, Amsterdam, 1059 CM, The Netherlands · Te Pūnaha ¯Atea Auckland - Space Institute (TPA-SI), The University of Auckland, 20 Symonds Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand

  41. Prospect-Theory Behavior from Bellman Optimality in MDPs with Catastrophic States

    May 31, 2026Yujiao ChenMarkov Decision ProcessesStochastic Optimal Control

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

  42. Beyond Pure Sampling: Hybrid Optimization Mechanisms for Non-Convex Model Predictive Control

    May 30, 2026Yuichiro Aoyama, Minchan Jung, Akash Ratheesh +1Nonlinear MPCOptimal Control

    School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA · Development Division, Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, Japan · Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea

  43. OptiWorld: Optimal Control for Video World Generation under Physical Constraints

    May 30, 2026Yu Yuan, Jianhao Yuan, Xijun Wang +4Physical Consistency in Video GenerationImage-to-Video Generation

    Purdue University · University of Oxford · SixteenMiles Labs

  44. Predicted-Flow Control Barrier Functions for Real-Time Safe Optimal Control

    May 29, 2026Amirsaeid Safari, Jesse B. HoaggSafety-Critical ControlControl Barrier Functions

    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506 USA

  45. Adaptive Reinforcement Learning for Robust Open Quantum System Control: A Multi-Task Framework with Temporal Optimization

    May 26, 2026Haftu W. Fentaw, Steve Campbell, Simon CatonRL ControlMulti-Task RL

    School of Computer Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Dublin, Ireland. · Centre for Quantum Engineering, Science, and Technology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Dublin, Ireland. · School of Physics, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Dublin, Ireland.

  46. Sample Complexity of Policy Gradient for Log-Growth Control

    May 26, 2026Qiuhua Pan, Yukai Shen, Liwei Zhang +2Stochastic Linear Dynamical SystemsStochastic Optimal Control

    State Key Laboratory of Submarine Geoscience, School of Automation and Intelligent Sensing, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China · Key Laboratory of System Control and Information Processing, Ministry of Education of China, Shanghai 200240, China · Shanghai Key Laboratory of Perception and Control in Industrial Network Systems, Shanghai 200240, China +1

  47. Real-Time Auto-Optimization in Unknown Environments via Structure-Exploiting Dual Control for Exploration and Exploitation

    May 21, 2026Shiying Dong, Haoyang Yang, Qiwei Liu +1Second-Order OptimizationOptimal Control

    Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering and Research Centre for Low Altitude Economy (RCLAE), the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  48. Chebyshev Policies and the Mountain Car Problem: Reinforcement Learning for Low-Dimensional Control Tasks

    May 21, 2026Stefan Huber, Hannes Unger, Georg Schäfer +1RL ControlPolicy Optimization

    Josef Ressel Centre for Intelligent and Secure Industrial Automation, University of Applied Sciences, Salzburg, Austria

  49. Noise Schedule Design for Diffusion Models: An Optimal Control Perspective

    May 21, 2026Seo Taek Kong, Weina Wang, R. SrikantDiffusion SamplingDiffusion-Based Image Generation

    ECE & CSL University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Computer Science Department Carnegie Mellon University · ECE, CSL & NCSA University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  50. Zero-shot adaptation to order book dynamics

    May 20, 2026Arip AsadulaevSequential Decision MakingStochastic Optimal Control

  51. Beyond the Bellman Recursion: A Pontryagin-Guided Framework for Non-Exponential Discounting

    May 20, 2026Hojin Ko, Jeonggyu HuhReinforcement LearningStochastic Optimal Control

    Department of Mathematics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea

  52. Transformer-like Inference from Optimal Control

    May 15, 2026Aditya Kudre, Heng-Sheng Chang, Prashant G. MehtaTransformer InferenceDecoder-Only Language Models

    Coordinated Science Laboratory · Electrical and Computer Engineering · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign +1

  53. Language Generation as Optimal Control: Closed-Loop Diffusion in Latent Control Space

    May 14, 2026ZiYi Dong, Yuliang Huang, Weijian Deng +3Language Model-Based ControlStochastic Optimal Control

    Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China · Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia · Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

  54. Mutual Information Optimal Density Control of Linear Systems and Generalized Schrödinger Bridges with Reference Refinement

    May 10, 2026Shoju Enami, Kenji KashimaStochastic Optimal ControlSchrödinger Bridges

    Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  55. SHIELD: Scalable Optimal Control with Certification using Duality and Convexity

    May 9, 2026Hansung Kim, Siddharth H. Nair, Francesco BorrelliPrimal-Dual OptimizationModel Predictive Control

    Model Predictive Control Laboratory, UC Berkeley · Nextracker Inc.

  56. IMPACT: An Implicit Active-Set Augmented Lagrangian for Fast Contact-Implicit Trajectory Optimization

    May 9, 2026Jiayun Li, Dejian Gong, Georgia ChalvatzakiConstrained Motion PlanningTrajectory Optimization

    1PEARL Lab, Dept. of Computer Science, TU Darmstadt, Germany · 2Hessian.AI, Darmstadt, Germany · 3Robotics Institute Germany (RIG)

  57. Interactive Trajectory Planning with Learning-based Distributionally Robust Model Predictive Control and Markov Systems

    May 8, 2026Erik Börve, Nikolce Murgovski, Morteza Haghir Chehreghani +1Distributionally Robust OptimizationModel Predictive Control

    Chalmers University of Technology, Chalmersgatan 4, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden · Volvo Group Trucks Technology, Gropegårdsgatan 2, 417 15 Göteborg, Sweden

  58. SNAPO: Smooth Neural Adjoint Policy Optimization for Optimal Control via Differentiable Simulation

    May 7, 2026Dmitri Goloubentsev, Natalija KarpichinaPolicy OptimizationDifferentiable Programming

    MatLogica, U.K.

  59. On the Emergence of Pendular Structure in Multi-Contact Locomotion

    May 7, 2026Lingxue Lyu, Zihui LiuLegged RoboticsTrajectory Optimization

    School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA · Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

  60. Maximal Controlled Invariant-MPC: Enhancing Feasibility and Reducing Conservatism through Terminal CBF Constraint in Safety-Critical Control

    May 7, 2026Tanmay Dokania, Yashwanth Kumar NakkaDynamical SystemsSafety-Critical Control

    Graduate Student, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering. · Assistant Professor, Director, Aerospace Robotics Lab, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering.