publications

Publications since 2023, in reverse chronological order. For the complete list, see my Google Scholar profile or CV.

2026

  1. Sci. Rep.
    A Hierarchical Conformal Framework for Uncertainty-Aware Length of Stay Prediction in Multi-Hospital Settings
    Amiri Shahbazi, Marzieh, Baheri, Ali, and Azadeh-Fard, Nasibeh
    Scientific Reports 2026
  2. L-CSS
    Blending Optimism and Pessimism via Wasserstein Barycenters for Continuous Control
    Shahrooei, Zahra, and Baheri, Ali
    IEEE Control Systems Letters 2026
  3. IEEE Access
    Efficient Counterexample Generation for Control Systems Using Multi-Fidelity Bayesian Optimization
    Shahrooei, Zahra, Kochenderfer, Mykel J., and Baheri, Ali
    IEEE Access 2026
  4. Fairness Without Discrimination: Individually Fair Outcomes in the Kidney Exchange Problem
    Nau, C., McConky, K., Alm, Cecilia O., Bailey, R., Baheri, Ali, Sankaran, P., and Sudit, M.
    Decision Analysis 2026
  5. arXiv
    Federated Distributional Reinforcement Learning with Distributional Critic Regularization
    Millard, David, Alm, Cecilia O., Ali, Rashid, Shi, Pengcheng, and Baheri, Ali
    arXiv preprint 2026
  6. IISE
    Hospital and Regional Effects on Length of Stay: A Multilevel Modeling Approach
    Amiri Shahbazi, Marzieh, Baheri, Ali, and Azadeh-Fard, Nasibeh
    IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering 2026
  7. OJ-CSYS
    How Much Do Your Models Disagree? Adaptive MPC Safety from Ensemble Uncertainty
    Baheri, Ali
    IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems 2026
  8. AAAI
    Adaptive Conformal Prediction via Bayesian Uncertainty Weighting for Hierarchical Healthcare Data
    Amiri Shahbazi, Marzieh, Baheri, Ali, and Azadeh-Fard, Nasibeh
    In SECURE-AI4H Workshop, AAAI 2026
  9. L4DC
    Can Optimal Transport Improve Federated Inverse Reinforcement Learning?
    Millard, David, and Baheri, Ali
    In Learning for Dynamics and Control Conference (L4DC) 2026
  10. ACC
    Density-Ratio Weighted Behavioral Cloning: Learning Control Policies from Corrupted Datasets
    Karpoora Sundara Pandian, S., and Baheri, Ali
    In American Control Conference (ACC) 2026
  11. RLC Oral
    Flow-Corrected Thompson Sampling for Non-Stationary Contextual Bandits
    Naghdi, A., and Baheri, Ali
    In Continual Reinforcement Learning Workshop, RLC 2026
  12. ACC
    Geometry-Aware Decentralized Sinkhorn for Wasserstein Barycenters
    Baheri, Ali, and Vahid, Alireza
    In American Control Conference (ACC) 2026
  13. ICML Spotlight
    Geometry-Aware Uncertainty Quantification via Conformal Prediction on Manifolds
    Amiri Shahbazi, Marzieh, and Baheri, Ali
    In Epistemic Intelligence in Machine Learning (EIML) Workshop, ICML 2026
  14. ICLR
    Geometry-Grounded Flow Matching on Compact Manifolds
    Baheri, Ali
    In Geometry-Grounded Representation Learning and Generative Modeling (GRaM) Workshop, ICLR 2026
  15. NeuS Spotlight
    Logic-Guided Vector Fields for Constrained Generative Modeling
    Baheri, Ali
    In 3rd International Conference on Neuro-Symbolic Systems (NeuS) 2026
  16. ECC
    Metriplectic Conditional Flow Matching for Structure-Preserving Dynamics Learning
    Baheri, Ali, and Lindemann, Lars
    In European Control Conference (ECC) 2026
  17. CDC
    Wasserstein Stability of Contracting Flows: Effective Rates, Euler Self-Correction, and Noise Tightening
    Baheri, Ali
    In IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) 2026
  18. ICLR
    What Does a Neural PDE Solver Really Learn? A Residual-Spectrum Diagnostic
    Baheri, Ali
    In AI and Partial Differential Equations Workshop, ICLR 2026
  19. AAAI Oral
    When Distance Matters: Wasserstein Trust Regions for Multi-Agent Coordination
    Salgarkar, Chirayu, and Baheri, Ali
    In Multi-Agent Path Finding Workshop, AAAI 2026
  20. CCS
    When Does Multi-Agent Language-Model Debate Converge? A Bifurcation on the Probability Simplex
    Baheri, Ali
    In Conference on Complex Systems (CCS) 2026

2025

  1. RAM
    Conformal Prediction Across Scales: Finite-Sample Coverage with Hierarchical Efficiency
    Baheri, Ali, and Amiri Shahbazi, Marzieh
    Results in Applied Mathematics 2025
  2. RICO
    Distributionally Robust Lyapunov-Barrier Networks for Safe and Stable Control Under Uncertainty
    Baheri, Ali
    Results in Control and Optimization 2025
  3. Logics
    Multi-Fidelity Temporal Reasoning: A Stratified Logic for Cross-Scale System Specifications
    Baheri, Ali, and Wei, Peng
    Logics 2025
  4. MDPI
    Multilevel Constrained Bandits: A Hierarchical Upper Confidence Bound Approach with Safety Guarantees
    Baheri, Ali
    Mathematics 2025
  5. NeurIPS
    Geometry-Aware Backdoor Attacks: Leveraging Curvature in Hyperbolic Embeddings
    Baheri, Ali
    In Non-Euclidean Foundation Models and Geometric Learning Workshop, NeurIPS 2025
  6. NeSy
    Hierarchical Neuro-Symbolic Decision Transformer
    Baheri, Ali, and Alm, Cecilia O.
    In 19th International Conference on Neurosymbolic Learning and Reasoning (NeSy) 2025
  7. RSS
    Implicit Constraint-Aware Off-Policy Correction for Offline Reinforcement Learning
    Baheri, Ali
    In Out-of-Distribution Generalization in Robotics Workshop, RSS 2025
  8. NeurIPS
    Metriplectic Conditional Flow Matching for Dissipative Dynamics
    Baheri, Ali, and Lindemann, Lars
    In Dynamics at the Frontiers of Optimization, Sampling, and Games (DynaFront) Workshop, NeurIPS 2025
  9. L4DC
    WAVE: Wasserstein Adaptive Value Estimation for Actor-Critic Reinforcement Learning
    Baheri, Ali, Shahrooei, Zahra, and Salgarkar, Chirayu
    In Learning for Dynamics and Control Conference (L4DC) 2025
  10. ICML
    Wasserstein-Barycenter Consensus for Cooperative Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
    Baheri, Ali
    In Multi-Agent Systems in the Era of Foundation Models Workshop, ICML 2025

2024

  1. EAAI
    A Survey on Reinforcement Learning in Aviation Applications
    Razzaghi, Pouria, Tabrizian, Amin, Guo, Wei, Chen, Shulu, Taye, Abenezer, Thompson, Ellis, Bregeon, Alexis, Baheri, Ali, and Wei, Peng
    Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence 2024
  2. IEEE Access
    BEACON: A Bayesian Evolutionary Approach for Counterexample Generation of Control Systems
    Yancosek, J., and Baheri, Ali
    IEEE Access 2024
  3. OJ-CSYS
    Concurrent Learning of Control Policy and Unknown Safety Specifications in Reinforcement Learning
    Yifru, L., and Baheri, Ali
    IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems 2024
  4. PLOS ONE
    Forward Variable Selection Enables Fast and Accurate Dynamic System Identification with Karhunen-Loève Decomposed Gaussian Processes
    Hayes, K., Fouts, M., Baheri, Ali, and Mebane, D.
    PLOS ONE 2024
  5. arXiv
    The Synergy Between Optimal Transport Theory and Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
    Baheri, Ali, and Kochenderfer, Mykel J.
    arXiv preprint 2024
  6. RSS
    Optimal Transport-Assisted Risk-Sensitive Q-Learning
    Shahrooei, Zahra, and Baheri, Ali
    In Towards Safe Autonomy: Emerging Requirements, Definitions, and Methods Workshop, RSS 2024

2023

  1. AI Mag.
    Exploring the Role of Simulator Fidelity in the Safety Validation of Learning-Enabled Autonomous Systems
    Baheri, Ali
    AI Magazine 2023
  2. arXiv
    Joint Falsification and Fidelity Settings Optimization for Validation of Safety-Critical Systems: A Theoretical Analysis
    Baheri, Ali, and Kochenderfer, Mykel J.
    arXiv preprint 2023
  3. ECC
    Falsification of Learning-Based Controllers through Multi-Fidelity Bayesian Optimization
    Shahrooei, Zahra, Kochenderfer, Mykel J., and Baheri, Ali
    In European Control Conference (ECC) 2023
  4. ICAPS
    Joint Learning of Policy with Unknown Temporal Constraints for Safe Reinforcement Learning
    Yifru, L., and Baheri, Ali
    In PRL Workshop Series: Bridging the Gap Between AI Planning and Reinforcement Learning, ICAPS 2023
  5. NeurIPS
    LLMs-Augmented Contextual Bandit
    Baheri, Ali, and Alm, Cecilia O.
    In Foundation Models for Decision Making Workshop, NeurIPS 2023
  6. ICAPS
    Policy Refinement with Human Feedback for Safe Reinforcement Learning
    Baheri, Ali
    In PRL Workshop Series: Bridging the Gap Between AI Planning and Reinforcement Learning, ICAPS 2023
  7. IROS
    Risk-Aware Reinforcement Learning Through Optimal Transport Theory
    Baheri, Ali
    In 3rd RL-CONFORM Workshop, IROS 2023
  8. AAAI
    Safety Validation of Learning-Based Autonomous Systems: A Multi-Fidelity Approach
    Baheri, Ali
    In Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (New Faculty Highlights) 2023
  9. NeurIPS
    Understanding Reward Ambiguity Through Optimal Transport Theory in Inverse Reinforcement Learning
    Baheri, Ali
    In Optimal Transport and Machine Learning Workshop, NeurIPS 2023