Publications
A complete list of my publications can be found at Google Scholar
Preprints
- Jianping He, Yushan Li, Lin Cai and Xinping Guan, “I Can Read Your Mind: Control Mechanism Secrecy of Networked Dynamical Systems under Inference Attacks”, under review. [arXiv]
Journal Articles
- Yushan Li, Jianping He and Dimos V. Dimarogonas, “Inverse Inference on Cooperative Control of Networked Dynamical Systems”, Automatica, to appear, 2026. (Regular Paper) [arXiv]
- Yushan Li, Jianping He, Cailian Chen, Xinping Guan and Lin Cai, “Securing Formation Control of Mobile Robotic Networks Against Replacement Attack”, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 70, no. 7, pp. 4424-4438, July 2025. (Full Paper)
- Yushan Li, Zitong Wang, Jianping He, Cailian Chen and Xinping Guan, ‘‘Preserving Topology of Network Systems: Metric, Analysis, and Optimal Design”, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 70, no. 6, pp. 3540-3555, June 2025. (Full Paper)
- Yushan Li, Jianping He, Cailian Chen and Xinping Guan, “Topology Inference for Network Systems: Causality Perspective and Non-asymptotic Performance”, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 69, no. 6, pp. 3483-3498, June 2024. (Full Paper) [arXiv]
- Yushan Li, Jianping He, Lin Cai and Xinping Guan, ‘‘Local Topology Inference of Mobile Robotic Networks Under Formation Control”, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 68, no. 11, pp. 6450-6465, November 2023. (Full Paper) [arXiv]
- Yushan Li, Jianping He, Cailian Chen and Xinping Guan, “Intelligent Physical Attack against Mobile Robots with Obstacle-avoidance”, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 253-272, February 2023. (Full Paper) [arXiv]
- Qing Jiao, Yushan Li, Jianping He, “Inferring Topology of Network Systems by Few Excitations: Probability Analysis and Fusion”, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 855-870, February 2026. (Full Paper)
- Tao Xu, Yushan Li, Jianping He, ‘‘Probabilistic Predictability of Stochastic Dynamical Systems’’, Automatica, vol.174, 112160, April 2025.
- Zitong Wang, Yushan Li, Ying Li, Chongrong Fang, Jianping He, “A Distributed Topology-Protecting Collaboration Algorithm: Design and Performance Analysis”, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, vol. 55, no. 11, pp. 5237-5249, November 2025.
- Zitong Wang, Yushan Li, Xiaoming Duan, Jianping He, “Topology-Preserving Motion Coordination for Multi-Robot Systems in Adversarial Environments”, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 473-486, April 2024.
Conference Articles
- Wang Xi, Jingxuan Tang, Zhiyuan Zeng, Yushan Li and Jianping He, “Exploit Agile Mobility of Steerable-Wheeled Mobile Robots: A Fast Motion Planning Approach”, Robotics: Science and Systems 2026, Sydney, Australia, July 2026, to appear.
- Yushan Li, Rikard Forlin, Dimos V. Dimarogonas and Petter Brodin, “Topology Inference for Immune System Networks by Using Cell Amount Data”, 23rd IFAC World Congress, Busan, Republic of Korea, August 2026, to appear.
- Yushan Li, Jiabao He and Dimos V. Dimarogonas, “Resistant Topology Inference in Consensus Networks: A Feedback-Based Design”, 64th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 2025.
- Qing Jiao, Yushan Li and Jianping He, “Topology Inference for Network Systems with Unknown Inputs”, 2025 American Control Conference, Denver, CO, USA, July 2025.
- Qing Jiao, Yushan Li and Jianping He, “A Probabilistic Topology Inference Method for Networked Dynamical System via Single Excitation”, 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Milan, Italy, December 2024.
- Kexiang Mao, Yushan Li, Jianping He and Xiaoming Duan, “Herding Attack against Mobile Robotic Networks with Formation Control and Obstacle Avoidance”, 2024 43rd Chinese Control Conference, Kunming, China, July 2024. (Honorable Mention of Poster Paper Award)
- Zitong Wang, Yushan Li, Xiaoming Duan and Jianping He, “Topology-Preserving Second-Order Consensus: A Strategic Compensation Approach”, 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Singapore, December 2023.
- Yushan Li, Tao Xu, Jianping He, Cailian Chen and Xinping Guan, “Inferring State-feedback Cooperative Control of Networked Dynamical Systems”, 22nd IFAC World Congress, Yokohama, Japan , July 2023.
- Yan Zhong, Yushan Li, Xiaopeng Wang, Chongrong Fang and Jianping He. “Learning-Based Perimeter Invasion Design with Partial Information of Defense Model”, 22nd IFAC World Congress, Yokohama, Japan , July 2023.
- Yushan Li, Jianping He, Cailian Chen and Xinping Guan, “Inferring Topology of Networked Dynamical Systems by Active Excitations”, 61st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, December 2022.
- Zitong Wang, Yushan Li, Chongrong Fang and Jianping He, “Distributed Topology-preserving Collaboration Algorithm against Inference Attack”, 2022 American Control Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA, June 2022.
- Yushan Li and Jianping He, “Topology Inference for Networked Dynamical Systems: A Causality and Correlation Perspective”, 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Austin, TX, USA, December 2021.
- Yushan Li, Qing Jiao, Han Wang and Jianping He, “Consensus and Approximation-based Distribution Statistics in Network Systems”, 2021 American Control Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA, May 2021.
- Yushan Li, Jianping He and Lin Cai, “Topology Inference on Partially Observable Mobile Robotic Networks under Formation Control”, 2021 European Control Conference, Delft, Netherlands, June 2021.
- Qing Jiao, Yushan Li, Xiaoming Duan, Jianping He and Qing–Guo Wang, “Multi-robot Target Search under Multi-peak Distribution: A Dynamic Approach based on High Confidence Area”, 94th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Norman, OK, USA, September 2021.
- Qing Jiao, Yushan Li and Jianping He, “Topology Inference for Consensus-based Cooperation under Time-invariant Latent Input”, 94th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Norman, OK, USA, September 2021.
- Hao Jiang, Yushan Li, Xuda Ding and Jianping He, “Obstacle Avoidance Algorithm Based on Human Experience Knowledge”, 92th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Victoria, BC, Canada, November 2020.
- Jialun Li, Yushan Li, Yulai Weng and Jianping He, “Adaptive Task Allocation for Multi-agent Cooperation with Unknown Capabilities”, 92th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Victoria, BC, Canada, November 2020.
- Jialun Li, Jianping He, Yushan Li and Xinping Guan, “Unpredictable Trajectory Design for Mobile Agents”, 2020 American Control Conference, Denver, CO, USA, July 2020.
- Yushan Li, Jianping He, Cailian Chen and Xinping Guan, ‘‘Learning-based Intelligent Attack against Formation Control with Obstacle-avoidance”, 2019 American Control Conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA, July 2019.
- Han Wang, Yushan Li, Wenbin Yu, Jianping He and Xinping Guan, “Moving Obstacle Avoidance and Topology Recovery for Multi-agent Systems”, 2019 American Control Conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA, July 2019.
- Yushan Li, Han Wang, Jianping He and Xinping Guan, “Optimal Topology Recovery Scheme for Multi-robot Formation Control”, 28th IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 2019.
