Javad Lavaei

Orcid: 0000-0003-4294-1338

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  • University of California, Berkeley, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, CA, USA (PhD 2011)


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2023
Geometric Analysis of Noisy Low-Rank Matrix Recovery in the Exact Parametrized and the Overparametrized Regimes.
INFORMS J. Optim., October, 2023

Dynamic Regret Bounds for Constrained Online Nonconvex Optimization Based on Polyak-Lojasiewicz Regions.
IEEE Trans. Control. Netw. Syst., June, 2023

On the Absence of Spurious Local Trajectories in Time-Varying Nonconvex Optimization.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2023

Time-Variation in Online Nonconvex Optimization Enables Escaping From Spurious Local Minima.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2023

Tempo Adaption in Non-stationary Reinforcement Learning.
CoRR, 2023

Geometric Analysis of Matrix Sensing over Graphs.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 36: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2023, 2023

Scalable Primal-Dual Actor-Critic Method for Safe Multi-Agent RL with General Utilities.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 36: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2023, 2023

Algorithmic Regularization in Tensor Optimization: Towards a Lifted Approach in Matrix Sensing.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 36: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2023, 2023

Tempo Adaptation in Non-stationary Reinforcement Learning.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 36: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2023, 2023

No-Regret Learning in Dynamic Competition with Reference Effects Under Logit Demand.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 36: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2023, 2023

Learning-to-Learn to Guide Random Search: Derivative-Free Meta Blackbox Optimization on Manifold.
Proceedings of the Learning for Dynamics and Control Conference, 2023

Over-parametrization via Lifting for Low-rank Matrix Sensing: Conversion of Spurious Solutions to Strict Saddle Points.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Machine Learning, 2023

A CMDP-within-online framework for Meta-Safe Reinforcement Learning.
Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Learning Representations, 2023

Distributed Power System State Estimation Using Graph Convolutional Neural Networks.
Proceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2023

Local Analysis of Entropy-Regularized Stochastic Soft-Max Policy Gradient Methods.
Proceedings of the European Control Conference, 2023

Distributionally Robust Optimization for Nonconvex QCQPs with Stochastic Constraints.
Proceedings of the 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2023

Scalable Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning with General Utilities.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2023

Learning of Dynamical Systems under Adversarial Attacks - Null Space Property Perspective.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2023

Policy-Based Primal-Dual Methods for Convex Constrained Markov Decision Processes.
Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2023

Semidefinite Programming versus Burer-Monteiro Factorization for Matrix Sensing.
Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2023

Provably Efficient Primal-Dual Reinforcement Learning for CMDPs with Non-stationary Objectives and Constraints.
Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2023

Non-stationary Risk-Sensitive Reinforcement Learning: Near-Optimal Dynamic Regret, Adaptive Detection, and Separation Design.
Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2023

2022
Uniqueness of Power Flow Solutions Using Graph-Theoretic Notions.
IEEE Trans. Control. Netw. Syst., 2022

Damping With Varying Regularization in Optimal Decentralized Control.
IEEE Trans. Control. Netw. Syst., 2022

On the Connectivity Properties of Feasible Regions of Optimal Decentralized Control Problems.
IEEE Trans. Control. Netw. Syst., 2022

Role of sparsity and structure in the optimization landscape of non-convex matrix sensing.
Math. Program., 2022

An Efficient Homotopy Method for Solving the Post-Contingency Optimal Power Flow to Global Optimality.
IEEE Access, 2022

A Dual Approach to Constrained Markov Decision Processes with Entropy Regularization.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics, 2022

Factorization Approach for Low-complexity Matrix Completion Problems: Exponential Number of Spurious Solutions and Failure of Gradient Methods.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics, 2022

On the Global Optimum Convergence of Momentum-based Policy Gradient.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics, 2022

Sharp Restricted Isometry Property Bounds for Low-Rank Matrix Recovery Problems with Corrupted Measurements.
Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2022

Local and Global Linear Convergence of General Low-Rank Matrix Recovery Problems.
Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2022

2021
Boundary Defense Against Cyber Threat for Power System State Estimation.
IEEE Trans. Inf. Forensics Secur., 2021

Uniqueness of Power Flow Solutions Using Monotonicity and Network Topology.
IEEE Trans. Control. Netw. Syst., 2021

Smoothing Property of Load Variation Promotes Finding Global Solutions of Time-Varying Optimal Power Flow.
IEEE Trans. Control. Netw. Syst., 2021

Sparse semidefinite programs with guaranteed near-linear time complexity via dualized clique tree conversion.
Math. Program., 2021

Beyond Exact Gradients: Convergence of Stochastic Soft-Max Policy Gradient Methods with Entropy Regularization.
CoRR, 2021

On the Global Convergence of Momentum-based Policy Gradient.
CoRR, 2021

Nonlinear Least Absolute Value Estimator for Topology Error Detection and Robust State Estimation.
IEEE Access, 2021

Stochastic $L^\natural$-convex Function Minimization.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 34: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2021, 2021

General Low-rank Matrix Optimization: Geometric Analysis and Sharper Bounds.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 34: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2021, 2021

Adversarial Attacks on Computation of the Modified Policy Iteration Method.
Proceedings of the 2021 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2021

Learning of Dynamical Systems under Adversarial Attacks.
Proceedings of the 2021 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2021

Structured Projection-free Online Convex Optimization with Multi-point Bandit Feedback.
Proceedings of the 2021 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2021

When Does MAML Objective Have Benign Landscape?
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, 2021

Diminishing Regret for Online Nonconvex Optimization.
Proceedings of the 2021 American Control Conference, 2021

No Spurious Solutions in Non-convex Matrix Sensing: Structure Compensates for Isometry.
Proceedings of the 2021 American Control Conference, 2021

Escaping Spurious Local Minimum Trajectories in Online Time-varying Nonconvex Optimization.
Proceedings of the 2021 American Control Conference, 2021

Analysis of Spurious Local Solutions of Optimal Control Problems: One-Shot Optimization Versus Dynamic Programming.
Proceedings of the 2021 American Control Conference, 2021

On the Absence of Spurious Local Minima in Nonlinear Low-Rank Matrix Recovery Problems.
Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics, 2021

2020
Scalable and Robust State Estimation From Abundant But Untrusted Data.
IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, 2020

Large-Scale Traffic Signal Offset Optimization.
IEEE Trans. Control. Netw. Syst., 2020

Connectivity Properties of the Set of Stabilizing Static Decentralized Controllers.
SIAM J. Control. Optim., 2020

Conic Optimization for Quadratic Regression Under Sparse Noise.
J. Mach. Learn. Res., 2020

Penalized semidefinite programming for quadratically-constrained quadratic optimization.
J. Glob. Optim., 2020

A survey on conic relaxations of optimal power flow problem.
Eur. J. Oper. Res., 2020

Global Convergence of MAML for LQR.
CoRR, 2020

Stability-Certified Reinforcement Learning: A Control-Theoretic Perspective.
IEEE Access, 2020

A Dynamical System Perspective for Escaping Sharp Local Minima in Equality Constrained Optimization Problems.
Proceedings of the 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2020

Identifying the Connectivity of Feasible Regions for Optimal Decentralized Control Problems.
Proceedings of the 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2020

Absence of Spurious Local Trajectories in Time-Varying Optimization: A Control-Theoretic Perspective.
Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, 2020

Homotopy Method for Finding the Global Solution of Post-contingency Optimal Power Flow.
Proceedings of the 2020 American Control Conference, 2020

Escaping Locally Optimal Decentralized Control Polices via Damping.
Proceedings of the 2020 American Control Conference, 2020

2019
Spurious Local Minima in Power System State Estimation.
IEEE Trans. Control. Netw. Syst., 2019

Convexification of Power Flow Equations in the Presence of Noisy Measurements.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2019

Power Grid AC-Based State Estimation: Vulnerability Analysis Against Cyber Attacks.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2019

Transformation of Optimal Centralized Controllers Into Near-Globally Optimal Static Distributed Controllers.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2019

Convexification of generalized network flow problem.
Math. Program., 2019

Sharp Restricted Isometry Bounds for the Inexistence of Spurious Local Minima in Nonconvex Matrix Recovery.
J. Mach. Learn. Res., 2019

Monotonicity Between Phase Angles and Power Flow and Its Implications for the Uniqueness of Solutions.
Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2019

Towards Robust and Scalable Power System State Estimation.
Proceedings of the 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2019

Topology Error Detection and Robust State Estimation Using Nonlinear Least Absolute Value.
Proceedings of the 2019 American Control Conference, 2019

On the Exponential Number of Connected Components for the Feasible Set of Optimal Decentralized Control Problems.
Proceedings of the 2019 American Control Conference, 2019

On Sampling Complexity of the Semidefinite Affine Rank Feasibility Problem.
Proceedings of the Thirty-Third AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2019

2018
Conic Relaxations for Power System State Estimation With Line Measurements.
IEEE Trans. Control. Netw. Syst., 2018

A Low-Complexity Parallelizable Numerical Algorithm for Sparse Semidefinite Programming.
IEEE Trans. Control. Netw. Syst., 2018

How Much Restricted Isometry is Needed In Nonconvex Matrix Recovery?
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 31: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2018, 2018

A theory on the absence of spurious solutions for nonconvex and nonsmooth optimization.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 31: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2018, 2018

Spurious Critical Points in Power System State Estimation.
Proceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2018

Efficient Algorithm for Large-and-Sparse LMI Feasibility Problems.
Proceedings of the 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2018

Sparse Semidefinite Programs with Near-Linear Time Complexity.
Proceedings of the 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2018

Conic Approximation with Provable Guarantee for Traffic Signal Offset Optimization.
Proceedings of the 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2018

Conic Optimization for Robust Quadratic Regression: Deterministic Bounds and Statistical Analysis.
Proceedings of the 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2018

Analysis of Semidefinite Programming Relaxation of Optimal Power Flow for Cyclic Networks.
Proceedings of the 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2018

Control-Theoretic Analysis of Smoothness for Stability-Certified Reinforcement Learning.
Proceedings of the 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2018

A Convex Approximation of Optimal Distributed Controller in Frequency Domain.
Proceedings of the 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2018

High-Performance Cooperative Distributed Model Predictive Control for Linear Systems.
Proceedings of the 2018 Annual American Control Conference, 2018

2017
A Survey of Distributed Optimization and Control Algorithms for Electric Power Systems.
IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, 2017

Guest Editorial Distributed Control and Efficient Optimization Methods for Smart Grid.
IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, 2017

Convex Relaxation for Optimal Distributed Control Problems.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2017

Finding Low-rank Solutions of Sparse Linear Matrix Inequalities using Convex Optimization.
SIAM J. Optim., 2017

Power System State Estimation and Bad Data Detection by Means of Conic Relaxation.
Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2017

Modified interior-point method for large-and-sparse low-rank semidefinite programs.
Proceedings of the 56th IEEE Annual Conference on Decision and Control, 2017

A scalable method for designing distributed controllers for systems with unknown initial states.
Proceedings of the 56th IEEE Annual Conference on Decision and Control, 2017

Promises of conic relaxations in optimal transmission switching of power systems.
Proceedings of the 56th IEEE Annual Conference on Decision and Control, 2017

On the convexity of optimal decentralized control problem and sparsity path.
Proceedings of the 2017 American Control Conference, 2017

A semidefinite programming relaxation under false data injection attacks against power grid AC state estimation.
Proceedings of the 55th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, 2017

2016
Guest Editorial The Theory of Complex Systems With Applications to Smart Grid Operations.
IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, 2016

Power system state estimation with line measurements.
Proceedings of the 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2016

Power system state estimation with a limited number of measurements.
Proceedings of the 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2016

Characterization of rank-constrained feasibility problems via a finite number of convex programs.
Proceedings of the 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2016

A strong semidefinite programming relaxation of the unit commitment problem.
Proceedings of the 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2016

Theoretical guarantees for the design of near globally optimal static distributed controllers.
Proceedings of the 54th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, 2016

2015
Convexification of power flow problem over arbitrary networks.
Proceedings of the 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2015

ADMM for sparse semidefinite programming with applications to optimal power flow problem.
Proceedings of the 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2015

A fast distributed algorithm for decomposable semidefinite programs.
Proceedings of the 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2015

Convex analysis of generalized flow networks.
Proceedings of the 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2015

Transformation of optimal centralized controllers into near-global static distributed controllers.
Proceedings of the 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2015

Inverse function theorem for polynomial equations using semidefinite programming.
Proceedings of the 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2015

2014
Exactness of Semidefinite Relaxations for Nonlinear Optimization Problems with Underlying Graph Structure.
SIAM J. Optim., 2014

Dynamic Network Energy Management via Proximal Message Passing.
Found. Trends Optim., 2014

Graph-theoretic algorithms for polynomial optimization problems.
Proceedings of the 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2014

Low-rank solutions of matrix inequalities with applications to polynomial optimization and matrix completion problems.
Proceedings of the 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2014

Convex relaxation for optimal distributed control problem.
Proceedings of the 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2014

Promises of conic relaxation for contingency-constrained optimal power flow problem.
Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, 2014

Efficient convex relaxation for stochastic optimal distributed control problem.
Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, 2014

2013
Low-rank solution of convex relaxation for optimal power flow problem.
Proceedings of the IEEE Fourth International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, 2013

Convexification of optimal power flow problem by means of phase shifters.
Proceedings of the IEEE Fourth International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, 2013

Convexification of Generalized Network Flow problem with application to power systems.
Proceedings of the 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2013

On the exactness of semidefinite relaxation for nonlinear optimization over graphs: Part II.
Proceedings of the 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2013

On the exactness of semidefinite relaxation for nonlinear optimization over graphs: Part I.
Proceedings of the 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2013

Study of nonlinear power optimization problems using algebraic graph theory.
Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing, 2013

Optimal decentralized control problem as a rank-constrained optimization.
Proceedings of the 51st Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, 2013

Convex relaxation for optimal power flow problem: Mesh networks.
Proceedings of the 2013 Asilomar Conference on Signals, 2013

2012
Quantized Consensus by Means of Gossip Algorithm.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2012

Decentralized Implementation of Centralized Controllers for Interconnected Systems.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2012

Geometry of Power Flows in Tree Networks
CoRR, 2012

Message Passing for Dynamic Network Energy Management
CoRR, 2012

Competitive equilibria in electricity markets with nonlinearities.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2012

2011
Solving Large-Scale Hybrid Circuit-Antenna Problems.
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. I Regul. Pap., 2011

Fault-tolerant controller design with applications in power systems and synthetic biology.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2011

Zero duality gap for classical opf problem convexifies fundamental nonlinear power problems.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2011

2010
Pole Assignment With Improved Control Performance by Means of Periodic Feedback.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2010

Time Complexity of Decentralized Fixed-Mode Verification.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2010

Performance improvement of robust controllers for polynomially uncertain systems.
Autom., 2010

Utility Functionals Associated With Available Congestion Control Algorithms.
Proceedings of the INFOCOM 2010. 29th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications, 2010

Passively Controllable Smart Antennas.
Proceedings of the Global Communications Conference, 2010

Synthesis of embedded control systems with high sampling frequencies.
Proceedings of the 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2010

Relationship between power loss and network topology in power systems.
Proceedings of the 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2010

Simple delay-based implementation of continuous-time controllers.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2010

A study of near-field direct antenna modulation systems using convex optimization.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2010

Convexification of optimal power flow problem.
Proceedings of the 48th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, 2010

2009
Robust controllability and observability degrees of polynomially uncertain systems.
Autom., 2009

Overlapping control design for multi-channel systems.
Autom., 2009

Controllability and observability of uncertain systems: A robust measure.
Proceedings of the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2009

Quantized consensus via adaptive stochastic gossip algorithm.
Proceedings of the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2009

Congestion control algorithms from optimal control perspective.
Proceedings of the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2009

Solving large-scale linear circuit problems via convex optimization.
Proceedings of the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2009

A new decentralization technique for interconnected systems.
Proceedings of the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2009

Complexity of checking the existence of a stabilizing decentralized controller.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2009

On quantized consensus by means of gossip algorithm - Part II: Convergence time.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2009

On quantized consensus by means of gossip algorithm - Part I: Convergence proof.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2009

2008
A Model Predictive Decentralized Control Scheme With Reduced Communication Requirement for Spacecraft Formation.
IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol., 2008

Robust Stability of LTI Systems Over Semialgebraic Sets Using Sum-of-Squares Matrix Polynomials.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2008

LQ suboptimal decentralised controllers with disturbance rejection property for hierarchical systems.
Int. J. Control, 2008

Stabilization of decentralized control systems by means of periodic feedback.
Autom., 2008

Control of continuous-time LTI systems by means of structurally constrained controllers.
Autom., 2008

LQ robust controllers for polynomially uncertain systems.
Proceedings of the 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2008

Decentralized pole assignment for interconnected systems.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2008

2007
Robust Stabilizability Verification of Polynomially Uncertain LTI Systems.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2007

High-performance decentralized control design for general interconnected systems with applications in cooperative control.
Int. J. Control, 2007

Optimal periodic feedback design for continuous-time LTI systems with constrained control structure.
Int. J. Control, 2007

A graph-theoretic method to find decentralized fixed modes of LTI systems.
Autom., 2007

Simultaneous LQ control of a set of LTI systems using constrained generalized sampled-data hold functions.
Autom., 2007

Rational optimization using sum-of-squares techniques.
Proceedings of the 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2007

A near-optimal decentralized servomechanism controller for hierarchical interconnected systems.
Proceedings of the 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2007

Optimal Information Flow Structure for Control of Interconnected Systems.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2007

Stability Criterion for General Proper Systems with Constrained Control Structure.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2007

A Cooperative Model Predictive Control Technique for Spacecraft Formation Flying.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2007

On Structurally Constrained Control Design with a Prespecified Form.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2007

Characterization of Decentralized and Quotient Fixed Modes via Graph Theory.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2007

2006
High-Performance Decentralized Control for Formation Flying with Leader-Follower Structure.
Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2006

A Necessary and Sufficient Condition for the Existence of a LTI Stabilizing Decentralized Overlapping Controller.
Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2006

Elimination of Fixed Modes by Means of High-Performance Constrained Periodic Control.
Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2006

A Necessary and Sufficient Condition for Robust Stability of LTI Discrete-Time Systems using Sum-of-Squares Matrix Polynomials.
Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2006

Decentralized Control Design for Interconnected Systems Based on A Centralized Reference Controller.
Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2006

Robust stability of LTI discrete-time systems using sum-of-squares matrix polynomials.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2006

High-performance simultaneous stabilizing periodic feedback control with a constrained structure.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2006

Optimal generalized sampled-data hold functions with a constrained structure.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2006


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