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Impact Factor 10.0+

Interaction-Aware Decision-Making for Automated Vehicles using Social Value Orientation
Interaction-Aware Decision-Making for Automated Vehicles using Social Value Orientation  UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub AI and Robotics Research Best Paper Award Finalist Impact Factor: 14.0† Top 10% Journal in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence†   Citation: 70#
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles (TIV), 2023
Luca Crosato, Hubert P. H. Shum, Edmond S. L. Ho and Chongfeng Wei
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Luca Crosato, Hubert P. H. Shum, Edmond S. L. Ho and Chongfeng Wei, "Interaction-Aware Decision-Making for Automated Vehicles using Social Value Orientation," IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 1339-1349, IEEE, 2023.
Bibtex 
@article{crosato23interaction,
 author={Crosato, Luca and Shum, Hubert P. H. and Ho, Edmond S. L. and Wei, Chongfeng},
 journal={IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles},
 title={Interaction-Aware Decision-Making for Automated Vehicles using Social Value Orientation},
 year={2023},
 volume={8},
 number={2},
 pages={1339--1349},
 numpages={11},
 doi={10.1109/TIV.2022.3189836},
 issn={2379-8858},
 publisher={IEEE},
}
RIS 
TY  - JOUR
AU  - Crosato, Luca
AU  - Shum, Hubert P. H.
AU  - Ho, Edmond S. L.
AU  - Wei, Chongfeng
T2  - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles
TI  - Interaction-Aware Decision-Making for Automated Vehicles using Social Value Orientation
PY  - 2023
VL  - 8
IS  - 2
SP  - 1339
EP  - 1349
DO  - 10.1109/TIV.2022.3189836
SN  - 2379-8858
PB  - IEEE
ER  - 
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Impact Factor 7.0+

Formation Control for UAVs Using a Flux Guided Approach
Formation Control for UAVs Using a Flux Guided Approach  Impact Factor: 7.5† Top 25% Journal in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence†   
Expert Systems with Applications (ESWA), 2022
John Hartley, Hubert P. H. Shum, Edmond S. L. Ho, He Wang and Subramanian Ramamoorthy
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John Hartley, Hubert P. H. Shum, Edmond S. L. Ho, He Wang and Subramanian Ramamoorthy, "Formation Control for UAVs Using a Flux Guided Approach," Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 205, pp. 117665, Elsevier, 2022.
Bibtex 
@article{hartley21formation,
 author={Hartley, John and Shum, Hubert P. H. and Ho, Edmond S. L. and Wang, He and Ramamoorthy, Subramanian},
 journal={Expert Systems with Applications},
 title={Formation Control for UAVs Using a Flux Guided Approach},
 year={2022},
 volume={205},
 pages={117665},
 numpages={11},
 doi={10.1016/j.eswa.2022.117665},
 issn={0957-4174},
 publisher={Elsevier},
}
RIS 
TY  - JOUR
AU  - Hartley, John
AU  - Shum, Hubert P. H.
AU  - Ho, Edmond S. L.
AU  - Wang, He
AU  - Ramamoorthy, Subramanian
T2  - Expert Systems with Applications
TI  - Formation Control for UAVs Using a Flux Guided Approach
PY  - 2022
VL  - 205
SP  - 117665
EP  - 117665
DO  - 10.1016/j.eswa.2022.117665
SN  - 0957-4174
PB  - Elsevier
ER  - 
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Impact Factor 5.0+

Social Interaction-Aware Dynamical Models and Decision-Making for Autonomous Vehicles
Social Interaction-Aware Dynamical Models and Decision-Making for Autonomous Vehicles  Wiley Top Viewed Articles Impact Factor: 6.8† Top 25% Journal in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence†   Citation: 36#
Advanced Intelligent Systems (AIS), 2024
Luca Crosato, Kai Tian, Hubert P. H. Shum, Edmond S. L. Ho, Yafei Wang and Chongfeng Wei
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Luca Crosato, Kai Tian, Hubert P. H. Shum, Edmond S. L. Ho, Yafei Wang and Chongfeng Wei, "Social Interaction-Aware Dynamical Models and Decision-Making for Autonomous Vehicles," Advanced Intelligent Systems, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 2300575, Wiley, 2024.
Bibtex 
@article{crosato23social,
 author={Crosato, Luca and Tian, Kai and Shum, Hubert P. H. and Ho, Edmond S. L. and Wang, Yafei and Wei, Chongfeng},
 journal={Advanced Intelligent Systems},
 title={Social Interaction-Aware Dynamical Models and Decision-Making for Autonomous Vehicles},
 year={2024},
 volume={6},
 number={3},
 pages={2300575},
 numpages={23},
 doi={10.1002/aisy.202300575},
 issn={2640-4567},
 publisher={Wiley},
}
RIS 
TY  - JOUR
AU  - Crosato, Luca
AU  - Tian, Kai
AU  - Shum, Hubert P. H.
AU  - Ho, Edmond S. L.
AU  - Wang, Yafei
AU  - Wei, Chongfeng
T2  - Advanced Intelligent Systems
TI  - Social Interaction-Aware Dynamical Models and Decision-Making for Autonomous Vehicles
PY  - 2024
VL  - 6
IS  - 3
SP  - 2300575
EP  - 2300575
DO  - 10.1002/aisy.202300575
SN  - 2640-4567
PB  - Wiley
ER  - 
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Impact Factor 1.0+

Multi-Task Deep Learning with Optical Flow Features for Self-Driving Cars
Multi-Task Deep Learning with Optical Flow Features for Self-Driving Cars  Impact Factor: 2.3†    
IET Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), 2020
Yuan Hu, Hubert P. H. Shum and Edmond S. L. Ho
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Yuan Hu, Hubert P. H. Shum and Edmond S. L. Ho, "Multi-Task Deep Learning with Optical Flow Features for Self-Driving Cars," IET Intelligent Transport Systems, vol. 14, no. 13, pp. 1845-1854, Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2020.
Bibtex 
@article{hu21multitask,
 author={Hu, Yuan and Shum, Hubert P. H. and Ho, Edmond S. L.},
 journal={IET Intelligent Transport Systems},
 title={Multi-Task Deep Learning with Optical Flow Features for Self-Driving Cars},
 year={2020},
 volume={14},
 number={13},
 pages={1845--1854},
 numpages={10},
 doi={10.1049/iet-its.2020.0439},
 issn={1751-956X},
 publisher={Institution of Engineering and Technology},
}
RIS 
TY  - JOUR
AU  - Hu, Yuan
AU  - Shum, Hubert P. H.
AU  - Ho, Edmond S. L.
T2  - IET Intelligent Transport Systems
TI  - Multi-Task Deep Learning with Optical Flow Features for Self-Driving Cars
PY  - 2020
VL  - 14
IS  - 13
SP  - 1845
EP  - 1854
DO  - 10.1049/iet-its.2020.0439
SN  - 1751-956X
PB  - Institution of Engineering and Technology
ER  - 
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Impact Factor 0.0+

A Virtual Reality Framework for Human-Driver Interaction Research: Safe and Cost-Effective Data Collection
A Virtual Reality Framework for Human-Driver Interaction Research: Safe and Cost-Effective Data Collection    H5-Index: 54# Core A Conference‡ 
Proceedings of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI), 2024
Luca Crosato, Chongfeng Wei, Edmond S. L. Ho, Hubert P. H. Shum and Yuzhu Sun
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Luca Crosato, Chongfeng Wei, Edmond S. L. Ho, Hubert P. H. Shum and Yuzhu Sun, "A Virtual Reality Framework for Human-Driver Interaction Research: Safe and Cost-Effective Data Collection," in HRI '24: Proceedings of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction, pp. 167-174, Colorado, USA, ACM/IEEE, 2024.
Bibtex 
@inproceedings{crosato24virtual,
 author={Crosato, Luca and Wei, Chongfeng and Ho, Edmond S. L. and Shum, Hubert P. H. and Sun, Yuzhu},
 booktitle={Proceedings of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction},
 series={HRI '24},
 title={A Virtual Reality Framework for Human-Driver Interaction Research: Safe and Cost-Effective Data Collection},
 year={2024},
 pages={167--174},
 numpages={8},
 doi={10.1145/3610977.3634923},
 isbn={9.80E+12},
 publisher={ACM/IEEE},
 location={Colorado, USA},
}
RIS 
TY  - CONF
AU  - Crosato, Luca
AU  - Wei, Chongfeng
AU  - Ho, Edmond S. L.
AU  - Shum, Hubert P. H.
AU  - Sun, Yuzhu
T2  - Proceedings of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction
TI  - A Virtual Reality Framework for Human-Driver Interaction Research: Safe and Cost-Effective Data Collection
PY  - 2024
SP  - 167
EP  - 174
DO  - 10.1145/3610977.3634923
SN  - 9.80E+12
PB  - ACM/IEEE
ER  - 
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DurLAR: A High-fidelity 128-Channel LiDAR Dataset with Panoramic Ambientand Reflectivity Imagery for Multi-Modal Autonomous Driving Applications
DurLAR: A High-fidelity 128-Channel LiDAR Dataset with Panoramic Ambientand Reflectivity Imagery for Multi-Modal Autonomous Driving Applications    H5-Index: 51#  Citation: 20#
Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV), 2021
Li Li, Khalid N. Ismail, Hubert P. H. Shum and Toby P. Breckon
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Li Li, Khalid N. Ismail, Hubert P. H. Shum and Toby P. Breckon, "DurLAR: A High-fidelity 128-Channel LiDAR Dataset with Panoramic Ambientand Reflectivity Imagery for Multi-Modal Autonomous Driving Applications," in 3DV '21: Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on 3D Vision, pp. 1227-1237, IEEE, Dec 2021.
Bibtex 
@inproceedings{li21durlar,
 author={Li, Li and Ismail, Khalid N. and Shum, Hubert P. H. and Breckon, Toby P.},
 booktitle={Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on 3D Vision},
 series={3DV '21},
 title={DurLAR: A High-fidelity 128-Channel LiDAR Dataset with Panoramic Ambientand Reflectivity Imagery for Multi-Modal Autonomous Driving Applications},
 year={2021},
 month={12},
 pages={1227--1237},
 numpages={11},
 doi={10.1109/3DV53792.2021.00130},
 publisher={IEEE},
}
RIS 
TY  - CONF
AU  - Li, Li
AU  - Ismail, Khalid N.
AU  - Shum, Hubert P. H.
AU  - Breckon, Toby P.
T2  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on 3D Vision
TI  - DurLAR: A High-fidelity 128-Channel LiDAR Dataset with Panoramic Ambientand Reflectivity Imagery for Multi-Modal Autonomous Driving Applications
PY  - 2021
Y1  - 12 2021
SP  - 1227
EP  - 1237
DO  - 10.1109/3DV53792.2021.00130
PB  - IEEE
ER  - 
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Human-Centric Autonomous Driving in an AV-Pedestrian Interactive Environment Using SVO
Human-Centric Autonomous Driving in an AV-Pedestrian Interactive Environment Using SVO  Best Paper Award     Citation: 24#
Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS), 2021
Luca Crosato, Chongfeng Wei, Edmond S. L. Ho and Hubert P. H. Shum
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Luca Crosato, Chongfeng Wei, Edmond S. L. Ho and Hubert P. H. Shum, "Human-Centric Autonomous Driving in an AV-Pedestrian Interactive Environment Using SVO," in ICHMS '21: Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems, pp. 1-6, Magdeburg, Germany, IEEE, Sep 2021.
Bibtex 
@inproceedings{luca21humancentric,
 author={Crosato, Luca and Wei, Chongfeng and Ho, Edmond S. L. and Shum, Hubert P. H.},
 booktitle={Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems},
 series={ICHMS '21},
 title={Human-Centric Autonomous Driving in an AV-Pedestrian Interactive Environment Using SVO},
 year={2021},
 month={9},
 pages={1--6},
 numpages={6},
 doi={10.1109/ICHMS53169.2021.9582640},
 publisher={IEEE},
 location={Magdeburg, Germany},
}
RIS 
TY  - CONF
AU  - Crosato, Luca
AU  - Wei, Chongfeng
AU  - Ho, Edmond S. L.
AU  - Shum, Hubert P. H.
T2  - Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems
TI  - Human-Centric Autonomous Driving in an AV-Pedestrian Interactive Environment Using SVO
PY  - 2021
Y1  - 9 2021
SP  - 1
EP  - 6
DO  - 10.1109/ICHMS53169.2021.9582640
PB  - IEEE
ER  - 
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A Hybrid Metaheuristic Navigation Algorithm for Robot Path Rolling Planning in an Unknown Environment
A Hybrid Metaheuristic Navigation Algorithm for Robot Path Rolling Planning in an Unknown Environment      
Mechatronic Systems and Control (MSC), 2019
Shoujiang Xu, Edmond S. L. Ho and Hubert P. H. Shum
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Shoujiang Xu, Edmond S. L. Ho and Hubert P. H. Shum, "A Hybrid Metaheuristic Navigation Algorithm for Robot Path Rolling Planning in an Unknown Environment," Mechatronic Systems and Control, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 216-224, ACTA Press, 2019.
Bibtex 
@article{xu19hybrid,
 author={Xu, Shoujiang and Ho, Edmond S. L. and Shum, Hubert P. H.},
 journal={Mechatronic Systems and Control},
 title={A Hybrid Metaheuristic Navigation Algorithm for Robot Path Rolling Planning in an Unknown Environment},
 year={2019},
 volume={47},
 number={4},
 pages={216--224},
 numpages={9},
 doi={10.2316/J.2019.201-3000},
 issn={2561-178X},
 publisher={ACTA Press},
}
RIS 
TY  - JOUR
AU  - Xu, Shoujiang
AU  - Ho, Edmond S. L.
AU  - Shum, Hubert P. H.
T2  - Mechatronic Systems and Control
TI  - A Hybrid Metaheuristic Navigation Algorithm for Robot Path Rolling Planning in an Unknown Environment
PY  - 2019
VL  - 47
IS  - 4
SP  - 216
EP  - 224
DO  - 10.2316/J.2019.201-3000
SN  - 2561-178X
PB  - ACTA Press
ER  - 
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Motion Adaptation for Humanoid Robots in Constrained Environments
Motion Adaptation for Humanoid Robots in Constrained Environments    H5-Index: 122# Core A* Conference‡ Citation: 28#
Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2013
Edmond S. L. Ho and Hubert P. H. Shum
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Edmond S. L. Ho and Hubert P. H. Shum, "Motion Adaptation for Humanoid Robots in Constrained Environments," in ICRA '13: Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3813-3818, Karlsruhe, IEEE, May 2013.
Bibtex 
@inproceedings{ho13motion,
 author={Ho, Edmond S. L. and Shum, Hubert P. H.},
 booktitle={Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation},
 series={ICRA '13},
 title={Motion Adaptation for Humanoid Robots in Constrained Environments},
 year={2013},
 month={5},
 pages={3813--3818},
 numpages={6},
 doi={10.1109/ICRA.2013.6631113},
 issn={1050-4729},
 isbn={978-1-4673-5641-1},
 publisher={IEEE},
 location={Karlsruhe},
}
RIS 
TY  - CONF
AU  - Ho, Edmond S. L.
AU  - Shum, Hubert P. H.
T2  - Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
TI  - Motion Adaptation for Humanoid Robots in Constrained Environments
PY  - 2013
Y1  - 5 2013
SP  - 3813
EP  - 3818
DO  - 10.1109/ICRA.2013.6631113
SN  - 1050-4729
PB  - IEEE
ER  - 
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Physically-Based Character Control in Low Dimensional Space
Physically-Based Character Control in Low Dimensional Space      Citation: 10#
Proceedings of the 2010 ACM International Conference on Motion in Games (MIG), 2010
Hubert P. H. Shum, Taku Komura, Takaaki Shiratori and Shu Takagi
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Hubert P. H. Shum, Taku Komura, Takaaki Shiratori and Shu Takagi, "Physically-Based Character Control in Low Dimensional Space," in MIG '10: Proceedings of the 2010 ACM International Conference on Motion in Games, vol. 6459, pp. 23-34, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Springer-Verlag, Nov 2010.
Bibtex 
@inproceedings{shum10physically,
 author={Shum, Hubert P. H. and Komura, Taku and Shiratori, Takaaki and Takagi, Shu},
 booktitle={Proceedings of the 2010 ACM International Conference on Motion in Games},
 series={MIG '10},
 title={Physically-Based Character Control in Low Dimensional Space},
 year={2010},
 month={11},
 volume={6459},
 pages={23--34},
 numpages={12},
 doi={10.1007/978-3-642-16958-8_3},
 issn={0302-9743},
 isbn={978-3-642-16957-1},
 publisher={Springer-Verlag},
 Address={Berlin, Heidelberg},
 location={Utrecht, The Netherlands},
}
RIS 
TY  - CONF
AU  - Shum, Hubert P. H.
AU  - Komura, Taku
AU  - Shiratori, Takaaki
AU  - Takagi, Shu
T2  - Proceedings of the 2010 ACM International Conference on Motion in Games
TI  - Physically-Based Character Control in Low Dimensional Space
PY  - 2010
Y1  - 11 2010
VL  - 6459
SP  - 23
EP  - 34
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-642-16958-8_3
SN  - 0302-9743
PB  - Springer-Verlag
ER  - 
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