Areas of Teaching Interest
Intro to ECE, Network Theory, Electronic Circuits I, Mobile Robotics, Analysis and Design of Control Systems
Areas of Research Interest
Large-scale Systems, Cyber-Physical Systems, Mobile Robotics, Cloud-based Robotics, Assistive Robotics, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Application, Low-Cost 3D-Printed Robots
Educational Background
Ph.D., The University of Texas at San Antonio, 2015.
Selected Publications
- J. Lwowski, P Benavidez, J Prevost, and M Jamshidi. Optimal configuration of docker containers in a cloud-based robotic cyber physical system. IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, 2018/2019 (to be submitted).
- J. Lwowski, A Majumdar, P Benavidez, J Prevost, P Rad, and M Jamshidi. A deep learning tutorial for big data analytics. Journal – TBD, 2018/2019 (to be submitted).
- J. Nelson, J Lwowski, P Benavidez, J Prevost, and M Jamshidi. Towards the optimal placement of containerized applications in a cloud-edge model. pages 1–10, 2019 (to be submitted).
- C. Wallace, P Benavidez, and M Jamshidi. System-wide fault diagnosis of a cyber-physical system using semi-supervised learning. pages 1–9, 2019 (to be submitted).
- A. Abdelmawgoud, P Benavidez, and M Jamshidi. Distributed estimation in multi-missile cyber-physical systems with time delay. IEEE Systems Journal, 2020.
- Prasanna Kolar, Patrick Benavidez, and Mo Jamshidi. Survey of datafusion techniques for laser and vision based sensor integration for autonomous navigation. Sensors, 20(8), 2020.
- B. A. Erol, A Majumdar, P Benavidez, P Rad, KKR Choo, and M Jamshidi. Towards artificial emotional intelligence for cooperative social human-robot interaction. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, 2019.
- J. Lwowski, A Majumdar, P Benavidez, J Prevost, and M Jamshidi. Bird flocking inspired formation control for unmanned aerial vehicles using stereo camera. IEEE Systems Journal, 2018.
- J. Cruz-Lambert, P Benavidez, J Ortiz, N Gallardo, BA Erol, J Richey, S Morris, and M Jamshidi. Dc-dc converter with fuzzy controller for solar cell applications on mobile robots. Iranian Journal of Fuzzy Systems, 13(7):33–52, 2016.
- A. M. Mayers, P Benavidez, GVS Raju, D Akopian, and M Jamshidi. A closed-loop transmission power control system using a nonlinear approximation of power-time curve. IEEE Systems Journal, 9(3):1011–1019, 2015.
- A. M. Mayers, P J Benavidez, GVS Raju, D Akopian, and M Jamshidi. Closed loop power control using third order quadratic approximator. International Journal of Wireless Information Networks, 21(2):125–132, 2014.
- A. K. Ray, P Benavidez, L Behera, and M Jamshidi. Decentralized motion coordination for a formation of rovers. IEEE Systems Journal, 3(3):369–381, 2009.