Na Li

Orcid: 0000-0001-9545-3050

Affiliations:
  • Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA (PhD 2013)


According to our database1, Na Li authored at least 169 papers between 2009 and 2024.

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2024
Gradient Play in Stochastic Games: Stationary Points, Convergence, and Sample Complexity.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., October, 2024

Guest Editorial Special Issue on Reinforcement Learning-Based Control: Data-Efficient and Resilient Methods.
IEEE Trans. Neural Networks Learn. Syst., March, 2024

Primal-Dual Spectral Representation for Off-policy Evaluation.
CoRR, 2024

Scalable spectral representations for network multiagent control.
CoRR, 2024

Drift to Remember.
CoRR, 2024

Equilibrium Selection for Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning: A Unified Framework.
CoRR, 2024

Autonomous Robotic Ultrasound System for Liver Follow-up Diagnosis: Pilot Phantom Study.
CoRR, 2024

Efficient Duple Perturbation Robustness in Low-rank MDPs.
CoRR, 2024

Skill Transfer and Discovery for Sim-to-Real Learning: A Representation-Based Viewpoint.
CoRR, 2024

Minimizing the Thompson Sampling Regret-to-Sigma Ratio (TS-RSR): a provably efficient algorithm for batch Bayesian Optimization.
CoRR, 2024

AI Institute in Dynamic Systems: Developing machine learning and AI tools for scientific discovery, engineering design, and data-driven control.
AI Mag., 2024

Multi-agent coverage control with transient behavior consideration.
Proceedings of the 6th Annual Learning for Dynamics & Control Conference, 2024

Soft Robust MDPs and Risk-Sensitive MDPs: Equivalence, Policy Gradient, and Sample Complexity.
Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Learning Representations, 2024

Cooperative Multi-Agent Graph Bandits: UCB Algorithm and Regret Analysis.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2024

Scalable Reinforcement Learning for Linear-Quadratic Control of Networks.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2024

2023
Distributed Information-Based Source Seeking.
IEEE Trans. Robotics, December, 2023

Analysis of the optimization landscape of Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG) control.
Math. Program., November, 2023

Toward a Theoretical Foundation of Policy Optimization for Learning Control Policies.
Annu. Rev. Control. Robotics Auton. Syst., May, 2023

Zeroth-order feedback optimization for cooperative multi-agent systems.
Autom., February, 2023

Towards Carbon-Free Electricity: A Comprehensive Flow-Based Framework for Power Grid Carbon Accounting and Decarbonization.
CoRR, 2023

Carbon-Aware Optimal Power Flow.
CoRR, 2023

Regularized Robust MDPs and Risk-Sensitive MDPs: Equivalence, Policy Gradient, and Sample Complexity.
CoRR, 2023

Non-asymptotic System Identification for Linear Systems with Nonlinear Policies.
CoRR, 2023

Markov Games with Decoupled Dynamics: Price of Anarchy and Sample Complexity.
CoRR, 2023

Decentralized Riemannian natural gradient methods with Kronecker-product approximations.
CoRR, 2023

Continuous-Time Zeroth-Order Dynamics with Projection Maps: Model-Free Feedback Optimization with Safety Guarantees.
CoRR, 2023

Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning with Reward Delays.
Proceedings of the Learning for Dynamics and Control Conference, 2023

On Controller Reduction in Linear Quadratic Gaussian Control with Performance Bounds.
Proceedings of the Learning for Dynamics and Control Conference, 2023

Online switching control with stability and regret guarantees.
Proceedings of the Learning for Dynamics and Control Conference, 2023

Gaussian Max-Value Entropy Search for Multi-Agent Bayesian Optimization.
IROS, 2023

Escaping saddle points in zeroth-order optimization: the power of two-point estimators.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Machine Learning, 2023

FedDAR: Federated Domain-Aware Representation Learning.
Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Learning Representations, 2023

Latent Variable Representation for Reinforcement Learning.
Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Learning Representations, 2023

Multi-armed Bandit Learning on a Graph.
Proceedings of the 57th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, 2023

Markov Games with Decoupled Dynamics: Price of Anarchy and Sample Complexity.
Proceedings of the 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2023

Stochastic Nonlinear Control via Finite-dimensional Spectral Dynamic Embedding.
Proceedings of the 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2023

On the Optimal Control of Network LQR with Spatially-Exponential Decaying Structure.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2023

Learning to Optimize with Stochastic Dominance Constraints.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics, 2023

2022
Scalable Reinforcement Learning for Multiagent Networked Systems.
Oper. Res., November, 2022

Reinforcement Learning for Selective Key Applications in Power Systems: Recent Advances and Future Challenges.
IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, 2022

Optimal Distributed Energy Resource Coordination: A Decomposition Method Based on Distribution Locational Marginal Costs.
IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, 2022

Control Reconfiguration of Dynamical Systems for Improved Performance via Reverse- and Forward-Engineering.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2022

Distributed Reinforcement Learning for Decentralized Linear Quadratic Control: A Derivative-Free Policy Optimization Approach.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2022

Communication-Efficient Distributed SGD With Compressed Sensing.
IEEE Control. Syst. Lett., 2022

Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning with Reward Delays.
CoRR, 2022

Learning to Optimize with Stochastic Dominance Constraints.
CoRR, 2022

Towards a Theoretical Foundation of Policy Optimization for Learning Control Policies.
CoRR, 2022

On the Effect of Log-Barrier Regularization in Decentralized Softmax Gradient Play in Multiagent Systems.
CoRR, 2022

System-level, input-output and new parameterizations of stabilizing controllers, and their numerical computation.
Autom., 2022

On the Global Convergence Rates of Decentralized Softmax Gradient Play in Markov Potential Games.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 35: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2022, 2022

Policy Optimization for Markov Games: Unified Framework and Faster Convergence.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 35: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2022, 2022

Improve Single-Point Zeroth-Order Optimization Using High-Pass and Low-Pass Filters.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Machine Learning, 2022

Escaping High-order Saddles in Policy Optimization for Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG) Control.
Proceedings of the 61st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2022

2021
Online Learning and Distributed Control for Residential Demand Response.
IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, 2021

Leveraging Two-Stage Adaptive Robust Optimization for Power Flexibility Aggregation.
IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, 2021

Distributed Zero-Order Algorithms for Nonconvex Multiagent Optimization.
IEEE Trans. Control. Netw. Syst., 2021

Distributed Automatic Load Frequency Control With Optimality in Power Systems.
IEEE Trans. Control. Netw. Syst., 2021

On the Equivalence of Youla, System-Level, and Input-Output Parameterizations.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2021

Online Optimization With Predictions and Switching Costs: Fast Algorithms and the Fundamental Limit.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2021

Non-Asymptotic Identification of Linear Dynamical Systems Using Multiple Trajectories.
IEEE Control. Syst. Lett., 2021

Online Residential Demand Response via Contextual Multi-Armed Bandits.
IEEE Control. Syst. Lett., 2021

Safe Adaptive Learning-based Control for Constrained Linear Quadratic Regulators with Regret Guarantees.
CoRR, 2021

Gradient Play in Multi-Agent Markov Stochastic Games: Stationary Points and Convergence.
CoRR, 2021

Model-Free Optimal Voltage Control via Continuous-Time Zeroth-Order Methods.
CoRR, 2021

Reinforcement Learning for Decision-Making and Control in Power Systems: Tutorial, Review, and Vision.
CoRR, 2021

Robust hybrid zero-order optimization algorithms with acceleration via averaging in time.
Autom., 2021

Sample Complexity of Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG) Control for Output Feedback Systems.
Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Conference on Learning for Dynamics and Control, 2021

Source Seeking by Dynamic Source Location Estimation.
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2021

Federated Learning over Wireless Networks: A Band-limited Coordinated Descent Approach.
Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, 2021

Assisted Learning: Cooperative AI with Autonomy.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, 2021

Safe Model-Free Optimal Voltage Control via Continuous-Time Zeroth-Order Methods.
Proceedings of the 2021 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2021

On the Regret Analysis of Online LQR Control with Predictions.
Proceedings of the 2021 American Control Conference, 2021

LQR with Tracking: A Zeroth-order Approach and Its Global Convergence.
Proceedings of the 2021 American Control Conference, 2021

Online Optimal Control with Affine Constraints.
Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2021

2020
On Maintaining Linear Convergence of Distributed Learning and Optimization Under Limited Communication.
IEEE Trans. Signal Process., 2020

A Market Mechanism for Virtual Inertia.
IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, 2020

Distributed Optimal Voltage Control With Asynchronous and Delayed Communication.
IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, 2020

Aggregate Power Flexibility in Unbalanced Distribution Systems.
IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, 2020

Accelerated Distributed Nesterov Gradient Descent.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2020

Semi-global exponential stability of augmented primal-dual gradient dynamics for constrained convex optimization.
Syst. Control. Lett., 2020

Federated LQR: Learning through Sharing.
CoRR, 2020

ASCII: ASsisted Classification with Ignorance Interchange.
CoRR, 2020

Control Reconfiguration of Dynamical Systems for Improved Performance via Reverse-engineering and Forward-engineering.
CoRR, 2020

A reliability-aware multi-armed bandit approach to learn and select users in demand response.
Autom., 2020

Scalable Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Networked Systems with Average Reward.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 33: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2020, 2020

Leveraging Predictions in Smoothed Online Convex Optimization via Gradient-based Algorithms.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 33: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2020, 2020

Scalable Reinforcement Learning of Localized Policies for Multi-Agent Networked Systems.
Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Conference on Learning for Dynamics and Control, 2020

Soft Sensing Shirt for Shoulder Kinematics Estimation.
Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2020

Control Reconfiguration of Cyber-physical Systems for Improved Performance via Reverse-engineering and Accelerated First-order Algorithms.
Proceedings of the 11th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, 2020

Distributed Optimal Voltage Control for Three Phase Unbalanced Distribution Systems with DERs.
Proceedings of the IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 2020

Exponential Stability of Primal-Dual Gradient Dynamics with Non-Strong Convexity.
Proceedings of the 2020 American Control Conference, 2020

2019
Optimal Scheduling of Battery Charging Station Serving Electric Vehicles Based on Battery Swapping.
IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, 2019

Voltage Control Using Limited Communication.
IEEE Trans. Control. Netw. Syst., 2019

On the Exponential Stability of Primal-Dual Gradient Dynamics.
IEEE Control. Syst. Lett., 2019

On the Parameterization of Stabilizing Controllers using Closed-loop Responses.
CoRR, 2019

Semi-Global Exponential Stability of Primal-Dual Gradient Dynamics for Constrained Convex Optimization.
CoRR, 2019

Distributed greedy algorithm for multi-agent task assignment problem with submodular utility functions.
Autom., 2019

Online Optimal Control with Linear Dynamics and Predictions: Algorithms and Regret Analysis.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 32: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2019, 2019

Optimal Voltage Control Using Event Triggered Communication.
Proceedings of the Tenth ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems, 2019

Exploiting Fast Decaying and Locality in Multi-Agent MDP with Tree Dependence Structure.
Proceedings of the 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2019

Inducing Uniform Asymptotic Stability in Non-Autonomous Accelerated Optimization Dynamics via Hybrid Regularization.
Proceedings of the 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2019

Distributed Voltage Control with Communication Delays.
Proceedings of the 2019 American Control Conference, 2019

Online Learning for Markov Decision Processes in Nonstationary Environments: A Dynamic Regret Analysis.
Proceedings of the 2019 American Control Conference, 2019

Distributed Zero-Order Algorithms for Nonconvex Multi-Agent optimization.
Proceedings of the 57th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, 2019

2018
Harnessing Smoothness to Accelerate Distributed Optimization.
IEEE Trans. Control. Netw. Syst., 2018

Distributed Control for Reaching Optimal Steady State in Network Systems: An Optimization Approach.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2018

Convergence of Limited Communication Gradient Methods.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2018

Passivity-Based Distributed Optimization With Communication Delays Using PI Consensus Algorithm.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2018

Communication Complexity of Dual Decomposition Methods for Distributed Resource Allocation Optimization.
IEEE J. Sel. Top. Signal Process., 2018

Learning and Selecting the Right Customers for Reliability: A Multi-Armed Bandit Approach.
Proceedings of the 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2018

On the Relationship between the VCG Mechanism and Market Clearing.
Proceedings of the 2018 Annual American Control Conference, 2018

Using Predictions in Online Optimization with Switching Costs: A Fast Algorithm and A Fundamental Limit.
Proceedings of the 2018 Annual American Control Conference, 2018

Aggregating Flexibility of Heterogeneous Energy Resources in Distribution Networks.
Proceedings of the 2018 Annual American Control Conference, 2018

2017
Optimal Power Flow of Radial Networks and Its Variations: A Sequential Convex Optimization Approach.
IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, 2017

Real-Time Energy Management in Microgrids.
IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, 2017

Decentralized and Distributed Temperature Control via HVAC Systems in Energy Efficient Buildings.
CoRR, 2017

Stochastic Primal-Dual Method on Riemannian Manifolds of Bounded Sectional Curvature.
Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications, 2017

Fast Decentralized Power Capping for Server Clusters.
Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture, 2017

Community-level Geothermal Heat Pump system management via an aggregation-disaggregation framework.
Proceedings of the 56th IEEE Annual Conference on Decision and Control, 2017

Accelerated distributed Nesterov Gradient Descent for convex and smooth functions.
Proceedings of the 56th IEEE Annual Conference on Decision and Control, 2017

Real time economic dispatch for power networks: A distributed economic model predictive control approach.
Proceedings of the 56th IEEE Annual Conference on Decision and Control, 2017

Physics-integrated hierarchical/distributed HVAC optimization for multiple buildings with robustness against time delays.
Proceedings of the 56th IEEE Annual Conference on Decision and Control, 2017

Harmonic reduction via optimal power flow and the frequency coupling matrix.
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, 2017

An integrated design of optimization and physical dynamics for energy efficient buildings: A passivity approach.
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, 2017

Distributed temperature control via Geothermal Heat Pump systems in energy efficient buildings.
Proceedings of the 2017 American Control Conference, 2017

Mechanism design for reliability in demand response with uncertainty.
Proceedings of the 2017 American Control Conference, 2017

2016
Connecting Automatic Generation Control and Economic Dispatch From an Optimization View.
IEEE Trans. Control. Netw. Syst., 2016

A parallel primal-dual interior-point method for DC optimal power flow.
Proceedings of the Power Systems Computation Conference, 2016

Robustness analysis for an online decentralized descent power allocation algorithm.
Proceedings of the 2016 Information Theory and Applications Workshop, 2016

Asynchronous local voltage control in power distribution networks.
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, 2016

Decentralized temperature control via HVAC systems in energy efficient buildings: An approximate solution procedure.
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, 2016

Distributed regularized primal-dual method.
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, 2016

Dynamical decentralized voltage control of multi-terminal HVDC grids.
Proceedings of the 15th European Control Conference, 2016

Distributed resource allocation using one-way communication with applications to power networks.
Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Conference on Information Science and Systems, 2016

Practical coding schemes for bandwidth limited one-way communication resource allocation.
Proceedings of the 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2016

An incentive-based approach to distributed estimation with strategic sensors.
Proceedings of the 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2016

DiBA: Distributed Power Budget Allocation for Large-Scale Computing Clusters.
Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM 16th International Symposium on Cluster, 2016

Convergence of limited communications gradient methods.
Proceedings of the 2016 American Control Conference, 2016

Accelerated Distributed Nesterov Gradient Descent for smooth and strongly convex functions.
Proceedings of the 54th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, 2016

2015
Demand Response Using Linear Supply Function Bidding.
IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, 2015

Exact Convex Relaxation of Optimal Power Flow in Radial Networks.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2015

On the Interaction Between Load Balancing and Speed Scaling.
IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun., 2015

Using and Designing Platforms for In Vivo Education Experiments.
CoRR, 2015

Using and Designing Platforms for In Vivo Educational Experiments.
Proceedings of the Second ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale, 2015

TELLab: An Experiential Learning Tool for Psychology.
Proceedings of the Second ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale, 2015

HHeal: A Personalized Health App for Flu Tracking and Prevention.
Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2015

Distributed optimal steady-state control using reverse- and forward-engineering.
Proceedings of the 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2015

A market mechanism for electric distribution networks.
Proceedings of the 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2015

Online convex optimization with ramp constraints.
Proceedings of the 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2015

A fully distributed state estimation using matrix splitting methods.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2015

Dynamic detection of transmission line outages using Hidden Markov Models.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2015

2014
Design and Stability of Load-Side Primary Frequency Control in Power Systems.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2014

Decoupling Coupled Constraints Through Utility Design.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2014

Optimal Residential Demand Response in Distribution Networks.
IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun., 2014

Stability constrained incentive design for distributed frequency control of power grid.
Proceedings of the 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2014

Connecting automatic generation control and economic dispatch from an optimization view.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2014

Real-time decentralized voltage control in distribution networks.
Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, 2014

2013
Designing Games for Distributed Optimization.
IEEE J. Sel. Top. Signal Process., 2013

Power System Dynamics as Primal-Dual Algorithm for Optimal Load Control
CoRR, 2013

Exact convex relaxation for optimal power flow in distribution networks.
Proceedings of the ACM SIGMETRICS / International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems, 2013

Optimal power flow in tree networks.
Proceedings of the 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2013

2012
Exact convex relaxation of OPF for radial networks using branch flow model.
Proceedings of the IEEE Third International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, 2012

Solar generation prediction using the ARMA model in a laboratory-level micro-grid.
Proceedings of the IEEE Third International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, 2012

An optimization-based demand response in radial distribution networks.
Proceedings of the Workshops Proceedings of the Global Communications Conference, 2012

Designing games for distributed optimization with a time varying communication graph.
Proceedings of the 51th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2012

On the exactness of convex relaxation for optimal power flow in tree networks.
Proceedings of the 51th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2012

Demand response in radial distribution networks: Distributed algorithm.
Proceedings of the Conference Record of the Forty Sixth Asilomar Conference on Signals, 2012

2010
Designing games to handle coupled constraints.
Proceedings of the 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2010

2009
Learning approaches to the Witsenhausen counterexample from a view of potential games.
Proceedings of the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2009


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