Milad Siami
Associate Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Office
- 423 Dana Research Center
Research Focus
Distributed optimization and learning for networked cyber-physical systems
Education
- Post-Doctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2019
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (Control), Lehigh University, 2017
- M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering (Control), Lehigh University, 2014
- M.Sc., Electrical Engineering (Control), Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2011
- Exchange Graduate Student, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 2010
- B.Sc., Electrical Engineering (Control), Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2009
- B.Sc., Pure Mathematics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2009
Research Overview
Distributed optimization and learning for networked cyber-physical systems
Selected Research Projects
- Modeling and Control of Non-Passive Networks with Distributed Time-Delays: Application in Epidemic Control
- – Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
- Sparse Sensing, Actuation, and Communication in Complex Networks
- – Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
- Control and Learning Enabled Verifiable Robust AI (CLEVR-AI)
- – Co-Principal Investigator, Department of Defense
- SENTRY–Soft Target Engineering to Neutralize the Threat Reality
- – Co-Principal Investigator, Department of Homeland Security
- Analytical Framework for AI/AA
- – Co-Principal Investigator, ARL/KRI
Research Centers and Institutes
Selected Publications
- K. Behzad, R. Zandi, E. Motamedi, H. Salehinejad, M. Siami, “RoboMNIST: A Multimodal Dataset for Multi-Robot Activity Recognition Using WiFi Sensing, Video, and Audio Scientific Data,” Scientific Data, 2025. [paper]
- R. Zandi, K. Behzad, E. Motamedi, H. Salehinejad, M. Siami, “RoboFiSense: Attention-Based Robotic Arm Activity Recognition with WiFi Sensing,” The IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, 2024.
- H. Montazeri Hedesh, and M. Siami, “Ensuring both Positivity and Stability Using Sector-Bounded Nonlinearity for Systems with Neural Network Controllers” IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2024.
- M. K. Wafi, and M. Siami, “Distributed Adaptive Control of Disturbed Interconnected Systems with High-Order Tuners,” IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2024.
- R. Vafaee, and M. Siami, “Learning-based Sparse Sensing with Performance Guarantees,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Accepted.
- R. Vafaee, and M. Siami, “Real-Time Sensor Selection for Time-Varying Networks With Guaranteed Performance,” Automatica, 2024.
- R. Vafaee, and M. Siami, “Exploring Non-Submodular Scheduling for Large-Scale Sensor Networks,” IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2023.
- A Darabi, and M Siami, “Centrality-based traffic restriction in delayed epidemic networks,” SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 2023.
- Y. M. Huang, A. C. B. de Oliveira, D. Murugan, and M. Siami, “Balancing Agility and Communication: Denser Networks Require Faster Agents,” IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems, 2023.
- A. C. B. de Oliveira, M. Siami, and E. D. Sontag, “Edge Selection in Bilinear Dynamical Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, [arXiv] 2023.
- M. Siami, “Stability and Robustness Analysis of Commensurate Fractional-order Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 2021. [arXiv]
- M. Siami, A. Olshevsky and A. Jadbabaie, “Deterministic and Randomized Actuator Scheduling With Guaranteed Performance,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume 66, Issue 4, 2021. [arXiv]
- Y. Ghaedsharaf, M. Siami, C. Somarakis and N. Motee, “Centrality in Time-Delay Consensus Networks with Structured Uncertainties,” Automatica, 2021. [arXiv]
- M. Siami and A. Jadbabaie, “A Separation Theorem for Joint Sensor and Actuator Scheduling with Guaranteed Performance Bounds,” Automatica, Volume 56, Issue 8, 2020. [arXiv]
- M. Siami, N. Motee, G. Buzi, B. Bamieh, M. Khammash, and J.C. Doyle, “Fundamental Limits and Tradeoffs in Autocatalytic Pathways,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume 65, Issue 2, 2020. [arXiv]
- Y. Ghaedsharaf, M. Siami, C. Somarakis, and N. Motee, ”Performance Improvement in Noisy Linear Consensus Networks with Time-Delay,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume 64, Issue 6, 2019, Pages:2457-2472.
- M. Siami and N. Motee, “Network Abstraction with Guaranteed Performance Bounds,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume 63, Issue 10, 2018, Pages:3301-3316. [arXiv]
- M. Siami and N. Motee, “Growing Linear Dynamical Networks Endowed by Spectral Systemic Performance Measures,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume 63, Issue 7, 2018, Pages: 2091-2106. [arXiv]
- M. Siami, J. Skaf, “Structural Analysis and Optimal Design of Distributed System Throttlers,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume 63, Issue 2, 2018, Pages: 540-547. [arXiv]
- M. Siami, S. Bolouki, B. Bamieh and N. Motee, “Centrality measures in linear consensus networks with structured network uncertainties, ” IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, Volume 5, Issue 3, 2018, Pages: 924-934.
- M. Siami and N. Motee, “New Bounds on H_2-Norm of Noisy Linear Dynamical Networks,” Automatica, Volume 53, Issue 5, 2017, Pages: 305-312. [arXiv]
- S. Bolouki, R.P. Malhame, M. Siami and N. Motee. “Eminence Grise Coalitions: On the Shaping of Public Opinion,” IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, June 2017, Pages 133-145. [arXiv]
- M. Siami, and N. Motee, “Fundamental Limits and Tradeoffs on Disturbance Propagation in Linear Dynamical Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume 61, Issue 12, 2016, Pages: 4055-4062. [arXiv]
Aug 06, 2026
Optimizing Marine Sensors to Capture Detailed Ocean Data Efficiently
ECE Associate Professor Milad Siami, in collaboration with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), is leading a $612,062 NSF grant for “Energy-Aware Deployment and Scheduling for Sparse Ocean Sensor Networks.”
Jun 05, 2023
Who Has the Best Self-driving Car? Northeastern Robotics Team Captures First Place in Premier Competition
A robotics team led by ECE Assistant Professor Milad Siami won the Self-Driving Car Competition at the American Control Conference (ACC) 2023.
Apr 21, 2022
Team Led by ECE’s Siami Awarded $1.1M by NSF for Multi-System Modeling Framework
ECE/EAI Assistant Professor Milad Siami is leading a multi-university $1.1M NSF grant, in collaboration with Dennis Picard Trustee Professor Mario Sznaier and S. Farokh Atashzar from the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, for “Modeling and Control of Non-Passive Networks with Distributed Time-Delays: Application in Epidemic Control.”
Aug 13, 2021
Simplifying Large-Scale Complex Networks
ECE Assistant Professor Milad Siami was awarded a $300K NSF grant for “Sparse Sensing, Actuation, and Communication in Complex Networks.”
Jul 02, 2021
Team Led by Sznaier Awarded $7.5M by DoD for Control and Learning Enabled Verifiably Robust AI
Mario Sznaier, Dennis Picard Trustee Professor, electrical and computer engineering (ECE), is leading a multi-university team that was awarded a $7.5 million, five-year grant from the Department of Defense (DoD).
Aug 29, 2019
New Faculty Spotlight: Milad Siami
Milad Siami joins the Electrical and Computer Engineering department in August 2019 as an Assistant Professor.