Melanie Zeilinger
Associate Professor
Researches learning-based and safe model predictive control for autonomous systems such as robots and racing cars.
Melanie Zeilinger's lab at ETH Zurich works on planning, control & multi-robot systems, autonomous vehicles & drones and embodied & active vision. 99 papers since 2023, 14 at top venues, mostly TAC and RA-L.
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 26/ year
- at T1 venues
- 14%
- PhD students
- 0
- MS students
- 0
- alumni listed
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Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 15 papers2026 · T1 3 · collecting
- 28 papers2025 · T1 5
- 22 papers2024 · T1 1
- 34 papers2023 · T1 5
T1 venuesOtherVenues: TAC, RA-L, IFAC, JFR, Machine Learning
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Planning, control & multi-robot systems46 papers
- predictive control21 papers
- model predictive16 papers
- Autonomous vehicles & drones7 papers
- Embodied & active vision4 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
202615 papers
- AutomaticaA multiobjective approach to robust predictive control barrier functions for discrete-time systems (opens in a new tab)
- TAC (T1)Approximate Predictive Control Barrier Function for Discrete-Time Systems (opens in a new tab)
- Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceAutomated 3D sheep posture estimation and telemetric pressure synchronization via a markerless computer vision pipeline (opens in a new tab)
- NMR in BiomedicineCerebral Hemodynamic Changes During Cardiac Surgery: A Feasibility MR Study in Piglets (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of Cardiovascular Development and DiseaseEstablishment of an MR-Conditional Porcine Model for Real-Time Assessment of Cerebral Blood Flow During Extracorporeal Circulation (opens in a new tab)
- Annals of Biomedical EngineeringExperimental Validation of Large Eddy Simulation as a Benchmark for Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes Flow Modeling in a Magnetically Levitated Blood Pump (opens in a new tab)
- Artificial OrgansHydraulic In Vitro Characterization of MR-Conditional Blood Pumps (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Transactions on Control Systems TechnologyL4acados: Learning-Based Models for acados, Applied to Gaussian Process-Based Predictive Control (opens in a new tab)
- TAC (T1)MHE under parametric uncertainty — Robust state estimation without informative data (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA ), Vienna, Austria, June 1-5, .Model Predictive Control with Reference Learning for Soft Robotic Intracranial Pressure Waveform Modulation
- Frontiers in Animal ScienceSheep treadmill and real-life walking kinematic analysis using novel wearable-based method (opens in a new tab)
- Annual Learning for Dynamics and Control Conference (LEDC ), Los Angeles, CA, USAStability of Certainty-Equivalent Adaptive LQR for Linear Systems with Unknown Time-Varying Parameters
202528 papers
- IEEE Transactions on Control Systems TechnologyApproximate Nonlinear Model Predictive Control With Safety-Augmented Neural Networks (opens in a new tab)
- TAC (T1)Automatic Nonlinear MPC Approximation with Closed-loop Guarantees (opens in a new tab)
- AutomaticaComputationally efficient system level tube-MPC for uncertain systems (opens in a new tab)
- Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL ), Seoul, South KoreaConstraint-Aware Diffusion Guidance for Robotics: Real-Time Obstacle Avoidance for Autonomous Racing
- American Control Conference (ACC), Denver, CO, USAConvex Constrained Controller Synthesis for Evolution Equations (opens in a new tab)
- Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC ), Copenhagen, DenmarkCSFsim: A Simulation Framework for Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics and Hydrocephalus Shunt Systems (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of Neurosurgery: PediatricsEffects of shortening distal shunt catheters in children as relates to patient age and valve type: a simulation study with clinical implications (opens in a new tab)
- T-RO (T1)Embedded Hierarchical MPC for Autonomous Navigation (opens in a new tab)
- JFRForzaETH Race Stack - Scaled Autonomous Head-to-Head Racing on Fully Commercial Off-the-Shelf Hardware (opens in a new tab)
- Annual Reviews in ControlGaussian processes for dynamics learning in model predictive control (opens in a new tab)
- Intensive Care Medicine - Paediatric and NeonatalInfluence of inspiratory resistors on tracheal pressure during ventilation with decelerating flow (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Control Systems LettersInverse Optimal Control with Constraint Relaxation (opens in a new tab)
202422 papers
- Electric Power Systems ResearchA stiffness-oriented model order reduction method for low-inertia power systems (opens in a new tab)
- TAC (T1)Active Learning-Based Model Predictive Coverage Control (opens in a new tab)
- Conference on Decision and Control (CDC ), Milan, ItalyAdaptive Economic Model Predictive Control for linear systems with performance guarantees (opens in a new tab)
- Annual Reviews in ControlAnalysis and design of model predictive control frameworks for dynamic operation - An overview (opens in a new tab)
- European Control Conference (ECC ), Stockholm, SwedenEfficient Zero-Order Robust Optimization for Real-Time Model Predictive Control with acados (opens in a new tab)
- IFAC Conference on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC ), Kyoto JapanFast System Level Synthesis: Robust Model Predictive Control using Riccati Recursions (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LInherently Robust Suboptimal MPC for Autonomous Racing With Anytime Feasible SQP (opens in a new tab)
- Annual Learning for Dynamics and Control Conference (L4DC ), Oxford, United KingdomInverse Optimal Control as an Errors-in-Variables Problem
- IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC ), Milan, ItalyModel predictive control for tracking using artificial references: Fundamentals, recent results and practical implementation (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA ), Newcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomModel-based Estimation of Ventricular Cerebrospinal Fluid Volume (opens in a new tab)
- Robotics: Science and Systems Conference (RSS ), Delft, NetherlandsMPCC++: Model Predictive Contouring Control for Time-Optimal Flight with Safety Constraints (opens in a new tab)
- Frontiers in Medical TechnologyOxyHbMeter—a novel bedside medical device for monitoring cell-free hemoglobin in the cerebrospinal fluid—proof of principle (opens in a new tab)
202334 papers
- Respiratory CareA Comparison of Proximal and Tracheal Airway Pressures During Pressure Controlled Ventilation (opens in a new tab)
- TAC (T1)A Lyapunov function for robust stability of moving horizon estimation (opens in a new tab)
- IFACA Markov Chain Monte Carlo approach for Pseudo-Input selection in Sparse Gaussian Processes (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Transactions on Biomedical EngineeringA Soft Robotic Actuator System for in vivo Modeling of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (opens in a new tab)
- European Control Conference (ECC ), Bucharest, RomaniaApproximate Predictive Control Barrier Functions using Neural Networks: A Computationally Cheap and Permissive Safety Filter (opens in a new tab)
- IFACAsynchronous Computation of Tube-based Model Predictive Control (opens in a new tab)
- CEAS Space JournalAutonomous parafoil precision landing using convex real-time optimized guidance and control (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LBayesian Multi-Task Learning MPC for Robotic Mobile Manipulation (opens in a new tab)
- TAC (T1)Cautious Bayesian MPC: Regret Analysis and Bounds on the Number of Unsafe Learning Episodes (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA ), London, United KingdomChronos and CRS: Design of a miniature car-like robot and a software framework for single and multi-agent robotics and control (opens in a new tab)
- ASAIO Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, USAComparison of Cardiovascular Models for Validation of Controlled Ventricular Assist Devices (opens in a new tab)
- JACC: Basic to Translational ScienceContinuous Monitoring of Blood Pressure and Vascular Hemodynamic Properties With Miniature Extravascular Hall-Based Magnetic Sensor (opens in a new tab)
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