Publications

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2025

	Quantifying learning algorithm uncertainties in autonomous driving systems: Enhancing safety through Polynomial Chaos Expansion and High Definition maps : Zhang, R., *C. Sun, Ning, M., Valiollahimehrizi, R., Lu, Y., Czarnecki, K., & Khajepour, A. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 2025.
	Practical solution for attenuating industrial heavy vehicle vibration: A new gain-adaptive coordinated suspension control system : Lu, Y., Zhen, R., Liu, Y., Zhong, J., *C. Sun, Huang, Y., & Khajepour, A. Control Engineering Practice. 2025.

2024

	An Uncertainty-Aware, Dual-Tiered Decision-Making Method for Safe Autonomous Driving : Zhang, R., *C. Sun, Valiollahimehrizi, R., Czarnecki, K. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 2024.
	A Novel Motion Planning for Autonomous Vehicles Using Point Cloud based Potential Field : Ning, M., Khajepour, A., Hashemi, E., *C. Sun. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 2024.
	Modelling and experimental validation of an adaptive interconnected suspension with adjustable roll stiffness (AIS-ARS) : Y. Lu, Y. Huang, R. Zhen, Z. Yue, A. Pazooki, A. Soltani, *C. Sun, A. Khajepour. Vehicle System Dynamics. 2024.
	Parallel Driving with Big Models and Foundation Intelligence in Cyber–Physical–Social Spaces : X. Wang, J. Huang, Y. Tian, C. Sun, L. Yang, S. Lou, C. Lv, C. Sun, FY. Wang. Research. 2024.
	An interconnected suspension with adjustable roll and pitch stiffness (IS-ARPS) to enhance anti-roll and anti-dive/squat characteristics : Y. Lu, Y. Huang, *C. Sun, J. Zhong, A. Khajepour. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering. 2024.
	Extending Operational Design Domain for Perception Systems Through Robust Learning : C. Sun, Y. Cui, M. Ning, Y. Lu, D. Cao, A. Khajepour. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles. 2024.
	REAL-SAP: Real-time Evidence Aware Liable Safety Assessment for Perception in Autonomous Driving : C. Sun, M. Ning, Z. Deng, A. Khajepour. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 2024.
	A Survey on an Emerging Safety Challenge for Autonomous Vehicles: Safety of the Intended Functionality : H. Wang, W. Shao, *C. Sun, K. Yang, D. Cao, J. Li. Engineering. 2024.

2023

	Robust Learning for Autonomous Driving Perception Tasks in Cyber-Physical-Social Systems : C. Sun, Y. Cui, Y. Lu, Y. Cao, D. Cao, A. Khajepour. IEEE 3rd International Conference on Digital Twins and Parallel Intelligence (DTPI). 2023.
	Drivellm: Charting the path toward full autonomous driving with large language models : Y. Cui, S. Huang, J. Zhong, Z. Liu, Y. Wang, *C. Sun, B. Li, X. Wang, A. Khajepour. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles. 2023.
	Toward Ensuring Safety for Autonomous Driving Perception: Standardization Progress, Research Advances, and Perspectives : C. Sun, R. Zhang, Y. Lu, Y. Cui, Z. Deng, D. Cao, A. Khajepour. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 2023.
	Medium-fidelity evaluation and modeling for perception systems of intelligent and connected vehicles : C. Sun, Y. Cui, ND. Dào, RV. Mehrizi, M. Pirani, A. Khajepour. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles. 2023.

2022

	Anti-disturbance boundary control for a wave equation with input disturbance : X. Wu, Y. Ma, Q. Fu, C. Sun, B. Zhu, W. He. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems. 2022.
	Verification and validation methods for decision-making and planning of automated vehicles: A review : Y. Ma, C. Sun, J. Chen, D. Cao, L. Xiong. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles. 2022.
	Tabular learning-based traffic event prediction for intelligent social transportation system : C. Sun, S. Li, D. Cao, FY. Wang, A. Khajepour. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems . 2022.
	Efficient driver anomaly detection via conditional temporal proposal and classification network : L. Su, *C. Sun, D. Cao, A. Khajepour. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems. 2022.

2021

	Accident prediction in mesoscopic view: A CPSS-based social transportation approach : C. Sun, R. Tan, J. Deng, R. Zhou, L. Chen, FY. Wang, D. Cao. IEEE 1st International Conference on Digital Twins and Parallel Intelligence (DTPI). 2021.
	Acclimatizing the operational design domain for autonomous driving systems : C. Sun, Z. Deng, W. Chu, S. Li, D. Cao. IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine. 2021.
	Visual-attribute-based emotion regulation of angry driving behaviors : W. Li, B. Zhang, P. Wang, C. Sun, G. Zeng, Q. Tang, G. Guo, D. Cao. IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine . 2021.

2020

	A probabilistic model for driving-style-recognition-enabled driver steering behaviors : Z. Deng, D. Chu, C. Wu, S. Liu, C. Sun, T. Liu, D. Cao. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems. 2020.
	Dimensionless model-based system tracking via augmented Kalman filter for multiscale unmanned ground vehicles : C. Sun, C. Wang, Z. Deng, D. Cao. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 2020.
	GRNet: Geometric relation network for 3D object detection from point clouds : Y. Li, L. Ma, W. Tan, C. Sun, D. Cao, J. Li. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing . 2020.
	Imitative reinforcement learning fusing vision and pure pursuit for self-driving : M. Peng, Z. Gong, C. Sun, L. Chen, D. Cao. IEEE international conference on robotics and automation (ICRA). 2020.
	Proximity based automatic data annotation for autonomous driving : C. Sun, J.M.U. Vianney, Y. Li, L. Chen, L. Li, FY. Wang, A. Khajepour, D. Cao. IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica. 2020.

~ 2019

	Cross validation for CNN based affordance learning and control for autonomous driving : C. Sun, L. Su, S. Gu, J.M.U. Vianney, K. Qin, D. Cao. IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC). 2019.
	Boundary feedback stabilisation of a flexible robotic manipulator with constraint : W. He, C. Sun. International Journal of Control. 2016.
	Top tension control of a flexible marine riser by using integral-barrier Lyapunov function : W. He, C. Sun, S.S. Ge. IEEE/ASME transactions on mechatronics . 2014.