Publications

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2026

	Fuzzy Game-theoretic Tube Model Predictive Control for Integrated Vehicle Stability System : Guoshun Cai, *C. Sun, Yiming Shu, Shuo Bai, Guodong Yin, Wei He . IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems. 2026.
	EAV-DETR: Efficient Arbitrary-View oriented object detection with probabilistic guarantees for UAV imagery : Haoyu Zuo, Minghao Ning, Yiming Shu, Shucheng Huang, *C. Sun. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 2026.
	DriveLegal: Toward Legally Compliant Driving via Trustworthy Hybrid Retrieval‑Augmented LLMs : Shucheng Huang, Chen Sun, Minghao Ning, Yufeng Yang, Changye Ma, Jiaming Zhong, Keqi Shu, Freda Shi, Amir Khajepour. Expert Systems with Applications. 2026.

2025

	DriveSOTIF: Advancing SOTIF through multimodal large language models :Shucheng Huang, Freda Shi, C. Sun, Jiaming Zhong, Minghao Ning, Yufeng Yang, Yukun Lu, Hong Wang, Amir Khajepour. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 2025.
	Cascaded Safety Analysis and Test Scenario Generation Techniques for Autonomous Driving: A Case Study with WATonoBus : *C. Sun, Zhang, R., Alghooneh, A. R., Ning, M., Panahandeh, P., Tuer, S., & Khajepour, A. Automotive Innovation. 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.