Publications

Journal Papers

[8] L. Cothren, E. Jensen, R. D‘Souza, E. Bradley. “Controlling Coupled Cusp Catastrophes Using State-Dependent Ricatti Equations.” Submitted to IEEE Control System Letters, 2026.

[7] L. Cothren, F. Bullo, E. Dall’Anese. “Online feedback optimization and singular perturbation via contraction theory.” SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 2026; Volume 64, Issue 3. Available at https://epubs.siam.org/doi/full/10.1137/24M1684736.

[6] L. Cothren, R. D‘Souza, E. Bradley. “Coupled catastrophes in systems with bidirectional feedback.” Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, November 2025; Volume 35, Issue 11, Page 111105. Available at https://pubs.aip.org/aip/cha/article/35/11/111105/3372858/Coupled-catastrophes-in-systems-with-bidirectional. Selected as an Editor’s Pick.

[5] Y. Chen, L. Cothren, J. Cortes, E. Dall’Anese. “Online Regulation of Dynamical Systems to Solutions of Constrained Optimization Problems.” IEEE Control System Letters, December 2023; Volume 7, pages 3789–3794. Available at https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10347469.

[4] L. Cothren, G. Bianchin, E. Dall’Anese. “Online Optimization of Dynamical Systems with Deep Learning Perception.” IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems, September 2022; Volume 1, pages 306–321, Available at https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9891838.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

[3] L. Cothren, G. Bianchin, S. Dean, and E. Dall’Anese, ‘‘Perception-Based Sampled-Data Optimization of Dynamical Systems.’’ 22nd Annual World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, July 2023; Volume 56, pages 5083-5088. Available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405896323016944.

[2] L. Cothren, A. M. Ospina, G. Bianchin, and E. Dall’Anese, ‘‘Online Optimization of Linear-Time Invariant Dynamical Systems with Cost Perception’’ (2022). Proc. of 56th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Groove, CA, USA, Nov. 2022; pages 1357-1361. Available at https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10052021.

[1] L. Cothren, G. Bianchin, and E. Dall’Anese, ‘‘Data-Enabled Gradient Flow as Feedback Controller: Regulation of Linear Dynamical Systems to Minimizers of Unknown Functions.’’ (2022). Proceedings of The 4th Annual Learning for Dynamics and Control Conference, in Proceedings of Machine Learning Research. 168:234-247. Available at https://proceedings.mlr.press/v168/cothren22a.html.

Conference Presentations

Oral Presentations

[P4] L. Cothren, G. Bianchin, S. Dean, and E. Dall’Anese, ‘‘Perception-Based Sampled-Data Optimization of Dynamical Systems.’’ 22nd Annual World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, Yokohama, Japan, July 09-13 2023.

[P3] L. Cothren, A. M. Ospina, G. Bianchin, and E. Dall’Anese, ‘‘Online Optimization of Linear-Time Invariant Dynamical Systems with Cost Perception’’ (2022). Proc. of 56th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Groove, CA, USA, October 30 - November 02, 2022.

Posters

[P2] Cothren, L.K., D‘Souza, R., and Bradley, E.. Coupled catastrophes in systems with bidirectional feedback. 2026 Dynamics Days Conference, Tucson, AZ, January 9–11, 2026. Selected for best poster award.

[P.1] Cothren, L.K., Bianchin, G., and Dall‘Anese, E.. Data-enabled Gradient Flow as Feedback Controller: Regulation of Linear Dynamical Systems to Minimizers of Unknown Functions. 4th Annual Learning for Dynamics & Control Conference, Palo Alto, CA, June 23–24, 2022.