# Conference **For publications since** ***2022*****, please refer to my** [**google scholar**](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qdGelXoAAAAJ&hl=en&inst=7575085548378563675&oi=ao) **page.** ***2021*** - Xin Chen, Jorge Poveda, Na Li, "[Model-Free Optimal Voltage Control via Continuous-Time Zeroth-Order Methods](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=qdGelXoAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=qdGelXoAAAAJ:4fKUyHm3Qg0C)", CDC, 2021 - Tianpeng Zhang, Victor Qin, Yujie Tang, Na Li, "[Source Seeking by Dynamic Source Location Estimation](/file_url/238)", IROS, 2021. - Yang Zheng, Yujie Tang, Na Li, "[Analysis of the Optimization Landscape of Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG) Control](https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.04393)", L4DC 2021 (Oral presentation, top 10%) - Yang Zheng, Luca Furieri, Maryam Kamgarpour, Na Li, "[Sample Complexity of Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG) Control for Output Feedback Systems](https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.09929)", L4DC 2021 - Runyu Zhang, Yingying Li, Na Li, "[On the Regret Analysis of Online LQR Control with Predictions](https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.01309)", ACC 2021 - Zhaolin Ren, Aoxiao Zhong, Zhengyuan Zhou, Na Li, "[LQR with Tracking: A Zeroth-order Approach and Its Global Convergence](https:/arxiv.org/abs/2011.01815)", ACC 2021 - Junshang Zhang, Na Li, Mehmet Dedeoglu, "[Federated Learning over Wireless Networks: A Band-limited Coordinated Descent Approach](https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.07972)", IEEE INFOCOM 2021. - Yingying Li, Subhro Das, Na Li, "[Online Optimal Control with Affine Constraints](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2010.04891.pdf)", AAAI-21. ***2020*** - Guannan Qu, Yiheng Lin, Adam Wierman, Na Li, "[Scalable Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Networked Systems with Average Reward](https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.06626)", NeurIPS 2020. - Yingying Li, Na Li, "[Leveraging Predictions in Smoothed Online Convex Optimization via Gradient-based Algorithms](https://yingying.li/files/NeurIPS2020.pdf)", NeurIPS 2020. - Yujie Tang, Zhaolin Ren, Na Li, "Zeroth-Order Feedback Optimization for Cooperative Multi-Agent Systems", CDC 2020. - Niloy Patari, Anurag Srivastava, Guannan Qu, Na Li, "Distributed Optimal Voltage Control for Three-Phase Unbalanced Distribution Systems with DERs", IEEE IAS Annual Meeting 2020. - Han Shu, Xuan Zhang, Na Li, Antonis Papachristodoulou, "Control Reconfiguration of Cyber-physical Systems for Improved Performance via Reverse-engineering and Accelerated First-order Algorithms", ICCPS 2020. - Guannan Qu, Adam Wierman, Na Li, "[Scalable Reinforcement Learning of Localized Policies for Multi-Agent Networked Systems](https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.02906)", L4DC 2020. - Yingying Li, Yujie Tang, Runyu Zhang, Na Li, "[Distributed Reinforcement Learning for Decentralized Linear Quadratic Control: A Derivative-Free Policy Optimization Approach](https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.09135)", L4DC 2020. - Xin Chen and N. Li, “[Exponential Stability of Primal-Dual Gradient Dynamics with Non-Strong Convexity](https:/arxiv.org/pdf/1905.00298.pdf),” ACC 2020. ***2019*** - Yingying Li, Xin Chen, Na Li, "[Online Optimal Control with Linear Dynamics and Predictions: Algorithms and Regret Analysis](https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.11378)", NeurIPS 2019. - Yujie Tang, Na Li, "[Distributed Zero-Order Algorithms for Nonconvex Multi-Agent Optimization](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1908.11444.pdf)", Allerton 2019. - Sindri Magnusson, Hossein Shokri-Ghadikolaei, Na Li, "[On Maintaining Linear Convergence of Distributed Learning under Limited Communication](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1902.11163.pdf)", Asilomar, 2019. - Xin Chen, Na Li, "[Exponential Stability of Primal-Dual Gradient Dynamics with Non-Strong Convexity](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.00298.pdf)", ArXiv, under review 2019. - Yujie Tang, Guannan Qu, Na Li, "[Semi-Global Exponential Stability of Primal-Dual Gradient Dynamics for Constrained Convex Optimization](https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.09580)", ArXiv, under review, 2019. - Yingying Li, Aoxiao Zhong, Guannan Qu, Na Li, "[Online Markov Decision Processes with Time-varying Transition Probabilities and Rewards](https://realworld-sdm.github.io/paper/25.pdf)", ICML workshop on Real-world Sequential Decision Making, 2019. - Guannan Qu, Na Li, "[Exploiting Fast Decaying and Locality in Multi-Agent MDP with Tree Dependence Structure](/file_url/225)", Accepted to CDC, 2019 - Jorge I. Poveda, Na Li, "[Inducing Uniform Asymptotic Stability in Accelerated Optimization Dynamics via Hybrid Regularization](https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.12110)", ArXiv, Accepted to CDC, 2019. - Sindri Magnusson, Carlo Fishione, Na Li, "[Optimal Voltage Control Using Event Triggered Communication](/file_url/224)", ACM E-Energy, 2019. - Yingying Li, Na Li, “[Online Learning for Markov Decision Processes in Nonstationary Environments: A Dynamic Regret Analysis](/file_url/226)”, American Control Conference, 2019. - Sindri Magnusson, Guannan Qu, Na Li, “[Distributed Voltage Control with Communication Delays](/file_url/223)”, American Control Conference, 2019. ***2018*** - Yingying Li, Qinran Hu, Na Li, "[Learning and Selecting the Right Customers for Reliability: A Multi-armed Bandit Approach](/file_url/199)", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2018. - Xin Chen, Changhong Zhao, Na Li, "[Distributed Automatic Load-Frequency Control with Optimality in Power Systems](/file_url/196)", IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), 2018. **One of the two Best Student Paper Award finalists** - Guannan Qu, Na Li, "[An Optimal and Distributed Feedback Voltage Control under Limited Reactive Power](/file_url/200)", Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC), 2018. - Yingying Li, Guannan Qu, Na Li, "Using Predictions in Online Optimization with Switching Costs: A Fast Algorithm and A Fundamental Limit", American Control Conference (ACC), 2018. [Longer Full Version](/file_url/195) - Takashi Tanaka, Na Li, Kenko Uchida, "[On the Relationship between the VCG Mechanism and Market Clearing](/file_url/202)", American Control Conference (ACC), 2018. - Tianyi Chen\*, Na Li, Georgios B. Giannakis, "[Aggregating Flexibility of Heterogeneous Energy Resources in Distribution Networks](/file_url/201)", American Control Conference (ACC), 2018. ***2017*** - Guannan Qu, Na Li, "[Accelerated Distributed Nesterov Gradient Descent for Convex and Smooth Functions](/file_url/192)", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2017. - Johannes Köhler, Matthias A. Muller, Na Li, Frank Allgower, "[Real Time Economic Dispatch for power networks: A Distributed Economic Model Predictive Control Approach](/file_url/193)", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2017. - Takeshi Hatanaka, Xuan Zhang, Wenbo Shi, Minghui Zhu, Na Li, "[Physics-Integrated Hierarchical/Distributed HVAC Optimization for Multiple Buildings with Robustness against Time Delays](/file_url/190)", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2017. - Xuan Zhang, Bin Yan, Wenbo Shi, Ali Malkawi, (Samuel) Qing-Shan Jia, Na Li, "[Community-level Geothermal Heat Pump System Management via an Aggregation-disaggregation Framework](/file_url/189)", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2017. - Sindri Magnusson, Carlo Fischione, Na Li, "[Voltage Control Using Limited Communication](/file_url/191)", IFAC 2017 - Yingying Li, Na Li, "[Mechanism Design for Reliability in Demand Response with Uncertainty](/file_url/194)", Amercian Control Conference (ACC), 2017. - Xuan Zhang, Wenbo Shi, Qinran Hu, Bin Yan, Ali Malkawi, Na Li, "[Distributed Temperature Control via Geothermal Heat Pump Systems in Energy Efficient Buildings](/file_url/188)", Amercian Control Conference (ACC), 2017. - Yanhua Tian, Na Li, Josh Taylor, "[Harmonic Reduction via Optimal Power Flow and the Frequency Coupling Matrix](/file_url/187)", IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, 2017. - Takeshi Hatanaka, Xuan Zhang, Wenbo Shi, Minghui Zhu, Na Li, "[An Integrated Design of Optimization and Physical Dynamics for Energy Efficient Buildings: A Passivity Approach](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1701.05577.pdf)", IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), 2017 - Reza Azimi, Masoud Badiei, Xin Zhan, Na Li, Sherief Reda, "[Fast decentralized power capping for server clusters](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/779705/publised%20publications/conference%20publications/2017hpca2017.pdf)", 23th IEEE Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA), 2017. (acceptance rate, 22%) ***2016*** - Guannan Qu, Na Li, "[Accelerated Distributed Nesterov Gradient Descent for Smooth and Strongly Convex Functions](/file_url/176)", Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, 2016 - Guannan Qu, Na Li, "[Harnessing Smoothness to Accelerate Distributed Optimization](/file_url/181)", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2016 - Sindri Magnusson, Chinwendu Enyioha, Na Li, Carlo Fischione, "[Practical Coding Schemes For Bandwidth Limited One-Way Communication Resource Allocation](/file_url/178)", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2016 - Donya Ghavidel Dobakhshari, Na Li, Vijay Gupta, "[An Incentive-Based Approach to Distributed Estimation with Strategic Sensors](/file_url/177) ",IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2016 - Masoud Badiei, Na Li,"[Distributed Regularized Primal-Dual Method](/file_url/169)", IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP), 2016. - Xuan Zhang, Wenbo Shi, Xiwang Li, Bin Yan, Ali Malkawi, Na Li, "[Decentralized TemperatureControl via HVAC Systems in Energy Efficient Buildings: An Approximate Solution Procedure](/file_url/180)", IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP), 2016. - Martin Andreasson and Na Li, "[Dynamical Decentralized Voltage Control of Multi-Terminal HVDC Grids](/file_url/182)", European Control Conference, 2016. - Hongyao Ma, Valentin Robu, Na Li, Daivd Parkes, "[Incentivizing Reliability in Demand-Side Response](/file_url/173)", Accepted to International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2016 - Ariana Minot, Yue Lu, Na Li, "[A Parallel Primal-Dual Interior Point Method for DC Optimal Power Flow](/file_url/170)", Accepted to Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC), 2016. ([***Errata***](/file_url/171)) - Sindri Magnusson, Chinwendu Enyioha, Kathryn Heal, Na Li, Carlo Fischione, and Vahid Tarokh, "[Convergence of Limited Communications Gradient Methods](/file_url/174)", Accepted to American Control Conference (ACC), 2016. - Masoud Badiei Khuzani, Xin Zhan, Reza Azimi, Sherief Reda and Na Li, "[DiBA: Distributed Power Budget Allocation for Large-Scale Computing Clusters](/file_url/175)", Accepted to IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing(CCGrid), 2016. (acceptance rate, 20%) - Sindri Magnusson, Chinwendu Enyioha, Kathryn Heal, Na Li, Carlo Fischione, and Vahid Tarokh, "[Distributed Resource Allocation Using One-Way Communication with Applications to Power Networks](/file_url/179)", Accepted to Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), 2016. - Hao Zhu, Na Li, "[Asynchronous Local Voltage Control in Power Distribution Networks](/file_url/172)", Accepted to IEEE Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2016. ***2015*** - Na Li, "[A Market Mechanism for Electric Distribution Networks](/file_url/164)", CDC, 2015. - Xuan Zhang, Antonis Papachristodoulou, Na Li, "[Distributed Optimal Steady-state Control Using Reverse- and Forward-engineering](/file_url/166)", CDC, 2015. - Masoud Badiei, Na Li, Adam Wierman, "[On Online Convex Optimization with Ramp Constraints](/file_url/165)", CDC 2015. - Guannan Qu, Dave Brown, Na Li, "[Distributed Greedy Algorithm for Satellite Assignment Problem with Submodular Utility Function](/file_url/167)", 5th IFAC Workshop on Estimation and Control of Networked Systems (NecSys'15), 2015. - Xuan Zhang, Na Li, Antonis Papachristodoulou, "[Achieving Real-time Economic Dispatch in Power Networks via a Saddle Point Design Approach](/file_url/168)", PESGM, 2015. - Qingqing Huang, Leilai Shao, Na Li, "[Dynamic Fault Diagnosis in Power Grids Using Hidden Markov Models](/file_url/159)'', American Control Conference, 2015. - Ariana Minot, Na Li, "[A Fully Distributed State Estimation Using Matrix Splitting Methods](/file_url/161)'', American Control Conference, 2015. ***2014 and before*** - Na Li, Guannan Qu, Munther Dahleh, "[Real-time Decentralized Voltage Control in Distribution Networks](/file_url/162)", Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, 2014. [A longer version](https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.08101) that also studies the robustness of the algorithm is available [here](https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.08101). - Minghui Zhu, Na Li, "[Stability Constrained Incentive Mechanisms for Distributed Frequency Control of Power Grid](/file_url/160)", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2014. - Na Li, Changhong Zhao Lijun Chen, Steven Low, "[Connecting Automatic Generation Control and Economic Dispatch from an Optimization View](/file_url/109)", American Control Conference, 2014. - Minghui Zhu, Na Li, Wenbo Shi, Rajit Gadh, "[Distributed Access Control of Volatile Renewable Energy Resources](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/779705/publised%20publications/conference%20publications/2014PESGM_Distributed%20access%20control%20of%20volatile%20renewable%20energy%20resources.pdf)", PESGM 2014. - Lingwen Gan, Na Li, Ufuk Topcu, Steven Low, "[Optimal Power Flow in Distribution Networks"](/file_url/122), IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2013. - Na Li, Lingwen Gan, Lijun Chen, Steven Low, "[An Optimization-based Demand Response in Radial Distribution Networks](/file_url/111)", IEEE Workshop on Smart Grid Communications: Design for Performance, 2012. - Na Li, Lijun Chen, Steven Low, "[Demand Response in Radial Distribution Networks: Distributed Algorithm (Invitied Paper)](/file_url/110)'', Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, 2012. - Na Li, Lijun Chen, Steven Low, "[Exact Convex Relaxation for Radial Networks using Branch Flow Models](/file_url/115)", IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, 2012. Here is the [Technical Report](/file_url/116) which provides the proof and improved results. - Rui Huang, Tiana Huang, Rajit Gadh and Na Li, "[Solar Generation Prediction using the ARMA Model in a Laboratory-level Micro-grid](/file_url/117)", IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, 2012. - Lingwen Gan, Na Li, Ufuk Topcu, Steven Low, "[Branch Flow Model for Radial Networks: Convex Relaxation](/file_url/114)", Proceedings of the 51th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2012. - Na Li, Jason Marden, "[Designing Games for Distributed Optimization with a Time-Varying Communication Graph](/file_url/120)", Proceedings of the 51th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2012. - Na Li, Jason Marden, "[Designing Games for Distributed Optimization](/file_url/119)", Proceedings of the 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2011. **Best Student Paper Award Finalist** - Na Li, Lijun Chen, Steven H. Low, "[Optimal Demand Response based on Utility Maximization in Power Networks](/file_url/112)", IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2011. **Code is available** [**here**](/file_url/198). - Lijun Chen, Na Li, Steven H. Low and John C. Doyle, "[Two Market Models for Demand Response in Power Networks](/file_url/113)", IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, 2010. - Na Li, Jason Marden, "[Designing Games to Handle Coupled Constraints](/file_url/118)", Proceedings of the 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2010. - Na Li, Jason Marden, Jeff S. Shamma, "[Learning Approaches to the Witsenhausen Counterexample from a View of Potential Games](/file_url/121)", Proceedings of the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2009.