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Dr Mohammad Deghat

Dr Mohammad Deghat

Lecturer
Engineering
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Mohammad Deghat is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney. He was previously a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne and had been a Researcher at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and NICTA. He received his PhD degree in Engineering and Computer Science from the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia in 2013.
Phone
+61 (02) 9385 1650
E-mail
m.deghat@unsw.edu.au
Location
Level 5, Room 510M Ainsworth Building (J17)
  • Book Chapters | 2012
    Anderson, B.D.O ; Lin, Z. ; Deghat M, 2012, 'Combining distance-based formation shape control with formation translation', in Qiu L; Chen, Jie ; Iwasaki, Tetsuya ; Fujioka, Hisaya (ed.), Developments in Control Theory Towards Glocal Control, IET, pp. 121 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/PBCE076E_ch13
  • Journal articles | 2025
    Ebrahimi Z; Batista G; Deghat M, 2025, 'AA-mDLAM: An accelerated ADMM-based framework for training deep neural networks', Neurocomputing, 633, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2025.129744
    Journal articles | 2025
    Sui D; Deghat M; Sun Z; Greiff M, 2025, 'Unbiased Bearing-Only Localization and Circumnavigation of a Constant Velocity Target', IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tiv.2024.3445928
    Journal articles | 2025
    Torok M; Deghat M; Song Y, 2025, 'Greedy-DAgger - A Student Rollout Efficient Imitation Learning Algorithm', IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 10, pp. 2878 - 2885, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2025.3536297
    Journal articles | 2024
    Cheah HL; Deghat M, 2024, 'Bearing-Based Leader-Follower Formation Tracking Control Using Elevation Angle', IEEE Access, 12, pp. 128618 - 128630, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3456826
    Journal articles | 2024
    Eskandari M; Savkin AV; Deghat M, 2024, 'Kinodynamic Model-Based UAV Trajectory Optimization for Wireless Communication Support of Internet of Vehicles in Smart Cities', Drones, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/drones8100574
    Journal articles | 2024
    Sui D; Deghat M; Sun Z; Eskandari M, 2024, 'Adaptive Bearing-Only Target Localization and Circumnavigation Under Unknown Wind Disturbance: Theory and Experiments', IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 9, pp. 11321 - 11328, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2024.3487483
    Journal articles | 2024
    Sui D; Deghat M, 2024, 'Collision-free zero-communication finite-time target localization and circumnavigation by multiple agents using bearing-only measurements', Journal of the Franklin Institute, 361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfranklin.2024.106972
    Journal articles | 2022
    Thumiger N; Deghat M, 2022, 'A Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for Practical Decentralized UAV Collision Avoidance', IEEE Control Systems Letters, 6, pp. 2174 - 2179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LCSYS.2021.3138941
    Journal articles | 2021
    Deghat M; Ahmadizadeh S; Nešić D; Manzie C, 2021, 'Practical exponential stability and closeness of solutions for singularly perturbed systems via averaging', Automatica, 126, pp. 109449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2020.109449
    Journal articles | 2021
    Greiff M; Deghat M; Sun Z; Robertsson A, 2021, 'Target localization and circumnavigation with integral action in R2', IEEE Control Systems Letters, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LCSYS.2021.3091633
    Journal articles | 2019
    Deghat M; Ugrinovskii V; Shames I; Langbort C, 2019, 'Detection and mitigation of biasing attacks on distributed estimation networks', AUTOMATICA, 99, pp. 369 - 381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2018.10.052
    Journal articles | 2017
    Jiang B; Deghat M; Anderson BDO, 2017, 'Simultaneous velocity and position estimation via distance-only measurements with application to multi-agent system control', IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 62, pp. 869 - 875, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2016.2558040
    Journal articles | 2017
    Sun Z; Anderson BDO; Deghat M; Ahn HS, 2017, 'Rigid formation control of double-integrator systems', International Journal of Control, 90, pp. 1403 - 1419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207179.2016.1207100
    Journal articles | 2016
    Deghat M; Anderson B; Lin Z, 2016, 'Combined Flocking and Distance-Based Shape Control of Multi-Agent Formations', IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 61, pp. 1824 - 1837, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2015.2480217
    Journal articles | 2015
    Bishop AN; Deghat M; Anderson BDO; Hong Y, 2015, 'Distributed formation control with relaxed motion requirements', International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 25, pp. 3210 - 3230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rnc.3250
    Journal articles | 2015
    Deghat M; Shames I; Anderson BDO, 2015, 'Safe autonomous agent formation operations via obstacle collision avoidance', Asian Journal of Control, 17, pp. 1473 - 1483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asjc.1005
    Journal articles | 2015
    Deghat M; Xia L; Anderson BDO; Hong Y, 2015, 'Multi-target localization and circumnavigation by a single agent using bearing measurements', International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 25, pp. 2362 - 2374, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rnc.3208
    Journal articles | 2015
    Sun, Z ; Mou, S ; Deghat M; Anderson, BDO , 2015, 'Finite time distributed distance-constrained shape stabilization and flocking control for d-dimensional undirected rigid formations', International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rnc.3477
    Journal articles | 2014
    Deghat M; Shames I; Anderson BDO; Yu C, 2014, 'Localization and circumnavigation of a slowly moving target using bearing measurements', IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 59, pp. 2182 - 2188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2014.2299011
    Journal articles | 2014
    Deghat M; Xia L; Anderson BDO; Hong Y, 2014, 'Multi-target localization and circumnavigation by a single agent using bearing measurements', International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rnc.3208
    Journal articles | 2008
    Deghat M; Karimaghaee P, 2008, 'A Level Measurement Method based on Acoustic Resonance using Unscented Kalman Filter', IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 41, pp. 1426 - 1431, http://dx.doi.org/10.3182/20080706-5-kr-1001.00244
    Journal articles | 2007
    Deghat M; Karimaghaee P, 2007, 'A new method for integrating analog to digital conversion based on error reduction', Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation, 40, pp. 919 - 927, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2006.10.013
  • Preprints | 2025
    Ebrahimi Z; Deghat M, 2025, Distributed Pose Graph Optimization using the Splitting Method based on the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers, http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.06912v1
    Conference Papers | 2024
    Althobaiti A; Ayala A; Gao J; Almutairi A; Deghat M; Razzak I; Cruz F, 2024, 'How Can LLMs and Knowledge Graphs Contribute to Robot Safety? A Few-Shot Learning Approach', in Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation ACRA, Auckland, New Zealand, presented at Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA 2024), Auckland, New Zealand, 27 November 2024 - 29 November 2024, https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/acra/acra2024_proceedings/views/includes/files/pap133s2.pdf
    Preprints | 2024
    Althobaiti A; Ayala A; Gao J; Almutairi A; Deghat M; Razzak I; Cruz F, 2024, How Can LLMs and Knowledge Graphs Contribute to Robot Safety? A Few-Shot Learning Approach, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2412.11387
    Conference Papers | 2024
    Althobaiti A; Ayala A; Gao JY; Almutairi A; Deghat M; Razzak I; Cruz F, 2024, 'How Can LLMs and Knowledge Graphs Contribute to Robot Safety? A Few-Shot Learning Approach', in Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, ACRA
    Conference Papers | 2024
    Cheah HL; Deghat M, 2024, 'FTISS Adaptive Bearing-Only Formation Tracking Control with Unknown Disturbance Rejection', in Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA 2024), http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.15757v1
    Conference Papers | 2024
    Cheah HL; Deghat M, 2024, 'FTISS Adaptive Bearing-Only Formation Tracking Control with Unknown Disturbance Rejection', in Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, ACRA
    Preprints | 2024
    Ebrahimi Z; Batista G; Deghat M, 2024, AA-DLADMM: An Accelerated ADMM-based Framework for Training Deep Neural Networks, , http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2401.03619
    Conference Papers | 2024
    Ebrahimi Z; Deghat M, 2024, 'Distributed Robust Continuous-Time Optimization Algorithms for Time-Varying Constrained Cost Functions', in 2024 12th International Conference on Control, Mechatronics and Automation (ICCMA), IEEE, pp. 7 - 13, presented at 2024 12th International Conference on Control, Mechatronics and Automation (ICCMA), 11 November 2024 - 13 November 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iccma63715.2024.10843887
    Preprints | 2024
    Ebrahimi Z; Deghat M, 2024, Distributed Robust Continuous-Time Optimization Algorithms for Time-Varying Constrained Cost
    Preprints | 2024
    Ebrahimi Z; Deghat M, 2024, Distributed Robust Continuous-Time Optimization Algorithms for Time-Varying Constrained Cost, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iccma63715.2024.10843887
    Conference Papers | 2024
    Hemmi JP; Deghat M; Sun Z, 2024, 'Distributed Formation Control with Collision Avoidance and Mismatch Estimation: Algorithm and Experiments', in 2024 Australian and New Zealand Control Conference, ANZCC 2024, pp. 235 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ANZCC59813.2024.10432852
    Conference Papers | 2024
    Sui D; Deghat M, 2024, 'Communication-Free Bearing-Only Distributed Target Localization and Circumnavigation by Multiple Agents', in 2024 Australian and New Zealand Control Conference, ANZCC 2024, pp. 158 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ANZCC59813.2024.10432801
    Conference Papers | 2024
    Yem O; Deghat M; Katupitiya J, 2024, 'Finite-Time Consensus for a Class of Event-Triggered Controllers for Multi-Agent Systems', in 2024 European Control Conference, ECC 2024, pp. 1936 - 1941, http://dx.doi.org/10.23919/ECC64448.2024.10591140
    Conference Papers | 2023
    Ebrahimi Z; Batista G; Deghat M, 2023, 'Aa-Dladmm: An Accelerated Admm-Based Framework for Training Deep Neural Networks', http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4390626
    Preprints | 2023
    Sui D; Deghat M, 2023, Communication-Free Bearing-Only Distributed Target Localization and Circumnavigation by Multiple Agents, http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.03201v1
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Deghat M; Nesic D; Teel AR; Manzie C, 2020, 'Observing the Slow States of General Singularly Perturbed Systems', in Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), ELECTR NETWORK, pp. 4206 - 4211, presented at 2020 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), ELECTR NETWORK, 14 December 2020 - 18 December 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CDC42340.2020.9304464
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Deghat M; Ahmadizadeh S; Nesic D; Manzie C, 2018, 'Closeness of Solutions for Singularly Perturbed Systems via Averaging', in Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), FL, Miami Beach, pp. 3110 - 3115, presented at 2018 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), FL, Miami Beach, 17 December 2018 - 19 December 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CDC.2018.8619270
    Preprints | 2018
    Deghat M; Ahmadizadeh S; Nesic D; Manzie C, 2018, Closeness of Solutions for Singularly Perturbed Systems via Averaging, , http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1809.07887
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Deghat M; Sun Z; Nešić D; Manzie C, 2018, 'Singularly Perturbed Algorithms for Velocity Consensus and Shape Control of Single Integrator Multi-Agent Systems', in IFAC-PapersOnLine, Elsevier, pp. 200 - 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.12.035
    Preprints | 2018
    Deghat M; Ugrinovskii V; Shames I; Langbort C, 2018, Detection and Mitigation of Biasing Attacks on Distributed Estimation Networks, , http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1810.04301
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Deghat M; Lampiri E; Bishop AN, 2017, 'Sensor fault detection for the roll dynamic model of a generic delta-wing aircraft', in 2016 Australian Control Conference, AuCC 2016, pp. 317 - 322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/AUCC.2016.7868209
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Deghat M; Lampiri E, 2017, 'Sensor Anomaly Detection and Recovery in the Roll Dynamics of a Delta-Wing Aircraft via Monte Carlo and Maximum Likelihood Methods*', in IFAC-PapersOnLine, Elsevier, FRANCE, Toulouse, pp. 12791 - 12796, presented at 20th World Congress of the International-Federation-of-Automatic-Control (IFAC), FRANCE, Toulouse, 09 July 2017 - 14 July 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.1836
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Deghat M; Ugrinovskii V; Shames I; Langbort C, 2016, 'Detection of Biasing Attacks on Distributed Estimation Networks', in Proceedings of the 55th IEEE Conference on Decision & Control / IEEE Control Systems Society. IEEE Conference on Decision & Control, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Las Vegas, Navada, pp. 2134 - 2139, presented at 55th IEEE Conference on Decision & Control, Las Vegas, Navada, 12 December 2016 - 15 December 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CDC.2016.7798579
    Preprints | 2016
    Deghat M; Ugrinovskii V; Shames I; Langbort C, 2016, Detection of Biasing Attacks on Distributed Estimation Networks, , http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1609.05300
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Deghat M; Bishop A, 2015, 'Distributed Shape Control and Collision Avoidance for Multi-Agent Systems with Bearing-Only Constraints', in 2015 European Control Conference, ECC 2015, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Linz, Austria, pp. 2342 - 2347, presented at European Control Conference, Linz, Austria, 15 July 2015 - 17 July 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ECC.2015.7330888
    Preprints | 2014
    Jiang B; Deghat M; Anderson BDO, 2014, Simultaneous Velocity and Position Estimation via Distance-only Measurements with Application to Multi-Agent System Control, , http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1411.3841
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Sun, Z ; Mou, S ; Deghat M; Anderson, B.D.O ; Morse, S , 2014, 'Finite time distance-based rigid formation stabilization and flocking', Cape Town, South Africa, presented at 19th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, (IFAC WC 2014), Cape Town, South Africa, 24 August 2014 - 29 August 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.3182/20140824-6-ZA-1003.00662
    Conference Papers | 2013
    Jiang B; Deghat M; Anderson BDO, 2013, 'Translational velocity consensus using distance-only measurements', in Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2746 - 2751, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CDC.2013.6760298
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Deghat M; Davis E; See T; Shames I; Anderson BDO; Yu C, 2012, 'Target localization and circumnavigation by a non-holonomic robot', in IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 1227 - 1232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2012.6386250
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Xia L; Deghat M; Anderson BDO; Hong Y, 2012, 'Localization and circumnavigation of a group of targets by a single agent using bearing measurements', in 2012 2nd Australian Control Conference, AUCC 2012, pp. 253 - 258
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Deghat M; Shames I; Anderson BDO; Moura JMF, 2011, 'Distributed localization via barycentric coordinates: Finite-time convergence', in IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), pp. 7824 - 7829, http://dx.doi.org/10.3182/20110828-6-IT-1002.02448
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Shames I; Deghat M; Anderson BDO, 2011, 'Safe formation control with obstacle avoidance', in IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), pp. 11252 - 11257, http://dx.doi.org/10.3182/20110828-6-IT-1002.02278
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Deghat M; Shames I; Anderson BDO; Yu C, 2010, 'Target localization and circumnavigation using bearing measurements in 2D', in Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 334 - 339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CDC.2010.5717795
    Conference Papers | 2009
    Adloo H; Deghat M; Karimaghaee P, 2009, 'Iterative state feedback control and its application to robot control', in IEEE 2009 International Conference on Mechatronics, ICM 2009, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICMECH.2009.4957228
    Conference Papers | 2009
    Mohammad D; Khayatian AR; Mohammad E, 2009, 'Experimental study of a robust-adaptive controller design for two cooperating RLED robot manipulators carrying a rigid payload', in IEEE 2009 International Conference on Mechatronics, ICM 2009, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICMECH.2009.4957134
    Conference Papers | 2008
    Deghat M; Karimaghaee P, 2008, 'A level measurement method based on acoustic resonance using unscented Kalman filter', in IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), http://dx.doi.org/10.3182/20080706-5-KR-1001.3135
    Conference Papers | 2007
    Zakeri V; Deghat M; Eghtesad M, 2007, 'A tracking control design based on time-varying disturbance attenuation for a 6-DOF rigid manipulator', in Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2007, pp. 2287 - 2292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICMA.2007.4303909

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My Teaching

  • MTRN9400 Control of Robotic Systems (2020 - Now)
  • MMAN3200 Linear Systems and Control in Term 1 (2022 - Now)
  • MTRN3020 Modelling and Control of Mechatronic Systems (2019, 2020)
  • MTRN2500 Computing for Mechatronic Engineers (2019, 2020)