Publications

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Journal Articles


Agricultural Spraying Drones: A Comprehensive Review

Published in Smart Agricultural Technology, 2025, 2025

A comprehensive review of agricultural spraying drones, covering drone architectures, control mechanisms, droplet deposition, and path planning techniques.

Recommended citation: A. Talaeizadeh, I. Sharifi, Sh. G. Samani, and A. Alasty. (2025). "Agricultural Spraying Drones: A Comprehensive Review." Smart Agricultural Technology, 2025.
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Towards Safe Autonomous Driving Policies using a Neuro-Symbolic Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach

Published in Transportation Research Record (TRR), 2025, 2025

A neuro-symbolic deep reinforcement learning framework integrating symbolic reasoning and neural control to ensure safety and interpretability in autonomous driving systems.

Recommended citation: I. Sharifi, M. Yildirim, and S. Fallah. (2025). "Towards Safe Autonomous Driving Policies using a Neuro-Symbolic Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach." Transportation Research Record, 2025.
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Symbolic Imitation Learning: From Black-Box to Explainable Driving Policies

Published in ArXiv, 2025

Introduces a symbolic imitation learning approach using inductive logic programming to extract explainable behavioral rules from human demonstrations in highway driving.

Recommended citation: I. Sharifi, M. Yildirim, and S. Fallah. (2025). "Symbolic Imitation Learning: From Black-Box to Explainable Driving Policies." ArXiv. (Under Review).
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Conference Papers


Integrating Neurosymbolic AI in Advanced Air Mobility: A Comprehensive Survey

Published in International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2025, 2025

A comprehensive survey of neurosymbolic artificial intelligence methods and their integration into Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) applications.

Recommended citation: K. Acharya, I. Sharifi, M. Lad, L. Sun, and H. H. Song. (2025). "Integrating Neurosymbolic AI in Advanced Air Mobility: A Comprehensive Survey." IJCAI, 2025.
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Self-Tuning PID Control via a Hybrid Actor-Critic-Based Neural Structure for Quadcopter Control

Published in 30th Annual International Conference of Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers (ISME), 2022, 2022

Introduces a hybrid actor-critic neural structure for self-tuning PID control of quadcopters, improving dynamic response and robustness.

Recommended citation: I. Sharifi and A. Alasty. (2022). "Self-Tuning PID Control via a Hybrid Actor-Critic-Based Neural Structure for Quadcopter Control." ISME Conference, 2022.
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