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Multiphysics phenomena, the coupling effects involving different aspects of physics laws, are pervasive in the real world and can often be encountered when performing everyday household tasks. Intelligent agents which seek to assist or…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-05-16 Haoyuan Fu , Wenqiang Xu , Ruolin Ye , Han Xue , Zhenjun Yu , Tutian Tang , Yutong Li , Wenxin Du , Jieyi Zhang , Cewu Lu

Agent-based models (ABMs) and video games, including those taking advantage of virtual reality (VR), have undergone a remarkable parallel evolution, achieving impressive levels of complexity and sophistication. This paper argues that while…

Large language model tutors are easy to build in a notebook and hard to run in a real course. We describe ITAS (Intelligent Teaching Assistant System), a multi-agent tutoring system that a graduate quantum computing course used for a…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Iizalaarab Elhaimeur , Nikos Chrisochoides

The deployment of complex soft robots in multiphysics environments requires advanced simulation frameworks that not only capture interactions between different types of material, but also translate accurately to real-world performance. Soft…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-09 Manuel Mekkattu , Mike Y. Michelis , Robert K. Katzschmann

This paper introduces IRIS, an Immersive Robot Interaction System leveraging Extended Reality (XR). Existing XR-based systems enable efficient data collection but are often challenging to reproduce and reuse due to their specificity to…

Living Innovation Laboratory (LIL) is an open and recyclable way for multidisciplinary researchers to remote control resources and co-develop user centered projects. In the past few years, there were several papers about LIL published and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2016-01-28 Yuting Zheng

Computer simulators are nowadays widely used to understand complex physical systems in many areas such as aerospace, renewable energy, climate modeling, and manufacturing. One fundamental issue in the study of computer simulators is known…

Methodology · Statistics 2019-02-05 Feng Yang , C. Devon Lin , Pritam Ranjan

The Virtual Research Environment is an analysis platform developed at CERN serving the needs of scientific communities involved in European Projects. Its scope is to facilitate the development of end-to-end physics workflows, providing…

This paper presents an open-source MATLAB/Simulink physics simulator for rigid-body articulated systems, including manipulators and floating-base robots. Thanks to MATLAB/Simulink features like MATLAB system classes and Simulink function…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-15 Nuno Guedelha , Venus Pasandi , Giuseppe L'Erario , Silvio Traversaro , Daniele Pucci

Deploying humanoid robots to interact with real-world environments--such as carrying objects or sitting on chairs--requires generalizable, lifelike motions and robust scene perception. Although prior approaches have advanced each capability…

Exploratory learning environments (ELEs), such as simulation-based platforms and open-ended science curricula, promote hands-on exploration and problem-solving but make it difficult for teachers to gain timely insights into students'…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Namrata Srivastava , Shruti Jain , Clayton Cohn , Naveeduddin Mohammed , Umesh Timalsina , Gautam Biswas

We tackle the problem of producing realistic simulations of LiDAR point clouds, the sensor of preference for most self-driving vehicles. We argue that, by leveraging real data, we can simulate the complex world more realistically compared…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-06-17 Sivabalan Manivasagam , Shenlong Wang , Kelvin Wong , Wenyuan Zeng , Mikita Sazanovich , Shuhan Tan , Bin Yang , Wei-Chiu Ma , Raquel Urtasun

Future mobility systems and their components are increasingly defined by their software. The complexity of these cooperative intelligent transport systems (C-ITS) and the everchanging requirements posed at the software require continual…

Recent surges in LLM-driven intelligent systems largely overlook decades of foundational multi-agent systems (MAS) research, resulting in frameworks with critical limitations such as centralization and inadequate trust and communication…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-10-22 Michael J. Wooldridge , Attila Bagoly , Jonathan J. Ward , Emanuele La Malfa , Gabriel Paludo Licks

The potential benefits of autonomous systems have been driving intensive development of such systems, and of supporting tools and methodologies. However, there are still major issues to be dealt with before such development becomes…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-05-25 David Harel , Assaf Marron , Joseph Sifakis

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is increasingly used to quantify and regulate the environmental impacts of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) systems. Since direct biosphere measurements are complicated to perform, we claim that the…

Predictive simulations of complex systems are essential for applications ranging from weather forecasting to drug design. The veracity of these predictions hinges on their capacity to capture the effective system dynamics. Massively…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-10-20 Pantelis R. Vlachas , Georgios Arampatzis , Caroline Uhler , Petros Koumoutsakos

Sensor-driven systems are increasingly ubiquitous: they provide both data and information that can facilitate real-time decision-making and autonomous actuation, as well as enabling informed policy choices by service providers and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-02-07 Muffy Calder , Simon Dobson , Michael Fisher , Julie McCann

Climate models play a crucial role in understanding the effect of environmental and man-made changes on climate to help mitigate climate risks and inform governmental decisions. Large global climate models such as the Community Earth System…

Applications · Statistics 2020-12-02 Niccolò Dalmasso , Galen Vincent , Dorit Hammerling , Ann B. Lee

This paper presents a collaborative 3D GIS to support public participation. Realizing that public-involved decision making is often a multi-stage process, the proposed system is designed to provide coherent support for collaborations in the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2013-12-04 Yingjie Hu , Zhenhua Lv , Jianping Wu , Krzysztof Janowicz , Xizhi Zhao , Bailang Yu