📝 Publications

Journal Papers （Provide original text whenever possible）

• Zhao S, Zhang J, Jiang Y, et al. Tire-Road friction coefficients adaptive estimation through image and vehicle dynamics integration[J]. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2025, 224: 112039.

• Zhao S, Zhang J, Masoud N, et al. Reachability-Aware Reinforcement Learning for Collision Avoidance in Human-Machine Shared Control[J]. arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.10610, 2025.

• Zhao S, Zhang J, Masoud N, et al. High-Speed Cornering Control and Real-Vehicle Deployment for Autonomous Electric Vehicles[J]. arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.11762, 2024.

• Zhao S, Zhang J, He C, et al. Autonomous vehicle extreme control for emergency collision avoidance via Reachability-Guided reinforcement learning[J]. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2024, 62: 102801.

• Zhao S, Zhang J, He X, et al. A Harmonized Approach: Beyond-the-Limit Control for Autonomous Vehicles Balancing Performance and Safety in Unpredictable Environments[J]. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2024.

• Zhao S, Zhang J, He C, et al. Adaptive drift control of autonomous electric vehicles after brake system failures[J]. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2023.

• Zhao S, Zhang J, He C, et al. Collision-free emergency planning and control methods for CAVs considering intentions of surrounding vehicles[J]. ISA transactions, 2023, 136: 535-547.

• Hou, X., Gan, M., Wu, W., Ji, Y., Zhao, S., and Chen, J. (2024). Cross-Observability Optimistic-Pessimistic Safe Reinforcement Learning for Interactive Motion Planning With Visual Occlusion. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.

• Hou, X., Gan, M., Wu, W., Ji, Y., Zhao, S., & Chen, J. (2024). Equipping With Cognition: Interactive Motion Planning Using Metacognitive-Attribution Inspired Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.

• Hou, X., Gan, M., Wu, W., Zhao, S., Ji, Y., & Chen, J. (2024). Risk-Conscious Mutations in Jump-Start Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Racing Policy. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics.

• Zhou, Z., Huang, H., Li, B., Zhao, S., and Mu, Y. (2024). SafeDrive: Knowledge-and Data-Driven Risk-Sensitive Decision-Making for Autonomous Vehicles with Large Language Models. arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.13238.（Being considered for publication in IEEE TITS journal）

• Han, J., Zhang, J., Lv, C., He, C., Wei, H., Zhao, S., and Ji, Y. (2024). Safe Replanning and Motion Control for Automated Emergency Braking Under Braking System Failures. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

• Han, J., Zhang, J., Lv, C., He, C., Wei, H., and Zhao, S. (2024). Robust Fault Tolerant Path Tracking Control for Intelligent Vehicle under Steering System Faults. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles.

• Hou, X., Gan, M., Wu, W., Wang, C., Ji, Y., and Zhao, S. (2024). Merging planning in dense traffic scenarios using interactive safe reinforcement learning. Knowledge-Based Systems, 290, 111548.

• Han, J., Zhang, J., He, C., Lv, C., Wei, H., Zhang, J., and Zhao, S. (2024). Uniform Finite Time Safe Path Tracking Control for Obstacle Avoidance of Autonomous Vehicle via Barrier Function Approach. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.

• Huang, H., Liu, J., Shi, G., Zhao, S., Li, B., and Wang, J. (2024). Adaptive Decision-Making for Autonomous Vehicles: A Learning-Enhanced Game-Theoretic Approach in Interactive Environments. arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.11467. （Being considered for publication in IEEE TITS journal）

• Hou, X., Gan, M., Zhang, J., Zhao, S., and Ji, Y. (2023). Vehicle ride comfort optimization in the post-braking phase using residual reinforcement learning. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 58, 102198.

• Hou, X., Gan, M., Zhang, J., Zhao, S., and Ji, Y. (2023). Secondary crash mitigation controller after rear-end collisions using reinforcement learning. Advanced engineering informatics, 58, 102176

  Conference Proceedings

• Zhao, S., Song, Z., and He, X. (2023, October). A Finite-Time Safety Filter for Learning-Based Autonomous Driving. In 2023 IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems (ICUS) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

• Zhao, S., Li, J., Hu, X., Zhang, J., and He, C. (2022, November). Vehicle Extreme Control based on Offline Reinforcement Leaning. In 2022 China Automation Congress (CAC) (pp. 4539-4543). IEEE.

• Huang, H., Zheng, X., Liu, Y., Zhao, S., Wang, Y., and Wang, J. (2023, November). Intelligent Adaptive Decision-Making for Autonomous Vehicles: A Learning-Enhanced Game-Theoretic Approach in Interactive Scenarios. In 2023 3rd International Conference on Digital Society and Intelligent Systems (DSInS) (pp. 258-264). IEEE.