Contributions

Outreach Alexander Nettekoven (2025). Teaching Students How to Build a Self-Driving RC Car. Center for Autonomy, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, UT Austin & Del Valle High School.

Talk Alexander Nettekoven (2024). Advancements in Large-Scale Fleet Coordination for Contested Logistics. US Air Force Wargaming Offices and OUSD A-S Chief of Wargaming Workshop.

Publication Alexander Nettekoven, Matthew Carlin, Ufuk Topcu (2024). Multi AI Final Report for AFWERX Phase III — Agile Combat Employment System (ACES) Model Modifications. Technical Report to US Air Force SBIR Phase III.

Talk Alexander Nettekoven (2024). Large-Scale Fleet Coordination for Contested Logistics. HAF/A5, SAF/SA, HAF/A4, RGPA, AMC A5-8, AMC A9 Wargaming Capability Review.

News Deborah Yao (2023). Hybrid AI Reduces Generative AI Hallucinations, Applied Intelligence Live! Austin 2023. AI Business.

Press Release

Talk Alexander Nettekoven (2023). Agentic AI Deployment for Military and Logistics. Capital Factory Accelerator First Look Kickoff.

Publication Matthew Carlin, Alexander Nettekoven (2023). Multi AI Final Report for AFWERX Phase II — "Large-Scale Fleet Coordination for Contested Logistics". Technical Report to US Air Force SBIR Phase II.

News Jeremy R. Dunn (2023). Tech Connect partner uses AI to assist in in-theater mission planning. Defense Visual Information Distribution Service.

DVIDS Article

Talk Alexander Nettekoven (2023). Large-Scale Asset Coordination for Contested Logistics. National Security Innovation Council (NSIC).

Publication Alexander Nettekoven (2022). On the Feasibility of 3D Printing with Multicopters. PhD Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin.

PDF Project

Talk Alexander Nettekoven (2022). Autonomous Mission Planning in Adversarial Environments. Launch Texas Award Ceremony.

Talk Alexander Nettekoven (2022). Autonomous Mission Planning for Unmanned Robotics Systems. AFWERX & Blue Tech Collider Multi-Drone Showcase.

Publication Alexander Nettekoven, Scott Fish, Joseph Beaman, Ufuk Topcu (2022). Towards Online Monitoring and Data-Driven Control: A Study of Segmentation Algorithms for Laser Powder Bed Fusion Processes. 2022 International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium.

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Talk Alexander Nettekoven (2022). Large-Scale Multi-Agent Deployment in Adversarial Environments. MassChallenge Early-Stage Startup Accelerator.

Talk Alexander Nettekoven (2022). Autonomous Mission Planning of UAS in Adversarial Environments. Hanscom and Incirlik US Air Force Base Capability Review.

News Nat Levy (2022). Ready for Launch. Texas Engineer (2022–2023 issue).

Kickoff Press Release

Outreach Alexander Nettekoven (2021). Public Safety Drone Collaboration Workshop. Drone Workshop Organization for Austin PD, Texas DPS, Travis County Sheriff’s Office, and Austin Fire Department.

Publication Zizhao Wang, Xuesu Xiao, Alexander Nettekoven, Kadhiravan Umasankar, Anika Singh, Sriram Bommakanti, Ufuk Topcu, Peter Stone (2021). From Agile Ground to Aerial Navigation: Learning from Learned Hallucination. 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).

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Publication Alexander Nettekoven, Nicholas Franken, Ufuk Topcu (2021). Geometrical Analysis of Simple Contours Deposited by a 3D Printing Hexacopter. Solid Freeform Fabrication 2021.

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Publication Alexander Nettekoven, Ufuk Topcu (2021). A 3D Printing Hexacopter: Design and Demonstration. 2021 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS).

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Outreach Alexander Nettekoven (2021). Undergraduate Research Mentor. Autonomous Systems Group.

Project

Outreach Alexander Nettekoven (2020). Undergraduate Research Supervisor. Full-time summer research internships for 17 undergraduate students; Autonomous Systems Group, UT Austin.

Publication Yingshui Tan, Baihong Jin, Alexander Nettekoven, Yuxin Chen, Yisong Yue, Ufuk Topcu, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli (2019). An Encoder-Decoder Based Approach for Anomaly Detection with Application in Additive Manufacturing. IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications.

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Publication Zhe Xu, Alexander Nettekoven, Agung Julius, Ufuk Topcu (2019). Graph Temporal Logic Inference for Classification and Identification. 2019 IEEE 58th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC).

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Publication Alexander Nettekoven, Scott Fish, Ufuk Topcu, Joseph Beaman (2018). Predictive Iterative Learning Control with Data-Driven Model for Optimal Laser Power in Selective Laser Sintering. Solid Freeform Fabrication 2018.

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