2. Maria Laura Delle Monache

Maria Laura Delle Monache

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Maria Laura
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Delle Monache
Email
mldellemonache@berkeley.edu
Office
646 Sutardja Dai Hall
Programs
Systems Engineering
Transportation Engineering
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Assistant Professor
Biography

Maria Laura Delle Monache is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. Prior to joining the faculty at UC Berkeley, she was a research scientist at Inria in Grenoble, France (2016-2021) and a Postdoctoral fellow at Rutgers University - Camden in the USA (2014-2016). She received her Ph.D. degree in applied mathematics from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France, in 2014. She is a member of the IEEE CSS Technical Committee on smart cities and of the Standing Committee on Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics of the Transportation Research Board (NASEM). Dr. Delle Monache’s research lies at the intersection of transportation engineering, mathematics, and control theory.

Her full list of publications can be found here.

Education

Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis & Inria Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée (France), 2014

M.Sc., Mathematical Engineering, University of L'Aquila (Italy) & University of Hamburg (Germany), 2011

B. Sc.,  Industrial Engineering, University of L'Aquila (Italy), 2009

Research Interests
Traffic flow modeling, Transportation systems, Traffic control
Research

Maria Laura Delle Monache is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. Dr. Delle Monache’s research lies at the intersection of transportation engineering, mathematics, and control theory. Dr. Delle Monache’s research is focused on understanding the implication of technology on transportation systems. In particular, the effect that technology has on traffic, sustainability and equity. Dr. Delle Monache’s work focuses on building mathematical models and control strategies that can help assess how new vehicular technology will impact traffic congestion, traffic emissions and access to transport.

 

Students:

Perspective students: Students interested in joining the lab are encouraged to apply in the PhD programs in Systems Engineering and Transportation Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley.

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Positions:

  • July 2021 - present: Assistant professor at University of California, Berkeley 
  • Sept 2017 - July 2021: Researcher CRN (Chargée de recherche de classe normale) at Inria Grenoble Rhône-Alpes, France, in the project-team NeCS
  • Oct 2016 - Aug 2017: Researcher CR2 (Chargée de recherche de 2ème  classe) at Inria Grenoble Rhône-Alpes, France, in the project-team NeCS
  • Nov 2014 - Aug 2016: Post-Doc Fellow at Rutgers University - Camden, USA. 

Research experience:

  • Sept 2011 - Sept 2014: Research student at Inria Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée, France, in the project-team OPALE. 
  • Oct 2012 - Dec 2012 / May 2013: Visiting Research Scholar at UC Berkeley, USA.
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Students

There are post-docs openings to join my team! I am looking for applicants with very strong background in control engineering and/or applied mathematics with an interest towards smart cities applications. If you are interested please email me at mldellemonache[at]berkeley[dot]edu a single PDF containing your CV with a list of publications, a cover letter stating why you are interested in a post-doc in my lab and at least two references (name and email address).

Perspective students: Students interested in joining the lab are encouraged to apply in the PhD programs in Systems Engineering and Transportation Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley.

Publications

Preprints

  1. C. Magnetti Gisolo, M. L. Delle Monache, F. Ferrante, P. Frasca, Nonlinear analysis of stability and safety of optimal velocity model vehicle groups on ring roads, submitted.
  2. L. Tumash, C. Canudas-de-Wit, M. L. Delle Monache, Multi-directional continuous traffic model for large-scale traffic urban network, submitted.
  3. L. Tumash, C. Canudas-de-Wit, M. L. Delle Monache, Boundary control for multi-directional traffic on urban networks, submitted. [ preprint ]
  4. Y. Wang, M. L. Delle Monache, D. Work, Identifiability of car-following dynamics, submitted. [ preprint ]
  5. L.Tumash, C. Canudas-de-Wit, M. L. Delle Monache, Boundary and VSL control for large-scale urban traffic networks, submitted.
  6. T. Liard, R. Stern, M. L. Delle Monache, A PDE-ODE model for traffic control with autonomous vehicles, submitted. [ preprint ]
  7. A. Hayat, X. Gong, J. Lee, S. Truong, S. McQuade, N. Kardous, A. Keimer, Y. You, S. Albeaik, E. Vinistky, P. Arnold, M. L. Delle Monache, A. Bayen, B. Seibold, J. Sprinkle, D. Work, B. Piccoli, A holistic approach to the energy-efficient smoothing of traffic via autonomous vehicles, submitted.

Book chapters

  1. M. L. Delle Monache, T. Liard, A. Rat, R. Stern, R. Bhadani, B. Seibold, J. Sprinkle, D. Work, B. Piccoli, Feedback control algorithms for the dissipation of traffic waves with autonomous vehicles, Chapter 12, Computational Intelligence and Optimization Methods for Control Engineering, (2019), 275-299.  paper, [ preprint ].
  2. S. Čanić, M. L. Delle Monache, B. Piccoli, J-M. Qiu, J. Tambača, Numerical methods for hyperbolic nets and networks, Chapter 16, Handbook of numerical methods for hyperbolic problems: Applied and Modern Issues, 18, (2017), 435-463. paper

Journal papers

  1. L. Tumash, C. Canudas-de-Wit, M. L. Delle Monache, Boundary control design for traffic with nonlinear dynamics, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, (2022), to appear.
    paper, [ preprint ]
  2. Y. Wang, G. Gunter, M. Nice, M. L. Delle Monache, D. Work, Online parameter estimation methods for adaptive cruise control systems, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 6 (2), (2021), 288-298. paper, [ preprint ]
  3. G. Gunter, D. Gloudemans, R. E. Stern, S. McQuade, R. Bhadani, M. Bunting, M. L. Delle Monache, R. Lysecky, B. Seibold, J. Sprinkle, B. Piccoli, D. B. Work, Are commercially implemented adaptive cruise control systems string stable?, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, (2020), to appear. paper, [ preprint ]
  4. V. Giammarino, S. Baldi, P. Frasca, M. L. Delle Monache, Traffic flow on a ring with a single autonomous vehicle: an interconnected stability perspective, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, (2020), to appear. paper, [ preprint ]
  5. M. L. Delle Monache, K. Chi, Y. Chen, P. Goatin, K. Han, J.-M. Qiu, B. Piccoli, A three-phase fundamental diagram from three-dimensional traffic data, Axioms, 10 (1), (2021). paper,
    [ preprint ]
  6. M. L. Delle Monache, T. Liard, B. Piccoli, R. Stern, D. Work, Traffic reconstruction using autonomous vehicles, SIAM Journal of Applied Mathematics, 79 (5), (2019), 1748-1767. paper, [ preprint ]
  7. S. Mollier, M. L. Delle Monache, C. Canudas-de-Wit, B. Seibold, Two-dimensional macroscopic model for large scale traffic networks, Transportation Research Part B, 122, (2019), 309-326. paper, [ preprint ]
  8. F. Wu, R. Stern, S. Cui, M. L. Delle Monache, R. Bhadani, M. Bunting, M. Churchill, N. Hamilton, R. Haulcy, B. Piccoli, B. Seibold, J. Sprinkle, D. B. Work, Tracking vehicle trajectories and fuel rates in phantom traffic jams: methodology and data, Transportation Research Part C, 99, (2019), 82-109. paper, [ preprint ]
  9. R. Stern, Y. Chen, M. Churchill, F. Wu, M. L. Delle Monache, B. Piccoli, B. Seibold, J. Sprinkle, D. Work, Quantifying air quality benefits resulting from few autonomous vehicles stabilizing traffic, Transportation Research Part D, 67, (2019), 351-365. paper, [ preprint ]
  10. S. Mollier, M. L. Delle Monache, C. Canudas de Wit, A simple example of two dimensional model for traffic: discussion about assumptions and numerical methods, Transportation Research Record, 2672 (20), (2018), 249-261. paper, [ preprint ]  
  11. S. Samaranayake, J. Reilly, W. Krichene, M. L. Delle Monache, P. Goatin, A. M. Bayen, Discrete-time system optimal dynamic traffic assignment (SO-DTA) with partial control for horizontal queuing networks, Transportation Science, 52(4), (2018), 982-1001. paper, [ preprint ]  
  12. R. Stern, S. Cui, M. L. Delle Monache, R. Bhadani, M. Bunting, M. Churchill, N. Hamilton, R. Haulcy, H. Pohlmann, F. Wu, B. Piccoli, B. Seibold, J. Sprinkle, D. B. Work, Dissipation of stop-and-go waves via control of autonomous vehicles: Field experiments, Transportation Research - Part C, 89, (2018), 205-221. paper, [ preprint ], [ YouTube video ]
  13. M. L. Delle Monache, P. Goatin, B. Piccoli, Priority-based Riemann solver for traffic flow on networks, Communications in Mathematical Sciences, 16(1), (2018), 185-211. paper, [preprint ]
  14. C. Chalons, M. L. Delle Monache, P. Goatin, A conservative scheme for non-classical solutions to a strongly coupled PDE-ODE problem, Interfaces and Free Boundaries, 19(4), (2017), 553-570. paper, [ preprint ]
  15. M. L. Delle Monache, B. Piccoli, F. Rossi, Traffic regulation via controlled speed limit, SIAM Journal of Control and Optimization, 55(5), (2017), 2936-2958. paper, [ preprint ]
  16. M. L. Delle Monache, P. Goatin, Stability estimates for scalar conservation laws with moving flux constraints, Networks and heterogeneous media, 12(2), (2017), 245-258. paper, [preprint ]
  17. S. Blandin, X. Litrico, M. L. Delle Monache, B. Piccoli, A. M. Bayen, Regularity and Lyapunov stabilization of weak entropy solutions to scalar conservation laws, IEEE TAC, 62(4), (2017), 1620-1635. paper, [ preprint ]
  18. J. Reilly, W. Krichene, M. L. Delle Monache, S. Samaranayake, P. Goatin, A. M. Bayen, Adjoint-based optimization on a network of discretized scalar conservation law PDEs with application to coordinated ramp metering, J. Optim. Theory Appl., 167 (2), (2015), 733-760. paper, [ preprint ]
  19. L. L. Obsu, M. L. Delle Monache, P. Goatin, S. M. Kassa, Traffic flow optimization on roundabouts, Math. Methods Appl. Sci., 38 (14), (2015), 3075-3096. paper, [ preprint ]
  20. M. L. Delle Monache, P. Goatin, Scalar conservation laws with moving constraints arising in traffic flow modeling: an existence result, J. Differential Equations, 257, (2014), 4015-4029. paper, [ preprint ]
  21. M. L. Delle Monache, P. Goatin, A front tracking method for a strongly coupled PDE-ODE system with moving density constraints in traffic flow, Discrete Contin. Dyn. Sist. Ser. S., 7(3), (2014), 435-447. paper, [ preprint ]
  22. M. L. Delle Monache, J. Reilly, S. Samaranayake, W. Krichene, P. Goatin, A. M. Bayen, A PDE-ODE model for a junction with ramp buffer, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 74(1), (2014), 22-39. paper, [ preprint ]

Conference proceedings

  1. L. Tumash, C. Canudas-de-Wit, M. L. Delle Monache, Topology-based control design for congested areas in urban networks, (2020), Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2020, Rhodes, Greece. paper, [ preprint ]
  2. L. Tumash, C. Canudas-de-Wit, M. L. Delle Monache, Equilibrium Manifold in 2D Fluid Traffic Models, Proceedings of the IFAC World Congress, Berlin, Germany, IFAC-PapersOnLine, 53(2), (2020), 17077-17082. paper, [ preprint ]
  3. T. Liard, R. Stern, M. L. Delle Monache, Optimal driving strategies for traffic control with autonomous vehicles, Proceedings of the IFAC World Congress, Berlin, Germany, IFAC-PapersOnLine, 53(2), (2020), 5322-5329. paper, [ preprint ]
  4. M. L. Delle Monache, J. Sprinkle, R. Vasudevan, D. Work, Autonomous vehicles: from vehicular traffic to traffic control, (2019), Proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2019, Nice, France. paper, [ preprint ]
  5. V. Giammarino, M. Lv, S. Baldi, P. Frasca, M. L. Delle Monache, On a weaker notion of ring stability for mixed traffic with human-driven and autonomous vehicles, (2019), Proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2019, Nice, France. paper, [ preprint ]
  6. L. Tumash, C. Canudas-de-Wit, M. L. Delle Monache, Robust tracking control design for fluid traffic dynamics, (2019), Proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2019, Nice, France. paper, [ preprint ]
  7. S. Mollier, M. L. Delle Monache, C. Canudas-de-Wit, A decision support and planning mobility tool for large scale traffic networks, (2019), Proceedings of the European Control Conference, ECC 2019, Naples, Italy. paper, [ preprint ]
  8. G. Gunter, Y. Wang, D. Gloudemans, R. Stern, D. Work, M. L. Delle Monache, R. Bhadani, M. Bunting, R. Lysecky, J. Sprinkle, B. Seibold, B. Piccoli, WiP Abstract: String stability of commercial adaptive cruise control vehicles, 2019 ACM/IEEE 10th International conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS), 328-329, Montreal, Canada. extended abstract, [preprint]
  9. S. Mollier, M. L. Delle Monache, C. Canudas-de-Wit, A step towards a multidirectional 2D model for large scale traffic networks, Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, 2019.[preprint ]
  10. S. Mollier, M. L. Delle Monache, C. Canudas de Wit, 2D-LWR in large-scale network with space dependent fundamental diagram, (2018). Proceedings of the 21st IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2018, Maui, USA. paper, [ preprint ]
  11. M. L. Delle Monache, S. Hammond, B. Piccoli, Riemann solver for a macroscopic double-lane roundabout model, IFAC-PapersOnLine, 51(9), (2018), 55-60. Proceedings of the 15th IFAC Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems, Savona, Italy. paper, [preprint ]  
  12. S. Hammond, A. Rat, M. L. Delle Monache, B. Piccoli, Operational Performance of a Double-Lane Roundabout with Additional Lane Length Design: Lighthill-Whitham-Richards Model Analysis, Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, 2018. [ preprint ]
  13. F. Wu, R. Stern, M. Churchill, M. L. Delle Monache, K. Han, B. Piccoli, D. Work, Measuring trajectories and fuel consumption in oscillatory traffic: experimental results, Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, 2017 [ preprint ], [ download the data here ]
  14. D. B. Work, R. Stern, F. Wu, M. Churchill. S. Cui, H. Pohlmann, B. Seibold, B. Piccoli, R. Bhadani, M. Bunting, J. Sprinkle, M. L Delle Monache, N. Hamilton, R. Haulcy, Controlling for unsafe events in dense traffic through autonomous vehicles, Invited talk abstract: Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Safe Control of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, 7-7, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, April 2017. extended abstract
  15. S. Blandin, X. Litrico, M. L. Delle Monache, B. Piccoli, A. M. Bayen Lyapunov stabilization via boundary control for scalar conservation laws, 22nd International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS), (2016), Minneapolis, MI, USA.
  16. M. L. Delle Monache, B. Piccoli, F. Rossi, Outflow tracking with variable speed limit, American Control Conference (ACC), (2016), 2560-2565, Boston, MA, USA. paper
  17. R. Stern, D. Work, S. Cui, H. Pohlmann, B. Seibold, M. L. Delle Monache, B. Piccoli, J. Sprinkle, WiP Abstract: Stabilizing traffic with a single autonomous vehicle, 2016 ACM/IEEE 7th International conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS),1-1, Vienna, Austria. extended abstract
  18. F. Wu, M. Churchill, D. Work, M. L. Delle Monache, B. Piccoli, H. Pohlman, S. Cui, B. Seibold, N. Hamilton, R. Haulcy, R. Bhadani, M. Bunting, and J. Sprinkle. Dampening Traffic Waves with Autonomous Vehicles, ITRL Conference on Integrated Transport, Stockholm, Sweden, 2016. extended abstract
  19. M. L. Delle Monache, P. Goatin, A numerical scheme for moving bottlenecks in traffic flow, Bulletin of the Brazilian Mathematical Society, 47 (2), (2016), 605-617. Proceedings of HYP 2014 - International conference on hyperbolic problems, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Joint work with Christophe Chalons. paper, [ preprint ]
  20. S. Samaranayake, J. Reilly, W. Krichene, J.-P. Lespiau, M. L. Delle Monache, P. Goatin, A.M. Bayen, Discrete-time system optimal dynamic traffic assignment (SO-DTA) with partial control for horizontal queuing networks, American Control Conference (ACC), (2015), 663-667, Chicago, IL, USA. paper
  21. M. L. Delle Monache, Modeling of moving bottlenecks in traffic flow: a PDE-ODE model with moving density contraints, ESAIM Proc., 45, (2014), 456-466. Proceedings of SMAI 2013, Seignosse, France. paper
  22. M. L. Delle Monache, L. L. Obsu, P. Goatin, S. M. Kassa, Traffic flow optimization on roundabouts, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 111, (2014), 127-136. Proceedings of the European Working Group on Transportation (EWGT) 2013, Porto, Portugal. paper
  23. M. L. Delle Monache, P. Goatin, A strongly coupled PDE-ODE system modeling with moving density constraints in traffic flow, Hyperbolic problems: theory, numerics, applications, AIMS on Applied Mathematics, 8, (2014), 501-508. Proceedings of HYP 2012 - International Conference on hyperbolic problems, Padua, Italy. paper

Others

  1. M. L. Delle Monache, P. Goatin, Traffic Management via autonomous vehicles, ECCOMAS newsletter, (2020). paper
  2. M. L. Delle Monache, Crowd dynamics evacuations: The roles of shape optimization and real-time computational models: Comment on "Human behaviours in evacuation crowd dynamics: From modeling to "big data" towards crisis management" by Nicola Bellomo et al., Physics of Life Reviews, 18,(2016), 40-41. paper

Research reports

  1. L. L. Obsu, M. L. Delle Monache, P. Goatin, S. M. Kassa, Macroscopic traffic flow optimization on roundabouts, Inria research report No. 8291, April 2013. pdf
  2. M. L. Delle Monache, P. Goatin, Scalar conservation laws with moving density constraints arising in traffic flow modeling, Inria research report No. 8119, October 2012. pdf

Thesis

  1. Traffic flow modeling by conservation laws/ Lois de conservation pour la modélisation du trafic routier, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis / Inria Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée, France, 2014. pdf
  2. Mathematical modeling of the liver circulation, M.Sc. Thesis, University of Hamburg, Germany, 2011.
  3. Diode laser welding of plastics: experimental proof and mathematical modeling, B.Sc. Thesis, University of L'Aquila, Italy, 2009.

Datasets

  1. G. Gunter, D. Gloudemans, R. E. Stern, S. McQuade, R. Bhadani, M. Bunting, M. L. Delle Monache, B. Seibold, J. Sprinkle, B. Piccoli, D. B. Work, Are commercially implemented adaptive cruise control systems string stable? Experimental data, 2019. dataset
  2. F. Wu, R. Stern, S. Cui, M.L. Delle Monache, R. Bhadani, M. Bunting, M. Churchill, N. Hamilton, R. Haulcy, B. Piccoli, B. Seibold, J. Sprinkle, D. Work The Arizona Ring Experiments Dataset (ARED), 2018. dataset
  3. R. Stern, S. Cui, M.L. Delle Monache, R. Bhadani, M. Bunting, M. Churchill, N. Hamilton, R. Haulcy, H. Pohlmann, F. Wu, B. Piccoli, B. Seibold, J. Sprinkle, D. B. Work Dissipation of Stop-and-Go waves via control of autonomous vehicles:experimental results: data, data and codes for the paper "Dissipation of stop-and-go waves via control of autonomous vehicles: experimental results" 2017. dataset