Research

Publications

[PDF] Cut Sequencing Algorithm for Safely Disassembling Large Structures,
2023 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC).
James Akl; Sumanth Pericherla; Berk Calli.

[PDF] Vision-Based Oxy-Fuel Torch Control for Robotic Metal Cutting,
2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).
James Akl; Yash Patil; Chinmay Todankar; Berk Calli.

[PDF][Dataset] CNN-Based Task State Estimation for Safer Automation of Oxy-Fuel Metal Cutting,
2023 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE).
James Akl; Shreedhar Kodate; Berk Calli.

[PDF][Video] Feature-Driven Next View Planning for Cutting Path Generation in Robotic Metal Scrap Recycling,
2023 IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE).
James Akl; Fadi Alladkani; Berk Calli.

[PDF] VisDA 2022 Challenge: Domain Adaptation for Industrial Waste Sorting,
2022 NeurIPS Competitions Track.
Dina Bashkirova; Samarth Mishra; Diala Lteif; Piotr Teterwak; Donghyun Kim; Fadi Alladkani; James Akl; Berk Calli; Sarah Adel Bargal; Kate Saenko; Daehan Kim; Minseok Seo; YoungJin Jeon; Dong-Geol Choi; Shahaf Ettedgui; Raja Giryes; Shady Abu-Hussein; Binhui Xie; Shuang Li.

[PDF][Dataset] ZeroWaste Dataset: Towards Deformable Object Segmentation in Cluttered Scenes,
2022 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR).
Dina Bashkirova; Mohamed Abdelfattah; Ziliang Zhu; James Akl; Fadi Alladkani; Ping Hu; Vitaly Ablavsky; Berk Calli; Sarah Adel Bargal; Kate Saenko.

[PDF][Video] Towards Robotic Metal Scrap Cutting: A Novel Workflow and Pipeline for Cutting Path Generation,
2021 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE).
James Akl; Fadi Alladkani; Berk Calli.

[PDF] ECNNs: Ensemble Learning Methods for Improving Planar Grasp Quality Estimation,
2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).
Fadi Alladkani; James Akl; Berk Calli.

[PDF] Comparing and Optimizing Analytical, Numerical and Experimental Vibration Models for a Simply-supported Ribbed Plate,
2020 IStructE/Elsevier Structures.
James Akl; Fadi Alladkani; Patrick Dumond.

[PDF] Simplified Setup for the Vibration Study of Plates with Simply-supported Boundary Conditions,
2019 Elsevier MethodsX.
Patrick Dumond; Dominic Monette; Fadi Alladkani; James Akl; Inès Chikhaoui.

[PDF] Ionic Buoyancy Engines: Finite Element Modeling and Experimental Validation,
2019 SPIE Smart Structures and Nondestructive Evaluation.
James Akl; Fadi Alladkani; Barbar Akle.

Service

I have peer-reviewed for the following research venues:

Dissertation

My PhD dissertation is: “Robot Autonomy for Scrap Cutting in Metal Recycling”.