Publications

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Journal Articles

  1. Social Contagion Drives Collective Consensus Formation on Scale-Free Networks
    Savari M, Horsevad N, Kooij RE, Chamanbaz M, Wernli D & Bouffanais R
    Scientific Reports, in press, 2026. [pdf] [doi]
  2. Ensuring Safe Robust Control Design Through Optimal Control with Switching Strategy
    Tiwari A, Tripathy NS, Chamanbaz M & Bouffanais R
    Asian Journal of Control, in press, 2026. [pdf] [doi]
  3. The Environment in Global Health Governance: an Analysis of Environment-Related Resolutions Adopted at the World Health Assembly from 1948 to 2023
    Evrard M, Rieckhoff A, Shipton L, Jørgensen PS, Falcone JL, Bouffanais R, Chopard B, Levrat N & Wernli D
    The Lancet Planetary Health (9), e103, 2025. [pdf] [doi]
  4. Effects of the Interplay Between Topology and Function of an Integrated Urban Development on Patterns of User Movement
    Manivannan A, Chin WCB, Gopalakrishnan S, Wong D, Schroepfer T & Bouffanais R
    Scientific Reports (14), 7021, 2024. [pdf] [doi]
  5. A Sequential Deep Learning Algorithm for Sampled Mixed-integer Optimisation Problems
    Chamanbaz M & Bouffanais R
    Information Sciences (634), 73–84, 2023. [pdf] [doi]
  6. Effect of Swarm Density on Collective Tracking Performance
    Kwa HL, Philippot J & Bouffanais R
    Swarm Intelligence (17), 253–281, 2023. [pdf] [doi]
  7. Adaptivity: A Path Towards General Swarm Intelligence?
    Kwa HL, Kit JL, Horsevad N, Philippot J, Savari M & Bouffanais R
    Frontiers in Robotics and AI (10), 1163185, 2023. [pdf] [doi]
  8. Vertical Cities: Emergent Patterns of Movement and Space Use in Dense Vertically Integrated Urban Built Environments
    Gopalakrishnan S, Wong D, Chin B, Srikanth AD, Manivannan A, Bouffanais R & Schroepfer T
    Int. J. on Smart and Sustainable Cities (1), 23400005, 2023. [pdf] [doi]
  9. Extremely Short 3D Bessel Pulses in an Optically Anisotropic Photonic Crystal Made from CNTs with Account for Nonlinear Absorption and Pumping
    Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Dvuzhilov IS, Dvuzhilova YV & Belonenko MB
    Appl. Phys. B (129), 105, 2023. [pdf] [doi]
  10. Controllability of a Class of Swarm Signaling Networks
    Sun P, Kooij RE & Bouffanais R
    J. Complex Networks (10):6, cnac054, 2022. [pdf] [doi]
  11. Adapting the Exploration-Exploitation Balance in Heterogeneous Swarms: Tracking Evasive Targets
    Kwa HL, Babineau V, Philippot J & Bouffanais R
    Artificial Life (29), 1–16, 2022. [pdf] [doi]
  12. Transition from Simple to Complex Contagion in Collective Decision-Making
    Horsevad N, Mateo D, Kooij RE, Barrat A & Bouffanais R
    Nature Communications (13), 1442, 2022. [pdf] [doi]
  13. Beyond Bio-Inspired Robotics: How Multi-Robot Systems Can Support Research on Collective Animal Behavior
    Horsevad N, Kwa HL & Bouffanais R
    Frontiers in Robotics and AI (9), 865414, 2022. [pdf] [doi]
  14. A Framework for the Identification of Human Vertical Displacement Activity Based on Multi-Sensor Data
    Manivannan A, Willemse EJ, Balamurali BT, Chin WCB, Zhou Y, Tünçer B, Barrat A & Bouffanais R
    IEEE Sensors J. (22):8, 8011–8029, 2022. [pdf] [doi]
  15. `Data dregs’ and its Implications for AI Ethics: Revelations From the Pandemic
    Lim SS & Bouffanais R
    AI and Ethics (2), 595–597, 2022. [pdf] [doi]
  16. Balancing Collective Exploration and Exploitation in Multi-Agent and Multi-Robot Systems: A Review
    Kwa HL, Kit JL & Bouffanais R
    Frontiers in Robotics and AI (8), 771520, 2022. [pdf] [doi]
  17. Entropy Changes in Crystalline Material Under Phase Transition and Symmetry Breaking
    Sinha D & Bouffanais R
    Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications (588), 126525, 2022. [pdf] [doi]
  18. Interplay Between Success and Patterns of Human Collaboration: Case Study of a Thai Research Institute
    Fiscarelli AM, Brust MR, Bouffanais R, Piyatumrong A, Danois G & Bouvry P
    Scientific Reports (11), 318, 2021. [pdf] [doi]
  19. Tuning the Clustering Coefficient of Generalized Circulant Networks
    Kooij RE, Horsevad N & Bouffanais R
    Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications (578), 126088, 2021. [pdf] [doi]
  20. External Light Control of Three-dimensional Pulses in an Array of Carbon Nanotubes
    Fedorov EG, Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Konobeeva NN, Boroznina EV, Malomed BA, Leblond H, Mihalache D, Belonenko MB, Rosanov NN & George TF
    Phys. Rev. B (103), 085111, 2021. [pdf] [doi]
  21. Cities – Try to Predict Superspreading Hotspots for COVID-19
    Bouffanais R & Lim SS
    Nature (583), 352–355, 2020. [pdf] [doi]
  22. Randomized Constraints Consensus for Distributed Robust Mixed-Integer Programming
    Chamanbaz M, Notarstefano G, Sasso F & Bouffanais R
    IEEE Trans. Control Network Systems (8), 295–306, 2020. [pdf] [doi]
  23. Spatial Super-spreaders and Super-susceptibles in Human Movement Networks
    Chin WCB & Bouffanais R
    Scientific Reports (10), 18642, 2020. [pdf] [doi]
  24. On the Challenges and Potential of Using Barometric Sensors to Track Human Activity
    Manivannan A, Chin WCB, Barrat A & Bouffanais R
    Sensors (20), 6786, 2020. [pdf] [doi]
  25. Robust Stabilization of a Class of Nonlinear Systems via Aperiodic Sensing and Actuation
    Tripathy NS, Kar IN, Chamanbaz M & Bouffanais R
    IEEE Access (8), 157403, 2020. [pdf] [doi]
  26. Viscoelastic Laminar Drag Bounds in Pipe Flow
    Malik M, Bouffanais R & Skote M
    Phys. Fluids (32), 031702, 2020. [pdf] [doi]
  27. Optimal Network Topology for Responsive Collective Behavior
    Mateo D, Horsevad N, Hassani V, Chamanbaz M & Bouffanais R
    Science Advances (5), eaau0999, 2019. [pdf] [doi]
  28. Self-Organizing Maps for Storage and Transfer of Knowledge in Reinforcement Learning
    Karimpanal TG & Bouffanais R
    Adaptive Behavior (27):2, 111–126, 2019. [pdf] [doi]
  29. From Senseless Swarms to Smart Mobs: Tuning Networks for Prosocial Behavior
    Lim SS & Bouffanais R
    IEEE Technology and Society Magazine (38):4, 17–19, 2019. [pdf] [doi]
  30. Design Innovation of Mesoscale Robotic Swarms: Applications to Cooperative Urban Sensing and Mapping
    Dharmawan AG, Soh GS, Foong S, Bouffanais R & Wood KL
    Front. Inform. Technol. Electron. Eng. (20), 1618–1631, 2019. [pdf] [doi]
  31. Design, Modeling and Experimentation of a Bio-Inspired Miniature Climbing Robot with Bilayer Dry Adhesives
    Dharmawan AG, Xavier P, Hariri HH, Soh GS, Baji A, Bouffanais R, Foong S, Low HY & Wood KL
    J. Mech. Rob. (11):2, 020902, 2019. [pdf] [doi]
  32. Data Assimilation Method to De-noise and De-filter PIV Data
    Gillissen JJJ, Bouffanais R & Yue DKP
    J. Fluid Mech. (877), 196–213, 2019. [pdf] [doi]
  33. Hydrodynamic Object Identification using Artificial Neural Models
    Lakkam S, Balamurali BT & Bouffanais R
    Scientific Reports (9), 11242, 2019. [pdf] [doi]
  34. Stabilization of Ultrashort Pulses by External Pumping in an Array of Carbon Nanotubes Subject to Piezoelectric Effects
    Konobeeva NN, Fedorov EG, Rosanov NN, Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R & Belonenko MB
    J. Appl. Phys. (126), 203103, 2019. [pdf] [doi]
  35. Asymptotic Dynamics of Three-dimensional Bipolar Ultrashort Electromagnetic Pulses in an Array of Semiconductor Carbon Nanotubes
    Fedorov EG, Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Malomed BA, Leblond H, Mihalache D, Rosanov NN & Belonenko MB
    Opt. Exp. (27):20, 27592, 2019. [pdf] [doi]
  36. Are the Different Layers of a Social Network Conveying the Same Information?
    Manivannan A, Yow WQ, Bouffanais R & Barrat A
    EPJ Data Science (7), 34, 2018. [pdf] [doi]
  37. Experience Replay Using Transition Sequences
    Karimpanal TG & Bouffanais R
    Frontiers in Neurorobotics (12), 32, 2018. [pdf] [doi]
  38. Consensus in Topologically Interacting Swarms under Communication Constraints and Time-Delays
    Komareji M, Shang Y & Bouffanais R
    Nonlinear Dynamics (93), 1287–1300, 2018. [pdf] [doi]
  39. Distributed System of Autonomous Buoys for Scalable Deployment and Monitoring of Large Waterbodies
    Zoss BM, Mateo D, Kuan YK, Tokić G, Chamanbaz M, Goh L, Vallegra F, Bouffanais R & Yue DKP
    Autonomous Robots (42), 1669–1689, 2018. [pdf] [doi]
  40. A Space-Time Integral Minimization Method for Reconstructing Velocity Fields from Scalar Fields
    Gillissen JJJ, Vilquin A, Kellay H, Bouffanais R & Yue DKP
    J. Fluid Mech. (854), 348–366, 2018. [pdf] [doi]
  41. Growth Mechanisms of Perturbations in Boundary Layers over a Compliant Wall
    Malik M, Skote M & Bouffanais R
    Phys. Rev. Fluids (3), 013903, 2018. [pdf] [doi]
  42. Propagation of Three-dimensional Bipolar Ultrashort Electromagnetic Pulses in an Inhomogeneous Array of Carbon Nanotubes
    Fedorov EG, Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Timashkov AP, Malomed BA, Leblond H, Mihalache D, Rosanov NN & Belonenko MB
    Phys. Rev. A (97), 043814, 2018. [pdf] [doi]
  43. Two-dimensional Electroacoustic Waves in Silicene
    Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Konobeeva NN & Belonenko MB
    Appl. Phys. B (124), 10, 2018. [pdf] [doi]
  44. Effect of Correlations in Swarms on Collective Response
    Mateo D, Kuan YK & Bouffanais R
    Scientific Reports (7), 10388, 2017. [pdf] [doi]
  45. Swarm-Enabling Technology for Multi-Robot Systems
    Chamanbaz M, Mateo D, Zoss BM, Tokić G, Wilhelm E, Bouffanais R & Yue DKP
    Frontiers in Robotics and AI (4), 0012, 2017. [pdf] [doi]
  46. Nonequilibrium Dielectric Noise in Solids in the Presence of Modulation of Electrical Permittivity and Spectral Symmetry Breaking Under Feedback
    Sinha D, Bouffanais R & Huang S
    New J. Phys. (19), 113050, 2017. [pdf] [doi]
  47. Three-dimensional Light Bullets in a Bragg Medium with Carbon Nanotubes
    Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Belonenko MB, Dvuzhilov IS & Nevzorova YV
    Appl. Phys. B (123), 196, 2017. [pdf] [doi]
  48. Influence of the Order Parameter on the Dynamics of Ultrashort Pulses in an Environment with Carbon Nanotubes
    Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Konobeeva NN & Belonenko MB
    J. Appl. Phys. (121), 084301, 2017. [pdf] [doi]
  49. Three-dimensional Ultrashort Optical Airy Beams in an Inhomogeneous Medium with Carbon Nanotubes
    Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Belonenko MB & Dvuzhilov IS
    Phys. Lett. A (381):10, 931, 2017. [pdf] [doi]
  50. Interplay Between Signaling Network Design and Swarm Dynamics
    Sekunda A, Komareji M & Bouffanais R
    Network Science (4), 244–265, 2016. [pdf] [doi]
  51. Opto-acoustics Effects in an Array of Carbon Nanotubes
    Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Konobeeva NN & Belonenko MB
    J. Appl. Phys. (120), 134307, 2016. [pdf] [doi]
  52. Peculiarities of the Propagation of Multidimensional Extremely Short Optical Pulses in Germanene
    Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Konobeeva NN & Belonenko MB
    Phys. Lett. A (380), 3117–3120, 2016. [pdf] [doi]
  53. Zitterbewegung near a Schwarzschild-type Black Hole
    Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Konobeeva NN & Belonenko MB
    Mod. Phys. Lett. A (31), 1650168, 2016. [pdf] [doi]
  54. Three-dimensional Extremely-short Optical Pulses in Carbon Nanotube Arrays in the Presence of an External Magnetic Field
    Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Belonenko MB & Galkina EN
    Mod. Phys. Lett. B (30), 1650405, 2016. [pdf] [doi]
  55. Excess of Social Activity Reduces the Responsiveness of Swarms
    Mateo D & Bouffanais R
    Int. J. Des. Nat. Ecodyn. (11), 654–662, 2016. [pdf] [doi]
  56. Collisions of Three-dimensional Bipolar Optical Solitons in an Array of Carbon Nanotubes
    Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Malomed BA, Leblond H, Mihalache D, Fedorov EG, Rosanov NN & Belonenko MB
    Phys. Rev. A (94), 053823, 2016. [pdf] [doi]
  57. Interplay Between Motility and Cell-Substratum Adhesion in Amoeboid Cells
    Zhu X, Bouffanais R & Yue DKP
    Biomicrofluidics (9), 054112, 2015. [pdf] [doi]
  58. Interaction of a Two-dimensional Electromagnetic Pulse with an Electron Inhomogeneity in an Array of Carbon Nanotubes in the Presence of Field Inhomogeneity
    Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Leblond H, Mihalache D, Fedorov EG & Belonenko MB
    Eur. Phys. J. D (69), 242, 2015. [pdf] [doi]
  59. Study of the Indirect Interaction in a Non-Fermi Liquid within the AdS/CFT Correspondence Framework
    Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Pak AV & Belonenko MB
    Mod. Phys. Lett. B (29), 1550081, 2015. [pdf] [doi]
  60. Two-dimensional Extremely Short Electromagnetic Pulses in a Bragg Medium with Carbon Nanotubes
    Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Belonenko MB, Konobeeva NN, Nevzorova YV & George TF
    Eur. Phys. J. D (69), 129, 2015. [pdf] [doi]
  61. Consensus Reaching in Swarms Ruled by a Hybrid Metric-Topological Distance
    Shang Y & Bouffanais R
    Eur. Phys. J. B (87), 294, 2014. [pdf] [doi]
  62. Influence of the Number of Topologically Interacting Neighbors on Swarm Dynamics
    Shang Y & Bouffanais R
    Scientific Reports (4), 04184, 2014. [pdf] [doi]
  63. Interaction of a Two-dimensional Electromagnetic Breather with an Electron Inhomogeneity in an Array of Carbon Nanotubes
    Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Fedorov EG & Belonenko MB
    J. App. Phys. (115), 203109, 2014. [pdf] [doi]
  64. Influence of Multi-level Impurities on the Dynamics of Ultrashort Electromagnetic Pulses in Carbon Nanotubes
    Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Konobeeva NN, Belonenko MB & George TF
    Europhys. Lett. (106), 37005, 2014. [pdf] [doi]
  65. Persistent Cellular Motion Control and Trapping Using Mechanotactic Signaling
    Zhu X, Bouffanais R & Yue DKP
    PLoS one (9), e105406, 2014. [pdf] [doi]
  66. Few-cycle Optical Pulses in a Thin Film of a Topological Insulator
    Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Belonenko MB, Konobeeva NN & George TF
    Opt. Commun. (329), 151–153, 2014. [pdf] [doi]
  67. Tunneling Characteristics of a Contact Between a Superlattice and non-Fermi Liquid using the AdS/CFT Correspondence
    Belonenko MB, Konobeeva NN, Smovzh DV, Zhukov AV & Bouffanais R
    Mod. Phys. Lett. B (28), 1450170, 2014. [pdf] [doi]
  68. Resilience and Controllability of Dynamic Collective Behaviors
    Komareji M & Bouffanais R
    PLoS one (8), e82578, 2013. [pdf] [doi]
  69. Three-dimensional Electromagnetic Breathers in Carbon Nanotubes with the Field Inhomogeneity Along their Axes
    Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Fedorov EG & Belonenko MB
    J. Appl. Phys. (114), 143106, 2013. [pdf] [doi]
  70. On the Electronic Spectrum in Curved Graphene Nanoribbons
    Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Konobeeva NN & Belonenko MB
    JETP Lett. (97), 400–403, 2013. [pdf] [doi]
  71. Study of the Indirect Exchange Interaction in a Strained Graphene Nanoribbon
    Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Pak AV & Belonenko MB
    Physica B (419), 62–65, 2013. [pdf] [doi]
  72. Propagation of Extremely Short Pulses in a Graphene-Boron Nitride Bilayer
    Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Pak AV & Belonenko MB
    Phys. Lett. A (377), 564–566, 2013. [pdf] [doi]
  73. Physical Limits on Cellular Directional Mechanosensing
    Bouffanais R, Sun J & Yue DKP
    Phys. Rev. E (87), 052716, 2013. [pdf] [doi]
  74. Computational Fluid Dynamics for Architectural Design
    Kaijima S, Bouffanais R, Naidu S & Willcox K
    Architectural Design (83), Issue 2, 118–123, 2013. [pdf] [doi]
  75. Propagation of Laser Beams in an Array of Semiconductor Carbon Nanotubes
    Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Belonenko MB & Fedorov EG
    Mod. Phys. Lett. B (27), 1350045, 2013. [pdf] [doi]
  76. The Hall Conductivity of a Doped Graphene in a Quantizing Magnetic Field
    Belonenko MB, Pak AV, Zhukov AV & Bouffanais R
    Mod. Phys. Lett. B (26), 1250188, 2012. [pdf] [doi]
  77. Hydrodynamic Object Recognition Using Pressure Sensing
    Bouffanais R, Weymouth GD & Yue DKP
    Proc. Roy. Soc. A (467), 19–38, 2011. [pdf] [doi]
  78. Time-Scale Joint Representation of DNS and LES Numerical Data
    Courbebaisse G, Bouffanais R, Navarro L, Leriche E & Deville MO
    Computers & Fluids (43), 38–45, 2011. [pdf] [doi]
  79. Computational Performance of a Parallelized Three-dimensional High-order Spectral Element Toolbox
    Bosshard C, Bouffanais R, Deville MO, Gruber R & Lätt J
    Computers & Fluids (44), 1–8, 2011. [pdf] [doi]
  80. Hydrodynamics of Cell-Cell Mechanical Signaling in the Initial Stages of Aggregation
    Bouffanais R & Yue DKP
    Phys. Rev. E (81), 041920, 2010. [pdf] [doi]
  81. Advances and Challenges of Applied Large-Eddy Simulation
    Bouffanais R
    Computers & Fluids (39), 735–738, 2010. [pdf] [doi]
  82. Unsteady Transitional Swirling Flow in the Presence of a Moving Free Surface
    Bouffanais R & Lo Jacono D
    Phys. Fluids (21), 064107, 2009. [pdf] [doi]
  83. Transitional Cylindrical Swirling Flow in Presence of a Flat Free Surface
    Bouffanais R & Lo Jacono D
    Computers & Fluids (38), 1651–1673, 2009. [pdf] [doi]
  84. Solution of Moving Boundary Problems by the Spectral Element Method
    Bodard N, Bouffanais R & Deville MO
    App. Num. Math. (58), 968–984, 2008. [pdf] [doi]
  85. A Coupled Approximate Deconvolution and Dynamic Mixed Scale Model for Large-Eddy Simulation
    Habisreutinger MA, Bouffanais R, Leriche E & Deville MO
    J. Comput. Phys. (224), 241–266, 2007. [pdf] [doi]
  86. Large-Eddy Simulation of the Flow in a Lid-Driven Cubical Cavity
    Bouffanais R, Deville MO & Leriche E
    Phys. Fluids. (19), 055108, 2007. [pdf] [doi]
  87. Mesh Update Techniques for Free-Surface Flow Solvers using Spectral Element Method
    Bouffanais R & Deville MO
    J. Sci. Comput. (27), 137–149, 2006. [pdf] [doi]
  88. Large-Eddy Simulation of the Lid-Driven Cubic Cavity Flow by the Spectral Element Method
    Bouffanais R, Deville MO, Fischer PF, Leriche E & Weill D
    J. Sci. Comput. (27), 151–162, 2006. [pdf] [doi]
  89. Nonequilibrium Electron Interactions in Metal Films
    Del Fatti N, Bouffanais R, Vallée F & Flytzanis C
    Phys. Rev. Lett. (81), 922–925, 1998. [pdf] [doi]

Books

  • Design and Control of Swarm Dynamics
    Bouffanais R
    Springer, Complexity Series, ISBN 978-981-287-750-5, 118 pages, 2016. [pdf] [doi] [web]
  • Thermodynamique
    Bouffanais R
    Prepamath Edition, in French, ISBN 2-910350-30-4, 192 pages, 1999. [pdf] [web]

Book Chapters

  1. Predictive Analysis with Virtual Population
    Bouffanais R, Malik M & Tünçer B
    Chapter 7 in Data-Driven Smart Community Design (Ed. Chong KH), Routledge (Taylor & Francis), 206–238, ISBN 978-1-03-256921-5, 2024. [doi] [web]
  2. Complexity Science for Urban Solutions
    Srikanth ADS, Chin WCB, Bouffanais R & Schroepfer T
    Chapter 3 in Artificial Intelligence in Urban Planning and Design (Eds. As I, Basu P & Talwar P), Elsevier, 39–58, ISBN 978-0-12-823941-4, 2022. [pdf] [doi]
  3. Complexity Science-based Spatial Performance Analyses of UNStudio/DP Architects’ SUTD Campus and WOHA’s Kampung Admiralty
    Srikanth ADS, Chin WCB, Bouffanais R & Schroepfer T
    Chapter 12 in Artificial Intelligence in Urban Planning and Design (Eds. As I, Basu P & Talwar P), Elsevier, 217–244, ISBN 978-0-12-823941-4, 2022. [pdf] [doi]
  4. Excess of Social Activity Reduces the Responsiveness of Swarms
    Mateo D & Bouffanais R
    Chapter 18 in Complex Systems: Theory and Applications (Eds. Rzevski G & Brebbia CA), WIT Press, WIT Transactions on State of the Art in Science and Engineering (98), 172–180, print ISBN 978-1-78466-235-6, eBook ISBN 978-1-78466-236-3, 2017. [pdf] [web]
  5. Tunneling Current of the Contact of the Curved Graphene Nanoribbon with Metal and Quantum Dots
    Belonenko MB, Konobeeva NN, Zhukov AV & Bouffanais R
    Chapter 22 in Graphene Science Handbook: Nanostructure and Atomic Arrangement (Eds. Aliofkhazraei M, Ali N, Milne WI, Ozkan CS, Mitura S & Gervasoni JL), CRC Press, 327–339, print ISBN 978-1-4665-9137-0, eBook ISBN 978-1-4665-9138-7, 2016. [pdf] [doi]
  6. High Performance Computing with Spectral Element Methods
    Bouffanais R, Fiétier N, Lätt J & Deville MO
    Chapter 7 in High-Performance Computing of Industrial Flows, VKI Lecture Series (Eds. Buchlin JM, Rambaud P & Planquart Ph), von Kármán Institute for Fluid Dynamics, ISBN 978-2-930389-93-1, 2009. [pdf] [web]

Conference Proceedings

  1. Simulating Democratic Deliberation: Representing Pluralistic Preferences through Electoral Systems in Multi-Agent LLMs
    Faulkner R, Szufa S, Hoyer D, Zhang TJ, Bouffanais R, Leibo JZ & Jin Z
    EMNLP 2026, The 2026 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, Oct 24–29, 2026, Budapest, Hungary, Accepted for Publication. [pdf] [web]
  2. Multi-Agent Dynamically Networked and Decentralized Pursuit-Evasion
    Kouzehgar M, Song Y, Prasetyo MB, Loo Y, Liu S, Meghjani M & Bouffanais R
    2025 IEEE International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems (MRS), Dec 4–6, 2025, Singapore, pp. 1–7. [pdf] [doi]
  3. The Impact of Agent Density and Environmental Factors on Target Tracking Swarms
    Kwa HL, Philippot J & Bouffanais R
    Proceedings of the ALIFE 2023: The 2023 Conference on Artificial Life, July 24–28, 2023, Sapporo, Japan, vol. 2023, pp. 88–96, MIT Press. [pdf] [doi]
  4. Multi-Target Pursuit by a Decentralized Heterogeneous UAV Swarm using Deep Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
    Kouzehgar M, Song Y, Meghjani M & Bouffanais R
    2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 29–June 2, 2023, London, UK, pp. 3289–3295. [pdf] [doi]
  5. Finite-time Event-triggered Control for a Class of Nonlinear Systems
    Tripathy NS, Chamanbaz M & Bouffanais R
    CDC 2022, 61st IEEE Conf. Decision Control, December 6–9, 2022, Cancún, Mexico, pp. 545–551. [pdf] [doi]
  6. Connect or Adapt: Analytic Framework for the Planning and Design of Resilient Spatial Networks
    Wong D, Chin WCB, Bouffanais R & Schroepfer T
    Proceedings of the International Conference ARCC-EAAE 2022, pp. 225–233, March 2–5, Miami, FL, USA. [pdf] [web]
  7. Evaluation of Spatial Performance in Vertically Integrated Developments Using a Network Science-Based Approach
    Gopalakrishnan S, Hablani C, Wong D, Srikanth ADS, Manivannan A, Bouffanais R & Schroepfer T
    Proceedings of the International Conference ARCC-EAAE 2022, pp. 391–398, March 2–5, Miami, FL, USA. [pdf] [web]
  8. The Effect of Network Connectivity on Exploration and Exploitation During Decentralized Collective Learning
    Kwa HL & Bouffanais R
    4th International Workshop on Agent-Based Modelling of Human Behaviour (ABMHuB’22), online, 2022. [pdf] [web]
  9. Probabilistic Modelling of Demographic Changes in Singapore’s Neighbourhoods
    Barakatullah MM, Willemse EJ, Tunçer B & Bouffanais R
    WMCAUS 2021, 6th World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering, Architecture: Urban Planning Symposium, June 14–18, Prague, Czech Republic, (1203), 032032. [pdf] [doi]
  10. Tracking Multiple Fast Targets With Swarms: Interplay Between Social Interaction and Agent Memory
    Kwa HL, Kit JL & Bouffanais R
    Proceedings of the ALIFE 2021: The 2021 Conference on Artificial Life, July 19–23, 2021, online, pp. 62–71, MIT Press. [pdf] [doi]
  11. Tailoring Exploration and Exploitation in Multi-Agent Systems with Short-Term Memory and Limited Social Interaction
    Kwa HL, Kit JL & Bouffanais R
    3rd International Workshop on Agent-Based Modelling of Human Behaviour (ABMHuB’21), July 19–23, online, 2021. [pdf] [web]
  12. User-Driven Emergent Patterns of Space Use in Vertically Integrated Urban Environments
    Gopalakrishnan S, Wong D, Manivannan A, Bouffanais R & Schroepfer T
    Proceedings of the International Conference ARCC 2021, pp. 215–222, April 7–10, Tucson, AZ, USA. [pdf] [web]
  13. Mapping Emergent Patterns of Movement and Space Use in Vertically Integrated Urban Developments
    Gopalakrishnan S, Wong D, Manivannan A, Bouffanais R & Schroepfer T
    Int. Symposium for Architecture + Urban Design simAUD 2021, pp. 1–4, April 15–17, online. [pdf] [web]
  14. Heterogeneous Swarms for Maritime Dynamic Target Search and Tracking
    Kwa HL, Tokić G, Bouffanais R & Yue DKP
    IEEE/MTS Global Oceans 2020: Singapore – U.S. Gulf Coast, October 5–30, 2020, online, pp. 1–8. [pdf] [doi]
  15. Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Dynamic Ocean Monitoring by a Swarm of Buoys
    Kouzehgar M, Meghjani M & Bouffanais R
    IEEE/MTS Global Oceans 2020: Singapore – U.S. Gulf Coast, October 5–30, 2020, online, pp. 9–17. [pdf] [doi]
  16. Robust Stabilization of a Class of Networked Nonlinear Systems via Parsimonious Communication and Actuation
    Tripathy NS, Kar IN, Chamanbaz M & Bouffanais R
    IECON 2020, The 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, October 18–21, Singapore, pp. 4919–4926. [pdf] [doi]
  17. Optimal Swarm Strategy for Dynamic Target Search and Tracking
    Kwa HL, Kit JL & Bouffanais R
    AAMAS 2020, 19th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, May 9–13, 2020, Auckland NZ, pp. 672–680, B. An, N. Yorke-Smith, A. El Fallah Seghrouchni, G. Sukthankar (eds.). [pdf] [doi] [web]
  18. A Sequential Algorithm for Sampled Mixed-integer Optimization Problems
    Chamanbaz M & Bouffanais R
    IFAC 2020, 21th IFAC World Congress, July 11–17, 2020, Berlin, Germany, pp. 6749–6755. [pdf] [doi]
  19. Device and Method for Analysing and Controlling Cell Motility
    Bouffanais R, Zhu X & Yue DKP
    Patent US 10,705,012 B2, Jul. 7, 2020. [pdf] [web]
  20. Climbing Robot
    Soh GS, Bouffanais R, Foong S, Dharmawan AG, Koh DCY & Wood KL
    PCT Patent Application WO 2020/214099 A1, PCT/SG2020/050242, Patent Pending, April 17. [pdf] [web]
  21. Robust Stabilization of Resource Limited Networked Control Systems Under Denial-of-Service Attack
    Tripathy NS, Chamanbaz M & Bouffanais R
    CDC 2019, 58th IEEE Conf. Decision Control, December 11–12, 2019, Nice, France, pp. 7683–7689. [pdf] [doi]
  22. A Physics-Based Attack Detection Technique in Cyber-Physical Systems: A Model Predictive Control Co-Design Approach
    Chamanbaz M, Dabbene F & Bouffanais R
    ANZCC 2019, IEEE Australian & New Zealand Control Conf., November 27–29, 2019, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 18–23. [pdf] [doi]
  23. Decentralized Multi-Floor Exploration by a Swarm of Miniature Robots Teaming with Wall-Climbing Units
    Leong Kit J, Dharmawan AG, Mateo D, Foong S, Soh GS, Bouffanais R & Wood KL
    MRS 2019, IEEE International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems, August 22–23, 2019, New Brunswick, NJ, pp. 195–201. [pdf] [doi]
  24. Design and Analysis of A Miniature Two-Wheg Climbing Robot with Robust Internal and External Transitioning Capabilities
    Koh DCY, Dharmawan AG, Hariri HH, Soh GS, Foong S, Bouffanais R, Low HY & Wood KL
    ICRA 2019, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 20–24, 2019, Montréal, QC, pp. 9740–9746. [pdf] [doi]
  25. Tail Design of A Miniature Two-Wheg Climbing Robot for External Transitioning
    Dharmawan AG, Koh DCY, Soh GS, Foong S, Bouffanais R & Wood KL
    IFToMM 2019, World Congress on Mechanism and Machine Science, July 15–18, 2019, Krakow, Poland, in T. Uhl (ed.), Advances in Mechanism and Machine Science, Mechanisms and Machine Science (73), pp. 2139–2148. [pdf] [doi]
  26. Identifying Highly Dense Areas from Raw Location Data
    Willemse EJ, Tunçer B & Bouffanais R
    CAADRIA 2019, 24th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, April 15–18, Wellington, New Zealand, in Intelligent & Informed, Proceedings of the 24th International CAADRIA, (2), pp. 805–814. [pdf] [web]
  27. A Bio-Inspired Miniature Climbing Robot with Bilayer Dry Adhesives: Design, Modeling, and Experimentation
    Dharmawan AG, Xavier P, Anderson D, Perez KB, Hariri HH, Soh GS, Baji A, Bouffanais R, Foong S, Low HY & Wood KL
    IDETC 2018, ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, August 26–29, 2018, Québec City, QC, DETC2018-85294, V05BT07A036. [pdf] [doi]
  28. Self-Organizing Maps as a Storage and Transfer Mechanism in Reinforcement Learning
    Karimpanal TG & Bouffanais R
    ALA 2018, Federated AI Meeting, Adaptive and Learning Agents Workshop, July 14–15, 2018, Stockholm, Sweden, pp. 1–7. [pdf] [web]
  29. Gradual Collective Upgrade of a Swarm of Autonomous Buoys for Dynamic Ocean Monitoring
    Vallegra F, Mateo D, Tokić G, Bouffanais R & Yue DKP
    OCEANS 2018, MTS/IEEE Oceans Charleston, Charleston, SC, pp. 1–7. [pdf] [doi]
  30. Development of a Miniature Robot for Multi-Robot Occupancy Grid Mapping
    Sundram J, Van Nguyen D, Soh GS, Bouffanais R & Wood KL
    ICARM 2018, 3rd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, July 18–20, 2018, Singapore, pp. 414–419. [pdf] [doi]
  31. ORION-II: A Miniature Climbing Robot with Bilayer Compliant Tape for Autonomous Intelligent Surveillance and Reconnaissance
    Hariri HH, Koh DCY, Lim HC, Dharmawan AG, Nguyen VD, Soh GS, Foong S, Bouffanais R, Low HY & Wood KL
    ICARCV 2018, 15th IEEE International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV), November 18–21, 2018, Singapore, pp. 1621–1626. [pdf] [doi]
  32. A Decentralized Mobile Computing Network for Multi-Robot Systems Operations
    Leong Kit J, Mateo D & Bouffanais R
    UEMCON 2018, 9th IEEE Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference, November 8–10, 2018, New York City, NY, pp. 309–314. [pdf] [doi]
  33. A Randomized Distributed Ellipsoid Algorithm for Uncertain Feasibility Problems
    Chamanbaz M, Notarstefano G & Bouffanais R
    CDC 2017, IEEE 56th Annual Conference on Decision and Control, December 12–15, 2017, Melbourne, Vic., pp. 1305–1310. [pdf] [doi]
  34. Randomized Constraints Consensus for Distributed Robust Linear Programming
    Chamanbaz M, Notarstefano G & Bouffanais R
    IFAC 2017, 20th IFAC World Congress, July 9–14, Toulouse, France, IFAC PapersOnLine (50), 4973–4978. [pdf] [doi]
  35. Collision of 3D Bipolar Light Pulses in an Array of Carbon Nanotubes
    Zhukov AV, Bouffanais R, Malomed BA, Leblond H, Mihalache D, Fedorov EG, Rosanov NN & Belonenko MB
    LO 2016, IEEE Intl. Conf. Laser Optics, June 27–July 1, 2016, St. Petersburg, Russia, pp. R8-69. [pdf] [doi]
  36. Integrated 2D Design in the Curriculum: Effectiveness of Early Cross-Subject Engineering Challenges
    Otto K, Camburn BA, Wood KL, Nannicini G, Bouffanais R, Kyoseva E, Yong JWH, Poletti D, Simpson RE & Mathur AP
    121st ASEE Conference & Exhibition, June 15–18, Indianapolis, IN, pp. 24.763.1–24.763.18, 2014. [pdf] [doi] [web]
  37. Controllability of a Swarm of Topologically Interacting Autonomous Agents
    Komareji M & Bouffanais R
    Int. J. Complex Systems in Science, (3), 11–19, 2013. [pdf] [web]
  38. Computational Fluid Dynamics for Architectural Design
    Kaijima S, Bouffanais R, Willcox K & In
    Open Systems: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the Association of Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia CAADRIA, (Eds. R. Stouffs, P. H. T. Janssen, S. Roudavski, B. Tunçer), Hong Kong, 169–178, 2013. [pdf]
  39. Grid Filter Modeling for Large-Eddy Simulation
    Habisreutinger MA, Bouffanais R, Deville MO & In
    Notes Num. Fluid Mech. and Multidisciplinary Design, (110), 159–165, 2010. [pdf] [doi]
  40. Wavelet Analysis of Turbulent LES Data of the Lid-driven Cavity Flow
    Bouffanais R, Courbebaisse G, Navarro L, Deville MO & In
    Notes Num. Fluid Mech. and Multidisciplinary Design, (110), 87–94, 2010. [pdf] [doi]
  41. Computational Performance of a Parallelized 3D High-order Spectral Element Toolbox
    Bosshard C, Bouffanais R, Clémençon C, Deville MO, Fiétier N, Gruber R, Kehtari S, Keller V, Lätt J & In
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science, (5737), 323–329, 2009. [pdf] [doi]
  42. Grid Filter Models for Large-Eddy Simulation
    Bouffanais R, Habisreutinger MA & Deville MO
    ICIAM’07, 6th International Congress on Industrial Applied Mathematics and GAMM Annual Meeting, July 5–7, Zürich, Switzerland, In Proc. Appl. Math. Mech. (7), 1101203–1101204, 2007. [pdf] [doi]

Opinion Pieces – Policy Reports

  1. Scaling AI Crisis Diplomacy: How to Use Scenario Exercises to Build Capacity and Readiness
    Wilkinson I, Krasodomski A, Kelati A, Meceda A, Tsoi E, Bąk M, Lau WY, Bouffanais R, Radu R, Krishna S, Andresen A, Halpern A, Bobrovsky I, Avin SE & Wilkinson R
    Chatham House Policy Report (with AI Safety Asia & University of Geneva), 27 pages, London, UK, September 2026. [pdf] [web]
  2. Building a Data-Driven and Complexity-Aware Digital Infrastructure for Effective Multilateralism
    Vanackère F, Boggio A, Escher G, Evrard M, Faude B, Gomis M, Kaspiarovich Y, Kim RE, Lees M, Legara EFT, Lo Russo N, Ruhl JB, Sandoval K, Sauser J, Scherer DS, Seidler N, Santos Domínguez AB, Wolf N, Levrat N, Bouffanais R & Wernli D
    Science in Diplomacy Lab (SiDLab) Policy Report (1), 24 pages, Geneva, Switzerland, June 2026. [pdf] [web]
  3. Genève, le Laboratoire d’un État Hôte Digital (in French)
    Bouffanais R & Wernli D
    L’AGEFI (Switzerland), La Chronique du Club Diplomatique de Genève, May 6, 2026. [pdf]
  4. Counting the Costs of US-China Technology Decoupling
    Bouffanais R & Lim SS
    Asia Global (Hong Kong), December 22, 2022. [pdf] [web]
  5. Why the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem is a House of Cards
    Bouffanais R & Lim SS
    The Interpreter (Australia), Dec 14, 2022. [pdf] [web]
  6. Computational Diplomacy – The Science of an Art?
    Bouffanais R & Lim SS
    The Interpreter (Australia), Sep 15, 2022. [pdf] [web]
  7. Fighting for Data Dregs – And Losing the Fight Against Digital Violence
    Lim SS & Bouffanais R
    Asia Global (Hong Kong), May 26, 2022. [pdf] [web]
  8. When the Mob Rallies: The Gamestop Stock Rush and Complex Contagions
    Bouffanais R & Lim SS
    Asia Global (Hong Kong), March 3, 2021. [pdf] [web]
  9. A Sustainable Alternative to Blanket Lockdowns
    Lim SS & Bouffanais R
    Scientific American (U.S.), Computing Opinion, Oct 22, 2020. [pdf] [web]
  10. How Cities Can Avoid Costly Lockdowns with Smart Use of Big Data
    Lim SS & Bouffanais R
    South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), September 11, 2020. [pdf] [web]
  11. Confronting Viral Resurgences: Are Lockdowns the Only Solution?
    Bouffanais R & Lim SS
    Asia Global (Hong Kong), September 3, 2020. [pdf] [web]
  12. Hoarding Toilet Paper: The Mystery of Such Panic Buying Explained
    Bouffanais R & Lim SS
    The Straits Times (Singapore), February 14, 2020. [pdf] [web]
  13. How to Fight Fake News: Tech Has the Answers
    Lim SS & Bouffanais R
    The Straits Times (Singapore), July 9, 2019. [pdf] [web]
  14. Let’s Get Poetic About the Wonders of an Engineering Education
    Lim SS & Bouffanais R
    The Straits Times (Singapore), February 15, 2019. [pdf] [web]
  15. The Rise of Homo verticalis
    Bouffanais R & Lim SS
    Scientific American (United States), January 16, 2019. [pdf] [web]
  16. IA, Big Data, IoT… Plaidoyer pour la Création de Conseils Nationaux d’Éthique Numérique
    Bouffanais R & Lim SS
    La Tribune (France), January 13, 2019. [pdf] [web]
  17. Engineering Education Must Also Focus on Social Aspects
    Lim SS & Bouffanais R
    The Business Times (Singapore), December 18, 2018. [pdf] [web]
  18. When High-rise Living Gets a Lift
    Lim SS & Bouffanais R
    The Straits Times (Singapore), December 6, 2018. [pdf] [web]
  19. The Science and Sensibilities of Smart Cities
    Lim SS & Bouffanais R
    Asia Global (Hong Kong), August 9, 2018. [pdf] [web]
  20. Keep an eye on AI and Big Data
    Bouffanais R & Lim SS
    The Business Times (Singapore), July 3, 2018. [pdf] [web]
  21. Smart Rules Needed to Govern Smart Lamp Posts
    Lim SS & Bouffanais R
    The Straits Times (Singapore), April 19, 2018. [pdf] [web]

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