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George Mason University

#66 of 102 universities and research institutions on the Robotics Center leaderboard, with 50 ICRA and IROS papers in 2023–2025.

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#66 of 102
Score
21.6 / 100
ICRA + IROS papers 2023–2025
50OpenAlex query, Oct 19, 2026
GitHub stars (lab orgs)
77Oct 19, 2026

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On Robotics Center (85)

Papers with at least one George Mason University author that have a summary page here: ICRA and IROS papers, and arXiv preprints since Jan 1, 2026.

  1. FUSE: Fairness-aware Update Screening against Byzantine Exploitation in $q$-Fair Federated LearningarXiv · Oct 14, 2026
  2. PAGE404: Breaking GPU Isolation Through Hardware-assisted Page MigrationarXiv · Oct 14, 2026
  3. ATTCK-R: Knowledge-Aware Long-Horizon Jailbreaking for Protected LLMsarXiv · Oct 12, 2026
  4. Neural Network Verification for Deep Joint Source-Channel CodingarXiv · Oct 8, 2026
  5. VFold: Symmetry-Aware Cross-Layer Value Cache CompressionarXiv · Oct 8, 2026
  6. TestJack: Should you trust the results in coding benchmarks? Agentic Coding Benchmarks Auditing via Evaluator EvolutionarXiv · Oct 7, 2026
  7. Lyapunov-Inspired LyRIC Activation and GLARE Attention in Chaos-Guided State Space Modeling for EMG-To-Speech (ETS) SynthesisarXiv · Oct 6, 2026
  8. Compiling Together: High-Throughput Distributed Quantum Computing via Multi-CompilationarXiv · Oct 2, 2026
  9. Debias It Yourself: Teaching LLMs Cognitive Bias Mitigation InterventionsarXiv · Sep 30, 2026
  10. Forging LLM Authorship Fingerprints with Targeted RewritingarXiv · Sep 30, 2026
  11. Making Duplicate Reimbursement Unrepresentable: A Verified Ethereum E-Invoice System for Humans and AI AgentsarXiv · Sep 29, 2026
  12. Verifying Neural Networks with Reinforcement LearningarXiv · Sep 28, 2026
  13. ZonoGPT: Towards An Abstract Domain for Verifying Large GPT ModelsarXiv · Sep 28, 2026
  14. Sparsity by Default: The Theory and Practice of ARD in Gaussian Process Regression for Variable SelectionarXiv · Sep 27, 2026
  15. Domain Adaptation with Target Information via Doubly-Anchored Distributionally Robust OptimizationarXiv · Sep 26, 2026
  16. Elastic Selective Spectral Hybrids for Train-Once, Export-Many Budgeted InferencearXiv · Sep 26, 2026
  17. Kernel-Based Steering of CLIP with Vision-Language Model PreferencesarXiv · Sep 26, 2026
  18. A Large-Scale Benchmark and Risk Assessment of Traffic Analysis Attacks on Cloud LLM ServicesarXiv · Sep 25, 2026
  19. A Voltage-controlled MTJ-CMOS Neuron Emulating Tunable Izhikevich-Inspired DynamicsarXiv · Sep 25, 2026
  20. Learning to Move Cities: Deep Meta-Models and Reinforcement Policies for Calibration and Control in Urban NetworksarXiv · Sep 18, 2026
  21. Demonstration Synthesis from a Single Scan via Gaussian Splatting for Visuomotor Policy LearningarXiv · Sep 17, 2026
  22. BirdsongChat: A Hybrid Multi-Agent Framework for Multimodal Embodied Behavior SimulationarXiv · Sep 16, 2026
  23. Toward a Decision-Assurance Layer for AI-Assisted Flight Planning in Air Traffic ManagementarXiv · Sep 11, 2026
  24. HEAT: Faster Fully Homomorphic Inference via Approximations-Weights Co-AdaptationarXiv · Sep 1, 2026
  25. CAVE-NAV: VLM-Based Autonomous 3D Navigation in Underwater Cave EnvironmentsarXiv · Aug 28, 2026
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  1. SAGE: Stability-Aware Graph-Based Ensemble Feature Selection for Explainable Postpartum Depression Risk PredictionarXiv · Aug 24, 2026
  2. SDoH-Aware Narrative Anchoring Bias in Medical LLMs for Trustworthy Clinical Decision SupportarXiv · Aug 24, 2026
  3. Faults That Fortify: CNN Adversarial Robustness via GPU UndervoltingarXiv · Aug 20, 2026
  4. What Makes Software Issue Resolution Tasks Difficult for Agents?arXiv · Aug 18, 2026
  5. Attune: A Self-Annotation Tool for Understanding Robot Operator Attention ProfilesarXiv · Aug 12, 2026
  6. SuperNeuroMAT: An Efficient Matrix-based Simulator for Spiking Neural NetworksarXiv · Aug 9, 2026
  7. Abstention as an Action Can Kill Both the Reward Gradient and the KL Anchor: Collapse Law and Repair for Error-Penalized Reinforcement LearningarXiv · Jul 31, 2026
  8. Mergeable Model-Side Aggregation States for Long-Context Language ModelsarXiv · Jul 29, 2026
  9. MusiChat: Vibe Composing for Music CreationarXiv · Jul 27, 2026
  10. ESAR: Event-Based Synthetic Aperture ReconstructionarXiv · Jul 16, 2026
  11. FLINT: Fingerprinting Federated Learning Architectures from 5G PHY-Layer Side ChannelsarXiv · Jul 16, 2026
  12. Fast Cascaded Recursive Filtering via a Block-Matrix ReformulationarXiv · Jul 15, 2026
  13. A Longitudinal Analysis of Public Discourse on AI Ethics in Education Using Twitter DataarXiv · Jul 14, 2026
  14. Line-Anchored Feedback Cuts Token Costs and Improves Correctness in AI Code EditingarXiv · Jul 14, 2026
  15. Orthogonal Dendritic Intrinsic Networks: An Architecture for Significance-Ordered, Orthogonal Latent SpacesarXiv · Jul 6, 2026
  16. Mental Health Disorder Detection Beyond Social Media: A Systematic Review of Available DatasetsarXiv · Jul 3, 2026
  17. Mental Health Disorder Detection Beyond Social Media: A Systematic Review of Available DatasetsarXiv · Jul 3, 2026
  18. Can Language Model Agents be Helpful Circuit Explainers in Mechanistic Interpretability?arXiv · Jun 23, 2026
  19. Ensemble Feature Selection and Harris Hawks Optimization for Explainable Mental Health Risk Prediction in Female Sex WorkersarXiv · Jun 23, 2026
  20. PeerMathDial: A Middle School Dialogue Dataset for Student Collaborative Math Problem SolvingarXiv · Jun 19, 2026
  21. PeerMathDial: A Middle School Dialogue Dataset for Student Collaborative Math Problem SolvingarXiv · Jun 19, 2026
  22. FineREX: Fine-Tuned NER-RE for Human Smuggling Knowledge GraphsarXiv · Jun 18, 2026
  23. Additive Noise, Shift Recovery, and Signed Signals in the Cumulative Distribution TransformarXiv · Jun 9, 2026
  24. An Infectious Disease Spread Simulation Based on Large Language Model Decision MakingarXiv · Jun 4, 2026
  25. An Infectious Disease Spread Simulation Based on Large Language Model Decision MakingarXiv · Jun 4, 2026
  26. OpenRFM: Dissecting Relational In-Context LearningarXiv · Jun 3, 2026
  27. Evolving and Detecting Multi-Turn Deception using Geometric SignaturesarXiv · May 26, 2026
  28. Evolving and Detecting Multi-Turn Deception using Geometric SignaturesarXiv · May 26, 2026
  29. LLM-as-a-Reviewer: Benchmarking Their Ability, Divergence, and Prompt Injection Resistance as Paper ReviewersarXiv · May 25, 2026
  30. Balancing Accuracy and Efficiency: Adaptive Dynamics Orchestration for Model Predictive ControlarXiv · May 22, 2026
  31. Mixture of Complementary Agents for Robust LLM EnsemblearXiv · May 21, 2026
  32. LLM-Based Financial Sentiment Analysis in Arabic: Evidence from Saudi MarketsarXiv · May 19, 2026
  33. LLM-Based Financial Sentiment Analysis in Arabic: Evidence from Saudi MarketsarXiv · May 19, 2026
  34. Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Radial Consolidation of Combined Electroosmotic, Vacuum and Surcharge Preloading Considering Smear EffectsarXiv · May 18, 2026
  35. Designing for Robot Wranglers: A Synthesis of Literature and PracticearXiv · May 15, 2026
  36. Designing for Robot Wranglers: A Synthesis of Literature and PracticearXiv · May 15, 2026
  37. Retrieval-Augmented Large Language Models for Schema-Constrained Clinical Information ExtractionarXiv · May 14, 2026
  38. Free Energy Manifold: Score-Based Inference for Hybrid Bayesian NetworksarXiv · May 11, 2026
  39. Muon Does Not Converge on Convex Lipschitz FunctionsarXiv · May 9, 2026
  40. U-Define: Designing User Workflows for Hard and Soft Constraints in LLM-Based PlanningarXiv · May 4, 2026
  41. Lost in the Tower of Babel: The Adverse Effects of Incidental Multilingualism in LLMsarXiv · May 2, 2026
  42. CURE-OOD: Benchmarking Out-of-Distribution Detection for Survival PredictionarXiv · May 1, 2026
  43. Open Problems in Frontier AI Risk ManagementarXiv · Apr 28, 2026
  44. Event-Triggered Distributed Target Tracking via PRIMEXarXiv · Apr 23, 2026
  45. Towards Intelligent Legal Document Analysis: CNN-Driven Classification of Case Law TextsarXiv · Apr 20, 2026
  46. PointSplat: Efficient Geometry-Driven Pruning and Transformer Refinement for 3D Gaussian SplattingarXiv · Apr 10, 2026
  47. Mixed-Initiative Context: Structuring and Managing Context for Human-AI CollaborationarXiv · Apr 8, 2026
  48. IDIOLEX: Unified and Continuous Representations for Idiolectal and Stylistic VariationarXiv · Apr 6, 2026
  49. Object Search in Partially-Known Environments via LLM-informed Model-based Planning and Prompt SelectionarXiv · Mar 25, 2026
  50. E-SocialNav: Efficient Socially Compliant Navigation with Language ModelsarXiv · Mar 21, 2026
  51. E-SocialNav: Efficient Socially Compliant Navigation with Language ModelsarXiv · Mar 21, 2026
  52. Can LLMs Prove Robotic Path Planning Optimality? A Benchmark for Research-Level Algorithm VerificationarXiv · Mar 19, 2026
  53. CORAL: COntextual Reasoning And Local Planning in A Hierarchical VLM Framework for Underwater MonitoringarXiv · Mar 16, 2026
  54. Game-Theory-Assisted Reinforcement Learning for Border Defense: Early Termination based on Analytical SolutionsarXiv · Mar 16, 2026
  55. Why Do LLM-based Web Agents Fail? A Hierarchical Planning PerspectivearXiv · Mar 15, 2026
  56. Why Do LLM-based Web Agents Fail? A Hierarchical Planning PerspectivearXiv · Mar 15, 2026
  57. VarSplat: Uncertainty-aware 3D Gaussian Splatting for Robust RGB-D SLAMarXiv · Mar 10, 2026
  58. APPLV: Adaptive Planner Parameter Learning from Vision-Language-Action ModelarXiv · Mar 9, 2026
  59. Effective Task Planning with Missing Objects using Learning-Informed Object SearcharXiv · Feb 12, 2026
  60. Applying Ground Robot Fleets in Urban Search: Understanding Professionals' Operational Challenges and Design OpportunitiesarXiv · Feb 4, 2026

ICRA + IROS 2023–2025 (50)

Every paper OpenAlex lists for George Mason University in the ICRA proceedings and at IROS, most recent first, as of Oct 19, 2026. Titles open our paper page when we have one, otherwise the publisher's DOI page.

  1. AutoSpatial: Visual-Language Reasoning for Social Robot Navigation through Efficient Spatial Reasoning Learning IROS · Oct 19, 2025
  2. CVIRO: A Consistent and Tightly-Coupled Visual-Inertial-Ranging Odometry on Lie Groups IROS · Oct 19, 2025
  3. Decremental Dynamics Planning for Robot Navigation IROS · Oct 19, 2025
  4. Dom, cars don’t fly!—Or do they? In-Air Vehicle Maneuver for High-Speed Off-Road Navigation IROS · Oct 19, 2025
  5. Dyna-LfLH: Learning Agile Navigation in Dynamic Environments from Learned Hallucination IROS · Oct 19, 2025
  6. GACL: Grounded Adaptive Curriculum Learning with Active Task and Performance Monitoring IROS · Oct 19, 2025
  7. Heterogeneous Mixed Traffic Control and Coordination IROS · Oct 19, 2025
  8. Human-Robot Co-Transportation using Disturbance-Aware MPC with Pose Optimization IROS · Oct 19, 2025
  9. Joint Pedestrian and Vehicle Traffic Optimization in Urban Environments using Reinforcement Learning IROS · Oct 19, 2025
  10. M2P2: A Multi-Modal Passive Perception Dataset for Off-Road Mobility in Extreme Low-Light Conditions IROS · Oct 19, 2025
  11. MIAT: Maneuver-Intention-Aware Transformer for Spatio-Temporal Trajectory Prediction IROS · Oct 19, 2025
  12. Multi-Robot Coordination in an Adversarial Graph-Traversal Game IROS · Oct 19, 2025
  13. Reward Training Wheels: Adaptive Auxiliary Rewards for Robotics Reinforcement Learning IROS · Oct 19, 2025
  14. Robust Online Calibration for UWB-Aided Visual-Inertial Navigation with Bias Correction IROS · Oct 19, 2025
  15. Social-LLaVA: Enhancing Social Robot Navigation through Human-Language Reasoning IROS · Oct 19, 2025
  16. T-CBF: Traversability-based Control Barrier Function to Navigate Vertically Challenging Terrain IROS · Oct 19, 2025
  17. VertiSelector: Automatic Curriculum Learning for Wheeled Mobility on Vertically Challenging Terrain IROS · Oct 19, 2025
  18. A Hybrid Approach to Indoor Social Navigation: Integrating Reactive Local Planning and Proactive Global Planning ICRA · May 19, 2025
  19. Anticipatory Planning for Performant Long-Lived Robot in Large-Scale Home-Like Environments ICRA · May 19, 2025
  20. Comparison of User Interface Paradigms for Assistive Robotic Manipulators ICRA · May 19, 2025
  21. Gnd: Global Navigation Dataset With Multi-Modal Perception and Multi-Category Traversability in Outdoor Campus Environments ICRA · May 19, 2025
  22. Multi-Goal Motion Memory ICRA · May 19, 2025
  23. VertiCoder: Self-Supervised Kinodynamic Representation Learning on Vertically Challenging Terrain ICRA · May 19, 2025
  24. Active Information Gathering for Long-Horizon Navigation Under Uncertainty by Learning the Value of Information IROS · Oct 14, 2024
  25. Bi-CL: A Reinforcement Learning Framework for Robots Coordination Through Bi-level Optimization IROS · Oct 14, 2024
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  1. D3G: Learning Multi-robot Coordination from Demonstrations IROS · Oct 14, 2024
  2. DTG : Diffusion-based Trajectory Generation for Mapless Global Navigation IROS · Oct 14, 2024
  3. Learning Coordinated Maneuver in Adversarial Environments IROS · Oct 14, 2024
  4. Learning-informed Long-Horizon Navigation under Uncertainty for Vehicles with Dynamics IROS · Oct 14, 2024
  5. Team Coordination on Graphs: Problem, Analysis, and Algorithms IROS · Oct 14, 2024
  6. Terrain-Attentive Learning for Efficient 6-DoF Kinodynamic Modeling on Vertically Challenging Terrain IROS · Oct 14, 2024
  7. VANP: Learning Where to See for Navigation with Self-Supervised Vision-Action Pre-Training IROS · Oct 14, 2024
  8. Dexterous Legged Locomotion in Confined 3D Spaces with Reinforcement Learning ICRA · May 13, 2024
  9. Motion Memory: Leveraging Past Experiences to Accelerate Future Motion Planning ICRA · May 13, 2024
  10. MTG: Mapless Trajectory Generator with Traversability Coverage for Outdoor Navigation ICRA · May 13, 2024
  11. Rethinking Social Robot Navigation: Leveraging the Best of Two Worlds ICRA · May 13, 2024
  12. Scaling Team Coordination on Graphs with Reinforcement Learning ICRA · May 13, 2024
  13. Toward Wheeled Mobility on Vertically Challenging Terrain: Platforms, Datasets, and Algorithms ICRA · May 13, 2024
  14. Data-Efficient Policy Selection for Navigation in Partial Maps via Subgoal-Based Abstraction IROS · Oct 1, 2023
  15. Improving Reliable Navigation Under Uncertainty via Predictions Informed by Non-Local Information IROS · Oct 1, 2023
  16. Learning-Augmented Model-Based Planning for Visual Exploration IROS · Oct 1, 2023
  17. Leveraging Single-Goal Predictions to Improve the Efficiency of Multi-Goal Motion Planning with Dynamics IROS · Oct 1, 2023
  18. See What a Strabismus Patient Sees Using Eye Robots IROS · Oct 1, 2023
  19. Simultaneous Survey and Inspection with Autonomous Underwater Vehicles IROS · Oct 1, 2023
  20. Team Coordination on Graphs with State-Dependent Edge Costs IROS · Oct 1, 2023
  21. Toward Human-Like Social Robot Navigation: A Large-Scale, Multi-Modal, Social Human Navigation Dataset IROS · Oct 1, 2023
  22. Anticipatory Planning: Improving Long-Lived Planning by Estimating Expected Cost of Future Tasks ICRA · May 29, 2023
  23. Benchmarking Reinforcement Learning Techniques for Autonomous Navigation ICRA · May 29, 2023
  24. Learning Augmented, Multi-Robot Long-Horizon Navigation in Partially Mapped Environments ICRA · May 29, 2023
  25. Learning Perceptual Hallucination for Multi-Robot Navigation in Narrow Hallways ICRA · May 29, 2023

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