Publications

Peer-reviewed papers, preprints, and research essays on safe autonomy for aerospace systems. The full record lives on my Google Scholar profile.

// peer-reviewed & published

Conference 2026

Fine-Tuning Large Language Models for Cooperative Tactical Deconfliction of Small Unmanned Aerial Systems

↳ 3rd Workshop on Multi-Agent Embodied Intelligent Systems Meet Agentic-AI era: Opportunities, Challenges and Futures (MEIS@CVPR 2026)

This paper presents a simulation-to-language data generation pipeline using BlueSky ATM for fine-tuning Large Language Models on cooperative tactical deconfliction of small UAS, achieving improved decision accuracy and reduced ...

LLMsAir Traffic ControlMulti-Agent

DOI arXiv

Conference 2026

eVTOL Aircraft Energy Overhead Estimation under Conflict Resolution in High-Density Airspaces

↳ Integrated Communications Navigation, and Surveillance (ICNS) Conference

This paper characterizes electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft energy consumption under an autonomous tactical conflict resolution framework (the Modified Voltage Potential or MVP) in an unstructured high-dens...

Advanced Air MobilitySeparation Assurance

arXiv Slides

Conference 2024

Towards Intelligent Fault-Tolerant Attitude Flight Control of Fixed-Wing Aircraft

↳ Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Springer Nature, International Conference in Navigation Guidance and Control (ICGNC)

This paper was submitted as part of my master thesis. It delves into the use of Reinforcement Learning to enhance fault-tolerance in fixed-wing aircraft attitude flight control.

Flight ControlReinforcement LearningRobustness & Safety

DOI Preprint Slides BibTeX

// accepted · to appear

Accepted 2026

Runtime Safety Filtering for Learned sUAS Separation Policies under GNSS Degradation

↳ Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC) 2026

This paper is addresses realtime separation assurance and tactical deconfliction mechanisms of small Unmanned Aerial Systems via Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning under GPS degradation and Spoofing.

Separation AssuranceReinforcement LearningRobustness & Safety

// under review

Under Review 2026

Robust Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Small UAS Separation Assurance under GPS Degradation and Spoofing

↳ Control and Decision Conference (CDC) 2026

This paper is addresses realtime separation assurance and tactical deconfliction mechanisms of small Unmanned Aerial Systems via Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning under GPS degradation and Spoofing.

Multi-AgentReinforcement LearningSeparation AssuranceRobustness & Safety

arXiv

// research essays

Essay 2025

Aircraft Traffic Control: Managing Order in a Crowded Sky

↳ Scholarly blog post (Zenodo archived)

A conceptual overview of Air Traffic Control as a predictive, safety-critical control system.

Air Traffic Control

Alex B. Zongo