publications

2025

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    What if Eye...? Computationally Recreating Vision Evolution
    Kushagra Tiwary*, Aaron Young*, Zaid Tasneem, and 6 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.15001, 2025
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    NeST: Neural Stress Tensor Tomography by leveraging 3D Photoelasticity
    Akshat Dave, Tianyi Zhang*, Aaron Young*, and 2 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.10212, 2025
    Accepted to ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)
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    Enhancing Autonomous Navigation by Imaging Hidden Objects using Single-Photon LiDAR
    Aaron Young*, Nevindu M Batagoda*, Harry Zhang, and 4 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.03555, 2025
    Accepted to ICRA 2025
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    Blurred LiDAR for Sharper 3D: Robust Handheld 3D Scanning with Diffuse LiDAR and RGB
    Nikhil Behari, Aaron Young, Siddharth Somasundaram, and 3 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.19474, 2025
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2024

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    A Roadmap for Generative Design of Visual Intelligence
    Kushagra Tiwary, Tzofi Klinghoffer*, Aaron Young*, and 6 more authors
    An MIT Exploration of Generative AI, Sep 2024
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  2. A study on the use of simulation in synthesizing path-following control policies for autonomous ground robots
    Harry Zhang, Stefan Caldararu, Aaron Young, and 7 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.18021, Sep 2024
  3. Quantifying the sim2real gap for GPS and IMU sensors
    Ishaan Mahajan, Huzaifa Unjhawala, Harry Zhang, Zhenhao Zhou, Aaron Young, and 6 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.11000, Sep 2024
  4. Rapid development of an autonomous vehicle for the SAE AutoDrive Challenge II competition
    Sriram Ashokkumar, Anirudh Jayendra, Sam Tobin, Ariel Leykin, Robert Stegeman, Abhiraj Dashora, Bryan Look, Joseph Koenig, Brian Hu, Mason Crooks, Ishaan Mahajan, Pravin Boopathy, Mukund Krishnakumar, Nevindu Batagoda, Han Wang, Aaron Young, and 16 more authors
    In SAE Technical Paper Series, Sep 2024

2023

  1. An Overview of a Framework for Designing Robot Autonomy Stacks in Simulation
    Thomas Hansen, Shouvik Chatterjee, Sriram Ashokkumar, Ishaan Mahajan, Harry Zhang, Stefan Caldararu, Abhiraj Dashora, Aaron Young, and 8 more authors
    Sep 2023
    ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics
  2. A Case Study in the Sim to Real Gap When Designing PID and MPC Controllers in Simulation
    Thomas Hansen, Shouvik Chatterjee, Sriram Ashokkumar, Ishaan Mahajan, Harry Zhang, Stefan Caldararu, Abhiraj Dashora, Aaron Young, and 8 more authors
    Sep 2023
    ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics

2022

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    Enabling Artificial Intelligence Studies in Off-Road Mobility Through Physics-Based Simulation of Multi-Agent Scenarios
    Aaron Young, Jay Taves, Asher Elmquist, and 4 more authors
    Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, Sep 2022
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  2. ART/ATK: A research platform for assessing and mitigating the sim-to-real gap in robotics and autonomous vehicle engineering
    Asher Elmquist, Aaron Young, Thomas Hansen, and 10 more authors
    In ArXiv, Sep 2022
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    A software toolkit and hardware platform for investigating and comparing robot autonomy algorithms in simulation and reality
    Asher Elmquist, Aaron Young, Ishaan Mahajan, and 8 more authors
    In , Sep 2022
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    IRIS: Inter-planetary Rendering for Imaging and Sensors
    Carolina Aiazzi, Abhinandan Jain, Aaron Gaut, Aaron Young, and 1 more author
    In AIAA SciTech Forum, Sep 2022
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    A Geographically Distributed Simulation Framework for the Analysis of Mixed Traffic Scnearios Involving Conventional and Autonomous Vehicles
    Simone Benatti, Chris Schwarz, Aaron Young, and 2 more authors
    In SAE World Congress Experience - Occupant. Protection: Safety Test and Simulation Methods and Applications, Sep 2022

2021

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    End-to-end learning for off-road terrain navigation using the Chrono open-source simulation platform
    Simone Benatti, Aaron Young, Asher Elmquist, and 4 more authors
    Multibody System Dynamics, Sep 2021
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  2. End-to-end learning for off-road, deformable terrain navigation using the Chrono open-source simulation platform
    Simone Benatti, Aaron Young, Asher Elmquist, and 4 more authors
    In International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems, Sep 2021
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    End-to-end learning for off-road, deformable terrain navigation using the Chrono open-source simulation platform
    Simone Benatti, Aaron Young, Asher Elmquist, and 4 more authors
    In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Sep 2021
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    Enabling Artificial Intelligence Studies in Off-Road Mobility Through Physics-Based Simulation of Multi-Agent Scenarios
    Aaron Young, Jay Taves, Asher Elmquist, and 3 more authors
    In International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control, Sep 2021
    Best Paper Award
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    PyChrono and Gym-Chrono: a Deep Reinforcement Learning framework leveraging Multibody Dynamics to control Autonomous Vehicles and Robots
    Simone Benatti, Aaron Young, Asher Elmquist, and 5 more authors
    In International Nonlinear Dynamics Conference, Sep 2021
  7. Enabling Artificial Intelligence Studies in Off-Road Mobility Through Physics-Based Simulation of Multi-Agent Scenarios
    Aaron Young, Jay Taves, Asher Elmquist, and 3 more authors
    Sep 2021
    International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control

2020

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    Synchrono: A Scalable, Physics-Based Simulation Platform for Testing Groups of Autonomous Vehicles And/or Robots
    Jay Taves, Asher Elmquist, Aaron Young, and 1 more author
    In IEEE/RSJ In-ternational Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Sep 2020
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    Synchrono: A Scalable, Physics-Based Simulation Platform for Testing Groups of Autonomous Vehicles And/or Robots
    Jay Taves, Asher Elmquist, Aaron Young, and 1 more author
    In International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control, Sep 2020
  3. Enabling Artificial Intelligence Studies in Off-Road Mobility Through Physics-Based Simulation of Multi-Agent Scenarios
    Dan Negrut, Radu Serban, Asher Elmquist, Jay Taves, Aaron Young, and 3 more authors
    In NDIA Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium, Sep 2020
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  4. SynChrono: An MPI-Based, Scalable Physics-Based Simulation Framework for Autonomous Vehicles Operating in Off-Road Conditions
    Jay Taves, Aaron Young, Simone Benatti, and 4 more authors
    In ACM/IEEE Supercomputing Conference, Sep 2020

2019