Publications

2024

1. Single Bridge Formation in Self-Organizing Particle Systems

   Shunhao Oh, Joseph L. Briones, Jacob Calvert, and 3 more authors

   In 38th International Symposium on Distributed Computing, 2024

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   Shows how sufficiently strong local directional and neighbor preferences lead otherwise uncoordinated particles to form a single bridge and introduces an occupancy-chain abstraction for analyzing collective behavior.

2023

1. Invited Paper: Asynchronous Deterministic Leader Election in Three-Dimensional Programmable Matter

   Joseph L. Briones, Tishya Chhabra, Joshua J. Daymude, and 1 more author

   In Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking, 2023

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   Formalizes programmable matter in three-dimensional space using a face-centered cubic lattice and presents a deterministic distributed leader-election algorithm under an unfair asynchronous scheduler.

2. A Programmable Microrobotic Design for the Spontaneous Tracing of Isochemical Contours in the Environment

   Allan Brooks, Sungyun Yang, Ge Zhang, and 6 more authors

   In 2023 AIChE Annual Meeting, 2023

   Paper 383h, Active Colloidal Systems

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   Models microrobots that combine constant propulsion, one chemical sensor, and simple steering to trace isochemical contours. Interacting pairs also generate coordinated linear or epicyclic trajectories through local chemical signaling.

3. Fire Ant Pontoon Bridge: A Self-Assembled Dynamic Functional Structure

   Haolin Zeng, Joseph L. Briones, Ram Avinery, and 4 more authors

   Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2023

   SICB Annual Meeting abstract

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   Uses experiments with thousands of fire ants and complementary models to examine how local behavior assembles a dynamic floating bridge, revealing principles relevant to adaptive robotic swarms.

2022

1. Navigation Mesh for Missing Persons Search: Student Mobile Application Competition: Smart Cities and Internet of Things Category

   Joseph L. Briones and Tishya Chhabra

   In Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking, 2022

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   Introduces a mobile-web proof of concept that automatically generates personalized geospatial search environments as an alternative to manually mapped grid representations.

2019

1. Stationary and Deterministic Leader Election in Self-organizing Particle Systems

   Rida A. Bazzi and Joseph L. Briones

   In Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems, 2019

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   Presents a deterministic, movement-free leader-election protocol for non-simply-connected amoebot systems. The work characterizes when symmetry permits a unique leader and identifies a bounded set of candidates otherwise.