| 2018 | ICRA | Trajectory-Optimized Sensing for Active Search of Tissue Abnormalities in Robotic Surgery. | Hadi Salman, Elif Ayvali, Rangaprasad Arun Srivatsan, Yifei Ma, Nicolas Zevallos, Rashid Yasin, Long Wang, Nabil Simaan, Howie Choset |
| 2017 | IROS | Ergodic coverage in constrained environments using stochastic trajectory optimization. | Elif Ayvali, Hadi Salman, Howie Choset |
| 2016 | ICRA | Using Bayesian optimization to guide probing of a flexible environment for simultaneous registration and stiffness mapping. | Elif Ayvali, Rangaprasad Arun Srivatsan, Long Wang, Rajarshi Roy, Nabil Simaan, Howie Choset |
| 2016 | ICRA | Complementary model update: A method for simultaneous registration and stiffness mapping in flexible environments. | Rangaprasad Arun Srivatsan, Elif Ayvali, Long Wang, Rajarshi Roy, Nabil Simaan, Howie Choset |
| 2014 | ICRA | Accurate in-plane and out-of-plane ultrasound-based tracking of the discretely actuated steerable cannula. | Elif Ayvali, Jaydev P. Desai |
| 2012 | ICRA | Towards a discretely actuated steerable cannula. | Elif Ayvali, Jaydev P. Desai |