Papers
This is the list of my research papers. It includes preprints, work in progress, accepted and published articles.
Preprints
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Sim2Signal: Sim-to-Real Benchmarks for Traffic Signal Control
Author(s): Ferdous Al Rafi, Susrik Mukherjee, Latika Liladhar Dekate, Jennifer Yawa Lavoe, Huaiyuan Yao, Shlok Mohanty, Longchao Da, Xuesong Zhou, Hua Wei
Venue: arXiv preprint (under review)
Year: 2026
Published Papers
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Joint-local grounded action transformation for sim-to-real transfer in multi-agent traffic control
Author(s): Justin Turnau, Longchao Da, Khoa Vo, Ferdous Al Rafi, Shreyas Bachiraju, Tiejin Chen, Hua Wei
Venue: Reinforcement Learning Journal (RLC 2025)
Year: 2025
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Analyzing the Robustness of Adaptive Traffic Control System Using Reinforcement Learning for Urban Traffic Flow
Author(s): Ferdous Al Rafi
Venue: 7th International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering (ICACE 2024)
Year: 2024
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A comparative analysis of different algorithms for optimizing cutting force components in turning stainless steel
Author(s): Toukir Ahmed, Ferdous Al Rafi, Shahed Mahmud
Venue: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering (Springer)
Year: 2022