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20222026
most citedModel-free Learning with Heterogeneous Dynamical Systems: A Federated LQR Approach

3 citations · 6 across the 16 of their papers we have counts for

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18 papers

cs.LG2026

Preserving Unstable Modes Through Inverse Dynamics in JEPA World Models

Leonardo F. Toso, Yann LeCun, James Anderson +1

Robotic systems often exhibit unstable modes, along which small perturbations and disturbances can cause unbounded growth unless corrected through feedback. Controlling such system…

cs.LG2026

Byzantine-Robust Federated Representation Learning

Leonardo F. Toso, James Anderson, Rafael Pinot +1

We study federated learning (FL) with adversarial clients, where the goal is to minimize the average loss of the honest (non-adversarial) clients without knowing their identity. Un…

stat.ML2026

On the Gradient Heterogeneity Dynamics of Adversarially Robust Federated Regression

Leonardo F. Toso, James Anderson, Nirupam Gupta +1

Federated learning (FL) is intrinsically heterogeneous: honest clients may have different data-generating models. On top of that, adversarial clients can make heterogeneity even mo…

math.OC2026

Multitask LQG Control: Performance and Generalization Bounds

Leonardo F. Toso, Kasra Fallah, Charis Stamouli +2

We study multitask learning for stochastic and partially observed control systems, focusing on the linear quadratic Gaussian (LQG) problem. Our goal is to learn a common stabilizin…

cs.LG2026

JEPA-Bisim: Learning Robust Visual Representations for Planning with Joint-Embedding Predictive World Models

Leonardo F. Toso, Davit Shadunts, Yunyang Lu +5

World models learned from high-dimensional visual observations allow agents to make decisions and plan directly in latent space, avoiding pixel-level reconstruction. However, recen…

cs.LG2025

Adversarially Robust Multitask Adaptive Control

Kasra Fallah, Leonardo F. Toso, James Anderson

We study adversarially robust multitask adaptive linear quadratic control; a setting where multiple systems collaboratively learn control policies under model uncertainty and adver…

cs.LG2025

Physics-informed learning under mixing: How physical knowledge speeds up learning

Anna Scampicchio, Leonardo F. Toso, Rahel Rickenbach +2

A major challenge in physics-informed machine learning is to understand how the incorporation of prior domain knowledge affects learning rates when data are dependent. Focusing on…

eess.SY2025

Policy Gradient Bounds in Multitask LQR

Charis Stamouli, Leonardo F. Toso, Anastasios Tsiamis +2

We analyze the performance of policy gradient in multitask linear quadratic regulation (LQR), where the system and cost parameters differ across tasks. The main goal of multitask L…

cs.LG2025

Learning Stabilizing Policies via an Unstable Subspace Representation

Leonardo F. Toso, Lintao Ye, James Anderson

We study the problem of learning to stabilize (LTS) a linear time-invariant (LTI) system. Policy gradient (PG) methods for control assume access to an initial stabilizing policy. H…

math.OC2025

Coreset-Based Task Selection for Sample-Efficient Meta-Reinforcement Learning

Donglin Zhan, Leonardo F. Toso, James Anderson

We study task selection to enhance sample efficiency in model-agnostic meta-reinforcement learning (MAML-RL). Traditional meta-RL typically assumes that all available tasks are equ…

cs.LG2024

Regret Analysis of Multi-task Representation Learning for Linear-Quadratic Adaptive Control

Bruce D. Lee, Leonardo F. Toso, Thomas T. Zhang +2

Representation learning is a powerful tool that enables learning over large multitudes of agents or domains by enforcing that all agents operate on a shared set of learned features…

math.OC2024

Asynchronous Heterogeneous Linear Quadratic Regulator Design

Leonardo F. Toso, Han Wang, James Anderson

We address the problem of designing an LQR controller in a distributed setting, where M similar but not identical systems share their locally computed policy gradient (PG) estimate…

math.OC2024

Meta-Learning Linear Quadratic Regulators: A Policy Gradient MAML Approach for Model-free LQR

Leonardo F. Toso, Donglin Zhan, James Anderson +1

We investigate the problem of learning linear quadratic regulators (LQR) in a multi-task, heterogeneous, and model-free setting. We characterize the stability and personalization g…

math.OC2023

Oracle Complexity Reduction for Model-free LQR: A Stochastic Variance-Reduced Policy Gradient Approach

Leonardo F. Toso, Han Wang, James Anderson

We investigate the problem of learning an -approximate solution for the discrete-time Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) problem via a Stochastic Variance-Reduced Policy Gradient…

math.OC2023★ 3 cited

Model-free Learning with Heterogeneous Dynamical Systems: A Federated LQR Approach

Han Wang, Leonardo F. Toso, Aritra Mitra +1

We study a model-free federated linear quadratic regulator (LQR) problem where M agents with unknown, distinct yet similar dynamics collaboratively learn an optimal policy to minim…

stat.ML2023★ 2 cited

Sample-Efficient Linear Representation Learning from Non-IID Non-Isotropic Data

Thomas T. C. K. Zhang, Leonardo F. Toso, James Anderson +1

A powerful concept behind much of the recent progress in machine learning is the extraction of common features across data from heterogeneous sources or tasks. Intuitively, using a…

math.OC2023

Learning Personalized Models with Clustered System Identification

Leonardo F. Toso, Han Wang, James Anderson

We address the problem of learning linear system models from observing multiple trajectories from different system dynamics. This framework encompasses a collaborative scenario whe…

cs.LG2022★ 1 cited

FedSysID: A Federated Approach to Sample-Efficient System Identification

Han Wang, Leonardo F. Toso, James Anderson

We study the problem of learning a linear system model from the observations of clients. The catch: Each client is observing data from a different dynamical system. This work a…