Theses

A. Phung, “Optical and Acoustic Perception for Robotic Exploration and Intervention in Challenging Underwater Environments” Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2026.

A. Phung, “Enabling Robotic Manipulation in Remote Environments with Shared Autonomy” Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/66365
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Publications

A. Phung, R. Camilli, “Sonar-MASt3R: Real-Time Opti-Acoustic Fusion in Turbid, Unstructured Environments” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2026. (In press)
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A. Phung, R. Camilli, “OASIS: Real-Time Opti-Acoustic Sensing for Intervention Systems in Unstructured Environments” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11246656
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A. Phung, G. Billings, T. Maksym, R. Camilli, “Automated Ice Detection for Autonomous Underwater Gliders” IEEE/MTS OCEANS - Brest, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS58557.2025.11104330
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G. Billings, A. Phung, R. Camilli, “DVL Integration with Autonomous Underwater Gliders for Navigation in Arctic Marginal Ice Zones” IEEE/MTS OCEANS - Brest, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS58557.2025.11104400
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A. Phung, G. Billings, G. Burgess, R. Camilli, “An Autonomous Underwater Glider With Improved Onboard Navigation for Unattended Mapping” IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1109/JOE.2025.3538925
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A. Phung, G. Billings, R. Camilli, “Sonar-Aided Manipulation in Low-Visibility Conditions by Novice Users” IEEE/MTS OCEANS - Halifax, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS55160.2024.10753694
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A. Phung, G. Billings, A. F. Daniele, M. R. Walter, R. Camilli, “A Shared Autonomy System for Precise and Efficient Remote Underwater Manipulation” IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 40, pp. 4147-4159, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1109/TRO.2024.3431830
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G. Billings, A. Phung, R. Camilli, “DVL-Based Odometry for Autonomous Underwater Gliders” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2023. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS55552.2023.10341554
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A. Phung, G. Billings, A. F. Daniele, M. R. Walter, R. Camilli, “Enhancing Scientific Exploration of the Deep Sea Through Shared Autonomy in Remote Manipulation” Science Robotics, 8(81), eadi5227, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.adi5227
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A. Elor, T. Thang, B. Hughes, A. Crosby, A. Phung, E. Gonzalez, K. Katija, S. Haddock, E. Martin, B. Erwin, L. Takayama, “Catching Jellies in Immersive Virtual Reality: A Comparative Teleoperation Study of ROVs in Underwater Capture Tasks” ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST), 2021. https://doi.org/10.1145/3489849.3489861
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E. Martin, B. Erwin, K. Katija, A. Phung, E. Gonzalez, S. Thun, H. Cullen, S. Haddock, “A Virtual Reality Video System for Deep Ocean Remotely Operated Vehicles” IEEE/MTS OCEANS San Diego - Porto, 2021. https://doi.org/10.23919/OCEANS44145.2021.9705810
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A. Phung, “A comparison of Biogeochemical Argo sensors, remote sensing systems, and shipborne field fluorometers to measure Chlorophyll-A concentrations in the Pacific Ocean off the northern coast of New Zealand” IEEE/MTS OCEANS Singapore-U.S. Gulf Coast, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEECONF38699.2020.9389221
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Presentations

A. Phung, G. Billings, A. F. Daniele, M. R. Walter, R. Camilli, “Toward Efficient Under-Ice Exploration of Ocean Worlds Using Distributed Autonomy and 3D Workspace Reconstruction Presented in VR for Intuitive Understanding” Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) 2022 (pp. 518-06).
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A. Phung, G. Billings, A. F. Daniele, M. R. Walter, R. Camilli, “Partially automated robotic manipulation assisted by a shared autonomy framework for collaborative analysis and input from multiple remote scientists through natural language input and 3D scene understanding for real-time, in-situ elemental analysis” AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) 2022 (Vol. 24).
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A. Phung, C. Wierzbanowski, E. Lu, E. Gonzalez, N. Shuster “Developing a Control Room in Virtual Reality (VR) to Improve Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Piloting” The Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges (CCSCNE) 2021.
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