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Itai Zilberstein
Official Bio
Itai Zilberstein is a Member of Technical Staff of the Artificial Intelligence Group, Planning and Execution Section, of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.He is originally from Massachusetts, but moved from Montreal where he attended McGill University and received his B.S. in Computer Science. During his education, he researched mathematical techniques that have applications in deriving efficient learning and communication algorithms. He previously interned with Facebook as a member of their Data Governance team.
Itai researches large-scale multi-agent coordination, dynamic targeting, and onboard learning and planning. During his free time he enjoys playing soccer and chess, cooking, and hiking.
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2025
(6)
Zilberstein, I.; Candela, A.; and Chien, S.
Federated Autonomous Operations: A New Paradigm for Large-Scale Observation Systems.
In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Space Operations, May 2025.
![Federated Autonomous Operations: A New Paradigm for Large-Scale Observation Systems [pdf]](/assets/bibbase/img/pdf.svg "Paper")
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@inproceedings{zilberstein-spaceops-2025,
url = {https://ai.jpl.nasa.gov/public/documents/papers/zilberstein-spaceops-2025.pdf},
year = {2025},
month = {May},
author = {Itai Zilberstein and Alberto Candela and Steve Chien},
title = {Federated Autonomous Operations: A New Paradigm for Large-Scale Observation Systems},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Space Operations},
clearance = {CL\#25-1056 URS326745},
project={nos},
}
Chien, S.; Zilberstein, I.; Candela, A.; Rijlaarsdam, D.; Perrocheau, A.; Dunne, A.; Hendrix, T.; Grauc, O. C.; i Mestrec, A. G.; Bovec, M. P.; Aragon, O.; and Miquel, J. P.
Flight of Dynamic Targeting on CogniSAT-6 - Update.
In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Space Operations, May 2025.
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@inproceedings{dt-spaceops-2025,
url = {https://ai.jpl.nasa.gov/public/documents/papers/dt-spaceops-2025.pdf},
year = {2025},
month = {May},
author = {Steve Chien and Itai Zilberstein and Alberto Candela and David Rijlaarsdam and Amaury Perrocheau and Aubrey Dunne and Tom Hendrix and Oriol Cortés Grauc and Alexandre Gol i Mestrec and Manel Pedra Bovec and Oriol Aragon and Juan Puig Miquel},
title = {Flight of Dynamic Targeting on CogniSAT-6 - Update},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Space Operations},
clearance = {CL\#25-1151 URS332097},
project={dt},
}
Chien, S.; Zilberstein, I.; Candela, A.; Barretta, D.; Rijlaarsdam, D.; Hendrix, T.; Dunne, A.; Grauc, O. C.; i Mestrec, A. G.; Bovec, M. P.; Aragon, O.; Miquel, J. P.; Subramanian, A.; Vatsal, V.; and Kothandhapani, A.
Multi-Asset New Observing Systems Flight Demonstration.
In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Space Operations, May 2025.
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@inproceedings{fame-spaceops-2025,
url = {https://ai.jpl.nasa.gov/public/documents/papers/fame-spaceops-2025.pdf},
year = {2025},
month = {May},
author = {Steve Chien and Itai Zilberstein and Alberto Candela and Domenico Barretta and David Rijlaarsdam and Tom Hendrix and Aubrey Dunne and Oriol Cortés Grauc and Alexandre Gol i Mestrec and Manel Pedra Bovec and Oriol Aragon and Juan Puig Miquel and Arvind Subramanian and Vishesh Vatsal and Adithya Kothandhapani},
title = {Multi-Asset New Observing Systems Flight Demonstration},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Space Operations},
clearance = {CL\#25-1222 URS332197},
project={nos},
}
Federico, D.; Thomas, D.; Mattia, R.; Chien, S.; Candela, A.; Yue, Q.; Kurowski, M.; and Zilberstein, I.
Passive interception, decoding and processing of public broadcast L-Band EO data in LEO.
In Proceedings of the 5th ESA Workshop on Advanced Flexible Telecom Payloads, March 2025.
![Passive interception, decoding and processing of public broadcast L-Band EO data in LEO [link]](/assets/bibbase/img/link.svg "Paper")
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@inproceedings{dorbit-passive-interception,
url = {},
year = {2025},
month = {March},
author = {D’Anzeo Federico and Dell Thomas and Rodegari Mattia and Steve Chien and Alberto Candela and Qing Yue and Marcin Kurowski and Itai Zilberstein},
title = {Passive interception, decoding and processing of public broadcast L-Band EO data in LEO},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 5th ESA Workshop on Advanced Flexible Telecom Payloads},
}
Zilberstein, I.; Candela, A.; Chien, S.; Rijlaarsdam, D.; Hendrix, T.; Buckley, L.; Vatsal, V.; Kothandhapani, A.; Subramanian, A.; Vyas, H.; Jayaswal, A.; and Purohit, V. S.
Rapid Multi-Mission Deployment of Convolutional Neural Network and Spectral Algorithm Flight Software.
In Flight Software Workshop, March 2025.
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@inproceedings{zilberstein-fswws-2025,
title={Rapid Multi-Mission Deployment of Convolutional Neural Network and Spectral Algorithm Flight Software},
author={Itai Zilberstein and Alberto Candela and Steve Chien and David Rijlaarsdam and Tom Hendrix and Leonie Buckley and Vishesh Vatsal and Adithya Kothandhapani and Arvind Subramanian and Harmit Vyas and Abhinav Jayaswal and Vijay Singh Purohit},
booktitle = {Flight Software Workshop},
year={2025},
month={March},
project={nos},
clearance={CL\# 25-0652},
url={https://ai.jpl.nasa.gov/public/documents/presentations/zilberstein-fswws-2025.pdf}
}
Zilberstein, I.; Rao, A.; Salis, M.; and Chien, S.
Decentralized, Decomposition-Based Observation Scheduling for a Large-Scale Satellite Constellation.
Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 82: 169–208. January 2025.
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@article{zilberstein-jair-2025,
title={Decentralized, Decomposition-Based Observation Scheduling for a Large-Scale Satellite Constellation},
author={Itai Zilberstein and Ananya Rao and Matthew Salis and Steve Chien},
journal={Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research},
year={2025},
month={January},
volume={82},
pages={169--208},
project={constellations},
clearance={CL\#24-6122 URS327341},
featured = 1,
url={https://jair.org/index.php/jair/article/view/16997},
doi = {10.1613/jair.1.16997}
}
2024
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Breitfeld, A.; Candela, A.; Delfa, J.; Kangaslahti, A.; Zilberstein, I.; Chien, S.; and Wettergreen, D.
Learning-Based Planning for Improving Science Return of Earth Observation Satellites.
In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space, Brisbane, Australia, November 2024.
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@inproceedings{breitfeld-isairas-2024,
address = {Brisbane, Australia},
author = {Abigail Breitfeld and Alberto Candela and Juan Delfa and Akseli Kangaslahti and Itai Zilberstein and Steve Chien and David Wettergreen},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space},
clearance = {CL\#24-5480 URS329000},
month = {November},
project = {dt},
title = {Learning-Based Planning for Improving Science Return of Earth Observation Satellites},
url = {https://ai.jpl.nasa.gov/public/documents/papers/breitfeld-isairas-2024.pdf},
year = {2024}
}
Chien, S.; Zilberstein, I.; Candela, A.; Rijlaarsdam, D.; Hendrix, T.; Dunne, A.; Aragon, O.; and Miquel, J.
Flight of Dynamic Targeting on CogniSAT-6.
In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space, Brisbane, Australia, November 2024.
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@inproceedings{dt-isairas-2024,
address = {Brisbane, Australia},
author = { Steve Chien and Itai Zilberstein and Alberto Candela and David Rijlaarsdam and Tom Hendrix and Aubrey Dunne and Oriol Aragon and JP Miquel},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space},
clearance = {CL\#24-5229 URS328590 },
month = {November},
project = {nos},
title = {Flight of Dynamic Targeting on CogniSAT-6},
url = {https://ai.jpl.nasa.gov/public/documents/papers/dt-isairas-2024.pdf},
year = {2024},
project = {dt}
}
Zilberstein, I.; Candela, A.; Chien, S.; Rijlaarsdam, D.; Hendrix, T.; Buckley, L.; and Dunne, A.
Demonstrating Onboard Inference for Earth Science Applications with Spectral Analysis Algorithms and Deep Learning.
In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space, Brisbane, Australia, November 2024.
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@inproceedings{zilberstein-isairas-2024,
address = {Brisbane, Australia},
author = {Itai Zilberstein and Alberto Candela and Steve Chien and David Rijlaarsdam and Tom Hendrix and L\'{e}onie Buckley and Aubrey Dunne},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space},
clearance = {CL\#24-4863 URS325296},
month = {November},
project = {nos},
title = {Demonstrating Onboard Inference for Earth Science Applications with Spectral Analysis Algorithms and Deep Learning},
url = {https://ai.jpl.nasa.gov/public/documents/papers/Zilberstein-ISAIRAS-2024.pdf},
year = {2024}
}
Zilberstein, I.; Candela, A.; Chien, S.; Rijlaarsdam, D.; Hendrix, T.; Buckley, L.; and Dunne, A.
Demonstrating Onboard Inference for Earth Science Applications with Spectral Algorithms and Deep Learning.
In Conference on Science Understanding through Data Science, Pasadena, California, August 2024.
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@inproceedings{zilberstein-suds-poster,
address = {Pasadena, California},
author = {Itai Zilberstein and Alberto Candela and Steve Chien and David Rijlaarsdam and Tom Hendrix and L\'{e}onie Buckley and Aubrey Dunne},
booktitle = {Conference on Science Understanding through Data Science},
clearance = {CL\#24-4297 URS327397},
month = {August},
project = {nos},
title = {Demonstrating Onboard Inference for Earth Science Applications with Spectral Algorithms and Deep Learning},
url = {https://ai.jpl.nasa.gov/public/documents/posters/SUDS-NOS-Zilberstein.pdf},
year = {2024}
}
Candela, A.; Victoria, J. D.; Zilberstein, I.; Kurowski, M.; Yue, Q.; and Chien, S.
Dynamic Targeting Scenario to Study the Planetary Boundary Layer.
In International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IEEE IGARSS), Athens, Greece, July 2024.
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@inproceedings{candela-pbl-igarss2024,
title = {Dynamic Targeting Scenario to Study the Planetary Boundary Layer},
author = {Alberto Candela and Juan Delfa Victoria and Itai Zilberstein and Marcin Kurowski and Qing Yue and Steve Chien},
year = 2024,
month = {July},
address = {Athens, Greece},
booktitle = {International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IEEE IGARSS)},
url = {https://ai.jpl.nasa.gov/public/documents/papers/Candela-PBL-IGARSS-2024.pdf},
project = {dt},
clearance = {URS322192 CL\#24-2581}
}
Chien, S.; Candela, A.; Zilberstein, I.; Rijlaarsdam, D.; Hendrix, T.; and Dunne, A.
Leveraging Commercial Assets, Edge Computing, and Near Real-Time Communications for an Enhanced New Observing Strategies (NOS) Flight Demonstration.
In International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IEEE IGARSS), Athens, Greece, July 2024.
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@inproceedings{chien-nos-igarss2024,
title = {Leveraging Commercial Assets, Edge Computing, and Near Real-Time Communications for an Enhanced New Observing Strategies (NOS) Flight Demonstration},
author = {Steve Chien and Alberto Candela and Itai Zilberstein and David Rijlaarsdam and Tom Hendrix and Aubrey Dunne},
year = 2024,
month = {July},
address = {Athens, Greece},
booktitle = {International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IEEE IGARSS)},
url = {https://ai.jpl.nasa.gov/public/documents/papers/NOS-IGARSS-2024.pdf},
project = {nos,sensorweb},
clearance = {URS322024 CL\#24-2614}
}
Kangaslahti, A.; Zilberstein, I.; Candela, A.; and Chien, S.
Search Applications for Integrated Planning and Execution of Satellite Observations using Dynamic Targeting.
In International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS) Workshop on Planning and Robotics (PlanRob), Banff, Canada, June 2024.
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@inproceedings{dt-planrob-2024,
author = {Akseli Kangaslahti and Itai Zilberstein and Alberto Candela and Steve Chien},
title = {Search Applications for Integrated Planning and Execution of Satellite Observations using Dynamic Targeting},
booktitle = {International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS) Workshop on Planning and Robotics (PlanRob)},
year = {2024},
month = {June},
address = {Banff, Canada},
project = {dt},
url = {https://ai.jpl.nasa.gov/public/documents/papers/dt-planrob-2024.pdf}
}
Zilberstein, I.; Rao, A.; Salis, M.; and Chien, S.
Decentralized, Decomposition-Based Observation Scheduling for a Large-Scale Satellite Constellation.
In International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling, Banff, Canada, June 2024.
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@inproceedings{zilberstein-icaps-2024,
title={Decentralized, Decomposition-Based Observation Scheduling for a Large-Scale Satellite Constellation},
author={Itai Zilberstein and Ananya Rao and Matthew Salis and Steve Chien},
booktitle={International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling},
year={2024},
month={June},
address = {Banff, Canada},
project={constellations},
clearance={CL#24-1419 URS321755},
featured = 1,
url={https://ai.jpl.nasa.gov/public/documents/papers/Zilberstein-ICAPS-2024.pdf}
}