2.1 CURRENT RESEARCH

My current research program is organized around three main dimensions:

Research

01) Certification of Stochastic Systems

Research

02) Monitoring AI in Deployment

Research

03) Interpretable sequential decision-making

Below are some concrete recent projects. See my research summary (pdf) for more details.

In Search of Trees: Decision-Tree Policy Synthesis for Black-Box Systems via Search.

authors:

Demirović, E.; Schilling, C.; and Lukina, A.

In Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, volume 39, pages 27250–27257, 2025.

ISDM

VeRecycle: Reclaiming Guarantees from Probabilistic Certificates for Stochastic Dynamical Systems after Change

authors:

Lutz, S.; Spaan, M. T.; and Lukina, A.

In Proceedings of the 34th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2025.

Stochastic Systems

Composing Reinforcement Learning Policies, with Formal Guarantees

authors:

Delgrange, F.; Avni, G.; Lukina, A.; Schilling, C.; Nowe, A.; and Perez, G.

In Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 2025.

Stochastic Systems

Neural continuous-time supermartingale certificates

authors:

Neustroev, G.; Giacobbe, M.; and Lukina, A.

In Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, volume 39, pages 27538–27546, 2025. Oral presentation.

Stochastic Systems

AI Verification: First International Symposium

authors:

Avni, G.; Giacobbe, M.; Johnson, T. T; Katz, G.; Lukina, A.; Narodytska, N.; and Schilling, C.

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 14846: 189. 2024.

ISDM

Safety verification of decision-tree policies in continuous time

authors:

Schilling, C.; Lukina, A.; Demirović, E.; and Larsen, K.

Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 36. 2024. Spotlight (top 3%)

ISDM

Into the unknown: active monitoring of neural networks (extended version)

authors:

Kueffner, K.; Lukina, A.; Schilling, C.; and Henzinger, T.

A International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer, 25(4): 575–592. 2023.

AI in Deployment

Murtree: Optimal decision trees via dynamic programming and search

authors:

Demirović, E.; Lukina, A.; Hebrard, E.; Chan, J.; Bailey, J.; Leckie, C.; Ramamohanarao, K.; and Stuckey, P.

In Journal of Machine Learning Research, 23(26): 1–47. 2022.

ISDM

Into the unknown: Active monitoring of neural networks

authors:

Lukina, A.; Schilling, C.; and Henzinger, T. A

A In International Conference on Runtime Verification, pages 42–61, 2021. Springer International Publishing Cham

AI in Deployment

Formal methods with a touch of magic

authors:

Alamdari, P. A.; Avni, G.; Henzinger, T. A; and Lukina, A.

In Proceedings of the 20th Conference on Formal Methods in Computer Aided Design (FMCAD), volume 1, pages 138–147, 2020. TU Wien Academic Press

ISDM

Outside the Box: Abstraction-Based Monitoring of Neural Networks

authors:

Henzinger, T. A; Lukina, A.; and Schilling, C.

In Proceedings of the 24th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, volume 325, 2020. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, IOS Press

AI in Deployment

Statistical model checking

authors:

Legay, A.; Lukina, A.; Traonouez, L. M.; Yang, J.; Smolka, S. A; and Grosu, R.

In Computing and software science: state of the art and perspectives, pages 478–504. Springer International Publishing Cham, 2019.

Stochastic Systems

Adaptive optimization framework for control of multi-agent systems

authors:

Lukina, A.

In Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, volume 33, pages 9991–9992, 2019.

Stochastic Systems

Adaptive optimization framework for verification and control of cyber-physical systems

authors:

Lukina, A.

Ph.D. Thesis, Technische Universität Wien, 2019.

Stochastic Systems

Distributed adaptive-neighborhood control for stochastic reachability in multi-agent systems

authors:

Lukina, A.; Tiwari, A.; Smolka, S. A; and Grosu, R.

In Proceedings of the 34th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing, pages 914–921, 2019.

Stochastic Systems

2.2 Open Projects

coming soon.

2.1 CURRENT RESEARCH

My current research program is organized around three main dimensions:

Research

01) Certification of Stochastic Systems

Research

02) Monitoring AI in Deployment

Research

03) Interpretable sequential decision-making (ISDM)

Below are some concrete recent projects. See my research summary (pdf) for more details.

In Search of Trees: Decision-Tree Policy Synthesis for Black-Box Systems via Search.

authors:

Demirović, E.; Schilling, C.; and Lukina, A.

In Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, volume 39, pages 27250–27257, 2025.

ISDM

VeRecycle: Reclaiming Guarantees from Probabilistic Certificates for Stochastic Dynamical Systems after Change

authors:

Lutz, S.; Spaan, M. T.; and Lukina, A.

In Proceedings of the 34th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2025.

Stochastic Systems

Composing Reinforcement Learning Policies, with Formal Guarantees

authors:

Delgrange, F.; Avni, G.; Lukina, A.; Schilling, C.; Nowe, A.; and Perez, G.

In Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 2025.

Stochastic Systems

Neural continuous-time supermartingale certificates

authors:

Neustroev, G.; Giacobbe, M.; and Lukina, A.

In Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, volume 39, pages 27538–27546, 2025. Oral presentation.

Stochastic Systems

AI Verification: First International Symposium

authors:

Avni, G.; Giacobbe, M.; Johnson, T. T; Katz, G.; Lukina, A.; Narodytska, N.; and Schilling, C.

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 14846: 189. 2024.

ISDM

Safety verification of decision-tree policies in continuous time

authors:

Schilling, C.; Lukina, A.; Demirović, E.; and Larsen, K.

Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 36. 2024. Spotlight (top 3%)

ISDM

Into the unknown: active monitoring of neural networks (extended version)

authors:

Kueffner, K.; Lukina, A.; Schilling, C.; and Henzinger, T.

A International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer, 25(4): 575–592. 2023.

AI in Deployment

Murtree: Optimal decision trees via dynamic programming and search

authors:

Demirović, E.; Lukina, A.; Hebrard, E.; Chan, J.; Bailey, J.; Leckie, C.; Ramamohanarao, K.; and Stuckey, P.

In Journal of Machine Learning Research, 23(26): 1–47. 2022.

ISDM

Into the unknown: Active monitoring of neural networks

authors:

Lukina, A.; Schilling, C.; and Henzinger, T. A

A In International Conference on Runtime Verification, pages 42–61, 2021. Springer International Publishing Cham

AI in Deployment

Formal methods with a touch of magic

authors:

Alamdari, P. A.; Avni, G.; Henzinger, T. A; and Lukina, A.

In Proceedings of the 20th Conference on Formal Methods in Computer Aided Design (FMCAD), volume 1, pages 138–147, 2020. TU Wien Academic Press

ISDM

Outside the Box: Abstraction-Based Monitoring of Neural Networks

authors:

Henzinger, T. A; Lukina, A.; and Schilling, C.

In Proceedings of the 24th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, volume 325, 2020. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, IOS Press

AI in Deployment

Statistical model checking

authors:

Legay, A.; Lukina, A.; Traonouez, L. M.; Yang, J.; Smolka, S. A; and Grosu, R.

In Computing and software science: state of the art and perspectives, pages 478–504. Springer International Publishing Cham, 2019.

Stochastic Systems

Adaptive optimization framework for control of multi-agent systems

authors:

Lukina, A.

In Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, volume 33, pages 9991–9992, 2019.

Stochastic Systems

Adaptive optimization framework for verification and control of cyber-physical systems

authors:

Lukina, A.

Ph.D. Thesis, Technische Universität Wien, 2019.

Stochastic Systems

Distributed adaptive-neighborhood control for stochastic reachability in multi-agent systems

authors:

Lukina, A.; Tiwari, A.; Smolka, S. A; and Grosu, R.

In Proceedings of the 34th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing, pages 914–921, 2019.

Stochastic Systems

2.2 Open Projects

coming soon.

2.1 CURRENT RESEARCH

My current research program is organized around three main dimensions:

Research

01) Certification of Stochastic Systems

Research

02) Monitoring AI in Deployment

Research

03) Interpretable sequential decision-making

Below are some concrete recent projects. See my research summary (pdf) for more details.

In Search of Trees: Decision-Tree Policy Synthesis for Black-Box Systems via Search.

authors:

Demirović, E.; Schilling, C.; and Lukina, A.

In Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, volume 39, pages 27250–27257, 2025.

ISDM

VeRecycle: Reclaiming Guarantees from Probabilistic Certificates for Stochastic Dynamical Systems after Change

authors:

Lutz, S.; Spaan, M. T.; and Lukina, A.

In Proceedings of the 34th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2025.

Stochastic Systems

Composing Reinforcement Learning Policies, with Formal Guarantees

authors:

Delgrange, F.; Avni, G.; Lukina, A.; Schilling, C.; Nowe, A.; and Perez, G.

In Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 2025.

Stochastic Systems

Neural continuous-time supermartingale certificates

authors:

Neustroev, G.; Giacobbe, M.; and Lukina, A.

In Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, volume 39, pages 27538–27546, 2025. Oral presentation.

Stochastic Systems

AI Verification: First International Symposium

authors:

Avni, G.; Giacobbe, M.; Johnson, T. T; Katz, G.; Lukina, A.; Narodytska, N.; and Schilling, C.

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 14846: 189. 2024.

ISDM

Safety verification of decision-tree policies in continuous time

authors:

Schilling, C.; Lukina, A.; Demirović, E.; and Larsen, K.

Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 36. 2024. Spotlight (top 3%)

ISDM

Into the unknown: active monitoring of neural networks (extended version)

authors:

Kueffner, K.; Lukina, A.; Schilling, C.; and Henzinger, T.

A International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer, 25(4): 575–592. 2023.

AI in Deployment

Murtree: Optimal decision trees via dynamic programming and search

authors:

Demirović, E.; Lukina, A.; Hebrard, E.; Chan, J.; Bailey, J.; Leckie, C.; Ramamohanarao, K.; and Stuckey, P.

In Journal of Machine Learning Research, 23(26): 1–47. 2022.

ISDM

Into the unknown: Active monitoring of neural networks

authors:

Lukina, A.; Schilling, C.; and Henzinger, T. A

A In International Conference on Runtime Verification, pages 42–61, 2021. Springer International Publishing Cham

AI in Deployment

Formal methods with a touch of magic

authors:

Alamdari, P. A.; Avni, G.; Henzinger, T. A; and Lukina, A.

In Proceedings of the 20th Conference on Formal Methods in Computer Aided Design (FMCAD), volume 1, pages 138–147, 2020. TU Wien Academic Press

ISDM

Outside the Box: Abstraction-Based Monitoring of Neural Networks

authors:

Henzinger, T. A; Lukina, A.; and Schilling, C.

In Proceedings of the 24th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, volume 325, 2020. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, IOS Press

AI in Deployment

Statistical model checking

authors:

Legay, A.; Lukina, A.; Traonouez, L. M.; Yang, J.; Smolka, S. A; and Grosu, R.

In Computing and software science: state of the art and perspectives, pages 478–504. Springer International Publishing Cham, 2019.

Stochastic Systems

Adaptive optimization framework for control of multi-agent systems

authors:

Lukina, A.

In Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, volume 33, pages 9991–9992, 2019.

Stochastic Systems

Adaptive optimization framework for verification and control of cyber-physical systems

authors:

Lukina, A.

Ph.D. Thesis, Technische Universität Wien, 2019.

Stochastic Systems

Distributed adaptive-neighborhood control for stochastic reachability in multi-agent systems

authors:

Lukina, A.; Tiwari, A.; Smolka, S. A; and Grosu, R.

In Proceedings of the 34th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing, pages 914–921, 2019.

Stochastic Systems

2.2 Open Projects

coming soon.

2.1 CURRENT RESEARCH

My current research program is organized around three main dimensions:

Research

01) Certification of Stochastic Systems

Research

02) Monitoring AI in Deployment

Research

03) Interpretable sequential decision-making

Below are some concrete recent projects. See my research summary (pdf) for more details.

In Search of Trees: Decision-Tree Policy Synthesis for Black-Box Systems via Search.

authors:

Demirović, E.; Schilling, C.; and Lukina, A.

In Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, volume 39, pages 27250–27257, 2025.

ISDM

VeRecycle: Reclaiming Guarantees from Probabilistic Certificates for Stochastic Dynamical Systems after Change

authors:

Lutz, S.; Spaan, M. T.; and Lukina, A.

In Proceedings of the 34th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2025.

Stochastic Systems

Composing Reinforcement Learning Policies, with Formal Guarantees

authors:

Delgrange, F.; Avni, G.; Lukina, A.; Schilling, C.; Nowe, A.; and Perez, G.

In Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 2025.

Stochastic Systems

Neural continuous-time supermartingale certificates

authors:

Neustroev, G.; Giacobbe, M.; and Lukina, A.

In Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, volume 39, pages 27538–27546, 2025. Oral presentation.

Stochastic Systems

AI Verification: First International Symposium

authors:

Avni, G.; Giacobbe, M.; Johnson, T. T; Katz, G.; Lukina, A.; Narodytska, N.; and Schilling, C.

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 14846: 189. 2024.

ISDM

Safety verification of decision-tree policies in continuous time

authors:

Schilling, C.; Lukina, A.; Demirović, E.; and Larsen, K.

Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 36. 2024. Spotlight (top 3%)

ISDM

Into the unknown: active monitoring of neural networks (extended version)

authors:

Kueffner, K.; Lukina, A.; Schilling, C.; and Henzinger, T.

A International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer, 25(4): 575–592. 2023.

AI in Deployment

Murtree: Optimal decision trees via dynamic programming and search

authors:

Demirović, E.; Lukina, A.; Hebrard, E.; Chan, J.; Bailey, J.; Leckie, C.; Ramamohanarao, K.; and Stuckey, P.

In Journal of Machine Learning Research, 23(26): 1–47. 2022.

ISDM

Into the unknown: Active monitoring of neural networks

authors:

Lukina, A.; Schilling, C.; and Henzinger, T. A

A In International Conference on Runtime Verification, pages 42–61, 2021. Springer International Publishing Cham

AI in Deployment

Formal methods with a touch of magic

authors:

Alamdari, P. A.; Avni, G.; Henzinger, T. A; and Lukina, A.

In Proceedings of the 20th Conference on Formal Methods in Computer Aided Design (FMCAD), volume 1, pages 138–147, 2020. TU Wien Academic Press

ISDM

Outside the Box: Abstraction-Based Monitoring of Neural Networks

authors:

Henzinger, T. A; Lukina, A.; and Schilling, C.

In Proceedings of the 24th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, volume 325, 2020. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, IOS Press

AI in Deployment

Statistical model checking

authors:

Legay, A.; Lukina, A.; Traonouez, L. M.; Yang, J.; Smolka, S. A; and Grosu, R.

In Computing and software science: state of the art and perspectives, pages 478–504. Springer International Publishing Cham, 2019.

Stochastic Systems

Adaptive optimization framework for control of multi-agent systems

authors:

Lukina, A.

In Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, volume 33, pages 9991–9992, 2019.

Stochastic Systems

Adaptive optimization framework for verification and control of cyber-physical systems

authors:

Lukina, A.

Ph.D. Thesis, Technische Universität Wien, 2019.

Stochastic Systems

Distributed adaptive-neighborhood control for stochastic reachability in multi-agent systems

authors:

Lukina, A.; Tiwari, A.; Smolka, S. A; and Grosu, R.

In Proceedings of the 34th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing, pages 914–921, 2019.

Stochastic Systems

2.2 Open Projects

coming soon.