publications

2026

1. Preprint

   Optimal Acceleration for Proximal Minimization of the Sum of Convex and Strongly Convex Functions

   Govind M. Chari, Uijeong Jang, Ernest K. Ryu, and Behçet Açıkmeşe

   arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.08593 2026

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   @article{chari2026fdr,
     title = {Optimal Acceleration for Proximal Minimization of the Sum of Convex and Strongly Convex Functions},
     author = {Chari, Govind M. and Jang, Uijeong and Ryu, Ernest K. and A{\c{c}}{\i}kme{\c{s}}e, Beh{\c{c}}et},
     journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.08593},
     year = {2026},
   }

2. Preprint

   QOCO-GPU: A Quadratic Objective Conic Optimizer with GPU Acceleration

   Govind M Chari, and Behçet Açıkmeşe

   arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.29197 2026

   arXiv Bib PDF

   @article{chari2026qocogpu,
     title = {{QOCO}-{GPU}: A Quadratic Objective Conic Optimizer with {GPU} Acceleration},
     author = {Chari, Govind M and A{\c{c}}{\i}kme{\c{s}}e, Beh{\c{c}}et},
     journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.29197},
     year = {2026},
   }

3. MPC

   QOCO: a quadratic objective conic optimizer with custom solver generation

   Govind M. Chari, and Behçet Açıkmeşe

   Mathematical Programming Computation Mar 2026

   arXiv Bib HTML PDF

   @article{chari2026qoco,
     title = {{QOCO}: a quadratic objective conic optimizer with custom solver generation},
     author = {Chari, Govind M. and A\c{c}ıkmeşe, Beh\c{c}et},
     journal = {Mathematical Programming Computation},
     issn = {1867-2957},
     url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12532-026-00311-8},
     doi = {10.1007/s12532-026-00311-8},
     publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
     year = {2026},
     month = mar,
   }

2024

1. CDC

   Constraint preconditioning and parameter selection for a first-order primal-dual method applied to model predictive control

   Govind M Chari, Yue Yu, and Behçet Açıkmeşe

   In 2024 IEEE 63rd Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) Mar 2024

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   @inproceedings{chari2024constraint,
     title = {Constraint preconditioning and parameter selection for a first-order primal-dual method applied to model predictive control},
     author = {Chari, Govind M and Yu, Yue and A{\c{c}}{\i}kme{\c{s}}e, Beh{\c{c}}et},
     booktitle = {2024 IEEE 63rd Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
     pages = {1676--1683},
     organization = {IEEE},
     year = {2024},
   }

2. AIAA SciTech

   Fast Monte Carlo Analysis For 6-DoF Powered-Descent Guidance via GPU-Accelerated Sequential Convex Programming

   Govind M. Chari, Abhinav G. Kamath, Purnanand Elango, and Behcet Acikmese

   In AIAA SciTech Forum Mar 2024

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   @inproceedings{chari2024fast,
     author = {Chari, Govind M. and Kamath, Abhinav G. and Elango, Purnanand and Acikmese, Behcet},
     title = {Fast Monte Carlo Analysis For 6-DoF Powered-Descent Guidance via GPU-Accelerated Sequential Convex Programming},
     booktitle = {AIAA SciTech Forum},
     year = {2024},
     doi = {10.2514/6.2024-1762},
   }

3. AAS GN&C

   Spacecraft Rendezvous Guidance via Factorization-Free Sequential Convex Programming using a First-Order Method

   Govind M. Chari, and Behcet Acikmese

   In AAS Rocky Mountain Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference Mar 2024

   arXiv Bib PDF

   @inproceedings{chari2024spacecraft,
     author = {Chari, Govind M. and Acikmese, Behcet},
     title = {Spacecraft Rendezvous Guidance via Factorization-Free Sequential Convex Programming using a First-Order Method},
     booktitle = {AAS Rocky Mountain Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference},
     year = {2024},
   }

2023

1. IFAC WC

   Real-Time Sequential Conic Optimization for Multi-Phase Rocket Landing Guidance

   Abhinav G. Kamath, Purnanand Elango, Yue Yu, Skye Mceowen,  Govind M. Chari, John M. Carson III, and Behçet Açikmese

   In 22nd IFAC World Congress Mar 2023

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   @inproceedings{kamath2023realtime,
     title = {Real-Time Sequential Conic Optimization for Multi-Phase Rocket Landing Guidance},
     author = {Kamath, Abhinav G. and Elango, Purnanand and Yu, Yue and Mceowen, Skye and Govind~M.~Chari and III, John M. Carson and Açikmese, Behçet},
     booktitle = {22nd IFAC World Congress},
     year = {2023},
   }