robotics

KAUST developing robotic system to improve date palm harvesting

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Combination of AI and robotics positions Saudi Arabia to transform date farming.

Sense of Touch: from Haptics to Robotic Tactile Sensing

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B9 L2 R2325

This talk explores the intersection of haptics, human touch perception, and robotic tactile sensing, covering principles of human touch, traditional and emerging robotic tactile sensors, and their applications in human-robot interaction, including a case study on tactile gloves for breast lump detection.

Sim-to-Real Transfer for Autonomous Navigation

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B2 L5 R5220

This work investigates the problem of transfer from simulation to the real world in the context of autonomous navigation. To this end, we first present a photo-realistic training and evaluation simulator Sim4CV which enables several applications across various fields of computer vision. Built on top of the Unreal Engine, the simulator features cars and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with a realistic physics simulation and diverse urban and suburban 3D environments. We demonstrate the versatility of the simulator with two case studies: autonomous UAV-based tracking of moving objects and autonomous driving using supervised learning.

The route to chaos in routing games: Population increase drives period-doubling instability and chaos with Price of Anarchy equal to one

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B1 L3 R3119

We study a simple learning dynamic model of routing (congestion) games to explore the effects of increasing the total demand on system performance. We focus on the most benign setting, non-atomic routing games with two parallel edges of linear cost, where all agents evolve using Multiplicative Weights Updates with a fixed learning rate.

An Egocentric Computer Vision-based Robotic Wheelchair

Mohammed Kutbi, Assistant Professor at the department of Computer Science and a member of the Artificial Intelligence Unit at Saudi Electronic University (SEU)

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B3 L5 R5209

The emerging need to improve the quality of life for elderly and disabled individuals who rely on wheelchairs for mobility is our motivation for this work. Research on robotics wheelchair covers broad range from motion control, how to control the wheelchair movement, to complete autonomy.

Towards Collaboration of Multiple Intelligent Robots and Human Supervision

Dr. Inmo Jang, Postdoctoral Researcher, Robotics for Extreme Environment Group at the University of Manchester

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B2 L5 R5209

As autonomy in individual robots becomes advanced, one of the next challenges is to coordinate multiple of such intelligent robots, which are then expected to innovatively transform legacy industries (e.g., warehouse automation, connected-vehicle management, etc.). Towards collaboration of multiple robots, this talk will particularly introduce a game-theoretical framework for clustering a large number of multiple robots and assigning the robot teams to given tasks, where the network of the robots is strongly connected and the individuals are asynchronous. The proposed decentralised algorithm guarantees convergence of selfish agents having social inhibition towards a Nash stable partition (i.e., social agreement) within polynomial time.

Distributed Robotics

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KAUST

This talk presents an overview of challenges, state-of the-art, and applications for distributed robotic systems. In distributed robotic systems, there is a group of robots that seek to achieve a collective task. Applications include environmental monitoring, search and rescue, and programmable self-assembly. Settings can range from a small team of cooperative robots to a swarm of many interacting agents. An essential feature of such systems is that individual robots make decisions based on available local information as well as limited communications with other robots. The challenge is to design local protocols that result in desired global outcomes. In contrast to a traditional centralized paradigm, both measurements and decisions are distributed among multiple actors.

The Robots are Coming – to your Farm

Girish Chowdhary, Associate Professor, UIUC

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KAUST

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The KAUST Research Conference on Robotics and Autonomy 2022

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KAUST Robotics, Intelligent Systems and Control Lab (RISC Lab) will host the KAUST Research Conference on Robotics and Autonomy 2022 (#RobotoKAUST) from February 28 until March 2, 2022. The conference will address the most recent trends of robotics application in a range of disciplines. To attend RobotoKAUST Gala, please, read more about the event and follow the event registration instructions.

Autonomy for recreational vessels: Safe intelligence at your finger tips Pablo Afman, ATL Robotics

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B2 L5 R5220

Abstract Thanks to ever improving sensing, computing, and actuating technologies, autonomy is fast becoming a practical tool for many marine applications. Pushed by the general interest in autonomy and attracted by its underlying capabilities, this talk will present robotic technologies that enable safety and convenience for recreational boaters and marine professionals alike. Beginning with a Grady-White offshore fishing boat powered by two 425 HP engines, we present demonstrated functionalities such as collision avoidance, auto-docking, dynamic positioning, track and follow, and "take me

Bridging the Gap between the Academia and Industry by Extending High-Quality Research to Practical Business Needs

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B9 L2 R2322 H1

This seminar focuses on providing the audience with the context and scope of our internship program. The program is for the young and talented graduate students with an active interest in solving real-world problems. Some of the projects that will be presented in the seminar are actively developed in Elm and include domains such as computer vision, robotics and automation, healthcare, IoT, video analytics, and NLP. The seminar will serve as a launch pad to allow students to discuss their future interests and aspirations with the speaker. It will also enable them to develop a better awareness of domains more relevant to their future research aspirations.

CEMSE Welcomes new Professor: Jeff Shamma

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The CEMSE Division has recently welcomed a new Professor of Electrical Engineering, Dr. Jeff Shamma. Prof. Shamma joins from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).

Best Business Plan at VIEW 2016

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Hachid won the award for the Venture pitch with the best business plan at the Fifth Annual Vision Industry and Entrepreneur Workshop (VIEW) 2016.

Jeff Shamma elected IFAC fellow 2014-17

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The award is an international distinction given to scientists for their contributions in the fields of interest of IFAC under the form of technical publications, patents, control solutions, products, software, and leadership in research, development, and education.

Team KAUST places 3rd at the Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge

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A team from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) competed in the inaugural Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC), held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, March 2017, and took a 3rd place finish in the ground robotics challenge.

KAUST hosts International Graduate School on Control event

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KAUST recently acted as a host campus for the European Embedded Control Institute's International Graduate School on Control (IGSC). The IGSC is an annual series of 27 one-week graduate modules focusing on different topics of networked and embedded control and is taught to eligible attendees at different locations worldwide. The series is co-sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Control Systems Society and the International Federation of Automatic Control.

Professor Shamma awarded International Federation of Automatic Control High Impact Paper Award

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KAUST Professor of Electrical Engineering Jeff Shamma has been awarded The International Federation of Automatic Control Council’s (IFAC) High Impact Paper Award 2020.

KAUST startup tackles COVID using AI and robotics

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The COVID-19 pandemic has activated vital innovation and R&D initiatives to tackle the crippling effects, health ramifications, and overall impact of the coronavirus on global societies and economies. In recent months, the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, launched a COVID-19-themed virtual accelerator aimed at supporting talented innovators, aspiring entrepreneurs, and innovative small companies dedicated to finding solutions to mitigate the spread of the virus through protection, prevention, tracking/detection, and treatment solutions.

KAUST RISC lab hosts Center of Excellence for Aeronautics and Astronautics(KACST)

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KAUST Robotics, Intelligent Systems, and Control (RISC) Lab hosts a 3-day visit by personnel from the Center of Excellence for Aeronautics and Astronautics at King Abdulaziz City of Science and Technology ( https://ceaa.kacst.edu.sa/). During their visit, a team of ten, led by Dr. Hesham Shageer of KACST attended talks by RISC Profs. Eric Feron and Shinkyu Park on diverse aspects of robotics. The KACST team also visited FalconViz ( http://www.falconviz.com/) and Firnas ( https://www.firnas.aero/home.php)Two KAUST startups relying on drone technology to perform a variety of tasks, such as

The KAUST Research Conference on Robotics and Autonomy 2022 #RobotoKAUST

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Building upon our successful online conference in spring 2021, the KAUST Robotics, Intelligent Systems, and Control Lab (RISC Lab) will host the KAUST Research Conference on Robotics and Autonomy 2022 (#RobotoKAUST2022) from February 28 until March 2, 2022. The conference will address the most recent trends of robotics application in a range of disciplines.

Learning about robots and coding through play

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"Hour of Code,” a worldwide initiative with the scope to teach children the basics of computer science, recently took place at The KAUST School Kindergarten. During Computer Science Education Week, December 5-9, 2021, researchers from the KAUST RISC Lab volunteered to help the children to “demystify” code and grasp their first concepts of robotics.

Professor Park receives O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award at the 2022 American Control Conference

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Professor Shinkyu Park has been awarded the 2022 O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award (Theory) from the American Automatic Control Council (AACC) for his paper investigating a new mathematical framework to study decision making in multi-agent systems.

Usman Amin Fiaz

Areas of Expertise and Research Interests Robotics Intelligent Systems Design Multi-Agent Control Systems Aerial Grasping Self-Assembly & Self-Reconfigurable Systems ​ Education Profile PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park (UMD), United States of America (current) MS in Electrical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia (2017) BS in Electrical Engineering, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Pakistan (2015)

Tarek H. Mahmoud

Areas of Expertise and Research Interests ​Computer Vision Machine Learning Robotics Education Profile ​MS in Electrical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia (2017) ​​BS in Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia (2016)

Shinkyu Park

Professor Park advances robotic science by building on individual robots’ core sensing, actuation and communication capabilities in distributed information processing, decision-making and manipulation.

Silvio Giancola

Silvio Giancola is a Research Scientist at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), under the supervision of Prof. Bernard Ghanem in the Image and Video Understanding Laboratory (IVUL), part of the Center of Excellence for Generative AI (GenAI).

Sarah A. Toonsi

Areas of Expertise and Research Interests Robotics Control Systems Programming Education Profile ​BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Effat University, Saudi Arabia (2017) ​

Samet Guler

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Samet Güler (M’16) received the B.S. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey, in 2010, the M.S. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Bilkent University, Turkey, in 2012, and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical and mechatronics engineering from University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, in 2015. He worked as a short term Researcher at the University of Waterloo in 2016. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Robotics, Intelligent Systems and Control Lab in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Kingdom of

Ryan Maxwell

Rui Li

Rui Li is an Electrical Engineering Ph.D. candidate in the Computational Imaging Group (VCCIMAGING) under the supervision of Professor Wolfgang Heidrich at the Visual Computing Center (VCC) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career Rui Li obtained bachelor of engineering degree in Telecommunication Engineering from Xidian University in China in 2013. After that in 2016, he received his master degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Science and Technology of China in 2016. Rui started his career life as a Research Assistant at State

Renzo Caballero

Education 2022.05.24 Ph.D. Research Proposal: "Theory and Dynamics of Self-Repair Systems" Committee Members: Prof. Eric Feron, Prof. Shinkyu Park, Prof. Diogo Gomez, Prof. David Keyes, Prof. Taous-Meriem Laleg 2019.06 - 2023.12 Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences, KAUST, KSA 2017.08 - 2019.06 M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences, KAUST, KSA ​2010.02 - 2016.06 B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay Professional Profile 2021.08 - 2021.12 Teaching Assistant, CEMSE, KAUST, KSA 2017.01 - 2017.04 Models Analyst, UTE

Qilin Sun

Qilin Sun is a Ph. D. candidate in the Computational Imaging Group (VCCIMAGING) under the supervision of Professor Wolfgang Heidrich at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career Qilin Sun obtained his bachelor degree in Optical Information Science and Technology from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China in 2015. After that, he joined KAUST and received his master degree in Electrical Engineering in 2017.Qilin is a CEO&Founder at Point Spread Technology, China. Research Interest Qilin is interested in Computational

Noureddine Toumi

Areas of Expertise and Research Interests Robotics Control Multi-agent systems Cooperative aerial transportation Education Profile BS ​Engineering from Tunisia Polytechnic School, Major: signal processing,systems conception and control.

Obadah Wali

Education Profile 2021.06 - Present Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering, KAUST, KSA 2019.09 - 2021.05 M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, KAUST, KSA 2011.09 - 2016.05 B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, KSA Work Experience 2016.08 - 2019.08 Mechanical Engineer, SABIC Terminal Services (SABTANK), KSA Selected Publications O. Wali, M.T. Shahab, E. Feron, “A Non-planar Assembly of Modular Tetrahedral-shaped Aerial Robots”, 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). (Accepted). Areas of Expertise and Research Interests Drones

Nojood Almayouf

Nojood Almayouf is a Graduate Research Assistant in the Distributed Systems and Autonomy (DSA) Lab within the Robotics, Intelligent Systems and Control (RISC) Research Initiative. Education M.S. in Electrical Engineering, KAUST, Saudi Arabia (Aug 2017 - Dec 2019). Visiting graduate student, Stanford University, United States (Jun 2017 - Aug 2017). B.S. (with first honor) in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Effat University, Saudi Arabia (Jan 2013 - Jun 2017). Professional Profile Graduate Teaching Assistant for ECE 271A/ME 221A: Linear Control Systems Course, KAUST (Aug 2022 - Dec 2022)

Norah Alghamdi

Education 2021.07 - Present Ph.D. Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering, KAUST, KSA 2018.08 - 2021.06 M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, KAUST, KSA 2013.08 - 2018.07 B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, KSA Selected Publications N.K. Alghamdi, D.A. Shamma, J.S. Shamma, "Analyzing the Passivity of the Human Decision Making Rule in a Congestion Game Experiment" 2022 IEEE American Control Conference (ACC), 4826-4831, (2022). Areas of Expertise and Research Interests ​Game Theory Multi-robot Systems Robotics Human-robot Interaction

Nawaf Alotaibi

Education 2020.08 - 2022.05 M.S. Student in Mechanical Engineering, KAUST, KSA 2016.08 - 2020.05 B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Professional Profile 2019.06 - 2019.08 Research Intern, RISC Lab, KAUST, KSA Areas of Expertise and Research Interests ​Robotics Autonomous Vehicles Machine learning Vision

Mutaz Aljafari

Education 2021.05 - 2021.08 Visiting Student, The CEMSE Saudi Summer Internship (SSI), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, KSA Project: "Air-Air Drone Detection Using Modular Radar" 2015.09 - 2021.12 B.S in Aeronautical Engineering, KAUST, KSA Professional Profile 2021.05 - 2021.08 Research Intern, RISC Lab, KAUST, KSA 2020.01 - 2020.12 Aerospace Engineer, R&D, SarSat Arabia, KSA 2018.06 - 2018.07 Research Intern, Automotive Department, Nagoya University, Japan 2018.01 - 2020.12 Founder - Leader, Faculty of Engineering Manufacturing Club, KSA 2017.06 - 2017.08 Assistant

Mohammed M. Alrashed

Mohammed M. Alrashed research interests are in ​Systems and Control with robotic applications and Mathematical Theory of Rational Behavior. Master Thesis Abstract The increasing occurrence of panic stampedes during mass events has motivated studying the impact of panic on crowd dynamics and the simulation of pedestrian flows in panic situations. The lack of understanding of panic stampedes still causes hundreds of fatalities each year, not to mention the scarce methodical studies of panic behavior capable of envisaging such crowd dynamics. Under those circumstances, there are thousands of

Mohammed Abdullah Algarni

Areas of Expertise and Research Interests Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Robotics Autonomy Aerial Landing Education Profile MS in Mechanical Engineering, King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia (2014​​) ​BS in Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia (2009)

Mohamad T. Shahab

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Education 2020, PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo 2015, MSc in Systems Engineering, KFUPM 2007, BSc in Control & Instrumentation Systems Engineering, KFUPM Professional Profile 2020 - Present, Postdoctoral Fellow, RISC Lab, KAUST 2016 - 2020, Research/Teaching Assistant, University of Waterloo 2012 - 2015, Research Engineer, Baker Hughes 2007 - 2011, Research/Teaching Assistant, KFUPM Selected Publications O. Wali, M.T. Shahab, E. Feron, "A Non-planar Assembly of Modular Tetrahedral-shaped Aerial Robots", 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and

Mohamed A. Mabrok

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
From 2015 till 2017 Mohamed A. Mabrok was a research associate at Robotics, Intelligent Systems & Control (RISC) research group at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering at the Australian College of Kuwait. He obtained his Ph.D. in the field of systems and control in 2013 from the University of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia. Mohamed also holds a bachelor degree in applied mathematics and a master degree in applied mathematics/quantum physics. Mohamed's research

Matthias Mueller

Matthias Mueller was an Electrical and Computer Engineering Ph.D. candidate in Image and Video Understanding Lab (IVUL) Group at Visual Computing Center (VCC) under the supervision of Prof. Bernard Ghanem at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career Matthias graduated with a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Math Minor from Texas A&M University in 2011. After graduation, he joined P+Z Engineering in Munich, Germany as an Electrical Engineer and worked for 3 years on the development of mild-hybrid electric machines at BMW. In 2014, he started his M

Lama Alssum

Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Lama Alssum is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science under the supervision of Professor Bernard Ghanem in Visual Computing Center (VCC) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career Lama studied Information technology at King Saud University (KSU) in Riyadh and graduated with a Bachelor degree in 2011. After her bachelor degree, she joined KSU as a Teaching Assistant. Later on, she continued her studies and earned her Master degree in Computer Science from the School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom. Lama first joined

Kuat Telegenov

An experienced Robotics Research Engineer and Laboratory Manager.

Klemens Katterbauer

Klemens Katterbauer is a AI specialist and software engineer working on robotics and artificial intelligence software development at EXPECARC in Saudi Aramco. His focus is on bridging the gap between sustainable energy transition development and the power of artificial intelligence. Klemens has published more than 50+ journal and conference publications, and has more than 20+ granted and submitted patents. Before this he was the IT Infrastructure Manager and Business Process Consultant for Eastern Europe, Middle East & Asia Pacific Region at the XXXLGroup (2nd largest furniture retailer in the

Khalid Alzuhair

M.S. Degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology).

Jun Chen

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Jun Chen received his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Temple University, USA in 2021, and his M.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, USA in 2017. Before that, he received his B.S. degree from Hefei University of Technology, China in 2015. His research interests lie in robotics, distributed multi-robot systems, robot learning, etc.

Juman AlAbdullatif

Education Profile 2020.08 - 2022.05 M.S. Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering, KAUST, KSA 2016.08 - 2020.05 B.S. in ECE, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA Areas of Expertise and Research Interests ​Robotics Control HRI

Jiming Jiang

Areas of Expertise and Research Interests Circuit and System, Robotics, Wireless Sensor Network Education Profile PhD in Electronics, Cambridge University, United Kingdom (2010) MS in Analog and Digital Integrated Circuit Design, Imperial College, United Kingdom (2004​) BS in Electronic Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, China (2003)​

Hussein Hussein

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hussein Hussein is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Integrated Circuits and Systems Research Group under the supervision of Professor Hossein Fariborzi in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Hussein obtained his PhD in engineering sciences and microsystems from University of Franche-Comté. He has a mechanical engineering degree from the Lebanese University and a Master degree in Mechatronic systems from University of Compiegne . Research Interests Mechanics and Mechatronics at macro and micro scale. Modeling, design and fabrication of microsystems and MEMS structures

Haya Alsharif

Areas of Expertise and Research Interests ​​Control Systems Computer Vision Machine Learning Robotics Education Profile ​​BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Saudi Arabia (2016)

Hassan Jaleel

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Areas of Expertise and Research Interests ​Distributed control of multi agent systems using game theory and algebraic graph theory Energy aware algorithms for multi agent systems Cyber physical systems Stochastic geometry Coverage problems for sensor networks Education Profile PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech (2013) MS in Electrical & Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech (2011) BSc in Electrical Engineering, UET (2007)

Hassan S. Abdelraouf

Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering
Education 2018.09 - Present Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering, KAUST, KSA 2015.01- 2017.01 M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt 2010.09 - 2014.05 B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt Professional Profile 2021.01 - 2021.05 Teaching Assistant, ECE, KAUST, KSA 2020.08 - 2020.12 Teaching Assistant, ECE 376, ECE, KAUST, KSA 2020.01 - 2020.05 Teaching Assistant, ECE 372, ECE, KAUST, KSA Honors and Awards 2019.12 "Best Aerial Team" award in the European Robotics League team competition Areas of Expertise and Research Interests Control Theory Aerospace systems

Gilberto Mendoza Chavez

Areas of Expertise and Research Interests Robotics Control Systems Distributed Systems Education Profile Masters in Electrical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, KSA (2016)​ ​Bachelors in Mechatronics Engineering, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Mexico (2014)

Frankly Toro

Frankly Toro is a Ms/Ph.D. student under the supervision of Prof. Bernard Ghanem at the Visual Computing Center (VCC) in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career He is a graduate of National University of Colombia where he received a B.S. degree in Mechatronics. Education Profile B.S., Mechatronics , National University of Colombia, 2020

Fatema Alhani

Education 2020.08 - Present M.S. D. Student in Electrical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, KSA 2016.07 - 2020.05 B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Carolina State University, USA

Fat-hy Omar Rajab

Master's Thesis Abstract The multi-agent robotic system has been proved to be more superior in undertaking functionalities, arduous or even impossible when performed by single agents. The increased efficiency in multi-agent systems is achieved by the execution of the task in a cooperative manner. But to achieve cooperation in multi-agent systems, a good localization system is an important prerequisite. Currently, most of the multi-agent systems rely on the use of the GPS to provide global positioning information which suffers great deterioration in performance in indoor applications, and also

Eric Feron

With 31 years of teaching and research experience, Professor Feron’s work utilizes elementary concepts of control systems, optimization and computer science to address critical issues in modern aerospace engineering and robotics.

Doha Raik Hamza Mohamed

Introduction ​Doha Raik Hamza Mohamed remained at KAUST as Associate Research Scientist under the supervision of Prof. Je Shamma after graduation of Ph.D. from the CTL group at KAUST in 2014. Education and early career Doha Raik obtained her B.S. in Communications and Electronics Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt in 2001. Then in 2008, she went to Nile University, Cairo, Egypt to get M.S. in Wireless Communications. After graduation in 2010, she earned a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal. Research

Brian Parrott

Education 2021.08 - Present Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, KSA 2017.06 - 2019.06 MBA, HKUST, Hong Kong-China ​2010.08 - 2011.12 MS in Chemical and Biological Engineering, KAUST, KSA 2006.09 - 2010.06 BS in Biology, University of Washington, USA Professional Profile 2012.05 - Present Research Scientist, Research and Development Center, Saudi Aramco, KSA Honors and Awards 2014.01 CEO Excellence Award 2013.01 International Glory Medal, International Federation of Inventors' Associations Selected Publications B. Parrott, P. Carrasco

Bacem Ben Nasser

Bacem Ben Nasser is a postdoctoral researcher fellow in the Electrical Engineering department within the CEMSE division. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Sciences and Technology-Mathematics from the University of Sfax, Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, Tunisia, where he worked in Lyapunov and control theories, nonlinear integral inequalities and time scale calculus. In January 2017, he was affiliated with the University of Kairouan, Tunisia, at the Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology of Kairouan as assistant professor of applied mathematics. Dr. Ben Nasser joined the research group

Aslihan Kartci

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Education and Early Career Dr. Aslihan Kartci received her Ph.D. degree in Electronics from the Brno University of Technology, the Czech Republic in 2019 and M.S. degree from Yildiz Technical University, Turkey, in 2015. She was with the Research and Development Center of Komax Wire, Turkey from 2012 to 2014, engaged in software development of production planning systems, server management, project management for functional test machines. She was awarded with “Travel Grant” from IEEE flagship conference on Circuits and Systems, namely ISCAS 2015. She was „Congress Publicity Chair” of the

Arman Ibrayeva

Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering
Education 2021.08 - Present Ph.D. Student, KAUST, KSA 2018.08 - 2020.07 M.S. in Mechanics, Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan 2014.08 - 2018.07 B.S. in Mechanics, Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan Professional Profile 2020.03 - 2021.11 Researcher, Institute of Mechanics and Machine Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Kazakhstan 2019.06 - 2021.11 Engineer, KOLSAJ STROJ, Kazakhstan 2014.05 - 2015.05 Laboratory assistant, Fluid and Gas Mechanics Lab, Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan Selected Publications S. Ibrayev, N. Jamalov, A. Ibrayeva, G. Mukhambetkaliyeva "Optimal

Angelica Coronado Preciado

Anwaar Alghamdi

‌ Education: B.Sc., Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2017 Research Interests: Control systems Autonomous robotics Wireless sensor networks

Anton Kim

I am working on object manipulation pipeline for robotic assembly which can be used for manufacturing and assembly lines.

Amjad Felemban

Areas of Expertise and Research Interests ​Control Systems Robotics Multi-Agent Systems Machine Learning Education Profile ​BS in Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, USA​ (2016)

Amin Almozel

Education 2021.01 - Present Ph.D. Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, KSA 2018.08 - 2019.12 M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, KAUST, KSA 2014.08 - 2018.05 B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester, USA Selected Publications A. Almozel, J.S. Shamma, "Competitive Drone Racing Using Asymmetric Games" IEEE 18th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots (UR), 349-356, 8 (2021). DOI: 10.1109/UR52253.2021.9494629 Areas of Expertise and Research Interests Autonomous and Intelligent Systems​

Alfiya Kulmukhanova

Areas of Expertise and Research Interests Multi-agent systems Smart Grids Game theory applications for Smart Grids Education Profile Bachelors in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan (2016)