intelligent systems

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

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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

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).

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.

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)

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.

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

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.

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

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)

Mohammad Aljohany

Education 2021 - Present Ph.D. Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, KSA M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering , KAUST, KSA B.S. in Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Yanbu Industrial College, KSA Areas of Expertise and Research Interests Control Theory Intelligent Systems Automation Reinforcement Learning

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

Karnika Biswas

Education 2021.09 - 2021.12 Visiting Intern (Research), KAUST, RISC,KSA 2013.1 - 2021.11 Ph.D. in Robotics and Control (EEE), IIT Guwahati, India 2010.06 - 2012.06 M.Tech in Mechatronics, IIEST, Shibpur (BESUS), India 2003.08 - 2007.08 B.Tech. In Electronics and Communication Engineering, MAKAUT (WBUT), India Professional Profile 2018.05 - 2018.08 Research Scientist, WHODAT, India 2014.01 - 2018.01 Teaching Assistant, EEE, IIT GUWAHATI, India 2008.01 - 2009.12 Lecturer, ECE, Institute of Engineering and Management, India Areas of Expertise and Research Interests Robotics and Control Navigation

Khalid Alzuhair

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

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)​

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)

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

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

Angelica Coronado Preciado

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)