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Professor Nabil Aouf

Professor of Robotics and Autonomous Systems

School of Science & Technology Department of Engineering

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Professor Nabil Aouf C116 , Tait Building [C]
City St George's, University of London
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom

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Overview

Professor Nabil Aouf Holds a PhD (2002) on Robust Control for Aerospace Vehicles from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. From January 2019, Nabil Joined City University of London as Professor of Robotics and Autonomous Systems. He leads the Robotics and Autonomous Vehicles capability and activities at City University of London. He has been a scientist for National Research Council Canada from 2002 to 2005 and he also was an Adjunct Assistant Professor with Concordia University, Canada.

He joined Cranfield University at School of Defence and Security as a Lecturer from January 2006 – 2010, then a Senior Lecturer from 2010 – 2013, then a Reader from 2013 and then became a full Professor of Autonomous Systems from 2016 to December 2018. Nabil Aouf built up, and led the Signal and Autonomy group at Cranfield University, Defence and Security (CDS), Defence Academy, Shrivenham, UK. He grew the group from 2 members to include up to 12 staff members. The group was one of the most of the research groups at Cranfield University including more than 20 fully funded PhD students at one moment in time. He contributed to the development of Cranfield University, his group and the school he was belonging to by securing industrial and governmental funding of more than £7.5M during his posts at Cranfield University. He was also the Research Lead of the Centre of Electronic Warfare, Information and Cyber including up to 40 staff members and he was a founding member of the CDS Research Forum which is defining CDS research strategy. He successfully graduated more than 18 PhD students at the national and international level.

Honours & Awards

  • 1st Star MBDA Innovation Award for a collaborative research in 2017
  • 1st Star MBDA Innovation Award for a collaborative research in 2015 
  • One of the Youngest Full Professor at Cranfield when promoted in 2016
  • School Research Excellence Framework (REF) representative in the Cranfield University REF21 committee
  • Invited to deliver plenary presentations in UK and overseas, including Brazil and Germany
  • Editorial board member of four international journals including an IEEE Transactions
 

Research Interests

The theory and application of Robotics, Autonomous Systems (Air, Ground, Space) Intelligence, and in particular:

  • Navigation (Localization), Guidance (Path Planning) and Robust Control Systems Design for Single and Cooperative
  • Autonomous Vehicles (Robots)
  • Perception through Signal, Image Processing and Computer Vision
  • Heterogeneous Multi-Sensor Data Fusion
  • Decision-Making through the Planning and re-Planning of Autonomous Systems Tasks
  • Big Data Mining/Analysis/Recognition through Machine Learning techniques
  • VR/AR, Real Time and Embedded Systems

Clients Nabil worked (ing) with: EPSRC, H2020, Airbus, BAE Systems, MBDA, DSTL, DGA, Idiada, European Space Agency (ESA), Chemring Ltd, Thales, Thales Alenia Space, Sagem/Safran, InnovateUK, Spaceapps. General Dynamics.

Professional Standing and Services (Previous and Current)

1- International Journals as Editorial Committee Membership
* Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles
* Editorial Board of the Imaging Science Journal
* Associate Editor International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
* Associate Editor International Journal of Computational Intelligence in Control
* Journal Special Issue Organiser
* Principal Guest editor of the special issue on Airborne SLAM research problem for the Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems (Springer) 2009

2- Membership of Committees/Learned Societies
* Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) society.
* Member of the IEEE Computer & Robot Vision Technical Committee.
* Member of the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society.
* Member of Security Intech ‘Surveillance and Tracking Special Interest Group’
* Member of the Sensor and Instrumentation Knowledge Transfer Networking (KTN) Centre

3- Conference Organisation
* Member of the Program Technical Committee of IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Vehicles (IV18).
* Member of the Program Technical Committee of IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Vehicles (IV17).
* Member of the Program Technical Committee of IEEE International Conference on Control and Robotics Engineering (ICCRE), 2016.
* Member of the Program Technical Committee of European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), 2013.
* Member of the Program Technical Committee of European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), 2012.
* Member of the Program Technical Committee of European Conference for Aerospace Sciences (EUCASS), Symposium of "Flight Dynamics, GNC and Avionics", 2011.
* Member of the Program Technical Committee of European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), 2011.
* Member of the Program Technical Committee of European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), 2010.
* Member of the Program Technical Committee of European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), 2009.
* Member of the Program Technical Committee of the IEEE International Conference on Cybernetic Intelligent Systems, 2010.
* Session organizer on Unmanned Vehicle Applications in the IEEE International Conference on Cybernetic Intelligent Systems, 2009.
* Member of the Review Technical Committee of IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication, 2007.
* Technical program committee, International Congress on UAVs, Madrid November 2007.
 

Research

Research Interests

The theory and application of Robotics, Autonomous Systems (Air, Ground, Space) Intelligence, and in particular:
• Navigation (Localization), Guidance (Path Planning) and Robust Control Systems Design for Single and Cooperative
Autonomous Vehicles (Robots)
• Perception through Signal, Image Processing and Computer Vision
• Heterogeneous Multi-Sensor Data Fusion
• Decision-Making through the Planning and re-Planning of Autonomous Systems Tasks
• Big Data Mining/Analysis/Recognition through Machine Learning techniques.
• VR/AR, Real Time and Embedded Systems

Robotics, Autonomy and Machine Intelligence (RAMI)

The Robotics, Autonomy and Machine Intelligence (RAMI) Group led by Prof Nabil Aouf is dedicated to fulfill customer’s ambitious and innovative requirements. The group steadily establishes itself as a world leader in a range of applications from automatic sensing to processing and AI Autonomy for Data Processing, Robotics and Unmanned Vehicles to platforms Navigation/Control and Cyber Physical Systems.

Our Research Philosophy:
• To provide Intelligence to Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS)
• To provide low level (to mid level) TRL solutions originating from real world problems
• To concern application from Civilian to Defense

Applications of Interest: Not limited to:
• Space and Aerospace Autonomous Systems
• Digital Healthcare Technologies
• Industrial Autonomous Robotics (Construction, Manufacturing, Farming)
• Autonomy in Defense and Security Applications
• Mobility (including Autonomous Cars) and Smart Cities

Examples of what we do:

Navigation, Guidance and Control

1- VSLAM/Visual ( and LIDAR) Odometry Navigation
Extending the capability of RAS to navigate in unchartered or partially chartered territories without a GPS requirement. The techniques developed offer to the unmanned platform accurate self-localization and own 2D/3D Map creation by Visual, infrared, multispectral imagery or LIDAR returns. The architecture proposed in our work is extremely useful for GPS denied navigation, non-GPS covering areas i.e. indoor, tunnels, blind spots or even in more no-GPS extreme environments such as underwater and space.

2- Guidance (path Planning) and Control
Fully autonomous robots (all sorts) path planning within a congestive or unknown area can be very challenging. Our solution involves vision techniques to plan vehicles paths between to locations while avoiding static and dynamic obstacles by path adaptation. The suggested solutions we propose are fully passive and non-GPS based.

3- Autonomous Platforms Cooperation
Complex tasks are suitable to be carried by multiple autonomous vehicles or robots. Starting from two platforms to swarm of platforms, collaboration and cooperation are the must to develop to reach the required efficiency in dealing with the task(s) assigned. We provide solution through innovative research concepts linked to cooperative navigation, guidance and control either in centralized architecture or distributed architecture taking into account networks constraints and power management.

Sensor Fusion and AI for Enhanced Perception and Decision-Making Processes

1- AI based object/target detection, Recognition and Tracking
Perceiving the environment then interpreting it is crucial for autonomous agents (all robotics systems). Accurate detection and recognition of objects of interest within the perceived scene would help the subsequent task allocated for these agents. We develop based on deep Learning algorithms and other classical AI based techniques solutions that would segment the scene efficiently in 2D and/or 3D to provide an accurate understanding of the agent environment.

2- AI based VR/AR for Intelligent Teleoperation
Aiming at full autonomy of systems is great when possible but in a number of scenarios having the human operator kept in the loop is still the favored option. We develop intelligent teleoperation techniques so the operator has access, in an immersive manner, to the environment of operation through VR models that are augmented with real time sensory data in an AR framework. AI based techniques process the real time data provided to the operator and integrate object recognition schemes to help the operator assessing the scene and making, remotely, the best decisions.

3- AI based Decision-Making for Autonomous Systems
From perception, using multiple sensory data, to the fusion of the different data we collect about the scenario of interest appropriate AI based decisions of the deployed autonomous systems are inferred. We develop distributed and autonomous task allocation, planning and re-planning algorithms based on AI schemes considering dynamic scene perception for robotic autonomous systems. Comparison of those algorithms with classical optimization-based decision-making algorithms are of interest here.

4- Explainable AI for Autonomous Systems
The adoption of AI techniques for perception or for decision making of the Robotic Autonomous Systems opens a new era for those systems to reach their full level of autonomy. However, the validation and certification of these intelligent algorithms are still questionable. We develop deep learning model solutions breaking the opacity of the standard “Blackbox” deep learning networks to provide explanations of the decisions made by those algorithms. This type of models provides more assurance regarding the applicability of these AI based techniques to autonomous systems.

Potentially interested PhD candidates who are fully funded and other ones looking for funding are welcome to make contact. Visiting students and Fellows are also welcome.

Publications

Publications by category

Conference papers and proceedings (147)

  • Chekakta, Z., Zenati, A. and Aouf, N. (2024). Enhancing Cooperative Visual SLAM with a Self-Supervised Deep Learning Model for Efficient Keypoint-Based Inter-map Loop Closure Detection. 2024 IEEE 20th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) 28 Aug 2024 – 1 Sep 2024. doi:10.1109/case59546.2024.10711729
  • Chekakta, Z., Aouf, N., Govindaraj, S., Polisano, F. and De Cubber, G. (2024). Towards Learning-Based Distributed Task Allocation Approach for Multi-Robot System. 2024 10th International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Applications (ICARA) 22-24 February. doi:10.1109/icara60736.2024.10553196
  • Zhu, Z., Chekakta, Z. and Aouf, N. (2024). Collaborative SLAM with Convolutional Neural Network-based Descriptor for Inter-Map Loop Closure Detection. 2024 10th International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Applications (ICARA) 22-24 February. doi:10.1109/icara60736.2024.10553178
  • Abdulsalam, M. and Aouf, N. (2023). VitRob Pipeline: A Seamless Teleoperation Pipeline for Advanced Virtual Reality - Robot Interface Applied for Precision Agriculture. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) 4-9 December. doi:10.1109/robio58561.2023.10354963
  • Khan, A.A.N. and Aouf, N. (2023). Towards Robust Modality Agnostic Pose Estimation via Unbiased Data Fusion. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) 4-9 December. doi:10.1109/robio58561.2023.10354534
  • Inan, B.A., Rondao, D. and Aouf, N. (2023). Harnessing Vision Transformers for LiDAR Point Cloud Segmentation. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) 4-9 December. doi:10.1109/robio58561.2023.10354753
  • Tammam, A., Zenati, A. and Aouf, N. (2023). Deep Reinforcement Learning for Rendezvous and Attitude Control of CubeSat Class Satellite. 2023 7th International Conference on Automation, Control and Robots (ICACR) 4-6 August. doi:10.1109/icacr59381.2023.10314660
  • Abdulsalam, M., Chekakta, Z., Aouf, N. and Hogan, M. (2023). Fruity: A Multi-modal Dataset for Fruit Recognition and 6D-Pose Estimation in Precision Agriculture. 2023 31st Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED) 26-29 June. doi:10.1109/med59994.2023.10185851
  • Inan, B.A., Rondao, D. and Aouf, N. (2023). Enhancing LiDAR Point Cloud Segmentation with Synthetic Data. 2023 31st Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED) 26-29 June. doi:10.1109/med59994.2023.10185741
  • Zenati, A., Aouf, N. and Kechagias-Stamatis, O. (2022). Distributed Fuzzy Semi-Infinite Auction Based Optimization for Cooperative Robots Tasks Allocation. 2022 American Control Conference (ACC) 8-10 June. doi:10.23919/acc53348.2022.9867692
  • Wang, C. and Aouf, N. (2022). Fusion Attention Network for Autonomous Cars Semantic Segmentation. 2022 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV) 4-9 June. doi:10.1109/iv51971.2022.9827377
  • Hogan, M., Aouf, N., Spencer, P. and Almond, J. (2022). Explainable Object Detection for Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles using KernelSHAP. 2022 IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC) 29-30 April. doi:10.1109/icarsc55462.2022.9784772
  • Hogan, M. and Aouf, P.N. (2021). Towards Real Time Interpretable Object Detection for UAV Platform by Saliency Maps. 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) 27-31 December. doi:10.1109/robio54168.2021.9739366
  • Zenati, A. and Aouf, N. (2021). Sequential and Distributed Auction Based Robots Task Allocation for Objects Assembly. 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) 27-31 December. doi:10.1109/robio54168.2021.9739275
  • Khan, A.A.N. and Aouf, N. (2021). Encoding A Mathematically Faithful DeepVIO Solution. 2021 21st International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS) 12-15 October. doi:10.23919/iccas52745.2021.9649964
  • Wang, C. and Aouf, N. (2021). Deep Reinforcement Learning based Planning for Urban Self-driving with Demonstration and Depth Completion. 2021 21st International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS) 12-15 October. doi:10.23919/iccas52745.2021.9650055
  • Bahraini, M.S., Zenati, A. and Aouf, N. (2021). Autonomous Cooperative Visual Navigation for Planetary Exploration Robots. 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 30 May 2021 – 5 Jun 2021. doi:10.1109/icra48506.2021.9561767
  • Govindaraj, S., Brinkmann, W., Colmenero, F.J., Nieto, I.S., But, A., Benedetti, M.D. … Lopes, L. (2021). Building a lunar infrastructure with the help of a heterogeneous (semi)autonomous multi-robot-Team.
  • Dena, A., Ahiska, K. and Aouf, N. (2020). Image Based Visual Servoing for Landmine Detection using Quadrotors. 2020 15th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA) 9-13 November. doi:10.1109/iciea48937.2020.9248278
  • Abdulsalam, M. and Aouf, N. (2020). Deep Weed Detector/Classifier Network for Precision Agriculture. 2020 28th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED) 15-18 September. doi:10.1109/med48518.2020.9183325
  • Beauvisage, A., Ahiska, K. and Aouf, N. (2020). Multimodal tracking framework for visual odometry in challenging illumination conditions. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 31 May 2020 – 31 Aug 2020. doi:10.1109/icra40945.2020.9196891
  • He, L., Aouf, N., Whidborne, J.F. and Song, B. (2020). Integrated moment-based LGMD and deep reinforcement learning for UAV obstacle avoidance. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 31 May 2020 – 31 Aug 2020. doi:10.1109/icra40945.2020.9197152
  • Viana, I.B., Kanchwala, H. and Aouf, N. (2019). Cooperative Trajectory Planning for Autonomous Driving Using Nonlinear Model Predictive Control. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Connected Vehicles and Expo (ICCVE) 4-8 November. doi:10.1109/iccve45908.2019.8965227
  • Kanchwala, H., Viana, I.B., Ceccoti, M. and Aouf, N. (2019). Model predictive tracking controller for a high fidelity vehicle dynamics model. 2019 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference - ITSC 27-30 October. doi:10.1109/itsc.2019.8917528
  • Cecotti, M., Kanchwala, H. and Aouf, N. (2019). Autonomous Navigation for Mobility Scooters: a Complete Framework Based on Open-Source Software. 2019 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference - ITSC 27-30 October. doi:10.1109/itsc.2019.8917469
  • Belloni, C., Aouf, N., Caillec, J.-.M.L. and Merlet, T. (2019). SAR Specific Noise Based Data Augmentation for Deep Learning. 2019 International Radar Conference (RADAR) 23-27 September. doi:10.1109/radar41533.2019.171310
  • Belloni, C., Aouf, N., Caillec, J.-.M.L. and Merlet, T. (2019). Comparison of Descriptors for SAR ATR. 2019 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarConf19) 22-26 April. doi:10.1109/radar.2019.8835804
  • Viana, I.B. and Aouf, N. (2018). Distributed Cooperative Path-Planning for Autonomous Vehicles Integrating Human Driver Trajectories. 2018 International Conference on Intelligent Systems (IS) 25-27 September. doi:10.1109/is.2018.8710544
  • Rondao, D. and Aouf, N. (2018). Multi-View Monocular Pose Estimation for Spacecraft Relative Navigation. 2018 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference. doi:10.2514/6.2018-2100
  • Camarena, M.E., Feetham, L.M., Scannapieco, A.F. and Aouf, N. (2018). FPGA-based multi-sensor relative navigation in space: Preliminary analysis in the framework of the I3DS H2020 project.
  • Rondao, D., Aouf, N. and Dubois-Matra, O. (2018). Multispectral image processing for navigation using low performance computing.
  • Scannapieco, A.F., Feetham, L.M., Camarena, M.E. and Aouf, N. (2018). Space-oriented Navigation Solutions with Integrated Sensor-Suite: The I3DS H2020 project.
  • Kechagias-Stamatis, O., Aouf, N. and Nam, D. (2017). 3D Automatic Target Recognition for UAV Platforms. 2017 Sensor Signal Processing for Defence Conference (SSPD) 6-7 December. doi:10.1109/sspd.2017.8233223
  • Kechagias-Stamatis, O., Aouf, N. and Nam, D. (2017). Multi-Modal Automatic Target Recognition for Anti-Ship Missiles with Imaging Infrared Capabilities. 2017 Sensor Signal Processing for Defence Conference (SSPD) 6-7 December. doi:10.1109/sspd.2017.8233244
  • Beauvisage, A. and Aouf, N. (2017). Low cost and low power multispectral thermal-visible calibration. 2017 IEEE SENSORS 29 Oct 2017 – 1 Nov 2017. doi:10.1109/icsens.2017.8234358
  • Junoh, S. and Aouf, N. (2017). Person classification leveraging Convolutional Neural Network for obstacle avoidance via Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. 2017 Workshop on Research, Education and Development of Unmanned Aerial Systems (RED-UAS) 3-5 October. doi:10.1109/red-uas.2017.8101662
  • Courtois, H. and Aouf, N. (2017). Fusion of stereo and Lidar data for dense depth map computation. 2017 Workshop on Research, Education and Development of Unmanned Aerial Systems (RED-UAS) 3-5 October. doi:10.1109/red-uas.2017.8101664
  • Belloni, C., Balleri, A., Aouf, N., Merlet, T.J. and Le Caillec, J.-.M. (2017). SAR image dataset of military ground targets with multiple poses for ATR. Target and Background Signatures 11-14 September. doi:10.1117/12.2277914
  • Kechagias-Stamatis, O., Aouf, N., Belloni, C. and Nam, D. (2017). Automatic X-ray image segmentation and clustering for threat detection. Target and Background Signatures 11-14 September. doi:10.1117/12.2277190
  • Beauvisage, A. and Aouf, N. (2017). Multimodal visual-inertial odometry for navigation in cold and low contrast environment. 2017 European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR) 6-8 September. doi:10.1109/ecmr.2017.8098690
  • Dena Ruiz, J.A. and Aouf, N. (2017). Unscented Kalman Filter for Vision based Target Localisation with a Quadrotor. 14th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics 26-28 July. doi:10.5220/0006474404530458
  • Dena Ruiz, J.A. and Aouf, N. (2017). Real-Time Setup with PD and Backstepping Control for a Pelican Quadrotor. 14th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics 26-28 July. doi:10.5220/0006474306760681
  • Courtois, H. and Aouf, N. (2017). Haptic feedback for obstacle avoidance applied to unmanned aerial vehicles. 2017 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS) 13-16 June. doi:10.1109/icuas.2017.7991328
  • Nam, D. and Aouf, N. (2017). Automated mosaicing for improving vehicle situational awareness in real time. 2017 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV) 11-14 June. doi:10.1109/ivs.2017.7995867
  • Yilmaz, O., Aouf, N., Majewski, L., Sanchez-Gestido, M. and Ortega, G. (2017). Using infrared based relative navigation for active debris removal. 10th International ESA Conference on Guidance, Navigation & Control Systems 29 May 2017 – 2 Jun 2017, Salzburg, Austria.
  • Kechagias-Stamatis, O., Aouf, N. and Chermak, L. (2017). B-HoD: A lightweight and fast binary descriptor for 3D object recognition and registration. 2017 IEEE 14th International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC) 16-18 May. doi:10.1109/icnsc.2017.8000064
  • Wieszok, Z., Aouf, N., Kechagias-Stamatis, O. and Chermak, L. (2017). Stixel based scene understanding for autonomous vehicles. 2017 IEEE 14th International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC) 16-18 May. doi:10.1109/icnsc.2017.8000065
  • Belloni, C., Aouf, N., Merlet, T. and Le Caillec, J.M. (2017). SAR image segmentation with GMMs.
  • Kechagias-Stamatis, O., Aouf, N. and Belloni, C. (2017). SAR Automatic Target Recognition based on Convolutional Neural Networks. International Conference on Radar Systems (Radar 2017). doi:10.1049/cp.2017.0437
  • Issartel, M., Gueriot, D., Aouf, N. and Le Caillec, J.M. (2017). Robust SLAM for side scan sonar image mosaicking.
  • Beauvisage, A. and Aouf, N. (2017). Low Cost And Low Power Multispectral Thermal-Visible Calibration.
  • Kechagias-Stamatis, O., Aouf, N. and Nam, D. (2017). Multi-modal Automatic Target Recognition for Anti-ship Missiles with Imaging Infrared Capabilities.
  • Kechagias-Stamatis, O., Aouf, N. and Nam, D. (2017). 3D Automatic Target Recognition for UAV Platforms.
  • Bergé, L.-.P., Duval, T., Aouf, N. and Coppin, G. (2016). Visualization of 3D point clouds sensed by a laser. Actes de la 28ieme conference francophone sur l'Interaction Homme-Machine 25-28 October. doi:10.1145/3004107.3004134
  • Beauvisage, A., Aouf, N. and Courtois, H. (2016). Multi-spectral visual odometry for unmanned air vehicles. 2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) 9-12 October. doi:10.1109/smc.2016.7844533
  • Berge, L.-.P., Aouf, N., Duval, T. and Coppin, G. (2016). Generation and VR visualization of 3D point clouds for drone target validation assisted by an operator. 2016 8th Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CEEC) 28-30 September. doi:10.1109/ceec.2016.7835890
  • Feetham, L., Aouf, N., Dubois-Matra, O. and Bourdarias, C. (2016). Image datasets for autonomous planetary landing algorithm development. 2016 7th International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAE) 18-20 July. doi:10.1109/icmae.2016.7549615
  • Kechagias-Stamatis, O. and Aouf, N. (2016). Histogram of distances for local surface description. 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 16-21 May. doi:10.1109/icra.2016.7487402
  • Almutairi, S.H. and Aouf, N. (2016). Enhancing the aircraft's stability and controllability against actuator faults using robust flight control. 2016 IEEE International Conference on Control and Robotics Engineering (ICCRE) 2-4 April. doi:10.1109/iccre.2016.7476136
  • Almutairi, S.H. and Aouf, N. (2015). Aircraft robust flight tracking control against actuator efficiency faults. 2015 19th International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing (ICSTCC) 14-16 October. doi:10.1109/icstcc.2015.7321409
  • Stamatis, O.K. and Aouf, N. (2015). Fast 3D object matching with Projection Density Energy. 2015 23th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED) 16-19 June. doi:10.1109/med.2015.7158836
  • Kemouche, A. and Aouf, N. (2015). Automatic speech recognition enhancement using adaptive GMM estimation. 6th International Conference on Imaging for Crime Prevention and Detection (ICDP-15). doi:10.1049/ic.2015.0117
  • Azzam, R. and Aouf, N. (2014). Visual information to enhance time difference of arrival based acoustic localization. 2014 IEEE International Conference on Aerospace Electronics and Remote Sensing Technology (ICARES) 13-14 November. doi:10.1109/icares.2014.7024400
  • Boulekchour, M. and Aouf, N. (2014). Efficient real-time loop closure detection using GMM and tree structure. 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2014) 14-18 September. doi:10.1109/iros.2014.6943265
  • Amamra, A., Mouats, T. and Aouf, N. (2014). GPU based GMM segmentation of kinect data. 2014 56th International Symposium ELMAR 10-12 September. doi:10.1109/elmar.2014.6923325
  • Amamra, A. and Aouf, N. (2014). RGBD sensors correction with Gaussian process regression. 2014 56th International Symposium ELMAR 10-12 September. doi:10.1109/elmar.2014.6923340
  • Azzam, R. and Aouf, N. (2014). Embeded fusion of visual and acoustic for active acoustic source detection with SGGMM. 2014 56th International Symposium ELMAR 10-12 September. doi:10.1109/elmar.2014.6923352
  • Mouats, T. and Aouf, N. (2014). Robust feature matching for aerial visual odometry. 2014 56th International Symposium ELMAR 10-12 September. doi:10.1109/elmar.2014.6923324
  • Azzam, R. and Aouf, N. (2014). Non parametric tool for vision detection analysis. 2014 56th International Symposium ELMAR 10-12 September. doi:10.1109/elmar.2014.6923305
  • Mouats, T. and Aouf, N. (2014). Foreground segmentation based on thermo-visible fusion. 2014 56th International Symposium ELMAR 10-12 September. doi:10.1109/elmar.2014.6923326
  • Mouats, T. and Aouf, N. (2014). Fusion of thermal and visible images for day/night moving objects detection. 2014 Sensor Signal Processing for Defence (SSPD) 8-9 September. doi:10.1109/sspd.2014.6943324
  • Djamaa, B., Richardson, M., Aouf, N. and Walters, B. (2014). Unicast/multicast performance in single-hop duty-cycled 6LoWPAN networks. 2014 9th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks & Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP) 23-25 July. doi:10.1109/csndsp.2014.6923813
  • Vitanov, I. and Aouf, N. (2014). Fault diagnosis for MEMS INS using unscented Kalman filter enhanced by Gaussian process adaptation. 2014 NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems (AHS) 14-17 July. doi:10.1109/ahs.2014.6880167
  • Vitanov, I. and Aouf, N. (2014). Fault detection and isolation in an inertial navigation system using a bank of unscented H<inf>&#x221E;</inf> filters. 2014 UKACC International Conference on Control (CONTROL) 9-11 July. doi:10.1109/control.2014.6915148
  • Araar, O. and Aouf, N. (2014). Full linear control of a quadrotor UAV, LQ vs H<inf>&#x221E;</inf>. 2014 UKACC International Conference on Control (CONTROL) 9-11 July. doi:10.1109/control.2014.6915128
  • Araar, O. and Aouf, N. (2014). Quadrotor control for trajectory tracking in presence of wind disturbances. 2014 UKACC International Conference on Control (CONTROL) 9-11 July. doi:10.1109/control.2014.6915110
  • Almutairi, S.H. and Aouf, N. (2014). Fault tolerant flight control design against actuator impairments using optimal control and fault compensation. 2014 11th IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation (ICCA) 18-20 June. doi:10.1109/icca.2014.6870947
  • Vitanov, I. and Aouf, N. (2014). Fault diagnosis and recovery in MEMS inertial navigation system using information filters and Gaussian processes. 2014 22nd Mediterranean Conference of Control and Automation (MED) 16-19 June. doi:10.1109/med.2014.6961357
  • Araar, O. and Aouf, N. (2014). A new hybrid approach for the visual servoing of VTOL UAVs from unknown geometries. 2014 22nd Mediterranean Conference of Control and Automation (MED) 16-19 June. doi:10.1109/med.2014.6961576
  • Araar, O. and Aouf, N. (2014). Visual servoing of a Quadrotor UAV for autonomous power lines inspection. 2014 22nd Mediterranean Conference of Control and Automation (MED) 16-19 June. doi:10.1109/med.2014.6961575
  • Boulekchour, M. and Aouf, N. (2014). Robust motion estimation using covariance intersection. 2014 22nd Mediterranean Conference of Control and Automation (MED) 16-19 June. doi:10.1109/med.2014.6961507
  • Djamaa, B., Richardson, M., Aouf, N. and Walters, B. (2014). Service Discovery in 6LoWPANs: Classification and Challenges. 2014 IEEE 8th International Symposium on Service Oriented System Engineering (SOSE) 7-11 April. doi:10.1109/sose.2014.67
  • Djamaa, B., Aouf, N., Richardson, M. and Walters, B. (2013). Enhancing delay-based packet forwarding schemes in Wireless Sensor Networks. 2013 Fourth Annual International Conference on Energy Aware Computing Systems and Applications (ICEAC) 16-18 December. doi:10.1109/iceac.2013.6737629
  • Imran, S.A., Aouf, N. and Richardson, M. (2013). Photo-geometric registration via a coupled L<inf>&#x221E;</inf> filter. 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) 12-14 December. doi:10.1109/robio.2013.6739626
  • Imran, S.A. and Aouf, N. (2013). Bundle adjustment and Kalman filtering for homography estimation. 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) 12-14 December. doi:10.1109/robio.2013.6739604
  • Amamra, A. and Aouf, N. (2013). Real-Time Robust Tracking with Commodity RGBD Camera. 2013 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2013) 13-16 October. doi:10.1109/smc.2013.411
  • Imran, S.A. and Aouf, N. (2013). A Robust Two Signature Descriptor with Orientation Bins and Colour Codes for Enhanced Feature Matching. 2013 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2013) 13-16 October. doi:10.1109/smc.2013.517
  • Azzam, R. and Aouf, N. (2013). Acoustic Detection and Localization Enhanced by Video Analysis. 2013 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2013) 13-16 October. doi:10.1109/smc.2013.565
  • Araar, O. and Aouf, N. (2013). Visual Servoing of a Quadrotor UAV for the Tracking of Linear Structured Infrastructures. 2013 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2013) 13-16 October. doi:10.1109/smc.2013.564
  • Mouats, T. and Aouf, N. (2013). Cross-Spectral Stereo Matching Based on Local Self-Similarities and Image Moments. 2013 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2013) 13-16 October. doi:10.1109/smc.2013.691
  • Amamra, A. and Aouf, N. (2013). Robust and Sparse RGBD Data Registration of Scene Views. 2013 17th International Conference on Information Visualisation 16-18 July. doi:10.1109/iv.2013.64
  • Li, X. and Aouf, N. (2013). Experimental Research on Cooperative vSLAM for UAVs. 2013 Fifth International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Communication Systems and Networks (CICSyN) 5-7 June. doi:10.1109/cicsyn.2013.20
  • Mills, S., Aouf, N. and Mejias, L. (2013). Image Based Visual Servo control for Fixed Wing UAVs tracking linear infrastructure in wind. 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 6-10 May. doi:10.1109/icra.2013.6631406
  • Mouats, T. and Aouf, N. (2013). Multimodal stereo correspondence based on phase congruency and edge histogram descriptor.
  • Boulekchour, M. and Aouf, N. (2013). L ∞ Norm Based Solution for Visual Odometry.
  • Azzam, R. and Aouf, N. (2013). The Gaussian processes for acoustic localisation and tracking in wireless sensor network.
  • Boulekchour, M. and Aouf, N. (2013). L ∞  Norm Based Solution for Visual Odometry. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-40246-3_23
  • Azzam, R. and Aouf, N. (2013). The Gaussian Processes for Acoustic Localisation and Tracking in Wireless Sensor Network. 5th International Conference on Imaging for Crime Detection and Prevention (ICDP 2013). doi:10.1049/ic.2013.0273
  • Li, X. and Aouf, N. (2012). Cooperative vSLAM based on UAV application. 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) 11-14 December. doi:10.1109/robio.2012.6491085
  • Rodriguez, D. and Aouf, N. (2012). Robust egomotion for large-scale trajectories. 2012 IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI 2012) 13-15 September. doi:10.1109/mfi.2012.6343049
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  • Chermak, L. and Aouf, N. (2012). A Minimax solution for stereo based motion estimation. 2012 IEEE 11th International Conference on Cybernetic Intelligent Systems (CIS) 23-24 August. doi:10.1109/cis.2013.6782165
  • Chermak, L. and Aouf, N. (2012). Enhanced feature detection and matching under extreme illumination conditions with a HDR imaging sensor. 2012 IEEE 11th International Conference on Cybernetic Intelligent Systems (CIS) 23-24 August. doi:10.1109/cis.2013.6782161
  • Xiaodong Li, and Aouf, N. (2012). SIFT and SURF feature analysis in visible and infrared imaging for UAVs. 2012 IEEE 11th International Conference on Cybernetic Intelligent Systems (CIS) 23-24 August. doi:10.1109/cis.2013.6782158
  • Li, X., Aouf, N. and Nemra, A. (2012). 3D mapping based VSLAM for UAVs. 2012 20th Mediterranean Conference on Control & Automation (MED 2012) 3-6 July. doi:10.1109/med.2012.6265662
  • Morsly, Y., Aouf, N. and Djouadi, M.S. (2012). Dynamic decentralized/centralized free conflict UAV's team allocation. 2012 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC 2012) 13-16 May. doi:10.1109/i2mtc.2012.6229369
  • Nemra, A., Aouf, N., Dhaifellah, A. and Tamazouzt, H. (2012). Robust Cooperative Visual SLAM with textures plating. doi:10.3182/20120620-3-dk-2025.00141
  • Gray, G.J., Aouf, N., Richardson, M.A., Butters, B. and Walmsley, R. (2012). An intelligent tracking algorithm for an imaging infrared anti-ship missile. SPIE Security + Defence. doi:10.1117/12.978264
  • Nemra, A. and Aouf, N. (2011). Adaptive decentralised cooperative vision based simultaneous localization and mapping for multiple UAV. Automation (MED 2011) 20-23 June. doi:10.1109/med.2011.5982995
  • Imran, S.A. and Aouf, N. (2011). A Recursive Least Squares Solution for Recovering Robust Planar Homographies. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-23232-9_4
  • Gray, G.J., Aouf, N., Richardson, M.A., Butters, B., Walmsley, R. and Nicholls, E. (2011). Feature-based tracking algorithms for imaging infrared anti-ship missiles. SPIE Security + Defence. doi:10.1117/12.897284
  • Morsly, Y., Djouadi, M.S. and Aouf, N. (2010). On the best interceptor placement for an optimally deployed visual sensor network. 2010 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics - SMC 10-13 October. doi:10.1109/icsmc.2010.5642200
  • Rodriguez, D. and Aouf, N. (2010). Robust Harris-SURF features for robotic vision based navigation. 2010 13th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems - (ITSC 2010) 19-22 September. doi:10.1109/itsc.2010.5625280
  • Shah, M.A. and Aouf, N. (2010). 3D Cooperative Pythagorean Hodograph path planning and obstacle avoidance for multiple UAVs. 2010 IEEE 9th International Conference on Cybernetic Intelligent Systems (CIS) 1-2 September. doi:10.1109/ukricis.2010.5898124
  • Kharbat, M. and Aouf, N. (2010). Variational model for robust computation of optical flow under varying illumination. 2010 IEEE 9th International Conference on Cybernetic Intelligent Systems (CIS) 1-2 September. doi:10.1109/ukricis.2010.5898120
  • Nemra, A. and Aouf, N. (2010). Robust cooperative UAV Visual SLAM. 2010 IEEE 9th International Conference on Cybernetic Intelligent Systems (CIS) 1-2 September. doi:10.1109/ukricis.2010.5898125
  • Kemouche, M.S. and Aouf, N. (2010). A GMM approximation with merge and split for nonlinear non-Gaussian tracking. 2010 13th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION 2010) 26-29 July. doi:10.1109/icif.2010.5711865
  • Shah, M.A., Tsourdos, A., Silson, P.M.G., James, D. and Aouf, N. (2010). Obstacles avoidance in the frame work of pythagorean hodograph based path planning.
  • Shah, M.A., Tsourdos, A., James, D. and Aouf, N. (2010). On the Definition of Curve's Frame at the Points of inflection. doi:10.3182/20100906-5-jp-2022.00018
  • Nemra, A. and Aouf, N. (2009). Robust feature extraction and correspondence for UAV map building. 2009 17th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED) 24-26 June. doi:10.1109/med.2009.5164663
  • Nemra, A. and Aouf, N. (2009). Robust invariant automatic image mosaicing and super resolution for UAV mapping. 2009 6th International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications (ISMA) 23-26 March. doi:10.1109/isma.2009.5164845
  • Shah, M.A. and Aouf, N. (2009). Dynamic cooperative perception and path planning for collision avoidance. 2009 6th International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications (ISMA) 23-26 March. doi:10.1109/isma.2009.5164802
  • Morsly, Y., Aouf, N. and Djouadi, M.S. (2009). On The Optimal Placement of Multiple Visual Sensor Based Binary Particle Swarm Optimization. doi:10.3182/20090921-3-tr-3005.00050
  • Kemouche, M.S. and Aouf, N. (2009). A Gaussian mixture based optical flow modeling for object detection. 3rd International Conference on Imaging for Crime Detection and Prevention (ICDP 2009). doi:10.1049/ic.2009.0256
  • Abdelkrim, N., Aouf, N., Tsourdos, A. and White, B. (2008). Robust nonlinear filtering for INS/GPS UAV localization. Automation (MED 2008) 25-27 June. doi:10.1109/med.2008.4602149
  • Kemouche, M.S. and Aouf, N. (2008). A GMM-based multitarget tracking algorithm and analysis. doi:10.1109/ICIF.2008.4632417
  • Kharbat, M., Aouf, N., Tsourdos, A. and White, B. (2008). Robust Brightness Description for Computing Optical Flow. British Machine Vision Conference 2008. doi:10.5244/c.22.46
  • Abdelkrim, N., Aouf, N., Tsourdos, A. and White, B. (2008). Robust nonlinear filtering for INS/GPS UAV localization.
  • Kemouche, M.S., Aouf, N., Tsourdos, A. and White, B. (2007). A Hybrid Kalman/&#x003B3;H&#x0221E; Filter for Maneuvering Target Tracking. 2007 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications 24-27 November. doi:10.1109/icspc.2007.4728557
  • Kharbat, M., Aouf, N., Tsourdos, A. and White, B. (2007). Sphere detection and tracking for a space capturing operation. 2007 IEEE Conference on Advanced Video and Signal Based Surveillance 5-7 September. doi:10.1109/avss.2007.4425307
  • Lazarus, S., Tsourdos, A., Aouf, N., Zbikowski, R. and White, B. (2007). Autonomous Aerial Vehicle Localisation and Mapping. AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit. doi:10.2514/6.2007-6792
  • Aouf, N., Sazdovski, V., Tsourdos, A. and White, B.A. (2007). Low altitude airborne SLAM with INS aided vision system.
  • Aouf, N., Rajabi, H., Rajabi, N., Alanbari, H. and Perron, C. (2004). Visual object tracking by a camera mounted on a 6DOF industrial robot.
  • Aouf, N., Rabbath, C.A. and Lauzon, M. (2003). Simple Fuzzy control Structure for a Lateral Missile Control Problem. 4th International Conference on Control and Automation. Final Program and Book of Abstracts 12 June. doi:10.1109/icca.2003.1594976
  • Aouf, N. and Boulet, B. (2003). Fault diagnosis techniques: Application to the thermoforming process. 4th International Conference on Control and Automation. Final Program and Book of Abstracts 12 June. doi:10.1109/icca.2003.1595089
  • Rabbath, C.A., Aouf, N. and Lauzon, M. (2003). Digital Redesign of Missile Autopilots using a Polynomial Method. 4th International Conference on Control and Automation. Final Program and Book of Abstracts 12 June. doi:10.1109/icca.2003.1594975
  • Aouf, N. and Boulet, B. (2003). Uncertainty Models and Robust Complex-Rational Controller Design for Flexible Structures. doi:10.2514/2.5101
  • Moore, B., Boulet, B., Aouf, N., Girard, P. and DiRaddo, R. (2003). Multivariable H∞ control of the thermoforming reheat process.
  • Aouf, N., Boulet, B. and Botez, R. (2002). A gain scheduling approach for a flexible aircraft. Proceedings of 2002 American Control Conference 8-10 May. doi:10.1109/acc.2002.1025347
  • Turner, M.C., Aouf, N., Bates, D.G., Postlethwaite, I. and Boulet, B. (2002). A switching scheme for full-envelope control of a V/STOL aircraft using LQ bumpless transfer.
  • Aouf, N., Boulet, B. and Botez, R. (2001). Model and controller reduction for flexible aircraft preserving robust performance. Proceedings of American Control Conference 25-27 June. doi:10.1109/acc.2001.945734
  • Aouf, N., Bates, D.G. and Postlethwaite, I. (2001). Observer-form scheduling of a H∞ loopshaping integrated flight and propulsion control law.
  • Aouf, N. and Boulet, B. (2001). Uncertainty models and robust complex-rational controller design for flexible structures. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit. doi:10.2514/6.2001-4099
  • Aouf, N., Boulet, B. and Botez, R. (2000). H2 and H∞-optimal gust load alleviation for a flexible aircraft.
  • Aouf, N., Boulet, B. and Botez, R. (2000). H2 and H∞-optimal gust load alleviation for a flexible aircraft.
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