Nabil Aouf
Chair of the AI and Data Grand Challenge Research Committee
Prof Nabil Aouf obtained his PhD from McGill University in 2002, specializing in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He currently holds the prestigious position of Professor of Autonomous Systems and Machine Intelligence at City University of London. Dr. Aouf is also the esteemed Director of the Autonomy of Systems Centre (ASC) and the Co-Director of the London Space Institute (LSI) at City University of London. He leads the Robotics, Autonomy and Machine Intelligence (RAMI) group and has established robust collaborations with leading industries and research organizations renowned for their expertise in autonomous systems and space research. With a remarkable portfolio of over 220 rigorously peer-reviewed journal and conference publications, Prof. Nabil Aouf’s scholarly influence is profound. In addition to his academic accolades, he serves as an Associate Editor for 4 esteemed journals, including holding a senior editorial position in the IEEE Transactions of Intelligent Vehicles.
Research Interests
Theory and application of Robotics and Autonomous Systems (Ground, Air and Space) Intelligence, and in particular:
• Perception (P) of Autonomous Vehicles through AI, Computer Vision, and Image processing
(Machine Learning and Deep Learning)
• Guidance (G) (Path Planning), Navigation (N) (Localization), and Robust Control (C)
Systems
• Decision-making through the planning and re-planning of Autonomous Systems Tasks
• eXplAInability (XAI) of Deep Learning based PGNC solutions for Autonomous Systems
• Real-time and embedded Machine Intelligence solutions.
• Adversarial Learning and Mitigation for AI-based Autonomous Systems
• Virtual/Augmented Reality based Human-Machine-Interaction