RISC Lab Press Highlights OverviewProf.Eric Feron visit to RIOTU and PSU11-04-2021 to 13-04-2021Collaboration between RIOTU Lab and RISC Lab and also between the two Universities PSU and KAUST.linkAnwaar Alghamdi MS thesis defense2020-07-22Anwaar Alghamdi successfully defends MS thesis: A Game-Theoretic Implementation of the Aerial Coverage Problem.IFAC High Impact Paper Award2020-07-12Jeff Shamma to receive the IFAC High Impact Paper Award for the paper: “Research on gain scheduling”, Automatica, Vol. 36, pp. 1401-1425, 2000 (coauthored with Prof. Wilson J. Rugh). The award presentation will be at the upcoming 21st IFAC World Congress in Berlin, Germany. linkKeynote speech at Ubiquitous Robots 20202020-06-22Jeff Shamma to deliver keynote speech at Ubiquitous Robots 2020, Kyoto, Japan. linkRISC lab hosts Prof. Khaled Alshehri2020-06-04RISC lab will host Prof. Khaled Alshehri, who will give a seminar titled "Game theoretic analysis of smart grid markets: From retail to wholesale". linkMohammad Albeaik MS thesis defense2020-04-01Mohammad Albeaik successfully defends MS thesis: Assume-Guarantee Approach to Distributed Control of Interconnected Systems.RISC lab hosts Dr. Inmo Jang2020-02-27RISC will host Dr. Inmo Jang, who will give a seminar entitled “Towards Collaboration of Multiple Intelligent Robots and Human Supervision”. linkRISC lab hosts Prof.Fatma Abdelhedi2020-02-12RISC will host Prof. Fatma Abdelhedi, who will give a seminar entitled “A robust HOSM control method for robotic systems”. linkRISC lab hosts Dr. Mohammed Kutbi2020-01-30RISC will host Dr. Mohammed Kutbi, who will give a seminar entitled “An Egocentric Computer Vision-based Robotic Wheelchair ” linkEditor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems2020-01-01Jeff Shamma appointed Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems. linkNational Academics Symposium on Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine2019-11-17Jeff Shamma to deliver lecture at the 7th National Academics Symposium on Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Cairo, Egypt. linkCutting Edge Forum at IROS20192019-11-06Jeff Shamma to speak at IROS2019 Cutting Edge Forum on “Human Interaction with Multi-Robot Systems”, Macau, China. link Workshop at IROS20192019-11-04Samet Guler to speak at IROS2019 Workshop on “Aerial Swarms”, Macau, China. linkWorkshop at Politecnico di Torino2019-09-24Jeff Shamma to speak at workshop on “Resilient Control of Infrastructure Networks”, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Politecnico di Torino, Italy. linkPlenary lecture at MMAR20192019-08-26Jeff Shamma to deliver plenary lecture at 24th International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics. linkRISC paper at ACC20192019-07-10Samet Guler to present paper at 2019 American Control Conference, Philadelphia, USA. link RISC PAPER AT CGRES20192019-06-10Alfiya Kulmukhanova to present poster at IFAC Workshop on Control of Smart and Renewable Energy Systems, Jeju, Korea. link Joint MBSC-KAUST Workshop2018-28-15Doha Hamza to speak at the 1st Joint KAUST-MBSCShort course at the EECI International Graduate School on Control2019-04-14Jeff Shamma to give five day short course at KAUST on "Game Theory and Distributed Control" for the EECI/IFAC International Graduate School on Control. linkGFIA Innovation Award2019-04-03RISC lab alum Mohammad Shaqura, founder of Robocrop, receives Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture (GFIA) award for “Best Date Prodution Innovation”, Abu Dhabi, UAE. linkSaudi Robotics Conference and Expo2019-03-25 Kuat Telegenov to present overview of RISC lab activity at the 2019 Saudi Robotics Conference and Expo , Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia. linkJoint UAE Symposium on Social Robotics2019-02-03 Jeff Shamma to speak at 4th Joint UAE Symposium on Social Robotics. linkTwo RISC papers at IEEE CDC20182018-12-17Hassan Jaleel and Jeff Shamma are coauthors of two papers at the 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control linkRISC poster at SASG20182018-12-13Alfiya Kulmukhanova to present poster at the 8th Saudi Arabia Smart Grid Conference linkShamma appointed Associate Editor2018-12-01Jeff Shamma is appointed an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Robotics (effective January 1, 2019).link RISC lab awarded KAUST Competitive Research Grant2018-11-22Jeff Shamma and Xiangliang Zhang are coPIs on the KAUST CRG project “Incentive-Based Coordinated Charging of Electric Vehicles for Large-Scale Grid Integration” with MIT collaborators Prof. Munther Dahleh and Dr. Mardavij Roozbehani. linkInvited talk at Yale University2018-11-15Jeff Shamma to deliver invited lecture at Yale University. linkRISC lab hosts Dr. Julian Gomez2018-11-05RISC will host Dr. Julian Gomez, who will give a seminar entitled “Evolutionary Dynamics and Linear-Quadratic Mean-Field-Type Games" read link RISC paper at INFORMS Annual Meeting 20182018-11-04Hassan Jaleel to present paper at the INFORMS Annual Meeting 2018 link RISC lab hosts Mr. Pasquale Grippa2018-10-21RISC will host Mr. Pasquale Grippa, who will give a seminar entitled “Drone Delivery Systems” linkShaqura a finalist for Best Student Paper at ICCAS 20182018-10-17Mohammad Shaqura was selected a finalist for the Student Best Paper Award at the 18th International Conference on Control, Automation, and Systems linkRISC paper at PED20182018-08-21Mohammed Alrashed to present paper at the 9th International Conference on Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics. link Two RISC papers at IEEE CCTA20182018-08-21Samet Guler and Hassan Jaleel to present papers at the 2nd IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications. link Mohammad Shaqura PhD thesis defense2018-08-13Mohammad Shaqura successfully defends PhD dissertation: Robotic Manipulation and Control for Mobile Autonomous Platforms: Design and ImplementationRISC lab hosts Dr. Claudio Paliotta2018-06-04RISC will host Dr. Claudio Paliotta, who will give a seminar entitled “Guidance and control of marine vehicles: An overview” link RISC hosts summer interns2018-06-01RISC is hosting three undergraduate summer interns from Imperial College, MIT, and King Abdulaziz University.RISC paper at ICRA20182018-05-21Mohamed Abdelkader to present a paper at the 2018 International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Alfiya Kulmukhanova MS thesis defense2018-05-13Alfiya Kulmukhanova successfully defends MS thesis: Mechanism Design for Virtual Power Plant with Independent Distributed GeneratorsMohamed Abdelkader PhD thesis defense2018-04-19Mohamed Abdelkader successfully defends PhD dissertation: Towards Real-Time Distributed Planning in Multi-Robot SystemsYimeng Lu MS Thesis Defense2018-04-18Yimeng Lu successfully defends MS thesis: A Game-theoretical Approach for Distributed Cooperative Control of Autonomous Underwater VehiclesKeynote lecture at ISMA182018-03-06Jeff Shamma to deliver keynote lecture at International Symposium on Mechatronics and Its Applications (ISMA18), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. link Short course at the EECI International Graduate School on Control2018-02-26Jeff Shamma and Jason Marden to give five day short course on "Game Theory and Distributed Control" for the EECI/IFAC International Graduate School on Control. linkRISC lab hosts Prof. Dario Bauso2018-02-21RISC will host Prof. Dario Bauso, who will give a seminar entitled “Modeling physical and socio-economic components in energy systems via evolutionary game dynamics and bio-inspired collective decision making in structured and unstructured environments” link RISC lab receives KAUST Winter Enrichment Program speakers2018-01-15RISC lab visited by KAUST Winter Enrichment Program speakers: Ionuț Budișteanu (VisionBot), Elizabeth Churchill (Google), Munther Dahleh (MIT), & Andrew Vardy (Memorial University). link RISC paper at CDC 20172017-12-15Jeff Shamma to present paper coauthored with Doha Hamza at the 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Melbourne, Australia. linkMarine robotics short course at KAUST2017-11-12Dr. Ahmed Chemori of Montpellier Laboratory of Computer Science, Robotics and Microelectronics (LIRMM) to give three lecture short course on control of marine vehicles (hosted by KAUST Prof. Meriem Laleg). linkKAUST-NSF Conference on Environmental Monitoring2017-11-06Profs. Alouini, Al-Naffouri, and Shamma co-organize the KAUST-NSF Conference on Environmental Monitoring linkSCONES 2017 at Boston University2017-10-16Jeff Shamma is a co-organizer for the 2nd Symposium on the COntrol of NEtwork Systems (SCONES), Boston University. linkShaqura a finalist for Best Student Paper at ICMA 20172017-09-20Mohammad Shaqura was selected a finalist for the Best Student Paper Award at the IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA 2017). linkJaleel a visiting scientist at MIT2017-09-01Hassan Jaleel to spend September 2017 as a visiting scientist at the MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS). RISC hosts KAU senior design team2017-01-09RISC is hosting a team of four King Abdulaziz University students for their senior design project.CPS Summer School at Halmstad University2017-07-17Jeff Shamma to deliver three lectures on "Game Theory for Cyber-Physical Systems" at the Summer School on Cyber-Physical Systems, CPS 2017, Halmstad University, Sweden. link Three RISC papers at IFAC 20172017-07-09Hassan Jaleel, Mohamed Abdelkader, and Usman Fiaz to present papers at the 20th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, Toulouse, France (9-14 July 2017).link Shamma elected IFAC Fellow2017-07-01Jeff Shamma was elected a Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control "for contributions to linear parameter varying systems, multiagent systems, game theory, and robust control". link RISC hosts summer interns2017-06-01RISC is hosting three undergraduate summer interns from Boston University, King Abdulaziz University, and Pennsylvania State University.Noureddine Toumi MS thesis defense2017-04-12Noureddine Toumi successfully defends MS thesis on Decentralized Control of Multi-agent Aerial Transportation System.Usman Amin Fiaz MS thesis defense2017-04-11Usman Amin Fiaz successfully defends MS thesis on Passive Magnetic Latching Mechanisms for Robotic Applications.Team KAUST places 3rd at MBZIRC2017-03-17Team KAUST places 3rd at the Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC) in the ground robotics challenge. link RISC featured in KAUST Discovery2017-02-25Doha Hamza & Jeff Shamma were featured in KAUST Discovery for their work on distributed matching for cognitive radio. link Shamma selected as IEEE CSS Distinguished Lecturer2017-01-01Jeff Shamma selected to be an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer for the Control Systems Society. link Workshop at IEEE Conference on Decision and Control2016-12-14Jeff Shamma co-organizer for workshop on 'Human-Machine Networks and Distributed Autonomy' at 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC2015), Osaka, Japan. link Two RISC papers at CDC 20162016-12-12Hassan Jaleel and Mohamed Mabrok to present papers at the 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, USA. linkSemi-Plenary lecture at GAMES 20162016-07-24Jeff Shamma to deliver semi-plenary lecture at the 5th World Congress of the Game Theory Society, Maastricht, The Netherlands.linkRISC paper at ISIT2016-07-15Doha Hamza to present a paper at 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Barcelona, Spain. link Gilberto Mendoza-Chavez MS thesis defense2016-07-12Gilberto Mendoza-Chavez successfully defends MS thesis on Autonomous Landing on Moving Platforms.Seminar at King Abdulaziz University2016-04-28Jeff Shamma to speak at King Abdulaziz University, Center of Excellence in Intelligent Engineering Systems, Jeddah, KSA.Workshop at Texas A&M Qatar2016-04-24Jeff Shamma to speak at Texas A&M Qatar, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Workshop, Doha, Qatar.Seminar at ETH Zurich2016-03-16Jeff Shamma to speak at ETH Zurich, Automatic Control Laboratory, Zurich, Switzerland. link Workshop at IEEE Conference on Decision and Control12/14/2015Jeff Shamma co-organizer for workshop on 'Human-Machine Networks and Distributed Autonomy' at 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC2015), Osaka, Japan.linkWorkshop at IPAM UCLA2015-11-18Jeff Shamma to speak at Decision Support for Traffic, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), University of California, Los Angeles, USA. link External Advisory Board at Umm Al-Qura University2015-10-29Jeff Shamma to participate in the External Advisory Board meeting of the Electrical Engineering Department at Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, KSA. linkWorkshop at IMA University of Minnesota2015-10-21Jeff Shamma to speak at 'Analysis and Control of Network Dynamics', Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN linkKAUST Conference on Human-Machine Networks and Intelligent Infrastructure2015-10-05Profs. Laleg & Shamma co-organize KAUST Conference on Human-Machine Networks and Intelligent Infrastructure. linkSeminar at Harvard University2015-09-02Jeff Shamma to speak at Harvard University, Electrical Engineering Seminar Series, Cambridge, USA. Summer school at IPAM UCLA2015-07-23Jeff Shamma to speak at 'Games and Contracts for Cyber-Physical Security', Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), University of California Los Angeles, USA. link Conference at University of Oxford2015-06-27Jeff Shamma to speak at 'Advances in the Social Sciences: A Conference in Honor of Peyton Young', University of Oxford, UK.Short Course at American University of Beirut2015-06-15Jeff Shamma to deliver short course on 'Game theory and multi-agent systems' at the 1st Artificial Intelligence Summer School, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.Workshop at ICCS 20152015-06-01Jeff Shamma to speak at the 'Workshop on Paradigms for Control in Social Systems', ICCS 2015, Reykjavik, Iceland. link
