Muhammad Bilal Kadri is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science, College of Computer and Information Science at Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He earned his DPhil (PhD) in Engineering Science from the Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, UK, where his doctoral research focused on disturbance rejection in information-poor systems using model-free neuro-fuzzy control. He was affiliated with Lincoln College, University of Oxford, as a Crewe Graduate Fellow.
With over two decades of academic and research experience, Dr. Kadri’s research interests lie at the intersection of artificial intelligence and robotics, particularly in unmanned aerial and ground vehicles, GPS-denied and terrain-aided navigation, sensor fusion, fuzzy and adaptive control systems, and autonomous robotic platforms. He has led and contributed to multiple funded research projects supported by organizations in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, addressing real-world challenges in autonomous navigation, disaster mitigation, and intelligent robotic systems.
Dr. Kadri has published extensively in high-impact international journals and conferences and has authored books and book chapters in the area of intelligent control. He has supervised numerous MS and PhD research projects and has served as an external examiner, PhD committee member, and technical evaluator for national and international research bodies. His academic service includes leadership roles in curriculum design, outcome-based education accreditation, and faculty development.
Dr. Kadri has an extensive and distinguished record of winning competitive research grants as Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) in the areas of robotics, autonomous systems, and artificial intelligence. He has served as PI on several major funded projects, including “Design and Development of Intelligent Mobile Robots for Disaster Mitigation and Fire Fighting” funded by the National ICTR&D Fund, Pakistan (PKR 14.67 million), “UAV Localization in GPS-Denied Environments” funded by the Government of Pakistan (PKR 3.27 million), and “High-Precision Location Identification Using Deep Neural Networks by Augmenting GPS with Terrain Knowledge” funded by the National Center of GIS and Space Applications, Pakistan (PKR 12.48 million).
In addition, he is the Principal Investigator of the project “Terrain-Aided Navigation: Localization in GPS-Denied Environments for Autonomous UAV Navigation”, funded by the Prince Sultan Defense Studies and Research Center (PSDSARC), Saudi Arabia, with a grant amount of SAR 300,000. He has also served as Co-PI on the project “AI-Enabled Learning Management System for Educational Institutes”, funded by the National Research Program for Universities (NRPU), valued at PKR 11.2 million. These grants reflect his sustained success in attracting external funding and leading high-impact research initiatives across multiple institutions and countries.
HEC Approved PhD Supervisor
PEC Certified Program Evaluator (PEV) for OBE Based Accreditation
CCIS Department, PSU, Riyadh, KSA
Mechatronics Department, KIET, Karachi, Pakistan