Networked Optimization, Diagnosis, and Estimation (NODE) Laboratory
The NODE lab research focuses on estimation and diagnosis in cyber-physical systems, human-robot cooperative controls, and distributed control to improve reliability and performance in robotic, assistive robotic, and intelligent transport systems.
News:
We will organize IEEE ITSC 2024 in Edmonton in Sep. 2024.
Aug. 2023: Ali Salimzadeh and Soroush Maleki successfully defended their Master's degrees on Semantic-tolerant dynamic object detection, and remote sensing for manufacturing systems; congratulations Ali and Soroush!
Fall 2022, we had a Guest Editorial's Special Issue on Safety for Intelligent and Connected Vehicles in Elsevier's Engineering Journal
Aug. 2022, an Issue (i.e., Research Topic) on Reviews in Connected Mobility and Automation: 2022 (soliciting original high-quality papers)
June 2022: our paper on mobile robots state estimation appeared in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.
April 2022: Sola Weng successfully defended his Master's degree on recovering optimal cost functions for exoskeleton control; congratulations Sola!
May 2022: our paper on Adaptive Reference Inverse Optimal Control for Natural Walking with Musculoskeletal Models appeared in IEEE Trans Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Eng. Congratulations Sola!
March 2022: Guest Editorial's Special Section in IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine on safety of automated driving
Dec. 2021: our paper on fault detection for intelligent robotic rollators appeared in Robotics & Autonomous Systems; congratulations Yeaser!
Oct. 2021: gave a talk at ETHZ's NCCR Automation seminar series on state estimation for connected and autonomous driving
Daniel Floegel joined our lab as a visiting researcher, from Karlsruhe Inst. of Technology, in May 2021
Abdullah Yeaser successfully defended his Master's degree on learning-aided state estimation for robotic walkers in April 2021. Congratulations Yeaser!
April 2021: our paper on Sideslip Estimation for AVs Navigation appeared in IEEE Internet of Things Journal
April 2021: gave a talk on on Human-Autonomy Cooperative Control for AVs at ITRL, KTH Royal Inst. of Technology
March 2021: our paper on Natural Walking with Musculoskeletal Models Using Deep Reinforcement Learning appeared in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. Congratulations Sola!
Feb. 2021: our paper on Integrated Longitudinal/Lateral Controls for Autonomous Leader-Follower Problems will appear in ACC 2021 proceedings. Congratulations Merijn!
Joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta in Jan. 2021
Oct. 2020: gave a talk at the University of Alberta on Cooperative Control for Autonomous Systems.
Sep. 2020: gave a talk at the University of Freiburg on State Estimation for Connected Automated Driving.
July 2020: our paper on Dynamical Games for AVs Stabilization/Path Tracking will appear in ACC 2020.
Jan. 2019-Sep. 2019: visited School of Electrical Eng. and Computer Science at KTH Royal Inst. of Technology.
Positions and Call for Papers:
We have funded Postdoc and PhD position on collaborative robotics, human perception, and autonomous navigation in our group, deadline: Oct. 2023.