Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) Research Group

1. Waleed A. Hafiz and Alaa Khamis, "Bayesian Approach to Multisensor Data Fusion with Pre-and Post-Filtering," submitted to IEEE 2012 International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems, Germany, 2012..
2. Alaa Khamis, "Cooperative Sensor and Actor Networks in Distributed Surveillance Context," 10th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS'12), Salamanca, Spain, 2012.
3. Yun-Qian Miao, Alaa Khamis, Mohamed S. Kamel, "Novel Mobility Model for Mobile Sensors Deployment in Surveillance Systems", accepted to be published in International Journal of Robotics and Automation, 2012 [Impact Factor: 0.409 (2008)].
4. Hengameh Irandoust, Alaa Khamis, Abder Rezak Benaskeur. Cooperation in Distributed Surveillance: Concepts, Theories, Models and Technology Enablers. Defence R&D Canada -Valcartier, 2012.

1. Alaa Khamis, Ahmed Elmogy and Fakhreddine Karray, "Complex Task Allocation in Mobile Surveillance Systems," Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/s10846-010-9536-2, 2011 [Impact Factor: 0.858 (2009)].
2. Alaa Khamis. Conceptual Foundations of Cooperation in Distributed Surveillance. Technical Reports, Thales Canada, Naval Division, 2010.
3. Bahador Khaleghi, Alaa Khamis, Fakhreddine O. Karray, "Multisensor Data Fusion: A Review of the State-of-the-art,"Information Fusion (2011), doi:10.1016/j.inffus.2011.08.00.1 [Impact Factor: 2.212]
4. A. Benaskeur, A. Khamis, H. Irandoust, "Augmentative Cooperation in Distributed Surveillance Systems for Dense Regions," International Journal of Intelligent Defence Support Systems, 4(1): 20-49, 2011 [Indexed by GOOGLESCH].
5. M. Kamel, F. Karray, W. Gueaieb and A. Khamis (Eds.). Autonomous and Intelligent Systems. Second International Conference, AIS 2011, Burnaby, BC, Canada, June 22-24, 2011, Proceedings, Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 6752, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer 2011.
6. Yun-Qian Miao, Alaa Khamis, Mohamed S. Kamel, "Novel Mobility Model for Mobile Sensors Deployment in Surveillance Systems", accepted to be published in International Journal of Robotics and Automation, 2011 [Impact Factor: 0.409 (2008)].
7. Yun-Qian Miao, Alaa Khamis, Mohamed Kamel, Fakhri Karray, "Global Optimal Path Planning for Mobile Robots based on Hybrid Approach with High Diversity and Memorization," International Conference on Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (AIS 2011), June 22-24, 2011, Burnaby, BC, Canada [Acceptance rate: 64%]..
8. Allaa R. Hilal, Alaa Khamis, and Otman Basir, "HASM: A Hybrid Architecture for Sensor Management in a Distributed Surveillance Context," The 2011 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (IEEE ICNSC 2011).
9. Allaa R. Hilal, Alaa Khamis, and Otman Basir, "A Service-Oriented Architecture Suite for Sensor Management in Distributed Surveillance Systems", The International Conference on Computer and Management (CAMAN 2011).
10. Allaa R. Hilal, Alaa Khamis, and Otman Basir, "A Hybrid Sensor Management Framework for Pervasive Surveillance Systems," The 2011 IEEE International Systems Conference (IEEE SysCon 2011).

1. Ahmed Elmogy, Fakhreddine Karray, and Alaa Khamis, "Auction-based Consensus Mechanism for Cooperative Tracking in Multisensor Surveillance Systems," Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics, Vol.14, No.1 pp. 13-20, 2010 [Indexed in SciVerse Scopus].
2. Bahador Khaleghi, Alaa Khamis, Fakhreddine Karray, "Random Finite Set Theoretic Soft/Hard Data Fusion: Application to Target Tracking", IEEE 2010 International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems, 2010 [Acceptance rate: 50%].
3. A. Benaskeur, A. Khamis, H. Irandoust, "Cooperation in Distributed Surveillance", Special Session on Distributed Surveillance Systems, International Conference on Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (AIS 2010), June 21-23, 2010, Povoa de Varzim, Portugal [Acceptance rate: 68%].
4. Yun-Qian Miao, Alaa Khamis, Mohamed Kamel, "Applying Anti-Flocking Model in Mobile Surveillance Systems," Special Session on Distributed Surveillance Systems, International Conference on Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (AIS 2010), June 21-23, 2010, Povoa de Varzim, Portugal [Acceptance rate: 68%].
5. Hassene Bouraoui, Alaa Khamis, Fakhri Karray, "A Testbed Platform for Assessing Human-Robot Verbal Interaction", International Conference on Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (AIS 2010), June 21-23, 2010, Povoa de Varzim, Portugal [Acceptance rate: 68%].

1. Andrew Rae, Alaa Khamis, Otman Basir, Mohamed Kamel, "Particle Filtering for Bearing-Only Audio-Visual Speaker Detection and Tracking," 2009 IEEE International Conference on Signals, Circuits and Systems (SCS'09), Djerba, Tunisia, 2009 [Acceptance rate: 62%].
2. Alaa Khamis, Malek El-Gazzar and Miguel A. Salichs, "Multiagent-based Framework for Multirobot Systems," Book Chapter in Cooperation in Robotics, Jose M. Cañas, Carlos E. Aguero and Francisco Martín (Eds.), ISBN: 978-84-691-6414-3, University Rey Juan Carlos, 2009.
3. Ahmed M. Elmogy, Alaa M. Khamis, and Fakhri O. Karray, "Market-based Dynamic Task Allocation in Mobile Surveillance Systems," IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA, November 3-6, 2009.
4. Abderrezak Benaskeur, Alaa Khamis, Hengameh Irandoust, "Multisensor Cooperation in Military Surveillance Systems," 2009 IEEE International Conference on Signals, Circuits and Systems (SCS'09), Djerba, Tunisia, 2009.
5. Yun-Qian Miao, Alaa Khamis, Mohamed Kamel, "Coordinated Motion Control of Mobile Sensors in Surveillance Systems," 2009 IEEE International Conference on Signals, Circuits and Systems (SCS'09), Djerba, Tunisia, 2009 [Acceptance rate: 62%].
6. Bahador Khaleghi, Saiedeh Navabzadeh, Alaa Khamis, Fakhreddine O. Karray, "Multisensor Data Fusion: Antecedents and Directions," 2009 IEEE International Conference on Signals, Circuits and Systems (SCS'09), Djerba, Tunisia, 2009 [Acceptance rate: 62%].
7. Ahmed M. Elmogy, Alaa Khamis, Fakhri O. Karray, "Dynamic Complex Task Allocation in Mobile Sensor Network," 2009 IEEE International Conference on Signals, Circuits and Systems (SCS'09), Djerba, Tunisia, 2009 [Acceptance rate: 62%].
8. M. Morckos and A. Khamis, "Multiagent Simulator for Reinforcement Learning-based Elevator Dispatching," 7th Issue of Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) eNewsletter, University of Waterloo, January 2009.
9. Z. Zhu, A. Khamis and M. Kamel, "Applying Emergent Flocking Behaiour to Autoonomous Search adn Rescue," Annual Symposium of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, April 2009.

1. Alaa Khamis. Internet-based Interaction with Mobile Robots. Book, ISBN: 978-1-60456-289-7, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, New York, 2008.

1. M. Abderrahim, Alaa Khamis, S. Garrido, L. Moreno, "Accuracy and Calibration Issues of Industrial Manipulators," Chapter in Industrial Robotics: Programming, Simulation and Applications. pp.131-146. ISBN: 3-86611-286-6. Advanced Robotic Systems International & Pro Verlag, 2007.
2. Alaa Khamis and Mohamed Kamel, and Miguel A. Salichs, "Human-Robot Interfaces for Social Interaction", vol. 22, (206) International Journal of Robotics and Automation, 2007 [Impact Factor: 0.409 (2008)].