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most citedFeeding control and water quality monitoring in aquaculture systems: Opportunities and challenges

7 citations · 35 across the 38 of their papers we have counts for

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42 papers

eess.SY2026

Integrating Deep Learning and Contraction Theory for Robust Nonlinear State Estimation via Unsupervised Scientific Machine Learning

Yasmine Marani, Israel Filho, Eric Feron +1

A common way to design observers is to add a correction term to a copy of the system; however, designing the correction term for nonlinear systems remains a significant long-standi…

eess.SY2026

From Well-Posed Inversion to Learning Design: Physics- Informed Neural Estimation for Autonomic Regulation

Sara Nour Sadoun, Giuseppe Alessio D'Inverno, Francois Cottin +2

Learning-based and physics-informed methods are increasingly used for inverse estimation in controlled nonlinear dynamical systems. However, in many such approaches, the theoretic…

cs.LG2026

An Explicit Surrogate for Gaussian Mixture Flow Matching with Wasserstein Gap Bounds

Elham Rostami, Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati, Hamidou Tembine

We study training-free flow matching between two Gaussian mixture models (GMMs) using explicit velocity fields that transport one mixture into the other over time. Our baseline app…

cs.LG2026

SpaTeoGL: Spatiotemporal Graph Learning for Interpretable Seizure Onset Zone Analysis from Intracranial EEG

Elham Rostami, Aref Einizade, Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati

Accurate localization of the seizure onset zone (SOZ) from intracranial EEG (iEEG) is essential for epilepsy surgery but is challenged by complex spatiotemporal seizure dynamics. W…

cs.IT2025

Radio-PPG: photoplethysmogram digital twin synthesis using deep neural representation of 6G/WiFi ISAC signals

Israel Jesus Santos Filho, Muhammad Mahboob Ur Rahman, Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati +1

Digital twins for 1D bio-signals enable real-time monitoring of physiological processes of a person, which enables early disease diagnosis and personalized treatment. This work int…

eess.SP2024

Internet of medical things for non-invasive and non-contact dehydration monitoring away from the hospital: state-of-the-art, challenges and prospects

Soumia Siyoucef, Rose Al-Aslani, Mourad Adnane +3

Dehydration occurs when the body loses more water than it takes in. Mild dehydration can lead to fatigue, cognitive impairments, and physical complications, while severe dehydratio…

eess.SY2024

Unsupervised Physics-Informed Neural Network-based Nonlinear Observer design for autonomous systems using contraction analysis

Yasmine Marani, Israel Filho, Tareq Al-Naffouri +1

Contraction analysis offers, through elegant mathematical developments, a unified way of designing observers for a general class of nonlinear systems, where the observer correction…

cs.CV2024

Image contrast enhancement based on the Schrödinger operator spectrum

Juan M. Vargas, Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati

In this study, we propose a novel image contrast enhancement method based on projecting images onto the squared eigenfunctions of the two-dimensional Schrödinger operator. This pro…

eess.SP2024

Non-Contact Acquisition of PPG Signal using Chest Movement-Modulated Radio Signals

Israel Jesus Santos Filho, Muhammad Mahboob Ur Rahman, Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati +1

We present for the first time a novel method that utilizes the chest movement-modulated radio signals for non-contact acquisition of the photoplethysmography (PPG) signal. Under th…

eess.SP2024★ 1 cited

You can monitor your hydration level using your smartphone camera

Rose Alaslani, Levina Perzhilla, Muhammad Mahboob Ur Rahman +2

This work proposes for the first time to utilize the regular smartphone -- a popular assistive gadget -- to design a novel, non-invasive method for self-monitoring of one's hydrati…

eess.SY2024

Modulating function based algebraic observer coupled with stable output predictor for LTV and sampled-data systems

Matti Noack, Ibrahima N'Doye, Johann Reger +1

This paper proposes an algebraic observer-based modulating function approach for linear time-variant systems and a class of nonlinear systems with discrete measurements. The underl…

eess.SY2023★ 7 cited

Feeding control and water quality monitoring in aquaculture systems: Opportunities and challenges

Fahad Aljehani, Ibrahima N'Doye, Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati

Aquaculture systems can benefit from the recent development of advanced control strategies to reduce operating costs and fish loss and increase growth production efficiency, result…

eess.SY2023

Model-based versus model-free feeding control and water quality monitoring for fish growth tracking in aquaculture systems

Fahad Aljehani, Ibrahima N'Doye, Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati

The high concentration level of the environmental factors, such as a high ammonia concentration and pH level, affect the water quality, affecting fish's survival and mass death. Th…

eess.SY2023

Non-Asymptotic State and Disturbance Estimation for a Class of Triangular Nonlinear Systems using Modulating Functions

Yasmine Marani, Ibrahima N'Doye, Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati

Dynamical models are often corrupted by model uncertainties, external disturbances, and measurement noise. These factors affect the performance of model-based observers and as a re…

eess.SY2023

Tracking Control of Optical Beam Transceivers using Mean Field Models

Ibrahima N'Doye, Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati

This paper proposes mean field models to maintain an accurate line-of-sight and tracking between transceivers mounted in mobile unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) platforms in the pre…

stat.ME2022

Contribution to the initialization of linear non-commensurate fractional-order systems for the joint estimation of parameters and fractional differentiation orders

Mohamed A. Bahloul, Zehor Belkhatir, Taous-Meriem laleg-Kirati

It has been recognized that using time-varying initialization functions to solve the initial value problem of fractional-order systems (FOS) is both complex and essential in defini…

eess.SY2022

Accelerating Extremum Seeking Convergence by Richardson Extrapolation Methods

Jan-Henrik Metsch, Jonathan Neuhauser, Jerome Jouffroy +2

In this paper, we propose the concept of accelerated convergence that has originally been developed to speed up the convergence of numerical methods for extremum seeking (ES) loops…

eess.SY2021

Data-Driven State Estimation for Light-Emitting Diode Underwater Optical Communication

Yingquan Li, Zhenwen Liang, Ibrahima N'Doye +3

Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs) based underwater optical wireless communications (UOWCs), a technology with low latency and high data rates, have attracted significant importance for…

cs.CV2021

Spatial Distribution Patterns of Clownfish in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems

Fahad Aljehani, Ibrahima N'Doye, Micaela S. Justo +3

Successful aquaculture systems can reduce the pressure and help secure the most diverse and productive Red Sea coral reef ecosystem to maintain a healthy and functional ecosystem w…

math.OC2021

Reference Tracking AND Observer Design for Space-Fractional Partial Differential Equation Modeling Gas Pressures in Fractured Media

Lilia Ghaffour, Taous Meriem Laleg Kirati

This paper considers a class of space fractional partial differential equations (FPDEs) that describe gas pressures in fractured media. First, the well-posedness, uniqueness, and t…

eess.SY2021★ 3 cited

Model-free LQR based PID controller for trajectory tracking of 2-DoF helicopter: comparison and experimental results

Nouha Rouis, Ibrahima N'Doye, Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati

This paper studies the performance of a model-free LQR based PID (i-LQR-PID) controller designed for tracking control problem of a 2-DoF laboratory helicopter. The control problem…

eess.SY2021★ 3 cited

Fish Growth Trajectory Tracking via Reinforcement Learning in Precision Aquaculture

Abderrazak Chahid, Ibrahima N'Doye, John E. Majoris +2

This paper studies the fish growth trajectory tracking via reinforcement learning under a representative bioenergetic growth model. Due to the complex aquaculture condition and unc…

eess.SY2021

Reduction of the Beam Pointing Error for Improved Free-Space Optical Communication Link Performance

I. N'Doye, W. Cai, A. Alalwan +5

Free-space optical communication is emerging as a low-power, low-cost, and high data rate alternative to radio-frequency communication in short-to medium-range applications. Howeve…

eess.SY2021

Establishing and Maintaining a Reliable Optical Wireless Communication in Underwater Environment

Ibrahima N'Doye, Ding Zhang, Mohamed-Slim Alouini +1

This paper proposes the trajectory tracking problem between an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and a mobile surface ship, both equipped with optical communication transceivers.…