University of New South Wales Swarm Shepherding Team

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Professor Hussein Abbass
University of New South Wales - Canberra

Professor Abbass is the Founding Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, a Distinguished Lecturer in the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (2022-2024), and a professor at the University of New South Wales - Canberra. He is a Fellow of IEEE, ACS, AIML and ORS.

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Dr Essam Debie
University of New South Wales - Canberra

Essam received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Information Systems and Technology in 2003 and 2010, respectively, and the PhD degree in Computer Science from the University of new South Wales in 2014. His research lies in the areas of artificial intelligence, swarm intelligence, human computer interaction, and human performance modelling using wearable sensors. 

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Dr Heba El-Fiqi
University of New South Wales - Canberra

Dr Heba El-Fiqi is a Lecturer with the School of Engineering and Information Technology (SEIT), UNSW Canberra. Her research interest includes artificial intelligence, swarm intelligence, machine learning, and computational intelligence. ​

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Adam J Hepworth – PhD Candidate
University of New South Wales - Canberra

Adam J. Hepworth is presently a PhD candidate in Computer Science at UNSW Canberra, where he is the 2022 Chief of Army Scholar. His current research contributes to swarm shepherding for human-swarm teaming, activity recognition and behaviour prediction, and the design of artificial intelligence systems.

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Dr. Aya Hussein
University of New South Wales - Canberra

Aya Hussein is a research associate at UNSW-Canberra where she got her PhD in Computer Science in 2020. She is currently working on curriculum learning and its applications to complex swarm-robotics tasks. Her research interests include human-machine interaction, reinforcement learning, and swarm robotics.

Kate Yaxley
Kate Yaxley – PhD Candidate
University of New South Wales - Canberra

Kate J Yaxley is presently a PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering at UNSW Canberra. Kate is the 2021 Australia and New Zealand Women in Artificial Intelligence AI in Defence award winner. Kate’s research focuses on swarm behaviour, shoid agent development, and AI design philosophy for Farmer and Sky Shepherd Teaming.

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International Researchers

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Finlay McCall – PhD Candidate
University of Canberra

I’m a researcher in the emerging field of Machine Education, working on curriculum for human and machine collaboration.

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Dr Patrick Nalepka
Macquarie University

Dr. Nalepka’s research investigates the perceptual-motor processes that scaffold social collaboration. His research utilizes virtual reality and artificial agents to design interventions to steer the adoption of effective behaviours. Additionally, his work involves understanding how virtual agents can be used as ‘synthetic teammates’ to enhance group performance and functioning.

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Associate Professor Masaki Ogura
Osaka University

Masaki Ogura is an Associate Professor at Osaka University, Japan. He was a runner-up of the 2019 Best Paper Award by the IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering. He is currently an Associate Editor of the Journal of the Franklin Institute.

Professor Michael J. Richardson
Professor Michael J. Richardson 
Macquarie University

Prof. Richardson’s research is directed towards understanding the lawful dynamics of human perception, action, and cognition for the development of human-AI systems. He has expertise in experimental and applied psychology, cognitive science, human-movement science, social coordination, human-machine interaction, AI, machine learning, complex systems modelling and virtual-reality.

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Project Assistant Professor Yusuke Tsunoda 
Osaka University

Prof. Tsunoda is an assistant professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University. His research interest includes guiding herds of organisms (sheep, fish, birds etc..) by robots and understanding the behavior of sheepdogs and sheep.

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Jixuan Zhi – PhD Candidate
George Mason University

Jixuan Zhi is a Ph.D. Candidate of computer science at George Mason University and his research adviser is Prof. Jyh-Ming Lien. His research interests include motion planning, robotics, reinforcement learning, computational design and virtual reality.

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