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The keynote information for the International Conference of Control, Dynamic Systems, and Robotics (CDSR'14) can be found below.

Dr. Dan Zhang University of Ontario Institute of Technology	Dr. Nicole Abaid Virginia Tech
Dr. Mojtaba Ahmadi Carleton University

 

 

 

Dr. Dan Zhang

     Dr. Dan Zhang is Full Professor and Canada Research Chair in Robotics and Automation, founding Chair of the Department of Automotive,Mechanical, and Manufacturing Engineering with the Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science at University of Ontario Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Robotics and Mechatronics from Laval University, Canada, in June 2000. He was awarded Materials and Manufacturing Ontario (MMO) Industrial Fellowship and worked as R&D Engineer and MMO Industrial Fellow at a company for a while. From 2000 to 2004, Dr. Zhang was appointed as research scientist at Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute of National Research Council of Canada.
     Dr. Zhang's research interests include robotics and mechatronics; high performance parallel robotic machine development; sustainable/green manufacturing systems; micro/nano manipulation and MEMS devices (sensors), micro mobile robots and control of multi-robot cooperation, intelligent servo control system for the MEMS based high-performance micro-robot; web-based remote manipulation; rehabilitation robot and rescue robot. Dr. Zhang has published 183 journal and conference papers, 4 books, 7 book chapters and numerous other technical publications. He is the editor-in-chief for International Journal of Mechanisms and Robotic Systems, the editor-in-chief for International Journal of Robotics Applications and Technologies, Associate editor for the International Journal of Robotics and Automation (ACTA publisher) and guest editors for other 4 international journals. He reviews extensively for international journals and conferences and was invited as ASME conferences symposium organizer, session chairs and technical area chair, served as program chair, committee member of many international conferences. Dr. Zhang serves member of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Grant Selection Committee.
     Dr. Zhang was director of Board of Directors at Durham Region Manufacturing Association, Canada, and director of Board of Directors of Professional Engineers Ontario, Lake Ontario Chapter, Canada. Dr. Zhang is a registered Professional Engineer of Canada, a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), and a Fellow of (Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering) CSME, a Senior Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a Senior Member of SME, and ASME member.

Topic of Keynote: Parallel Robotic Manipulators and Their Applications

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Dr. Nicole Abaid

     Nicole Abaid received her bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2003 and the University of Kansas in 2008, respectively, and her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of New York University in 2012. Since August 2012, she has worked as an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech. Her research focuses on dynamic systems, animal behavior, and bio-inspired mechatronics.

 

Topic of Keynote: Multi-Agent System Modeling Inspired by Bat Swarms

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Dr. Mojtaba Ahmadi

     Dr. Ahmadi received his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Sharif University in 1989, Master's from Tehran University in 1992, and Ph.D. from McGill University (Center for Intelligent Machines) in 1998. As a postdoctoral fellow with the Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal he conducted research on Telerobotics. Later he joined Opal-RT Technologies Inc. in Montreal where he led the Advanced Robotics and Controls Group from 2000 to 2001. In 2001 he worked as a Senior Servo Engineer at Maxtor Corporation (Seagate today) in San Jose, California, developing control systems for advanced hard disk drives. From 2002 to 2005 he was with the Institute for Aerospace Research of the National Research Council Canada in Ottawa leading robotic design activities for a new 8DOF robot for testing in a high-speed wind tunnel. Dr. Ahmadi has been a faculty member at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Carleton University from 2005. His main interests are in designing robots for new applications, control algorithms, balance in walking for robots and human, and rehabilitation robotics. He has developed or contributed to the development of various walking robots, mobile robots, robotic software, optimal trajectory planners for redundant robots, redundant manipulators design and control, rehabilitation robots for stroke and acute-care patients, balance aid devices for elderly, exoskeleton controllers, flight simulation motion platforms, and other projects with mechatronics or robotics relevance. He is the founder and director of the Advanced Biomechatronics and Locomotion Laboratory (ABL) at Carleton where several novel robotic and mechatronic systems are currently being developed. He regularly contributes to several journals and conferences via reviews and editorial tasks. The latest research accomplishments of Dr. Ahmadi and his graduate students are in the process of commercialization and his research has been covered by several media outlets such as CBC and Discovery Channel.

Topic of Keynote: The Impact of Robotics in Healthcare: Rehabilitation and Patient Mobilization

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