Associate ProfessorSamer Hanoun

Associate Professor of Simulation And Scheduling

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation

  • Associate Professor of Simulation And Scheduling
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation
  • +61 3 522 72928 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Ground autonomous robots navigation, motion, and path planning for indoor applications

 

UAVs and multirotor drones path planning for real world applications

 

UAVs and multirotor drones navigation under closed loop perception control

 

Camera networks placement optimisation, scheduling and control

 

Automated performance evaluation and analytics



GRANTS

  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Cleaning Robot - Extension Phase
    15 Feb 2025 - 1 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Downer EDI Rail - $328,888.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Cleaning Robot (CBot)
    1 Mar 2023 - 1 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Downer EDI Rail - $863,966.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    PTZ CAMERA OPTIMIZATION AND CONTROL.
    5 Jul 2022 - 5 Jul 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Boeing Defence Australia Ltd - $144,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Virtual firefighting training simulation with real time performance monitoring - HotFire Trainer
    11 Jun 2021 - 30 Jun 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    DoD Grant - Research - Department of Defence - P20-154879 - $4,662,799.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Scoping study exploring the availability of specialist technology support for those impacted by technology-facilitated abuse.
    11 Nov 2019 - 29 May 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    Office of the eSafety Commissioner - CONTR2019/02314 - $95,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Multimodal Quantification of Operator State through Adaptive Team Training in Command and Control.
    16 Sep 2019 - 15 May 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    DSTO Grant - Research - Defence Science & Technology Organisation - MyIP9241 - $74,445.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Instructor-Student Gaze Coupling in Air-Battle Management Training.
    3 Dec 2018 - 31 Jul 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    DSTO Grant - Research - Defence Science & Technology Organisation - MyIP8633 - $99,923.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Hot Fire Training System
    9 Aug 2017 - 8 Aug 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    DoD Grant - Research - Department of Defence - $1,961,171.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Low Cost Multi-Operator Eye Tracking in Dynamic Team Tasks
    15 May 2017 - 18 May 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bhatti A,
    • Hanoun S,
    • Hossny M,
    • Nahavandi S
    DSTO Grant - Research - Defence Science & Technology Organisation - MyIP7022 - $99,923.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Operational Readiness Assessment using Virtual Reality
    31 Mar 2017 - 30 Jun 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    DSTO Grant - Research - Defence Science & Technology Organisation - $98,569.86
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Team State Monitoring and Performance Assessment Using Eye Tracking
    31 Mar 2017 - 30 Jun 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    DSTO Grant - Research - Defence Science & Technology Organisation - $99,608.90
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Automated Performance Evaluation using Computational Intelligence
    1 Jan 2017 - 18 Jul 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Nahavandi S,
    • Hanoun S
    CSIRO Grant - Research - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - $62,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Quickstep Production Line Modelling and Analysis Study
    25 Oct 2016 - 31 Dec 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    Quickstep Automotive Pty Limited - $15,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Automated Performance Evaluation using Computational Intelligence
    25 Jul 2016 - 25 Jul 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Nahavandi S,
    • Hanoun S
    Ytek Pty Ltd - $62,500.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Development of System Model Architecture
    29 Apr 2016 - 10 Jun 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    DSTO Grant - Research - Defence Science & Technology Organisation - $49,902.00
  • GRANT
    Adaptive Scenario Generation and Performance Evaluation for Virtual Training of Helicopter Pilots
    1 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    Ytek Pty Ltd - $121,384.00
  • GRANT
    Adaptive Scenario Generation and Performance Evaluation for Virtual Training of Helicopter Pilots
    1 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC Linkage - Projects Rnd 1 - LP120100598 - $225,954.00