Riadh Zaier
Dr. Riadh Zaier received his M.Eng. and Dr. Eng. Degrees, both in Discrete-Time Tracking Control Systems from the Department of Systems Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan, in 1996 and 1999, respectively. He joined Fujitsu Automation Ltd. in 1999. Then he joined Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., as a researcher in 2004. He has been conducting a leading research on the biologically inspired locomotion control for humanoid robots. He developed a neural network that generates robust and smooth motions for Fujitsu humanoid robot HOAP, which is commercially available. He has several patents pending and a granted US patent (7,482,775). He is currently an assistant professor of Mechatronics Engineering Program at Sultan Qaboos University. His research interests are in the broad area of intelligent sensing and information fusion. He is a Member of IEEE and Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ).