Professor Abdelhaimd Tayebi from Lakehead University, Canada, Visits the School of Mathematics at Renmin University of China and Delivers an Academic Lecture
Publication Time:2025-11-12
On February 21, 2025, Professor Abdelhaimd Tayebi, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Lakehead University, Canada, was invited to visit the School of Mathematics at Renmin University of China. He delivered an academic lecture entitled “State Observers Design for Autonomous Navigation Systems”. The lecture reviewed the significant developments of navigation observers in the fields of robotics and aerospace, and provided a detailed introduction to several innovative designs of geometric nonlinear observers.
Lecture Overview
Professor Tayebi began by addressing the problem of attitude estimation for aircraft, systematically reviewing the development of navigation state observers and clearly explaining several classical observer design methods. He pointed out that traditional Kalman filters and their variants are widely used in practical applications; however, due to the inherently linear structure of the Kalman filter, they can only guarantee local stability, which imposes limitations in certain scenarios. Therefore, the design of nonlinear observers with near-global or global stability becomes particularly important. Building on this, Professor Tayebi shared a series of important laboratory results in the field of geometric nonlinear observers and their practical applications, especially hybrid nonlinear observers for inertial navigation based on landmark measurements.
Event Highlights
The lecture was chaired by Professor Shen Dong from the School of Mathematics at Renmin University of China. Faculty and students engaged in a lively discussion on the content of the lecture. Notably, after the lecture, Professor Tayebi arranged a special Q&A and mentoring session with graduate students. During this session, he asked each student about their research focus and shared valuable insights and advice on developing good research habits, writing high-quality papers, and understanding the relationship between theoretical and applied research.
About the Speaker
Professor Abdelhaimd Tayebi is a leading international scholar in the field of control theory. He is currently a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and has been recognized as an IEEE/IET Fellow. His research interests include control systems and robotics, and his pioneering contributions in control theory and engineering have had a profound impact on both academia and practical engineering applications.
