Hichem Arioui | Research

Haptic simulation — haptic interfacing and stabilisation of haptic rendering under transmission delays (teleoperation, shared virtual environments)
Driving simulation — mechatronic design, modelling and control of low-cost motion platforms, for cars and motorcycles
Road safety of powered two-wheeled vehicles (PTWV) — dynamic modelling, preventive and active safety: risk quantification, detection of loss of control, understeering and oversteering, curve warning systems
Control and observation — reconstruction of dynamic states and unknown inputs, parameter identification of PTWVs, trajectory reconstruction and analysis (Takagi-Sugeno/LPV observers, sliding modes, algebraic techniques, vision-based and visual-inertial approaches)
Multi-view reconstruction for aerial vehicles — structure from motion, 3D localisation and reconfiguration of drone fleets
Gaze dynamics & vehicle trajectory — study of the visual behaviour of motorcyclists, applications to training and intelligent transportation systems (ANR eMC2 project)

Predictive and passive control strategies for the stabilisation of haptic rendering under variable or constant transmission delays
Design, mechatronic characterisation and control of low-cost motion platforms: three innovative operational prototypes of driving simulators (car and motorcycle)
Advanced motion cueing methods, including an original optimised tuning of Washout filters
Development of estimation techniques for ground transport applications (vehicle state, rider, environment): sliding mode observers, algebraic estimation, polytopic observers, robust linear observers, vision-based estimation
Significant contribution to the identification of inertial and tyre parameters of PTWVs (unknown input observation, robust identification through differential techniques)
Original road risk quantification functions for motorcycles using exclusively visual and visual-inertial approaches
Control of dynamic systems: teleoperation, motion platforms and autonomous vehicles

Scientific leadership or participation — ANR, European and regional funding

eMC2 (ANR, 2022-2026) — gaze dynamics in motorcycle cornering, applications to training & ITS. Scientific leader, €186k
TEDw (STIC Paris-Saclay, 2019-2020) — impact of gaze direction on motorcycle trajectory. Principal investigator, €19k
VIROLO++ (ANR, 2016-2020) — study of motorcycle cornering. Scientific leader, €192k
e-MOTIVE (FUI, 2009-2014) — riding assistance systems for PTWVs
CompanionAble (European Integrated Project, FP7, 2008-2012) — assistive robotics and cognitive smart homes, more than 20 partners. €270k
VIGISIM (PREDIT-ANR, 2006-2009) — simulator for detecting driving impairment (attention, vigilance). Scientific leader, €40k
SIMACOM (PREDIT-ANR, 2006-2009) — simulator for learning to ride powered two-wheelers. Scientific leader, €62k
SUMOTORI (PREDIT-ANR, 2004-2006) — identification of two-wheeler accident situations
INTUITION (Network of Excellence, FP6, 2003-2008) — virtual reality, more than 60 European partners. Scientific leader, €600k

MIT (Mechatronics Research Lab, USA, since 2012) — preventive assistance for two-wheelers, doctoral research stays
University of Tennessee (USA), University of Coimbra (Portugal), TU Darmstadt (Germany), POLIMI (Italy), UNAM (Mexico), SMU (Canada), Sharjah University (UAE), NTU (Singapore)
Algeria: ENSI, École Nationale Polytechnique, universities of Jijel and Annaba

UGE/IFSTTAR (S. Espié, LEPSIS), LS2N Nantes, PRISME, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, CRISTAL Lille, IEF Paris-Sud, L2S, IRISA Rennes, CEA, R. Poincaré Hospital (Garches), Gendarmerie Nationale, SATIE

Segula, Peugeot Motocycles, LibertyRider, DRUST, IAV France, HEEX Technologies, MAIF — perception, riding assistance and preventive safety for vehicles and two-wheelers

Individual RIPEC-C3 bonus (2024-2027), PEDR doctoral supervision and research bonus (2016-2020 and 2020-2024), PES scientific excellence bonus (2012-2016)
Laureate of the ABERTIS chair — "Best PhD thesis in Road Safety 2018 in France" (P-M. Damon's thesis)
2nd Best Regular Paper at IEEE ICNSC'18 (Zhuhai, China); selected ICMA'04 paper published as an Elsevier book chapter
Promotion to Hors Classe of associate professors through the national contingent at first application (2019)

21 PhD defence committees (including 6 as external reviewer) and 10 PhD monitoring committees
Regular reviewer for IEEE journals (T-IV, TAC, T-ITS, TCST, T-RO, T-Mech, TVT), Automatica, Control Engineering Practice, Journal of The Franklin Institute, JINT Springer…
Reviewer for the main conferences of the field: CDC, ACC, ICRA, IROS, ITSC, IV, IFAC WC, ECC, EuroHaptics…

Founder and chairman of the CISA'08 conference (Annaba: 231 submissions, 18 countries); co-organisation of ICATS'15, participation in the organisation of EuroHaptics 2006 (Paris) and JJCR 2001 (Evry)
Organisation of invited sessions "Two-Wheeled Vehicles: Dynamics and Control" (IEEE SMC 2017 & 2018, MED 2011); member of international programme committees (ICNSC, EuroHaptics, CISA, Ro-Man, ICATS…)
Session chairman at IEEE conferences: ACC'23, ICRA'21, CDC'20, CDC'19, ITSC'19, ITSC'18, ICNSC'18, ACC'11, ROMAN'09…

Visiting Researcher: MIT — Mechatronics Research Lab (6 stays, 2014-2022), Nanyang Technological University Singapore (2023, 2024), University of Tennessee at Knoxville (2020)
Invited seminars: MIT (2018), NTU Singapore (2023), U. Tennessee (2022), ENSI Tlemcen (2024); plenary sessions at ICAAM 2022 (Tunisia) and JDATIM'12 (Algeria)
Erasmus+ round table "Education and European values at the heart of a world in crises" alongside the French Minister of Higher Education and Research, the Director of the Erasmus+ France Agency and the Secretary General of EUGLOH