International autonomous systems conference at UH spotlighted Hawaiian culture
UH Mānoa College of Engineering Professor Dilmurat Azimov served as the conference chair. The University of Hawaiʻi hosted an international science conference at Mānoa, March 15-17, featuring dozens of leading innovators from around the world. Professor Dilmurat Azimov, who was the symposium chair, presented two talks on guidance, navigation, control and robotic technologies with computer engineer Evan Kawamura. The conference also featured a Hawaiian cultural presentation to the attendees. Several researchers were among the presenters of the three-day conference, including David Liang, an electrical engineering master’s student, and Yingfei Dong, electrical and computer engineering professor, who both presented on drones. First established in 1922, today has more than 500 active scientists who represent about 50 countries and 20 international organizations.
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The future is now! Unmanned, cutting-edge autonomous systems used in space, aviation, underwater and more were the focus of an international science conference hosted by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, March 15–17.
Organized and managed by Mānoa College of Engineering Professor Dilmurat Azimov, the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics ( ) Symposium on Optimal Guidance and Control for Autonomous Systems brought together dozens of the leading innovators from around the world, including experts from Mānoa.
Azimov, who was the symposium chair, presented two talks. The first was on guidance, navigation, control and robotic technologies with computer engineer Evan Kawamura, a Mānoa mechanical engineering alumnus ( , 2016 and , 2020). The second was on motion stability and robotic technologies.
Assistant Dean Song . Choi said, “The Symposium on Optimal Guidance and Control was a high level gathering of international scientists, engineers and experts engaged in novel concepts, theories, methods and implementation of these optimal guidance and control, nonlinear dynamic systems and motion stability, sensor fusion and /machine learning to further the performance of autonomous systems. It also gave us the opportunity to engage with a delegation from Uzbekistan, a first for Mānoa, for greater collaboration in research and academics.”
The conference kicked off with an introduction by Azimov and opening remarks by Vice President for Research and Innovation Vassilis L. Syrmos. Kumu Brad Lum delivered a Hawaiian cultural presentation to the attendees. Lum and the organization Nā Mea ʻIke ʻIa shared a sense of understanding and responsibility through the concepts provided from the kānaka (Native Hawaiian) world view of aloha, kuleana (responsibility) and mālama (to care for and protect), with the connection of ancient wisdom applied to engineering and technology.
Several researchers were among the presenters of the three-day conference, including David Liang, an electrical engineering master’s student, and Yingfei Dong, electrical and computer engineering professor, who both presented on drones. The researchers proposed a unique method to identify drones based on the encrypted traffic between a drone and its controller. This method would target consumer drones that have become a low-cost and effective tool for malicious activity, such as intruding on restricted airspaces, conducting illegal surveillance and dispatching explosives. The talk titled “Identifying Consumer Drones via Encrypted Traffic,” was Liang’s thesis topic in fall 2022.
“Presenting at this conference was a new and rewarding opportunity for me,” Liang said. “I received valuable feedback from many experts in their fields, which was extremely helpful and motivational for my future research. I also had the opportunity to learn from many of the other presentations and to discuss details with the speakers. Overall, it was a very educationally-rewarding challenge.”
First established in 1922, today has more than 500 active scientists who represent about 50 countries and 20 affiliated international organizations.
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