Dr Nezar Mohammed Yazidi

Assistant Professor

Research Scholar, Interdisciplinary Research Center for Smart Mobility & Logistics

• Office: 22/233
• Phone: 966-13-860-1484
• Fax: 966-13-860-2965
• Email: nalyazidi(at)kfupm.edu.sa
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​Education

• PhD, Systems and Control, KFUPM., Saudi Arabia, 2016
• MSc, Systems Engineering, KFUPM., Saudi Arabia, 2012
• BSc, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Hadhramout University of Science and Technology, Yemen

Teaching

• CIE 204 Digital Systems Design
• CIE 305 Linear Control Systems
• CIE 312 Instrumentation Engineering
• CIE 315 Signals and Systems
• CIE 390 Seminars
• CIE 410 Automation Devices and Electronics
• CIE 412 Mechatronics
• CIE 435 Distributed Computer Control Systems
• CIE 438 Instrumentations for Process Control
• CIE 490 Senior Design Project
• SCE 507 Linear Multivariable Control
• SCE 599 Seminar
• SCE 699 Seminar

Research Interests

• Optimal control
• Adaptive Control
• Reinforcement Learning
• Intelligent Algorithms
• Distributed Generation Units
• Time Delay Systems
• Wireless Communication Networks
• Secure Control Systems

Current Students

1. Yaseen Abduljalil Sultan Al-Qadasi (PhD Student)
2. Sami Talhi (PhD Student)
3. Abdulaziz Fahd Ali Alaswadi (MS Student)
4. Mohannad Ahmed Hazza Hassan Al-Amery (MS Student)
5. Wagdi Fuad Saeed Abdo (MS Student)
6. Osaid Saeed Qasem Mohammed (MS Student)

Selected Publications

1. MS Mahmoud, NM Alyazidi, AM Hassanine, "Modeling and Control of Underactuated Three-Dimensional Overhead Crane Systems", International Journal of Robotics and Automation Technology 6 (1), 80-85, 2019
2. NM Alyazidi, MS Mahmoud, "LQG Control Design for Network Systems with/without Acknowledgments Using A Particle Filtering Technology", Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2019
3. N Alyazidi, M Abouheaf, MS Mahmoud, A Sharaf, "Stochastic Control Approach for Distributed Generation Units Interacting on Graphs", New Trends in Observer-based Control, 77-98, 2019
4. NM Alyazidi, MS Mahmoud, "Distributed H2/H∞ Filter Design for Discrete-Time Switched Systems", IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, 2019
5. NM Alyazidi, MS Mahmoud, "L1 adaptive networked controller for islanded distributed generation systems in a microgrid", International Journal of Systems Science, 2018
6. NM Alyazidi, MS Mahmoud, MI Abouheaf, "Adaptive critics based cooperative control scheme for islanded Microgrids",
   Neurocomputing, 272, 532–541, 2018
7. MS Mahmoud, NM Alyazidi, "Quantized H∞ Estimator Over Communication Networks For Distributed Generation Units",
   IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, ODI: 10.1109/TSMC.2017, 2017
8. MS Mahmoud, NM Alyazidi, MI Abouheaf, "Adaptive Intelligent Techniques for Microgrid Control Systems: A Survey", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 90, 292–305, 2017