Academic Staff

BEng, Ph.D.

Area of Specialisation

Planning, navigation and control of UAVs and mobile ground robots; multi-agent systems; system modelling and simulation.

Short Description

Dr. Huang obtained BEng in Automation from China University of Petroleum, Beijing, and Ph.D. in Systems and Control from University of New South Wales, Sydney. Before joining the Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, the University of New South Wales, Sydney. So far, he has authored 2 books, more than 20 conference papers, and more than 90 journal papers in the aforementioned areas.

He leads the research group of Autonomous and Interactive Mobile Systems (AIMS), which aims at developing autonomous and interactive mobile systems for better user experience and higher productivity. More information about AIMS can be found here (https://sites.google.com/view/hailong-huang/home).

Editorship

• Associate Editor: IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (TASE)
• Associate Editor: Journal of Field Robotics
• Associate Editor: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT)
• Associate Editor: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles (TIV)
• Associate Editor: Intelligent Service Robotics
• Associate Editor: International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
• Editorial Board Member: International Journal of Dynamics and Control
  

Recruitment

1. H. Huang, A. Savkin, C. Huang, Autonomous Navigation and Deployment of UAVs for Communication, Surveillance and Delivery, IEEE Press-Wiley, 2022.
2. H. Huang, A. Savkin, C. Huang, Wireless Communication Networks Supported by Autonomous UAVs and Mobile Ground Robots, Elsevier, 2021.

Selected journal publications

1. H. Huang, A. Savkin, W. Ni, “Online UAV trajectory planning for covert video surveillance of mobile targets”, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 19 (2), 735 – 746, 2022.
2. H. Huang, A. Savkin, W. Ni, “Navigation of a UAV team for collaborative eavesdropping on multiple ground transmitters”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 70 (10), 10450 – 10460, 2021.
3. H. Huang, A. Savkin, C. Huang, “Decentralised autonomous navigation of a UAV network for road traffic monitoring”, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 57 (4), 2558 – 2564, 2021.
4. H. Huang, A. Savkin, C. Huang, “Reliable path planning for drone delivery using a stochastic time-dependent public transportation network”, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 22 (8), 4941 – 4950, 2021.
5. H. Huang, A. Savkin, C. Huang, “Drone routing in a time-dependent network: Towards low cost and large range parcel delivery”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 17 (2), 1526 – 1534, 2021.
6. H. Huang, A. Savkin, C. Huang, “Round trip routing for energy-efficient drone delivery based on a public transportation network”, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 6 (3), 1368 – 1376, 2020.
7. H. Huang, A. Savkin, “Navigating UAVs for optimal monitoring of groups of moving pedestrians or vehicles", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 70 (4), 3891– 3896, 2021.
8. H. Huang, A. Savkin, “A method of optimized deployment of charging stations for drone delivery”, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 6 (2), 510 – 518, 2020.
9. H. Huang, A. Savkin, “An algorithm of reactive collision free 3D deployment of networked unmanned aerial vehicles for surveillance and monitoring”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 16 (1), 132–140, 2020.
10. H. Huang, A. Savkin, “A method for optimized deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles for maximum coverage and minimum interference in cellular networks”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 15 (5), 2638 – 2647, 2019.