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Mouad Boumediene | Postdoctoral Researcher

Postdoctoral researcher specializing in multi-agent pathfinding, deep reinforcement learning, and UAV trajectory planning; former postdoc at SDU MMMI.

Curriculum Vitae [PDF]

News

  • Oct 28, 2025: Started a new research advisor position at KongeDrones ApS —
  • July 15, 2025: HM-DRL paper published in Springer’s Applied Intelligence —
  • June 21, 2025: HM-DRL paper accepted in Springer’s Applied Intelligence (preprint available) —

Education

PhD in Automation, University of Skikda, Algeria 2019 – 2023
  • Thesis: Contributions to the command of mobile robots; focused on mobile robot pathfinding.
Master’s in Instrumentation, University of Skikda, Algeria 2017 – 2019
Bachelor’s in Electronics Engineering, University of Skikda, Algeria 2014 – 2017

Experience

Research Advisor, KongeDrones (Remote, Denmark) Oct 2025 – Present
Postdoctoral Researcher, MMMI – University of Southern Denmark (Odense, Denmark) 2023 – 2024
  • Developed multi-robot coordination approaches using deep reinforcement learning.
  • Contributed to the 'Swarm Robotics for Industry 4.0' project (Independent Research Fund Denmark, grant 0136-00251B).
  • Proposed HM-DRL for distributed MAPF and published it in Applied Intelligence.
  • Built Relocation-MAPF to reduce bottlenecks in dense MAPF environments.
Robotics Researcher (PhD Internship), Syddansk Universitet – University of Southern Denmark Feb 2023
  • Studied deep RL for AMR swarms in Industry 4.0 settings; contributed under grant 0136-00251B.
Robotics Engineer (Freelance), AiGro Netherlands (remote) 2021 – 2022
  • Built a 2D simulator for pathfinding and localization algorithm development for agricultural mobile robots.
  • Implemented Kalman filter–based sensor fusion using IMU and GPS; validated with real-world data.
Temporary Lecturer, University of 20 Août 1955 – Skikda, Algeria 2019 – 2022
  • Taught advanced signal processing and digital regulation (labs and tutorials).
  • Supervised Master’s students’ final-year projects.

Publications

Journal Papers / Conference Proceedings / Preprint

6. Journal HM-DRL: Enhancing multi-agent pathfinding with a heatmap-based heuristic for distributed deep reinforcement learning.
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M. Boumediene, A. Maoudj & A. L. Christensen

Applied Intelligence, vol. 55, no. 12, pp. 873, 2025.

5. Conference Gen4jectory algorithm–4-D trajectory planning with minimised flight time for multiple rotary-wing UAVs
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I. Panov, M. Boumediene, H. Midtiby & K. Jensen

15th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL MICRO AIR VEHICLE CONFERENCE AND COMPETITION, 2024.

4. Conference Unicycle mobile robot control using neural model predictive controller
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C. Bellel, L. Mehennaoui, F. Bouchareb & M. Boumediene

ICTAEE'23, Laboratory of Automatic of Skikda, 20 Aout 1955 University, Skikda, Algeria, May 2023, pp. 110–117.

3. Conference Design, simulation and control of a self-balancing robot in a Gazebo environment and ROS 2 framework
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M. Boumediene, S. Laouar, D. L. Mehennaoui & P. S. Ouchtati

ICTAEE, Skikda, Algeria, May 2023, pp. 98–103.

2. Conference Design, construction, and control of a self-balancing robot including a new frame assembly approach and a custom PCB
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M. Boumediene, N. Zeghida, B. Manaa & D. L. Mehennaoui

ICTAEE, Skikda, Algeria, May 2023, pp. 200–206.

1. Journal FDA*: a focused single-query grid based path planning algorithm
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M. Boumediene, L. Mehennaoui & A. Lachouri

Journal of Automation, Mobile Robotics and Intelligent Systems, pp. 37-43, 2021.

Skills

  • Python — Expert · Programming
    NumPy, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Pandas, Matlab
  • C++ — Advanced · Programming
    ROS, Gazebo, Git, LaTeX

Contacts

mouadboumediene@yahoo.fr

+213 7 93 74 18 90

Zerdezas, 21047 Skikda, Algeria

linkedin.com/in/mouad-boumediene

github.com/mouad-boumediene

orcid.org/0000-0003-4714-5656

YouTube: Mouad Boumediene – Hobby Coding

mouad-boumediene.github.io