Assem Thabet | Nanosensors and Actuators | Best Scholar Award

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Prof. Dr. Assem Thabet | Nanosensors and Actuators | Best Scholar Award

Director of Studies, Research Lab MACS, University of Gabes, Tunisia

Prof. Dr. Assem Thabet is a distinguished researcher in Electrical Engineering, with a focus on Automatic Control, Industrial Computing, and Cyber–Physical Systems. His research bridges advanced control theory, system modeling, artificial intelligence, and renewable energy integration. A key area of his expertise lies in state estimation, nonlinear dynamic system control, and reciprocal state representation, where he has made notable theoretical and applied contributions. His recent book, The Reciprocal State Representation: Some Elements for the Control of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems (ISTE Group Editions, 2025), encapsulates innovative methodologies for enhancing system controllability and observer design in nonlinear environments. Prof. Dr. Assem Thabet’s research activities span multiple international collaborations across Tunisia, France, Canada, India, Italy, Algeria, and Spain, contributing to projects on AI-driven resource management, hybrid renewable energy systems, bio-inspired robotics, and smart grid optimization. His work often integrates machine learning with estimation and control theory, applying hybrid computational models to achieve system resilience under uncertain and cyber-threatened environments. With over 50 scientific publications, including 15+ papers in indexed international journals, 15+ international conference papers, and several book chapters, his scholarly influence is well-established. His studies on observer-based control, event-triggered mechanisms, and cyber-attack detection in industrial and power systems reflect his ongoing pursuit of intelligent and secure automation. Prof. Dr. Assem Thabet’s research output has garnered 125 citations across 32 documents, with an h-index of 7, reflecting the growing recognition of his scientific impact. His most recent works—such as Cyber-Attack Detection Strategy with Markovian Distribution Logic in Cyber-Physical Systems and Event-Triggered Observer-Based Control for Enhancing Resilience under Markovian Cyberattacks-demonstrate a deep engagement with contemporary challenges in resilient control and cyber-physical system security. Through his integrative and interdisciplinary approach, Prof. Dr. Assem Thabet continues to advance the frontier of intelligent control systems and sustainable automation technologies.

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Featured Publications

  1. Thabet, A., Hassine, E., Gasmi, N., & Bel Haj Frej, G. (2025). Design and real-time application of explicit model-following techniques for nonlinear systems in reciprocal state space. Electronics, 14(20), 4089.

  2. Hassine, E., Thabet, A., Gasmi, N., & Bel Haj Frej, G. (2025). An event-triggered observer-based control approach for enhancing resilience of cyber–physical systems under Markovian cyberattacks. Actuators, 14(8), 412.

  3. Thabet, A., Bel Haj Frej, G., Gasmi, N., Mansouri, K., & Chauveau, E. (2022). State and output feedback control for Lipschitz nonlinear systems in reciprocal state space: Synthesis and real-time validation. Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, 11(5), 2702–2712.

  4. Gasmi, N., Boutayeb, M., Thabet, A., Bel Haj Frej, G., & Aoun, M. (2021). Robust control of a class of nonlinear discrete-time systems: Design and experimental results on a real-time emulator. Actuators, 10(11), 303.

  5. Hassine, E., Thabet, A., Gasmi, N., Bel Haj Frej, G., & Metoui, B. (2023). Cyber-attack tolerant control of complex interconnected systems: Output feedback stabilization approach. In Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE International Workshop on Mechatronics Systems Supervision (IW_MSS 2023) (pp. 1–5). IEEE.