Yasmina Bestaoui Sebbane Author

Yasmina Bestaoui Sebbane (1960–2018) was a full professor in Automatic and Robotics at the University of Evry, Val d’Essonne (France). She was also the head of the pˆole Drones of IBISC (Informatique, Biologie Int´egrative et Syst`emes Complexes), PEDR laboratory in the University of Evry, and also served as the department head (2006–2015). She was an Academic Palms recipient (2017) and led and contributed to many scientific committees and collaborations with other universities to create new teaching courses. She earned her PhD in Control and Computer Engineering from ´ Ecole Nationale Sup´erieure de M´ecanique, Nantes, France, in 1989 (currently ´ Ecole Centrale de Nantes), and her Research Advisor Qualification (HDR: Habilitation to Direct Research) in Robotics from the University of Evry, France, in 2000. Her research interests included control, planning, and decision-making of unmanned systems, particularly unmanned aerial vehicles and robots.