Research

Papers

Publications

2026

SUSHI: A Vision System for Reactive, Uninformed ASV Navigation via Multi-Field Path Planning and Visual Exploration

Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems · Springer

First Author

Hamze Hammami, Muhammad Abban, Abdul Maajid Aga, Laith Mohamed, Saif Alsaad, Nidhal Abdulaziz

Q1 Journal
2025

Why Evolve When You Can Adapt? Post-Evolution Adaptation of Genetic Memory for On-the-Fly Control

ALIFE 2025 · MIT Press · SONI Track

First Author

Hamze Hammami, Eva Denisa Barbulescu, Talal Shaikh, Mouayad Aldada, Muhammad Saad Munawar

Conference
2025

Enhancing Creativity and Efficiency in Furniture Design through Human-AI Collaboration

AAAI-SuS-2025 · Symposium on Human-AI Collaboration (HAIC 2025)

Co-Author

Nidhal Abdulaziz, Mohamed Al Musleh, Vrushali Mhatre, Hamze Hammami

Conference
2024

BeeBetter: A Multi-modal Beehive System for Honeybee Health Monitoring and Hazard Detection

ICSPIS 2024 · IEEE

First Author

Hamze Hammami, Nidhal Abdulaziz

Conference
2025

Carbide Volume Fraction in Cobalt-based Alloys using ML Techniques

AIMS 2025 · IIT Delhi Abu Dhabi Campus

Co-Author

Vishakh Kumar, Hamze Hammami, Rehan Ahmed, Nidhal Abdulaziz

Poster
2026

BeeVE: A Vector-Quantized Encoder for Unsupervised Non-Semantic State Discovery in Honeybee Acoustics

arXiv Preprint · MSc Thesis, Heriot-Watt University Dubai

First Author

Hamze Hammami, Nidhal Abdulaziz

Preprint
2025

Robot Single Sound Source Localization with ITD Binaural Cue Processing Using Limited Microphone Sensors

TechRxiv Preprint

First Author

Hamze Hammami, Morteza Varasteh

Preprint

Presentations

Key Talks

ESP Community Deep Dive: BeeVE

May 2026 · Online · Invited Speaker

Earth Species Project
Community Deep Dive: BeeVE

Presented BeeVE to the Earth Species Project community, covering unsupervised analysis of honeybee buzzing, queen-right/queen-less state discovery, and potential undiscovered acoustic sub-states.

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ALIFE 2025 Kyoto

Jul 2025 · Kyoto / Online · Presenter

ALIFE 2025: Why Evolve
When You Can React?

Presented at the 2025 Conference on Artificial Life, SONI Track. Post-evolution lifetime adaptation of genetic memory for on-the-fly robot control in novel environments.

Pre-recorded presentation Related paper
YOLO Workshop

Mar 2025 · University of Birmingham Dubai · Invited Presenter

The YOLO Workshop
(Space Theme)

Invited by Emirates Students Space Association, University of Birmingham Dubai Space Society, and UoBD ACM Chapter to demonstrate the Ultralytics YOLO framework and computer vision concepts through hands-on activities.

Path Planning Demonstration

2025 · Heriot-Watt Dubai · Invited Demonstrator

Path Planning
Demonstration

Technical demonstration on path planning and motion planning algorithms for robot arms and differential drive robots to mechanical and robotics engineering students.