Samia Souissi

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Samia Souissi is a distinguished researcher specializing in distributed algorithms for autonomous mobile robots, with particular expertise in coordination, gathering, and flocking problems in multi-robot systems. Her work addresses some of the most fundamental challenges in distributed robotics: enabling groups of oblivious, memory-less robots to self-organize without centralized control or predetermined meeting points. Souissi's most celebrated contributions tackle the gathering problem under realistic and adversarial conditions. Her 2008 paper on non-uniform circle formation for oblivious robots (112 citations) and her 2012 investigation into gathering with unreliable compasses (97 citations) demonstrate her sustained focus on robustness under imperfect environmental assumptions. Her influential 2009 work on eventually consistent compasses (78 citations) elegantly addresses how robots with limited visibility can still achieve consensus despite faulty orientation tools — a practically significant breakthrough. Beyond gathering, Souissi has made meaningful contributions to fault-tolerant flocking (41 citations), examining how robot formations can persist despite individual failures. Her survey on cooperative mobile robot algorithms further reflects her breadth of knowledge across the field. With over 400 cumulative citations, her research has profoundly shaped theoretical foundations for resilient, decentralized multi-robot coordination, making her work essential reading for anyone entering autonomous systems research.

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1. 1
   Non-uniform circle formation algorithm for oblivious mobile robots with convergence toward uniformity

   112 citations · 2008
2. 2
   The Gathering Problem for Two Oblivious Robots with Unreliable Compasses

   97 citations · 2012
3. 3
   Using eventually consistent compasses to gather memory-less mobile robots with limited visibility

   78 citations · 2009
4. 4
   Gathering Asynchronous Mobile Robots with Inaccurate Compasses

   46 citations · 2006
5. 5
   Fault-tolerant flocking for a group of autonomous mobile robots

   41 citations · 2010
6. 6
   Using Eventually Consistent Compasses to Gather Oblivious Mobile Robots with Limited Visibility

   21 citations · 2006
7. 7
   Oracle-Based Flocking of Mobile Robots in Crash-Recovery Model

   8 citations · 2009
8. 8
   Fault-Tolerant Flocking of Mobile Robots with Whole Formation Rotation

   8 citations · 2009
9. 9
   Distributed Algorithms for Cooperative Mobile Robots: A Survey

   7 citations · 2011
10. 10
    Eventually consistent compasses for robust gathering of asynchronous mobile robots with limited visibility

    7 citations · 2005

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