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Vincent Bissonnette is a leading researcher in space robotics, with a focused expertise in autonomous in-space assembly and multi-sensor data fusion. His most impactful work, "Autonomous assembly of large structures in space: a technology review" (11 citations), provides a critical mission analysis and survey of concepts for self-deploying large telescopes and structures, addressing a key challenge for future space missions. Bissonnette is also the principal architect of the Common Data Fusion Framework (CDFF), an open-source software solution that standardizes how autonomous spacecraft and rovers fuse sensory data for environmental awareness. His InFuse project, funded by the European Commission’s Horizon programme, established a modular, portable data fusion methodology that integrates machine learning for enhanced decision-making in orbital servicing and planetary exploration. Through these contributions—totaling over 20 citations across his core papers—Bissonnette has advanced the foundational software and hardware strategies needed for next-generation autonomous space systems, enabling robots to build and operate in the most demanding environments beyond Earth.