Papers
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Total Citations
258
H-Index
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About
Saadia Dhouib is a leading researcher at the intersection of robotics, model-driven engineering, and Industry 4.0, whose work has fundamentally shaped how complex robotic systems are designed, validated, and deployed. Her primary contributions lie in developing domain-specific languages and ontologies that bridge the gap between high-level system design and low-level implementation. She is the principal creator of RobotML, a pioneering domain-specific language that enables engineers to design, simulate, and deploy robotic applications from a single model—a work that has garnered 146 citations and remains a cornerstone in model-based robotics. Dhouib has been instrumental in advancing safety-critical robotic systems, proposing novel methodologies for model-driven safety assessment and risk analysis that comply with international standards like ISO 13482. Her recent research focuses on the semantic interoperability of Digital Twins in Industry 4.0, using ontology-based capability checking within the Asset Administration Shell framework. With over 250 total citations, Dhouib’s work continues to influence both academic research and industrial practice, particularly in enabling seamless communication between heterogeneous robotic platforms through standards like OPC UA and ROS.
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- 2Model-driven safety assessment of robotic systems33 citations · 2013
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- 6Integrating Ontological Domain Knowledge into a Robotic DSL11 citations · 2011
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