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DESCRIPTION:The title of the talk:\n\n&quot;Advancing Marine Robotics in Complex
  Environments &quot;\n\nAbstract:\n\nMarine robotic platforms have been increas
 ingly used in oceanography and marine science research to study complex pr
 ocesses in challenging environments. In this seminar\, the speaker will pr
 esent the recent the development of a highly customizable control and miss
 ion management system\, and autonomy systems for marine robotic platforms 
 conducting complicated missions\, such as ice-water interface exploration\
 , iceberg mapping\, underwater docking and multi-agent coordination.\n\nPr
 esenter:\n\nDr. Mingxi Zhou\n\nMingxi&#39;s brief bio:\n\nMingxi Zhou is an As
 sociate Professor at Graduate School of Oceanography\, University of Rhode
  Island. Prior to his appointment\, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Me
 morial University of Newfoundland from 2017 to 2018. He received his PhD a
 nd M.Eng degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 2017 and 2012\
 , and holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Central South Univer
 sity in China.\n\nHis research is focused on marine autonomy\, underwater 
 navigation\, and open-access hardware development\, especially for operati
 ons in complex environments\, such as under-ice and rapidly changing coast
 al waters. He is an NSF CAREER Award recipient in 2023.\n\nTime:\n\nMay 22
 \, 2025 from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm (NL time)\n\nWebex link: https://mun.webex.
 com/meet/weimin\n\nSpeaker(s): Mingxi Zhou\, \n\nVirtual: https://events.v
 tools.ieee.org/m/481014
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/481014
ORGANIZER:weimin@mun.ca
SEQUENCE:27
SUMMARY:IEEE OES-GRSS NL chapter Invited Talk 1
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/481014
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 Normal&quot;&gt;Mingxi Zhou is an Associate Professor at Graduate School of Oceano
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 ostdoctoral researcher at Memorial University of Newfoundland from 2017 to
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 wfoundland in 2017 and 2012\, and holds a bachelor&amp;rsquo\;s degree in engi
 neering from Central South University in China.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; 
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 ially for operations in complex environments\, such as under-ice and rapid
 ly changing coastal waters. He is an NSF CAREER Award recipient in 2023&lt;/s
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  EN-CA\;&quot;&gt;Webex link: &lt;a href=&quot;https://mun.webex.com/meet/weimin&quot;&gt;https://
 mun.webex.com/meet/weimin&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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