International Journal of Control Science and Engineering

International Journal of Control Science and Engineering seeks to provide an outlet for technical papers on advances in the field of control systems and control technology. It aims at speedy, online publication of original, peer-reviewed papers in all established and newly emerging areas of control theory and applications, encompassing modeling, identification, estimation, analysis, design, implementation of control systems, and in broader and related areas of signal processing and systems and information sciences. The Journal employs a paperless, electronic submission and evaluation system to promote a rapid turnaround in the peer review process.

Chadi Nour

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Control Science and Engineering

Assistant Professor, Lebanese American University, Lebanon

Research Areas

Mathematics, Optimal Control, Nonsmooth Analysis, Control Theory

Education

2000-2003Ph.DPure Mathematics, Institut Girard Desargues, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon I, France
1999-2000MasterPure Mathematics, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon I, France
1997-1999B.ScPure Mathematics, Lebanese University, Faculty of Sciences section 3, Tripoli, Lebanon
1996-1997Bac.(Mathematics), Tripoli, Lebanon
1995-1997DEUGMathematics (MP), Lebanese University, Faculty of Sciences section 3, Tripoli, Lebanon

Experience

2005-presentAssistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Mathematics,Lebanese American University, Byblos Campus, Byblos, Lebanon
2004-2005PostDoc at CRM, Centre de Recherches Mathematiques, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
2003-2004Demi-poste ATER (temporary research-teaching position), Institut Girard Desargues, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon I, France
2002-2003Demi-poste ATER (temporary research-teaching position), Institut Girard Desargues, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon I, France

Publications: Journals

[1]  The Hamilton-Jacobi equation of minimal time control, (with F. H. Clarke), Journal of Convex Analysis, 11 (2004), No. 2, 413-436.
[2]  Nonconvex duality in optimal control, (with F. H. Clarke), SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 43 (2005), No. 6, 2036-2048.
[3]  Semigeodesics and the minimal time function, ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations, 12 (2006), pp. 120-138.
[4]  The bilateral minimal time function, Journal of Convex Analysis, 3 (2006), No. 1, pp. 61-80.
[5]  Regularity of the state constrained minimal time function, (with R. J. Stern), Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & Applications, Volume 66, Issue 1 (2007), 62-72.
[6]  Existence of solutions to a global eikonal equation, Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & Applications, Volume 67, Issue 2 (2007), 349-367.
[7]  Construction of solutions to a global eikonal equation, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-B, supplements volume (September 2007), 779-783.
[8]  The state constrained bilateral minimal time function, (with R. J. Stern), Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & Applications, 69 (2008), No. 10, 3549-3558.
[9]  Semiconcavity of the bilateral minimal time function: the linear case, (with R. J. Stern), Systems & Control Letters, 57, (2008), 863-866.
[10]  Proximal smoothness and the exterior sphere condition, (with R. J. Stern and J. Takche), Journal of Convex Analysis, 16 (2009), No. 2, 501-514.
[11]  The union of uniform closed balls conjecture, (with R. J. Stern and J. Takche), Control and Cybernetics, 38 (2009) No. 4B, 1525-1534.
[12]  The θ-exterior sphere condition, '-convexity, and local semiconcavity, (with R. J. Stern and J. Takche), Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & Applications, Volume 73, Issue 2 (2010), 573-589.
[13]  Generalized exterior sphere conditions and φ-convexity, (with R. J. Stern and J. Takche), Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-A, 28 (2011), No. 2, 615622.
[14]  Validity of the Union of Uniform Closed Balls Conjecture, (with R. J. Stern and J. Takche), Journal of Convex Analysis, 18 (2011), No. 2, to appear.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  Smooth and nonsmooth duality for free time problems, Optimal Control, Stabilization, and Nonsmooth Analysis, (de Queiroz, M., M. Malisoff, and P. Wolenski, eds.), Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences Vol. 301, 323-332, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg 2004.
[2]  Characterization of the state constrained bilateral minimal time function, Geometric Control and Nonsmooth Analysis, (F. Ancona, A. Bressan, P. Cannarsa, F. H. Clarke and P. Wolenski, eds), Series on Advances in Mathematics for Applied Sciences, Vol. 76 (2008), 243-247.