Victor Aitken
Associate Professor
Systems and Computer Engineering
Carleton University
Canada
Biography
Victor Aitken, Ph.D., M.Eng. B.A.Sc., P.Eng. Associate Professor, Systems and Computer Engineering Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa ON Office: 4488 Mackenzie Building Phone: 613-520-2600 x 8135 Employment History: 2005- Associate Professor, Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton 2006-09, Chair, Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton 2002-05, Associate Chair Undergraduate, Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton 1999-2005, Assistant Professor, Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton 1997-98, VP, Manager Engineering, Thompson Tech., Sudbury, ON. 1998-2004, President, Vision Control & Aut. Ltd., Ottawa, ON. 1987-1997, Defence Scientist, Dept. National Defence, Suffield, AB. Academic Honours: 2003 – Teaching Achievement Award, Carleton 2001 – Best Professor Award, International Students’ Association, Carleton 1999 – Teaching Excellence Award, Students’ Association, Carleton 1995 – Governor General’s Medal, Ph.D. Level, Carleton 1995 – University Medal, Ph.D. Level, Carleton 1991 – University Senate Medal, Master’s Level, Carleton
Research Interest
Mobile Robotic Systems State Estimation and Data Fusion Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) Navigation and Exploration Vision Systems Sliding Mode Control and State Estimation Constrained Optimization
Publications
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T. Yang, V.C. Aitken, “Evidential mapping for mobile robots with range sensors,†IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 55, No. 4, Aug. 2006, pp 1422- 1429.
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D.K. MacKinnon, V.C. Aitken, F. Blais, “A review of metrics for range imaging,†SPIE Journal of Electronic Imaging, Vol. 17, No. 3, 2009.
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D.K. MacKinnon, V.C. Aitken, F. Blais, “Measurement quality metrics for rapid laser range scanning,†SPIE Journal of Electronic Imaging, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2010.
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L. Smith, J. Chinneck, V. Aitken, “Constraint consensus concentration for identifying disjoint feasible regions in nonlinear programmes,†Optimization Methods and Software, pp 1-25, 2012, DOI:10.1080/10556788.2011.647818.
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L. Smith, J. Chinneck, V. Aitken, “Improved constraint consensus methods for seeking feasibility in nonlinear programs,†Computational Optimization and Applications, Vol. 54, Issue 3, pp 555-578, 2013, DOI:10.1007/s10589-012-9473-z.
