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Dr. Alexander Co Abad, PhD, PECE

Full Professor I

Educational Background

PhD in Computer Science and Informatics
Liverpool Hope University, UK

Dr. Alexander Co Abad is a Full Professor at De La Salle University. His research focuses on haptics, biomedical electronics, artificial intelligence, robotics,  machine vision, mixed-signal electronics, and IC design. He won the second place in the prestigious Queen Mary UK Best PhD in Robotics Award (2022) sponsored by the Centre for Advanced Robotics @ Queen Mary (ARQ). He is the first Filipino to finish in the top three in the competition’s history. His PhD research focused on the development a novel sensor called HaptiTemp—a multimodal, fine-grained visuotactile sensor that could be used in telemedicine and telerobotics, especially in remote sensing applications such as search and rescue and space exploration. His thesis, titled “Fine-grained Haptics: Sensing and Actuating Haptic Primary Colours (force, vibration, and temperature)”, was completed under the program PhD in Computer Science and Informatics at Liverpool Hope University, UK, which he pursued with support from the Department of Science and Technology – Engineering Research and Development for Technology (DOST-ERDT) Foreign PhD scholarship and Mme. Maillefer Study Program of DLSU.

Research Interest

  • Haptics 
  • Artificial Intelligence / Edge Computing
  • Robotics
  • Machine Vision
  • Biomedical and Mixed-signal Electronics

Selected Publications

  • A. C. Abad and A. Ranasinghe, “Visuotactile Sensors with Emphasis on GelSight Sensor: A Review”, IEEE Sensors Journal, Volume 20, Issue 14, 09 March 2020, DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2020.2979662
  • A. C. Abad, D. Reid and A. Ranasinghe, “HaptiTemp: A Next-Generation Thermosensitive GelSight-like Visuotactile Sensor,” in IEEE Sensors Journal, DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2021.3135941
  • A. C. Abad, D. Reid and A. Ranasinghe, “A Novel Untethered Hand Wearable with Fine-Grained Cutaneous Haptic Feedback.” MDPI Sensors Journal. 2022; 22(5):1924; https://doi.org/10.3390/s22051924.
  • A. C. Abad, A. Ranasinghe, “Low-cost GelSight with UV Markings: Feature Extraction of Objects Using AlexNet and Optical Flow without 3D Image Reconstruction”, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2020), May 31 – June 4, 2020, Palais des Congrès de Paris, France
  • A. C. Abad, M. Ormazabal, D. Reid and A. Ranasinghe, “Pilot Study: A Visuotactile Haptic Primary Colors Sensor,” 2021 IEEE Sensors, 2021, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/SENSORS47087.2021.9639848.

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