Zool Hilmi Ismail obtained his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom in 2011. In 2005 and 2007, he received his B. Eng and M. Eng. degrees in mechatronics engineering from from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia, respectively. He was appointed as a senior lecturer at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2011 and currently a research member of Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology and Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at UTM Kuala Lumpur. He was also appointed as a visiting researcher at Kyoto University and Jordan University of Science & Technology in 2014 and 2016, respectively. Zool Hilmi Ismail is a registered professional engineer under the Board of Engineers Malaysia, a member of Society for Underwater Technology, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – Oceanic Engineering Society, Asian Control Association, member and a registered chartered marine engineer of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology. His current research interest is in the area of Edge Computing, Model-Predictive Control, Path-Planning and Task Allocation based on Deep-Reinforcement Learning. He has received a number of awards from International RoboCup Competitions (Service Robot Category). In 2017, he was appointed as one of committee member for International RoboCup@Home Education.

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