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Hany Harb is a robotics and artificial intelligence researcher whose work centers on multi-robot systems (MRS), autonomous exploration, and decentralized coordination strategies. His most significant contribution is the development of HDec-POSMDPs — Hybrid Decentralized Partially Observable Semi-Markov Decision Processes — a sophisticated framework enabling teams of robots to collaboratively explore unknown environments with greater efficiency and autonomy. This foundational work, which has garnered 15 citations, extends into the domain of IoT and cloud robotics, demonstrating Harb's forward-thinking integration of emerging technologies with classical robotics challenges. His 2018 paper on hybrid decentralized task assignment (10 citations) laid important groundwork by proposing a flexible, probabilistic model for coordinating robot teams without relying on centralized control — a critical advancement for real-world deployment scenarios. Complementing this, his comparative study of multi-robot exploration strategies (8 citations) provides the research community with valuable benchmarking insights that help guide algorithm selection for practical applications. Through evaluations of existing exploration algorithms and development of novel frameworks, Harb has established himself as a thoughtful contributor to the growing field of intelligent autonomous systems, with his work offering meaningful tools for applications ranging from search-and-rescue operations to smart infrastructure monitoring.