DRONE-RL: Dynamic Reinforcement Learning for Online Navigation of UAVs in Evolving Environments

Feb 1, 2026·
Noor Khial
,
Mhd Saria Allahham
Naram Mhaisen
Naram Mhaisen
,
Loay Ismail
,
Mohamed Abdalla Mabrok
,
Amr Mohamed
Abstract
A dynamic reinforcement learning framework for online UAV navigation in evolving environments with non-stationary dynamics.
Type
Publication
Knowledge-Based Systems, 334:115147
publications
Reinforcement Learning UAVs Online Learning
Naram Mhaisen
Authors
Naram Mhaisen
Postdoctoral Researcher

Naram is a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Networked Systems Group at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science, TU Delft, The Netherlands. His research focuses on online learning techniques with applications in resource management across communication systems.

He received the B.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from Qatar University in 2017 with the Order of Excellence award, and the M.Sc. degree with Distinction in Computing from Qatar University in 2020, supervised by Prof. Mohsen Guizani. He completed his Ph.D. at TU Delft in 2025, supervised by Dr. George Iosifidis, with a thesis on Optimistic Learning with Applications to Caching Networks.

His work has been recognized by the Microsoft Imagine Cup award (2017) and a NEC Europe Research Fellowship (2022).