Prof. Dr. Christian Seidel

Prof. Dr. Christian Seidel
Room: K309
Subject Area: Intelligent autonomous Flight Guidance
Faculty: Fakultät I

Vita

From 2022 Professor at THI 
Research Professor in intelligent autonomous airtransport

2013-2021 Airbus Helicopters

  • Research and Innovations Manager Autonomous Flying of Helicoptors and A.I,.
  • Head of Dept. Avionics-Engineering for Situational Awareness and Mission Management Systems

2004-2012 Airbus Defence&Space

  • Programme-Manager Helicoptor-Avionics
  • Project Manager and Senior Systems Engineer for Lidar-based Obstacle Warning Systems for Helicopters

2004 Doctorate in Engineering
at the Karlsruhe Institut für Technologie

1999 Physik-Diplom
at Technischen Universität München

Publications

2026
BAKE, Konstantin, Torsten SCHÖN und Christian SEIDEL, 2026. Automated Reward Shaping for Robust UAV Intruder Avoidance. 2026 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV). Piscataway: IEEE, Page 166-171. ISBN 979-8-3315-4793-6. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/IV66570.2026.11623898
SALAMAT, Babak, Dominik MATTERN, Sebastian-Sven OLZEM, Gerhard ELSBACHER, Christian SEIDEL und Andrea M. TONELLO, 2026. GMP3: Learning-Driven, Bellman-Guided Trajectory Planning for AAVs in Real-Time on SE(3). IEEE Access, 14, 22720-22733. ISSN 2169-3536. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3661193
2025
SALAMAT, Babak, Dominik MATTERN, Sebastian-Sven OLZEM, Gerhard ELSBACHER, Christian SEIDEL und Andrea M. TONELLO, 2025. GMP3: Learning-Driven, Bellman-Guided Trajectory Planning for UAVs in Real-Time on SE(3) [Preprint]. arXiv. Available at: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2509.21264
2023
AMMALLADENE-VENKATA, Manogna, Omkar HALBE, Christian SEIDEL, Christine GROITL, Lothar KRAMEL, Christoph STAHL und Heiko SEIDEL, 2023. Deep Learning Based Obstacle Awareness from Airborne Optical Sensors. Journal of the American Helicopter Society, 68(4), 42012-42024. ISSN 2161-6027. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4050/JAHS.68.042012
SALAMAT, Babak, Daniel BENCIC, Gerhard ELSBACHER, Christian SEIDEL und Andrea M. TONELLO, 2023. Investigating Integral Reinforcement Learning to Achieve Asymptotic Stability in Underactuated Mechanical Systems. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 9(1), 191-198. ISSN 2377-3766. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2023.3332556
2008
SEIDEL, Christian, Ingo SCHWARTZ und Peter KIELHORN, 2008. Helicopter collision avoidance and brown-out recovery with HELLAS. In: KAMERMAN, Gary W., Ove K. STEINVALL, Keith L. LEWIS, Thomas J. MERLET und Richard C. HOLLINS, Editors Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Photonic Technologies, and Applications II. Bellingham: SPIE. ISBN 978-0-8194-7346-2. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.800180
2006
SEIDEL, Christian, Christian SAMUELIS, Matthias WEGNER, Thomas MÜNSTERER, Thomas RUMPF und Ingo SCHWARTZ, 2006. Novel approaches to helicopter obstacle warning. In: KAMERMAN, Gary W. und Monte D. TURNER, Editors Laser Radar Technology and Applications XI. Bellingham: SPIE. ISBN 978-0-8194-6270-1. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.664042
2005
SEIDEL, Christian und Gert F. TROMMER, 2005. Modelling of Fibre-Optic Gyroscopes with Low-Coherence Light Sources. International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, 25(2), 71-78. ISSN 0228-6203. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/02286203.2005.11442320
2004
SEIDEL, Christian und Gert F. TROMMER, 2004. Bias Errors in Fiber-Optic Gyroscopes Caused by Lyot Depolarizers. In: SORG, Helmut, Editors Symposium Gyro Technology 2004, Stuttgart, Germany, September 21/22, 2004. Stuttgart: Universität Stuttgart, Page 8-8.
SEIDEL, Christian und Gert F. TROMMER, 2004. Measurement of nonlinear effects in fiber optic gyroscopes with different light sources. In: LOPEZ-HIGUERA, Jose Miguel und Brian CULSHAW, Editors Second European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors. Bellingham: SPIE. ISBN 978-0-8194-5434-8. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.566720
SEIDEL, Christian und Gert F. TROMMER, 2004. Modeling of bias errors in fiber optic gyroscopes with new simulation tool. In: RIGHINI, Giancarlo C. und Seppo HONKANEN, Editors Integrated Optics and Photonic Integrated Circuits. Bellingham: SPIE. ISBN 978-0-8194-5374-7. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.544087
SEIDEL, Christian und Gert F. TROMMER, 2004. Modelling of bias errors in fibre-optic gyroscopes with advanced simulation tool. Electronics Letters, 40(3), 166-167. ISSN 1350-911X. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1049/el:20040125

Research projects

End-to-End Wide Baseline Drohnenlokalisierung durch Kamerapose

ENGEL

Obstacle Avoidance in UAVs with Reinforcement Learning and LiDAR Data