Matthew Harker
Priv.-Doz., Dr.mont., B.Eng.
Associate Professor
Department of Automotive and Mechatronics Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Contact information
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, Ontario L1G 0C5
Office: -
905.721.8668 ext. 3599
905.721.3370 (fax)
matthew.harker@ontariotechu.ca
Office hours:
Monday through Friday from 12:30 to 14:00
Research topics
- Mechatronics
- Robotics
- Inverse Problems
- Engineering Geometry
- Scientific Computing
- Measurement Theory
- Control Theory
- Engineering Design
- Machine Vision
Education
- Priv.-Doz. (Habilitation in Automation Engineering)University of Leoben, Austria, 2016
- Dr.mont. (Automation Engineering), University of Leoben, Austria, 2008
- B.Eng. (Mechanical Engineering, Specialization in Mechatronics), McGill University, Canada, 2003
Courses
- Mechatronics (U)
Research and expertise
Error resilient sensor system for determining a spatial relationship between installation components under harsh environmental conditions, P. O’Leary, M. Harker, and J. Golser. EP2682563 (A2), 2014-01-08.
Object processing system, P. O’Leary, M. Harker, and I. Reindl. EP2070664 (A1), 2009-06-17.
Publications and presentations
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Conference Preceedings
J. Handler, M. Harker, and G. Rath. Multidimensional path tracking with global least squares solution. IFAC World Congress, 2020.
M. Harker. System identification for partial fractional differential equations via the variable projection method. International Conference on Fractional Calculus Theory and Applications, 2019.
M. Harker and P. O’Leary. Analytic approach to finding lines in images and estimating their uncertainty. International Conference on Geometry and Graphics, 2018.
M. Harker. Runge-Heun-Kutta methods for nonlinear fractional order differential equations. International Conference on Fractional Differentiation and its Applications, 2018.
M. Harker and G. Rath. Global least squares time domain system identification in state space form. Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing, 2018.
M. Harker and P. O’Leary. Numerical solution of the anomalous diffusion equation in a rectangular domain via hypermatrix equations. IFAC World Congress, 2017. G. Rath,
M. Harker, and E. Zaev. Direct numerical solution of stiff ODE systems in optimal control. Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing, 2017. P. O’Leary,
M. Harker, R. Ritt, M. Habacher, K. Landl, and M. Brandner. Mining sensor data in larger physical systems. 17th IFAC Symposium on Control, Optimization and Automation in Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing, 2016.