Yasmina Bestaoui Sebbane (1960–2018) was a full professor in Automatic and Robotics at theUniversity of Evry, Val d’Essonne (France). She was also the head of the pˆole Drones of IBISC(Informatique, Biologie Int´egrative et Syst`emes Complexes), PEDR laboratory in the University ofEvry, and also served as the department head (2006–2015). She was an Academic Palms recipient(2017) and led and contributed to many scientific committees and collaborations with other universitiesto create new teaching courses. She earned her PhD in Control and Computer Engineeringfrom ´ Ecole Nationale Sup´erieure de M´ecanique, Nantes, France, in 1989 (currently ´ Ecole Centralede Nantes), and her Research Advisor Qualification (HDR: Habilitation to Direct Research)in Robotics from the University of Evry, France, in 2000. Her research interests included control,planning, and decision-making of unmanned systems, particularly unmanned aerial vehicles androbots.