Education
4-8 November 2019: CNRS ANF-2RM_DeepRobot Automatic Deep Learning for robotics training – Lille, France
March 2019: JST-CREST / IEEE-RAS Spring School on « Social and Artificial Intelligence for User-Friendly Robots », Japan
June 2018: Nengo Summer School, Waterloo, Canada
2017: M.S (2nd year) in Computer Science, Study mobility at KIT with an Idex Excellence grant
2016: M.S (1st year) in Computer Science, University of Strasbourg
2015: B.S in Electronic engineering, University of Lorraine
Professional Experience
2024: Lecturer (Assistant Professor), University of Birmingham, School of Computer Science
2023: Teaching Assistant for Embedded C programming at Imperial College London
2022-2024: French Coordinator in London for Native Scientist
2022-2024: Member of the Community Advisory Panel for the Cambridge Autism Centre of Excellence
2022-2024: Research Associate, Imperial College London and UK-Dementia Research Institute with Ravi Vaidyanathan
2021-2022: PostDoc at SIRRL, University of Waterloo with Kerstin Dautenhahn
2020-2021: PostDoc in the « PheroSensor » ANR project « Pheromone detection in EAG signals using deep learning », Université de Lorraine with Dominique Martinez
2017 – 2020: PhD in Computer Science, LORIA / University of Lorraine, « Improving Motor Coordination in Human-Robot Interactions using Bio-inspired Controllers » under the supervision of François Charpillet
2017: Teaching Assistant for Python programming at Mines Nancy
2017 M2: Master thesis at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in the H2T group, supervised by Pr. Tamim Asfour
Awards and Honors
2022: DAAD AInet fellow for the Postdoc-NeT-AI – AI and Robotics
2019: DrEAM! (Doctor, Explore and Achieve More!) scholarship
2016: IdEx Excellence Mobility grant
Supervision
September 2021-ongoing: Co-supervision of Delara Forghani (MASc) on using a humanoid robot as a public speaking coach
September 2021-ongoing: Co-supervision of Kevin Fan (MASc) on Ambiguity Resolution and Fault Prevention via Adapting Human State
September 2021-ongoing: Co-supervision of Steven Lawrence (MASc) on Implementing social norms in HRI
September 2021-December 2022: Co-supervision of Negin Azizi (MASc) on adapting play dynamics in HRI using engagement
April 2021-September 2021: Co-supervision of Iliass Hemmamouche (M.Sc 2) on integrating neural networks on a micro-controller and Khalid Hamada (M.Sc 2) on odometry with an hexapod robot
October 2019 - February 2020: Co-supervision of Ramzi Hadrich (M.Sc 2) on odometry with an hexapod robot
July - August 2019: Supervision of Nicolas Descouens (B.Sc 3) on the comparison of intuitive and CPG control for imitation with the Pepper robot
April - July 2019: Co-supervision of Rémi Gauchotte (B.Sc 2) on the use of pose estimation for human-robot physical interactions
April - August 2019: Co-supervision of Augustin Giovinazzo (M.Sc 2) on replicating the behaviour of the desert ant with an hexapod robot
February - December 2019: Co-supervision of Yuliia Kobryn (M.Sc1-2) on the evaluation of engagement in EEG data for human-robot interactions
July 2018: Co-supervision of Eliott Sarrey (High school) on the Conception and activation of a 3D-printed artificial hand