Prof. Dr. -Ing. Rania Rayyes
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- rania rayyes ∂ kit edu
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Institut für Fördertechnik und Logistiksysteme
Geb. 50.38 Gotthard-Franz-Str. 8
76131 Karlsruhe
Research Interest:
- Human-Robot Learning: imitation learning, grasping, teleoperation
- Efficient online learning for robot manipulators
- Deep Learning for object recognition, detection, and segmentation
- Curious Robotics: supervise learning, intrinsic motivation, autonomous exploration, robot model learning
- Mobile Robotics: localization, navigation, SLAM
- Explainable AI
Awards and Grants:
- AnitaB.org GHC faculty scholarship 2022
- Robotik Talent Award for my PhD Dissertation from Niedersächsische Wirtschafts- und Digitalisierungsministerium 2021
- ANITA B.ORG GHC Student Scholarship 2020
- Google grant for ACM womENcourage conference 2019
- Only 6 female computer science students were selected overall EMEA (Middle East, Europe, and Africa)
- Nominated by DAAD for the 7th Heidelberg Laureate Forum, Heidelberg, Germany 2019
- Only 20 scientists were nominated from all DAAD scholarship holders and alumni
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarship "Research Grant for Doctoral Program in Germany"
- The Superior Graduate Award for Mechatronics Bachelor Degree (Ranking the First)
- Academic Excellence Top Student Awards: 5 awards during my Bachelor studies
Professional career since graduation
12/2022 - present | Junior-Professor (AI & Robotics), Institut für Fördertechnik und Logistiksysteme (IFL), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany |
01/2021 - 12/2022 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Institut für Robotik und Prozessinformatik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany |
10/2015 – 12/2020 | Ph.D in Computer Science : AI & Robotics (Dr.-Ing.) Institut für Robotik und Prozessinformatik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany |
10/2009 – 10/2012 | Master Degree in Mechatronics Engineering, Tishreen University, Latakia, Syria |
09/2008 – 02/2015 | Teaching Assistant, Mechatronics Institute, Tishreen University, Latakia, Syria |
More about me:
- Board member of the international IMOL community
- Co-organizer for workshop 2022, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen, Germany
- Reviewer for international Bachelor and Master Theses
- Reviewer for international conferences and journals
- Invited speaker at international conferences and research labs.
- Joined Google Post-IWD program for industry professionals 2022
- Participated in Google International Women's Day (2021, 2022)
- Invited and participated in Top Women in Technology in Brussels 2018, 2022
Publikationen
MetaGraspNetV2: All-in-One Dataset Enabling Fast and Reliable Robotic Bin Picking via Object Relationship Reasoning and Dexterous Grasping
Gilles, M.; Chen, Y.; Zeng, E. Z.; Wu, Y.; Furmans, K.; Wong, A.; Rayyes, R.
2024. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 1–19. doi:10.1109/TASE.2023.3328964
Gilles, M.; Chen, Y.; Zeng, E. Z.; Wu, Y.; Furmans, K.; Wong, A.; Rayyes, R.
2024. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 1–19. doi:10.1109/TASE.2023.3328964
Intrinsic motivation learning for real robot applications
Rayyes, R.
2023. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 10, Art.-Nr.: 1102438. doi:10.3389/frobt.2023.1102438
Rayyes, R.
2023. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 10, Art.-Nr.: 1102438. doi:10.3389/frobt.2023.1102438