Prof. Dr. -Ing. Rania Rayyes
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 IMOL workshop https://2022.imol-conf.org/
- 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