I am a PhD student in Computer Engineering at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), co-supervised by Prof. Radu Grosu (TU Wien), Prof. Gerhard Schütz (TU Wien), and Prof. Daniela Rus (MIT). My research focuses on the interpretability of bio-inspired neural networks in robotics and autonomous systems. I work with architectures such as Neural Circuit Policies (NCPs) and Liquid Time-Constant Networks (LTCs), inspired by C. elegans, to enhance transparency and trust in AI decision-making while ensuring efficiency for real-world applications.
Education & Experience
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| TU Wien PhD student 07/2022-Present |
MIT CSAIL
Visiting Researcher 09/2024-11/2024 |
Microsoft Research
Open Source Developer 04/2021-08/2021 |
Bosch Software Developer Intern 06/2019-08/2021 |
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BME
MSc in Mechatronical Engineering 01/2019-07/2021 |
Knorr-Bremse
Measurement Automation Intern 05/2018-05/2019 |
BME BSc in Mechatronical Engineering 09/2015-01/2019 |
News
[Poster Presentation - April 2025] “Deploying RGB-D Multimodal Controllers on Resource-Constrained Platforms” has been accepted at ICRA 2025 Robot Software Architectures (RSA25) Workshop.
[Preprint - Mar 2025] “MMDVS-LF: Multi-Modal Dynamic Vision Sensor and Eye-Tracking Dataset for Line Following”.
[Preprint - Mar 2025] “Depth Matters: Multimodal RGB-D Perception for Robust Autonomous Agents”.
[Talk - Mar 2025] “Increasing Inference Speed - Redesigning AI Models for Faster Decision-Making” at Pyrosoma AI. Vienna, Austria.
[Science Outreach - Mar 2025] Promoted the Computer Engineering degree program of TU Wien at BeSt, Austria’s largest study fair. Vienna, Austria.
[Talk - Jan 2025] “Towards Sustainable Machine Learning: Enhancing Efficiency with Bio-Inspired Neural Networks” at the Seminar Series of European Universities on Sustainability, TUM-IAS.
[Workshop Participation - Jan 2025] Participated in the “Changing and Challenging Times: Institutions and Research Ethics” Workshop, TU Wien.
[RoboRacer Grand Prix - Dec 2024] Our racing team (Scuderia Segfault) won 1st place at the 22nd RoboRacer Autonomous Grand Prix at CDC 2024. Milano, Italy.
[Poster Presentation - Dec 2024] NeuroAI: Fusing Neuroscience and AI for Intelligent Solutions Workshop at NeurIPS. Vancouver, Canada.
[Poster Presentation - Dec 2024] NeurIPS 19th Workshop for Women in Machine Learning Workshop. Vancouver, Canada.
[Grant - Dec 2024] I got the Conference Attendance Grant for female doctoral students as speakers (“Doktorandinnen der Informatik ans Rednerpult”) from the Faculty of Informatics TU Wien (€1,000) to present my research at NeurIPS 2024.
[Grant - Oct 2024] I got a WiML Travel Funding from the WiML Organizing Committee ($1,200) to present my research at NeurIPS 2024.
[Research Exchange - Sep 2024] I am starting my visiting research period at the Distributed Robotics Lab, CSAIL, MIT, USA.
[Summer School - Aug 2024] Participating in the IEEE RAS Summer School on Multi-Robot Systems. Prague, Czech Republic.
[Conference Attendance - Jul 2024] ICML, Vienna, Austria.
[Poster Presentation - Jul 2024] - Presenting my research at the ENROL Doctoral College summer retreat, Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria.
[Doctoral College Summer Retreat - Jul 2024] - Focus on the commercialisation of scientific research. Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria.
[Grant - Jun 2024] I have been nominated for the Marshall Plan Scholarship (€ 6500) to support my research stay at MIT.
[Summer School - Jun 2024] Participated in the 7th Advanced Course on Data Science & Machine Learning Summer School. Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy.
[Science Outreach - May 2024] Presented my research at the Lange Nacht der Forschung 2024. Vienna, Austria.
[RoboRacer Grand Prix - May 2024] Our team (Scuderia Segfault) won 4th place at the 15th RoboRacer Autonomous Grand Prix at ICRA 2024. Yokohama, Japan.
[Oral Presentation - May 2024] “Learning with Chemical versus Electrical Synapses - Does it Make a Difference?” at ICRA 2024. Yokohama, Japan.
[Poster Presentation - May 2024] “Learning with Chemical versus Electrical Synapses - Does it Make a Difference?” at ICRA 2024 Workshop on Bio-inspired Robotics and Robotics for Biology. Yokohama, Japan.
[Grant - Mar 2024] I got the IEEE ICRA 2024 Travel Grant ($2,500).
[Academic Writing Retreat - Mar 2024] Academic Writing Retreat of the ENROL Doctoral College. Zwettl, Austria.
[Workshop Participation - Nov 2023] The Power of Networking for Scientists. Vienna, Austria.
[Science Outreach - Sep 2023] Promoted research at the European Researcher’s Night. Vienna, Austria.
[Talk - Jul 2023] - Presenting my research pitch at the ENROL Doctoral College summer retreat. Neuhofen an der Ybbs, Austria.
[Doctoral College Summer Retreat - Jul 2023] - Focus on transferable skills for PhD students. Neuhofen an der Ybbs, Austria.