Curriculum Vitae

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Professional Experience

Career Summary: Robotics researcher and lecturer with a focus on data-driven mobile robot systems and AI-based autonomy. Experience spans full-stack development of autonomous robots from sensor data to learned behaviour, with strong emphasis on reproducibility, foundation models, and semantic mapping.

University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Vienna, Austria

Research Group Digital Manufacturing, Automation and Robotics

Lecturer/Researcher October 2024 - Today

Junior Lecturer/Researcher March 2020 - September 2024

• Academic research in semantic mapping and data-driven control for mobile robots.
• Applied recent generative and foundation models in combination with traditional mapping and navigation.
• Course developer, coordinator and lecturer in Master Robotics Engineering, Campus International and Bachelor Mechatronics/Robotics programs.
• Supervision of Master's and Bachelor's theses, conducting of Master's and Bachelor's exams.

MA23 Project DrohnFH: Practical integration of UAVs into electronic and mechatronic engineering courses.

FFG Project UGV-ABC-Probe: Full stack development of mobile search and rescue robot software with focus on perception and autonomous navigation.

MA23 Project AIAV

• Conceptualisation and implementation of robot software, showcasing various domains of artificial intelligence.
• Dissemination of project findings in form of blog posts and conference papers.
• Website design and administration and coordination of contributors.

Telekom Innovation Laboratories: T-Labs, Berlin, Germany

Artificial Intelligence Group

Intern September 2019 - December 2019

• Joint research with University of Technology Berlin, Department of Industry Grade Networks and Clouds
• Integration of learning-based control methods into service and industrial robots
• Development and conducting of entry level robotics workshops

LEDERER Boutique Hotel, Kaprun, Austria

All-Rounder in Hotel Operations July 2017 - September 2019

• Configured IT equipment and supported bookkeeping
• Operational responsibilities at front desk, hotel bar and hotel kitchen
• Creation of marketing material, Event organisation

Education

Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria

Doctoral School Computer Science September 2024 - Today

Supervisor: Assoc.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Gerald Steinbauer-Wagner

Research in data-driven methods for mobile robot cognition. Combination of recent generative and foundation models with traditional robot mapping and navigation methodologies.

University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Vienna, Austria

Master of Science Embedded Systems September 2020 - June 2022

• Performance Scholarship, Passed with merit
• Thesis: Reinforcement Learning for Controller Parameter Estimation

Bachelor of Science Mechatronics/Robotics September 2016 - September 2020

• Passed with honours
• Thesis: Machine Learning for CNC Mill State Prediction

BG & Sport RG HIB Saalfelden, Saalfelden, Austria

A-Level Exam September 2007 - May 2015

• Passed with honours
• Electives: Computer Science, Philosophy and Psychology

Technical Proficiencies

Programming Languages

Experience in object-oriented and embedded programming. Knowledge of fundamental patterns. I mainly work in Python, C and C++.

Artificial Intelligence

• Deep Learning (PyTorch, TensorFlow)
• Machine Learning (Scikit-Learn)
• Reinforcement Learning (OpenAI Gym)
• Computer Vision (OpenCV, Torchvision, Detectron2)

Software Development and Deployment

• Linux (Headless and as Client OS)
• CI/CD (GitHub/GitLab Workflows)
• Containerisation and Orchestration (Docker and Compose)
• Robotics Software (Robot Operating System, PlatformIO, Remote Development)
• Documentation: Jupyter, LaTeX

Languages

• German: Native
• English: Business Fluent¹
• French : B2

¹Cambridge English First Certificate at Level C1