About me
I am an Associate Professor in Computer Science at Örebro University since August 2018. My primary research interests lie in autonomy for mobile robots, with a focus on perception algorithms and motion synthesis for manipulation. I hold a PhD in Computer Science from Örebro University, defended in 2012, on the topic of autonomous robot navigation. In addition to my role at Orebro University, I am also a WASP affiliated faculty.
Supervision
I am currently co-supervising the following PhD students:
- Shih-Min Yang, working on learning for perception and manipulation;
- Abhishek Kashyap, working on affordance extraction for full-body manipulation;
- Alex Melander, industrial PhD student working on perception and planning for underground drilling rigs;
- Francisco Calatrava Nicolás, working on wearable computing and activity recognition
My former students at Örebro University:
- Marco Iannottta, thesis topic: “Holding Form in a Shifting World: Flexible and Reliable Robot Manipulation through Behavior Trees“, defended December 2025;
- David Caceres Dominguez, thesis topic: “Learning Interpretable Robot Policies from Demonstration“, defended December 2025;
- Quanato Yang, thesis topic “Robot Skill Acquisition through Prior-Conditioned Reinforcement Learning“, defended in October 2023;
- Yuxuan Yang, thesis topic “Advancing Modeling and Tracking of Deformable Linear Objects for Real-World Applications“, defended in October 2023 ;
- Dinh-Cuong Hoang, defended his PhD thesis “Vision-based Perception For Autonomous Robotic Manipulation” in Decemeber 2021.
- Daniel R. Canelhas, defended his PhD thesis “Truncated Signed Distance Fields Applied To Robotics” in April 2016. (second supervisor)
Teaching
I am currently teaching the courses “Introduction to Robotics” [video lectures] in the engineering masters and bachelors in engineering programs, “Sensors and Measurement Systems” [video lectures] in the engineering masters program, as well as the project work courses for exchange students. I am regularly offering Masters and Bachelors thesis topics for students already registered in a Swedish University, please feel free to contact me.