Scholar
Lotfi El Hafi
Google Scholar ID: tsm7qaQAAAAJ
Ritsumeikan University
Citations & Impact
Citations
489
H-index
13
i10-index
17
Publications
20
Co-authors
34
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Won multiple awards including the “Best of IET and IBC 2016–2017.” Received two research awards from JST CREST: the “Best Award for Research Proposal Breaking Hagita-CREST Shell: Visualization of Emergent Reality in Robotics for Future Harmonious Interaction” and the “Best Award for Forecasting Research Proposal: Toward Early Realization of Harmonious Human-Robot Interaction.” Won numerous international robotics competition prizes, such as the “1st Place” in the Airbus Shopfloor Challenge at IEEE ICRA 2016, the “Finalist Prize” in the Amazon Robotics Challenge 2017, the “NEDO Chairman’s Award for Excellence in World Robot Summit 2018,” and more.
Research Experience
- Joined the Robotics Laboratory at NAIST as a recipient of the MEXT Scholarship in 2014. Joined the Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO) of Ritsumeikan University, Japan, for the “International and Interdisciplinary Research Center for the Next-Generation Artificial Intelligence and Semiotics (AI+Semiotics)” project as a Senior Researcher in 2017, later becoming Research Assistant Professor in 2019. Served as a Research Advisor for Robotics Competitions at Panasonic Corporation since 2019.
Education
- Received MScEng in Mechatronics from the Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Belgium, in 2013. Obtained PhD in Engineering from Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan, in 2017. His master’s thesis contributed to TICO compression, now standardized as JPEG XS, for Ultra HD 4K/8K video distribution. His PhD thesis proposed a novel eye-tracking method, “Simultaneous Tracking and Attention Recognition from Eyes (STARE),” which leveraged deep learning to extract behaviors from scene images reflected in the eyes.
Background
- Research interests include service robotics, AI, and system integration, with a particular focus on multimodal interaction in extended reality (XR). Bio: 2012 © PhD, Research Associate Professor at Ritsumeikan University, President & Founder of Coarobo GK, Husband & Father of 3, based in Japan.
Miscellany
- Languages: French (Native), English (Professional), Japanese (Conversational).
