Designed and implemented an adaptive multimodal fusion approach for personalized object referencing in a moving vehicle while driving; Developed a machine learning-based system to estimate driver's mental workload using psychophysiological signals (heart rate and pupillometry) to adapt the vehicle interface and improve safety; Researched incremental learning approaches to adapt to driver behavior through hand gestures for controlling vehicle information; Managing a BMBF-funded project on surgical robotic systems, simulating ophthalmic cataract surgery using reinforcement and imitation learning.
Research Experience
Visiting Researcher at the Machine Intelligence Laboratory, Cambridge University, Department of Engineering, supervised by Prof. Dr. Per Ola Kristensson; Leading a government-funded research project: TeachTAM; Worked on projects with partners like Microsoft Research, BMW, Volkswagen, and Zeiss.
Education
Doctoral Researcher at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, supervised by Prof. Dr. Antonio Krüger and advised by Dr.-Ing. Michael Feld; MSc in Computer Science from Saarland University.
Background
Research interests: User-centered Artificial Intelligence and Incremental Learning approaches with a focus on Evaluation, Personalization, and Model Adaptation. Research topics include Gesture Recognition & Computer Vision, NLP & LLMs Security and Evaluation, Multimodal Interaction & Interface Design, Incremental & Continual Learning, and Reinforcement & Imitation Learning. Worked in domains such as Dialogue Systems, Automotive, Robotics, and Well-being in interdisciplinary academic and industry-oriented projects.
Miscellany
Interested in collaborating with researchers and business partners.