Supervised Students
A selection of bachelor, master, and PhD theses supervised by Prof. Linh Kästner — alongside research projects. Current and former students placed at Microsoft, Google DeepMind, Amazon, BOSCH, Huawei, and PhD programs across leading universities.
Huajian Zeng
Optimization of 2D Simulators for Deep-Reinforcement Training
Now: PhD Student, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Volodymyr Shcherbyna
Still with labGenerative Models for Gradual Environment Synthesis
Now: Postdoctoral Researcher, ARENA Lab (SMU)
Maximilian Ho-Kyoung Schreeff
Photorealistic Training of DRL-based Social Navigation in ISAAC GYM
Now: Researcher, Google DeepMind, Zurich, Switzerland
Elias Treis
Development of Benchmarking Frameworks for Social Navigation
Now: Accenture Robotics, Munich, Germany
Yassin Kaddar
Video-based AI Corridor For Model-free Detection (joint with BOSCH)
Now: BOSCH, Stuttgart, Germany
Magdalena Yordanova
2D Imagination Using Semantic Cognition for Autonomous Navigation
Now: PhD Student, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Anh Thu Nguyen
Data Fusion using Deep Learning for Mobile Robot Localization (joint with ETH Zurich)
Now: PhD Student, Fraunhofer Fokus, Berlin, Germany
Yifan Hu
Data Generation Pipeline for Self-Supervised Learning for Industrial Robots
Now: Huawei, Shanghai, China
Tuan Anh Le
DRL-based Navigation Approaches in Highly Dynamic Environments
Now: Amazon Robotics, Berlin, Germany
Teham Buiyan
Still with labDRL Control Switches and Navigation Frameworks (Arena-Rosnav, All-in-One)
Now: Postdoctoral Researcher, ARENA Lab (SMU)
Vlad Catalin Frasineanu
3D Localization Methods for Augmented Reality-based Robotics
Now: Microsoft, Redmond, USA
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ARENA Lab takes on a small number of bachelor, master, and PhD students each year. See current openings and apply.