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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.

196+
Students Supervised
5
Active in the Lab
15
Currently Collaborating
2023–2025

Huajian Zeng

BAPJ

Optimization of 2D Simulators for Deep-Reinforcement Training

Now: PhD Student, Technical University of Munich, Germany

2021–present

Volodymyr Shcherbyna

Still with lab
BAMAPhDPJ

Generative Models for Gradual Environment Synthesis

Now: Postdoctoral Researcher, ARENA Lab (SMU)

2021–2023

Maximilian Ho-Kyoung Schreeff

BAPJ

Photorealistic Training of DRL-based Social Navigation in ISAAC GYM

Now: Researcher, Google DeepMind, Zurich, Switzerland

2021–2023

Elias Treis

BAMAPJ

Development of Benchmarking Frameworks for Social Navigation

Now: Accenture Robotics, Munich, Germany

2021

Yassin Kaddar

MA

Video-based AI Corridor For Model-free Detection (joint with BOSCH)

Now: BOSCH, Stuttgart, Germany

2022

Magdalena Yordanova

MAPJ

2D Imagination Using Semantic Cognition for Autonomous Navigation

Now: PhD Student, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

2022

Anh Thu Nguyen

MA

Data Fusion using Deep Learning for Mobile Robot Localization (joint with ETH Zurich)

Now: PhD Student, Fraunhofer Fokus, Berlin, Germany

2022–2023

Yifan Hu

MA

Data Generation Pipeline for Self-Supervised Learning for Industrial Robots

Now: Huawei, Shanghai, China

2020–2024

Tuan Anh Le

BAMAPJ

DRL-based Navigation Approaches in Highly Dynamic Environments

Now: Amazon Robotics, Berlin, Germany

2019–present

Teham Buiyan

Still with lab
MAPhD

DRL Control Switches and Navigation Frameworks (Arena-Rosnav, All-in-One)

Now: Postdoctoral Researcher, ARENA Lab (SMU)

2019

Vlad Catalin Frasineanu

MA

3D Localization Methods for Augmented Reality-based Robotics

Now: Microsoft, Redmond, USA

BABachelor Thesis
MAMaster Thesis
PhDPhD Thesis
PJProject

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