Where ARENA Takes You

BSc → MSc → PhD → Postdoc

Joined as a Bachelor student, advanced through MSc and PhD, and is now a Postdoctoral Researcher with ARENA Lab. Lead author / co-author on 4 papers at RSS, ICRA, and IROS.

“Working on the Arena platform gave me the chance to lead major research contributions and grow as an independent researcher.”

MSc Thesis → PhD → Postdoc

Started as a Master thesis student under Linh, continued with a PhD under her supervision, and is now a Postdoctoral Researcher at ARENA Lab. Co-author on 5+ papers at ICRA, IROS, and RSS.

“Linh has been my supervisor across master, PhD, and now postdoc — that continuity let me build a deep research direction in DRL for navigation.”

BSc Thesis + 3 Projects → Google DeepMind

Completed his bachelor thesis and three research projects with Linh on photorealistic DRL training. Co-author on Arena 3.0–5.0 platform papers. Now a Researcher at Google DeepMind, Zurich.

PhD Student → Postdoc

IROS 2021 Best Technical Paper Award nominee. Now Postdoctoral Researcher at ARENA Lab.

“The interdisciplinary nature of ARENA Lab allowed me to combine semantic AI with spatial reasoning in ways I never expected.”

Remote RA → Research Engineer → PhD Student

Started as a remote Research Assistant, joined ARENA Lab in person as a Research Engineer, and is now an incoming PhD student. He has two first-author A* papers, PEDS (IEEE RA-L + ICRA 2027) and GROVE (IROS 2026), before his PhD has even started.

External Collaborator

Key contributor to 4 major platform papers across RSS, ICRA, and IROS.