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Diego Diaz

Incoming PhD Student (2027)

About

Incoming PhD student joining ARENA Lab in 2027. Already a co-author on Arena-Rosnav 3.0 and 4.0. Interests span simulation, benchmarking, and social navigation.

Research Interests

SimulationBenchmarkingSocial Navigation

Mentored by

Linh Kästner

Robotics6/10Machine Learning6/10Simulation7/10Software Engineering7/10Research Writing5/10Systems / ROS6/10Perception5/10Planning6/10Generative AI5/10Human-Robot Interaction5/10

Publications (2)

Arena-Rosnav 4.0: A Comprehensive ROS2 Platform for Human-Centric Navigation and AI-Enhanced Environment Generation

Volodymyr Shcherbyna, Linh Kästner, Huajian Zeng, Giang Nguyen Huu Truong, Maximilian Ho-Kyoung Schreff, Tim Lenz, Nam Truong Tran, Diego Diaz, Ahmed Martban, Jonas Kreutz, and Harold Soh

IEEE ICRA 2025, Atlanta, USA2024-09-01

Arena-Rosnav 3.0: Advancing Social Navigation in Collaborative and Highly Dynamic Environments

Linh Kästner, Volodymyr Shcherbyna, Huajian Zeng, Tuan Anh Le, Maximilian Ho-Kyoung Schreff, Halid Osmaev, Nam Truong Tran, Diego Diaz, Jan Golebiowski, Harold Soh, Jens Lambrecht

Robotics Science and Systems 2024, Delft, Netherlands2024-02-01

Interested in collaborating?

Reach out to Diego Diaz or apply to join ARENA Lab.