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PhD Researcher
Duc Tai Nguyen
PhD Student
tai.nguyen@smu.edu.sg
About
Researching deep reinforcement learning for robot navigation in crowded environments.
Research Vision
Developing robust deep reinforcement learning methods for socially-aware robot navigation that can handle highly dynamic, crowded real-world environments.
Current Work
Designing novel reward shaping and curriculum learning approaches for training navigation policies in dense crowd scenarios.
Research Interests
Deep RLNavigationCrowd Simulation
Mentored by
Linh Kästner
Publications (1)

Arena-Bench 2.0: A Comprehensive Benchmark of Social Navigation Approaches in Collaborative Environments
Volodymyr Shcherbyna, Linh Kästner, Huajian Zeng, Jiaming Wang, Nhan Trinh, Zhengchen Shen, Giang Nguyen Huu Truong, Tim Lenz, Duc Anh Do, Ahmed Martban, and Eva Wiese
IROS 2025, Hangzhou, China2025-10-01
Interested in collaborating?
Reach out to Duc Tai Nguyen or apply to join ARENA Lab.