Research Associate
M.Sc. Ahmed Abdelrahman
Technical University of Munich
Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI)
Postal address
Postal:
Georg-Brauchle-Ring 60_62
80992 München
Place of employment
Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI)
Work:
Georg-Brauchle-Ring 60_62(2941)/I
80992 München
- Office hours: Mon - Fri, 09:30 - 18:00
- Room: 2941.01.110L
- Room: 2941.01.110L
- ahmed.abdelrahman@tum.de
| Date | Position | Employer | Location |
| Sept, 2023 - present | Research Associate | Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) | Munich, Germany |
| Oct, 2021 - Aug, 2023 | Software developer | German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (Deep-MI Group) | Bonn, Germany |
| May, 2020 - Aug, 2021 | Software and hardware developer | Locomotec GmbH / KELO Robotics GmbH | Sankt Augustin, Germany |
| Jun, 2019 - Apr, 2020 | Student research assistant (ROPOD EU Project) | Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences (H-BRS) | Sankt Augustin, Germany |
| Date | Degree | Institution | Thesis Title |
| 2022 | M.Sc. in Autonomous Systems | Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences (H-BRS) | A Neuromorphic Approach to Obstacle Avoidance in Robot Manipulation |
| 2015 | B.Eng. in Mechatronic Engineering | University of Nottingham (UNMC) | Active Engine Mount Robust Control Design |
[1] A. F. Abdelrahman, A. Mitrevski and P. G. Plöger, "Context-Aware Task Execution Using Apprenticeship Learning", 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2020, pp. 1329-1335.
[2] A. F. Abdelrahman, “Incorporating Contextual Knowledge into Human-robot Collaborative Task Execution” (Tech. Rep.), Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Department of Computer Science, 2020. Accessed Oct. 8, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.18418/978-3-96043-080-3
[3] A. Mitrevski, A. F. Abdelrahman, A. Narasimamurthy, and P. G. Plöger, "On the Diagnosability of Actions Performed by Contemporary Robotic Systems", 31st International Workshop on Principles of Diagnosis (DX'20), 2020.
| Date | Award/Honour | From |
| 2023 | Bonn-Rhein-Sieg Sponsorship Award (Master's Thesis) | Hochschulgesellschaft Bonn-Rhein-Sieg |
| 2023 | AFCEA Bonn Studienpreis 2023 (Master's Thesis, 1st place) | AFCEA Bonn e.V. |
| 2019 | DAAD Matching Funds Scholarship | Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences (H-BRS) |
| 2015 | Nottingham Advantage Award | University of Nottingham (UNMC) |
- Applications of machine learning in robotics
- Biologically-inspired learning and computation
- Neuromorphic methods (incl. spiking neural networks and event-based vision)
- Reinforcement learning