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Department of Robotic Systems

Short CV - Dr.-Ing. Sami Haddadin, Scientific coordinator "Human-Robot Interaction"

Sami Haddadin was born 26.06.1980 in Neustadt am Rübenberge/Germany. He studied Electrical Engineering at the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hanover, the University of Oulu, and the Technical University of Munich. He graduated from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), where he received both, the BSc. and the MSc. in Electrical Engineering. His Master thesis was "Evaluation Criteria and Control Structures for Safe Human-Robot Interaction".

Additionally, he graduated from TUM , where he received both, the BSc. and MSc. in Computer Science, which he began at Distance University Hagen (FUH). His Master thesis was "Towards the Human-friendly Robotic Co-Worker".

Furthermore, he holds an Honours degree in Technology Management from the Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) embedded in the Ludwig Maximilian University Munich (LMU), the Technical University of Munich (TUM), and the Elitenetwork Bavaria (ENB).

He obtained his PhD from RWTH Aachen.

Sami Haddadin is with the Robotics and Mechatronics Center of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) since 2005. There, he is the scientific coordinator on "Human-Robot Interaction" (www.safe-robots.com).

He is also a lecturer at TUM.

In 2011 he was a visiting scholar at Willow Garage and at Stanford University. He is a visiting scholar of Stanford University since February 2012.


Awards & Honours

  • Winner 2012 George Giralt PhD Award (best European thesis in robotics)
  • PhD. (Dr.-Ing.) with "summa cum laude" from RWTH Aachen
  • Winner: euRobotics Technology Transfer Award 2011 (DLR LWR team together with KUKA LWR team)
  • IROS 2010: Finalist Best Application Paper Award
  • 3rd place Walter Reis Innovation Award 2010
  • Finalist: Robotdalen Scientific Award 2009, "Honorable Mention"
  • ICRA 2009: Best Service Robotics Paper Award
  • IROS 2008: Best Application Paper Award
  • 2008 Literati Best Paper Award
  • 2008 Honours of the Elitenetwork Bavaria in Techology Management
  • ICRA 2007: Best Video Award

  • Invited Paper IROS2012
  • Invited Paper ICRA2012
  • Invited Paper ARSO2011
  • Invited Paper IFAC2011
  • Invited Paper Automatisierungstechnik at 2010
  • Invited Paper IROS 2010
  • Invited Paper IJRR2009

Professional service

Project activities

Standardization activities

  • DIN representative and committe member of ISO Working Group (WG) 7, Personal care robot

Organization

Reviewing

  • Books

  • Journals

  • Conferences

  • International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
  • International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
  • International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR)
  • IFAC World Congress (IFAC WC)
  • IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS)
  • IEEE Human-Robot Interaction


Academic teaching

      • "Robotics" at TUM (winter semester 2009/2010, winter semester 2010/2011)
      • "Human-Friendly Robotics: Human factors in control and planning strategies" at TUM (summer semester 2010)
      • "Dynamic Human-Robot Interaction" at TUM (winter semester 2010/2011, winter semester 2011/2012)


      Publications

      • List of publications
      • # journal paper: 13 (2 invited)
      • # conference & workshop paper: 38 (6 invited)
      • # book chapter: 7
      • # video publications: 3
      • # posters: 2 (1 invited)
      • # talks: 27

       

       

       

       


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