Dennis Rotondi

Dennis Rotondi

Ph.D. Student in A.I. & Robotics

University of Stuttgart

About me

I am a Ph.D. Research Scholar in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at the University of Stuttgart and International Max Planck Research School for Intelligent Systems in Germany. Prior to this, I obtained my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Sapienza University of Rome in Italy.

I am passionate about 3D Computer Vision applied to Robotics, particularly in the areas of “3D Scene Graph Generation” and “SLAM,” which are the focus of my research under the supervision of Prof. Kai Arras (UniStuttgart) and Prof. Giorgio Grisetti (Sapienza).

As the first Ph.D. student of the Socially Intelligent Robotics Lab within the recently funded Institute of Artificial Intelligence (July 2023), we are in the process of starting up the research team. Feel free to contact me if you’re interested in our open positions or collaborations. During my studies, I received some awards, which you can view here.

Interests
  • 3D Computer Vision
  • 3D Scene Understanding
  • 3D Scene Graph Generation
  • Photorealistic SLAM
  • Semantic SLAM
Education

News

I will be participating in the 2024 IMPRS-IS Boot Camp, see you there!
I will be attending RSS 2024, see you there!
I will be participating in the full Oxford Machine Learning Summer School 2024!
I will be attending ICRA 2024, see you there!

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
International Max Planck Research School for Intelligent Systems
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Apr 2024 – Present Stuttgart, Germany
  • Selected as one of 62 students from 797 Ph.D. and master’s applicants for the 8th cycle.
 
 
 
 
 
Stuttgart University
Assistant Lecturer
Sep 2023 – Present Stuttgart, Germany
  • Mobile robotics, WS 2023, WS 2024 (6ECTS).
  • Seminar on research topics for intelligent interactive robots, SS 2024, WS 2024 (3ECTS).
  • Seminar on fundations of mobile robotics, SS 2024 (3ECTS).
 
 
 
 
 
University of Oxford
Oxford Machine Learning Summer School
May 2024 – Jul 2024 Oxford, United Kingdom
  • Lectures on the Latest technologies in machine learning
  • Deep learning in health, biology, representation learning, and generative AI.
 
 
 
 
 
Tohoku University
TESP-Robotics Participant
Jul 2023 – Aug 2023 Sendai, Japan
  • Lecture series on space-, disaster-, neuro- and molecular- robotics.
  • Built and developed a robotic moon rover supervised by Prof. Kazuya Yoshida.
 
 
 
 
 
Sapienza University of Rome
Teaching Assistant
Jun 2022 – Jul 2023 Rome, Italy
  • Principles of informatics II (1018704), SS 2023 (12ECTS).
  • Advanced programming (10606848), WS 2022/23 (9ECTS).
 
 
 
 
 
Pi School, School of Artificial Intelligence
Research Engineer
Sep 2022 – Nov 2022 Rome, Italy
  • Tackled a challenge for an EU B2C fashion startup, using deep learning based algorithms to enhance the personalized shopping experience.
 
 
 
 
 
20th Century Studios (Cattleya)
Robotics Engineer
Jul 2021 – Oct 2021 Rome, Italy
  • Programmed ESP32 LoRa microcontrollers to control the lighting and the Kuka KR-6 robotic platform, creating unique special effects for the Rosaline film.
 
 
 
 
 
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Research Intern
Jun 2017 – Feb 2018 Rome, Italy
  • Research projects on probabilistically explaining traffic congestion in Rome and on mathematical modeling of tides supervised by Prof. Benedetto Scoppola.

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