Biography
Rania Rayyes received a PhD degree in Computer Science (specialization: AI & Robotics) from Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Germany, in 2020 and she is currently a research scientist at the Institute for Robotics and Process Control at the Technische Universitat Braunschweig. She did her research internship at Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc. Tokyo, Japan for five months 10.2019 – 03.2020. She joined Google Get Ahead summer program in 2019. R. Rayyes has received several awards during her academic studies, e.g., “Robotik Talent” award for her Ph.D dissertation, the Superior Graduate award for her Mechatronics Bachelor degree, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarship for PhD study, and ANITA B.ORG Scholarship for Grace Hopper Celebration 2020. Her research interests include sensorimotor learning, efficient online learning, deep learning and Developmental Robots.