Francesco Maurelli

Institution

Constructor University

School of Computer Science and Engineering

Constructor University

Bremen gGmbH

Campus Ring 1

28759 Bremen, Germany

Research Interests

robotics

autonomous systems

machine intelligence

navigation

SLAM

fault management

knowledge representation

planning

Topics to speak on:

robotics, autonomous systems, machine intelligence, navigation, SLAM, fault management, knowledge representation, planning, youth entrepreneurship, youth participation, UN Agenda 2030, SDGs, international collaboration, industry 4.0, smart cities, future of work

Words of Wisdom

“Amikoj, ne timu konstante pri tio, kion diros la sensence kritikanta kaj grimacanta rutina mondo, sed agu ĉiam tiel, kiel diktas al vi via konscienco kaj koro.”, L.L. Zamenhof

“Friends, don’t be constantly in fear of the unthinkingly critical, grimacing conventional world, but always act as your conscience and heart dictate.”, L.L. Zamenhof

Biography

Dr. Francesco Maurelli is a Professor in Marine Systems and Robotics at Constructor University, in Bremen (Germany, EU), where he also serves as Program Chair for the Robotics and Intelligent Systems Program. He has obtained his PhD at the Oceans Sytems Lab, Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, Scotland) with a thesis on intelligent AUV localisation. He has been Scientific Manager at Technical University of Munich (Germany, EU) where he lead European-wide initiatives to support moving robotics technology from the lab to the market. After a research stay at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA, USA), as a Marie Curie Fellow, he has accepted a faculty position in Jacobs University Bremen, currently Constructor University. Dr. Maurelli’s research interests are focused on persistent autonomy for marine robotics, perception, autonomous navigation, intelligent decision making, sensor data processing and fault management. When not busy with robots or students, he likes to speak the international language Esperanto and play the piano.