Curriculum Vitae (Alexander Schmitz, PhD candidate)
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Last Name: |
Schmitz |
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First Name: |
Alexander |
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Date of Birth: |
13 July, 1982 |
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Place of Birth: |
Vienna, Austria |
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Nationality: |
Austria |
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Marital Status: |
Single |
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Affiliation: |
Italian Institute of Technology Via Morego 30 16163 Genova Italy |
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Address: |
Spianata Castelletto 9/12 16124 Genova Italy |
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Phone: |
+39-3283462123 |
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Email: |
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Languages: |
German (mother tongue) English (fluent) Italian (good) |
Education
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2007-2011 |
PhD, joint location, University of Sheffield, Automatic Control and Systems Engineering Department, Great Britain and Italian Institute of Technology, Robotics, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department, Genoa, Italy Thesis: A Distributed Tactile System for Humanoid Robot Hands Viva examination: April 1st, 2011 |
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2004-2007 |
Graduate program, Cognitive Science - Cognition, Brain and Behaviour, University of Vienna, Austria and Thesis: Minimal
Control for Dynamic Locomotion, written at Master's degree with honors |
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2001-2004 |
Undergraduate program, Medical Computer Science, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Thesis: Workflowsysteme und Dokumentenmanagment mit Lotus Notes (Workflow Systems and Data Management with Lotus Notes) Bachelor's degree with honors |
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1996-2001 |
Secondary technical and vocational college, HTL Donaustadt, Department for Electronic Data Processing and Business Organization, Vienna, Austria 4th and 5th grade with English as language of education Matura/Abitur with honors |
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1992-1996 |
Lower secondary school, Schulbrueder Strebersdorf, Vienna, Austria |
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1988-1992 |
Elementary school, Schulbrueder Strebersdorf, Vienna, Austria |
Work Experience
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2007-2011 |
Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Genoa, Italy (contract finishes on April 15th, 2011) |
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2000-2005 |
Software developer, TQS EDV-Software GesmbH, Traiskirchen, Austria |
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Summer 1999 |
Internship at Generali Office-Service und Consulting AG, Vienna, Austria |
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Summer 1998 |
Internship at Wiener Gebietskrankenkasse (WGKK), Vienna, Austria |
List of Publications
Schmitz, A. (submitted) A Distributed Tactile System for Humanoid Robot Hands. PhD thesis, University of Sheffield, Great Britain and Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
Schmitz, A., Maiolino, P., Maggiali, M., Natale, L., Cannata, G. and Metta G. (accepted) Methods and Technologies for the Implementation of Large Scale Robot Tactile Sensors. Transactions on Robotics, Special Issue on Robotic Sense of Touch
Natale, L., Nori, F., Metta, G., Fumagalli, M., Ivaldi, S., Pattacini, U., Randazzo, M., Schmitz, A. and Sandini, G. (submitted) Studying Developmental Robotics on the iCub Platform. Book chapter, in IMCLEVER roadmap book
Schmitz, A., Pattacini, U., Nori, F., Natale, L., Metta, G. Sandini, G. (2010) Design, Realization and Sensorization of the Dextrous iCub Hand. IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2010), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Schmitz, A., Maggiali, M., Natale, L. and Metta, G. (2010) Touch Sensors for Humanoid Hands. Special session on the Role of Tactile Sensing in Human-Robot Interaction, 19th IEEE International Symposium in Robot and Human Interactive Communication (Ro-Man 2010), Viareggio, Italy
Schmitz, A., Maggiali, M., Natale, L., Bonino, B. and Metta, G. (2010) A Tactile Sensor for the Fingertips of the Humanoid Robot iCub. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2010), Taipei, Taiwan
Schmitz, A., Maggiali, M., Natale, L. and Metta, G. (2010) Integrating Tactile Sensors into the Hands of the Humanoid Robot iCub. Workshop on Representations for Object Grasping and Manipulation, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2010), Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Schmitz, A., Maggiali, M., Randazzo, M., Natale, L. and Metta, G. (2008) A Prototype Fingertip with High Spatial Resolution Pressure Sensing for the Robot iCub. 8th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Daejeon, Korea
Schmitz, A. (2007) Minimal Control for Dynamic Locomotion. Master Thesis, University of Vienna, Austria and University of Zurich, Switzerland
Schmitz, A., Gomez, G. J., Iida, F. and Pfeifer, R. (2007) On the Robustness of Simple Speed Control for a Quadruped Robot. International Conference on Morphological Computation, Venice, Italy
Schmitz, A., Gomez, G. J., Iida, F. and Pfeifer, R. (2007) Adaptive Control of Dynamic Legged Locomotion. Workshop on Concept Learning in Embodied Agents, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2007), Rome, Italy
Schmitz, A. and Iida, F. (2006) Self-Organization of Complexity in Embodied Agents. 50th Anniversary Summit of Artificial Intelligence, Monte Verita, Switzerland
Media Appearances
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2010 |
Euronews, futuris, Robots with a human touch, online available at: http://www.youtube.com/euronews#p/u/1/h5nW2tZLdbM |
Research Projects
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2009-2011 |
Participation in RoboSKIN (skin based technologies and capabilities for safe, autonomous and interactive robots) (ICT-FP7-231500) at Italian Institute of Technology, Italy |
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2008-2011 |
Contributions to POETICON (poetics of everyday life) (ICT-FP7-215843) at Italian Institute of Technology, Italy |
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2005-2009 |
Contributions to RobotCub (robotics open architecture for cognition, understanding, and behaviors) (IST-FP6-004370) at University of Zurich, Switzerland and Italian Institute of Technology, Italy |
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2005-2006 |
Contributions to From Locomotion to Cognition (Grant No. 200021-109210/1, Funding Agency: Swiss NSF) at University of Zurich, Switzerland |
Attended Conferences/Summer Schools
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Oct. 18-22, 2010 |
IROS 2010, Taipei, Taiwan |
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Sept. 27-1, 2010 |
IURS 2010, Summer School on Robot Grasping, Benicassim, Spain |
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Sept. 12-15, 2010 |
Ro-Man 2010, Viareggio, Italy |
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May 3-8, 2010 |
ICRA 2010, Anchorage, Alaska, USA |
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April 10-14, 2007 |
ICRA 2007, Rome, Italy |
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March 26-28, 2007 |
International Conference on Morphological Computation, Venice, Italy |
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July 9-14, 2006 |
50th Anniversary Summit of Artificial Intelligence, Monte Verita, Switzerland |
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March 4-11, 2005 |
Interdisciplinary College IK2005, Guenne at Lake Moehne, Germany |
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March 5-12, 2004 |
Interdisciplinary College IK2004, Guenne at Lake Moehne, Germany |
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Nov. 10-12, 2003 |
Internationaler Heinz von Foerster-Kongress, Vienna, Austria |
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Oct. 18-21, 2003 |
Monte Verita symposium on cognition - Dynamical Systems in Cognitive Science, Monte Verita, Switzerland |
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July 22-26, 2003 |
Interactivist Summer Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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July 16-20, 2003 |
International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology 2003 Meeting, Vienna Austria |
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July 7-14, 2003 |
10th International Summer School in Cognitive Science, Sofia, Bulgaria + International Workshop on Constructive Memory (July 12-14, 2003) |
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Dec. 12-14, 2002 |
Vernunft - Kognition - Intelligenz, Symposium, Vienna, Austria |
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July 8-28, 2002 |
9th International Summer School in Cognitive Science, Sofia, Bulgaria |
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April 2-5, 2002 |
16th European Meeting on Cybernetics and System Research (EMCSR 02), Vienna, Austria |
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March 1-8, 2002 |
Interdisciplinary College IK2002, Guenne at Lake Moehne, Germany |
Scholarships
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2005-2006 |
Scholarship by Vienna University of Technology, Austria (for writing a master thesis in Zurich, Switzerland) |
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2005-2006 |
Erasmus scholarship (for studying in Zurich, Switzerland) |
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2005 |
Stipendien aus Mitteln der Stiftungen und Sondervermoegen, University of Vienna, Austria (for excellent progress in studying) |
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2005 |
Stiftungsstipendium, Vienna University of Technology, Austria (for excellent progress in studying) |
Computer Skills
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Assembler |
1 year |
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C |
1 year |
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C++ |
8 years |
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Java |
1 year |
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Linux |
3 years |
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Lotus Script |
5 years |
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Matlab |
5 years |
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Simulink |
5 years |
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Pro/ENGINEER |
3 years |
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Visual Basic |
2 years |
