Since
March 2023

Full Professor (W3), Technische Universit ̈at Dresden, Germany,
Head of the Learning, Adaptive Systems and Robotics (LASR) lab

Since
May 2023

Scientific Advisor,
Kyber Labs

2018 - 2023

Research Scientist,
Meta AI (formerly Facebook AI Research), United States
Founder of the Robotic Lab in Menlo Park

2016 - 2018

Postdoctoral Scholar,
University of California: Berkeley, United States

2016

Ph.D. in Computer Science,
Technische Universit ̈at Darmstadt, Germany
Thesis topic: Bayesian Modeling for Optimization and Control in Robotics

Jul - Oct 2015

Research Intern,
Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK

2011

M.Sc. in Machine Learning and Data Mining,
Aalto University, Finland
Thesis topic: An Exploration of Deep Belief Networks toward Adaptive Learning

May - Dec 2010

Research Assistant, Bayesian Methodology group,
Aalto University, Finland 

2009

B.Sc. in Computer Science Engineering,
Universit`a degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
Thesis topic: Design and Building of a Robotics Mobile Platform

Mar - May 2008

Intern,
BELTEC s.r.l., Italy