Education
| August 2007 -
present
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Ph.D. Student, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
| August 2005 -
April 2007
| Yale University, New Haven, CT
M.S. in Computer Sience.
GPA: 4.0 / 4.0.
| September 2004 -
July 2005
| Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France
Masters coursework, Computer Science.
Finished with honors.
| October 2002 -
September 2004
| Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany
Vordiplom (B.Sc.) in Computer Science.
GPA: 4.0 / 4.0 (ranked 1 / 314).
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Honors and Awards
| March 2007
| Awarded Sterling Prize Fellowship, Yale University.
Offered to the top 30 entering graduate students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (more then 8500 applicants).
| Feb 2007
| Awarded Francis Upton Fellowship, Princeton University.
The highest honor given to incoming graduate students in the sciences and engineering. Provides tuition, stipend, fees, and travel expenses.
| September 2006 -
May 2007
| Full Research Assistantship,
Department of Computer Science, Yale University.
| August 2005 -
April 2006
| DAAD scholarship (German Academic Exchange Service).
Full government scholarship to Yale University covering stipend, tuition, fees, and travel expenses. Candidates are chosen in a national competition.
| November 2005
| Grand Prix d'Option, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France.
Best thesis award given annually to students that have made a major contribution to their research field during their four month research internship.
| September 2004 -
July 2005
| Erasmus scholarship (European Union).
Exchange program scholarship.
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Research
| August 2007 -
present
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, U.S.A.
Advisor: Prof. D. Rus
Research on optically linked modular underwater robots and underwater sensor networks. Research on distributed animal hearding and autonomous data collection.
| August 2005 -
June 2007
| Yale University, Department of computer science, U.S.A.
Advisor: Prof. B. Scassellati
Research on developmental robotics and human-robot interaction. Development of a multiplatform software system for real-time control of a humanoid robot.
| April 2005 -
July 2005
| INRIA (French National Research Institute for Computer Science and Automation), France
Advisor: Prof. O. Temam
Full development of modular simulator for chip multiprocessors with hundreds of cores. Work on the development of 'fraternité. Preparation of simulation course for the HiPEAC ACACES Summer School in Italy, 2005.
Grand Prix d'Option (best thesis award) of the Ecole Polytechnique.
| October 2003 -
September 2004
| Interactive Systems Lab, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany & Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A.
Advisors: Prof. A. Waibel and Prof. T. Schultz.
Research assistant position. Development of interface and software architecture of a brain-computer-interface.
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Teaching
| January 2007 -
April 2007
| Teaching Fellow, Yale University,
Introduction to Programming (CS112b).
| September 2006 -
Dezember 2006
| Teaching Fellow, Yale University,
Introduction to Computer Science (CS201a).
| July 2005
| Lecture on component reuse and construction of a simulator for chip multiprocessors
Simulation course, HiPEAC International Summer School on Advanced Computer Architecture and Compilation for Embedded Systems, Italy.
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Academic Activities
| Reviewer for:
| Workshop on Wireless Networking for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Wi-UAV)
International Journal of Humanoid Robotics (IJHR)
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)
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Languages
| Polish
| Native language.
| German
| Native language.
| English
| Fluent (APIEL examination: 5 / 5 points, TOEFL iBT: 117 / 120).
| French
| Fluent.
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