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General Information
Full Name | Afzal Ahmad |
Languages | English, Hindi, Urdu, Ukranian (on the way) |
Education
- 2022
Masters of Science (M.Sc.) in Artificial Intelligence
Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
- 2019
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India
Experience
- 2022 - Present
Research Fellow
Multi-Robot Systems Lab, Prague, Czech Republic
- Designing a simulator for learning high-speed, safe flight for a swarm of UAVs.
- Improving and maintaining existing open-source libraries and code-base for other projects.
- 2019 - 2022
Research Assistant
Multi-Robot Systems Lab, Prague, Czech Republic
- Designing decentralised control algorithms for a swarm of UAVs using virtual potential field approach.
- Focus on self-organised flocking and path planning in an obstacle-rich environment (forests).
- 2018 - 2019
Undergraduate Researcher
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India
- Introduced a path planning method based on rapidly exploring random tree (RRT) algorithm for UAV navigation in an obstacle-rich urban environment.
- Introduced a framework for cooperative locomotion of a decentralised group of UAVs using the newpath planning approach.
- 2018
Research Intern
MIST Lab, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada
- Developed a ROS based architecture for path planning and control of multi-UAV systems.
- Developed a framework for long term autonomy of a multi-robot system using adaptive locomotion.
- 2017
Undergraduate Researcher
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India
- Developed a model-based learning technique for locomotion of a nonholonomic snake robot (ASROA).
- Used the learned model to implement obstacle avoidance in a simulated environment
Open Source Projects
Honors and Awards
- 2022
- Top 6 masters thesis in Cena Wernera von Siemense awards under the Industry 4.0 category.
- 2018
- Shastri Research Student Fellowship for undergraduate research in Canada .