Welcome!
I am Noémie Jaquier, I am a WASP-affiliated Assistant Professor at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. I am the head of the Geometric Robot Learning (GeoRob) Lab in the Department of Robotics, Perception, and Learning.
Previously, I was a postdoctoral researcher in the High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab (H²T) at KIT and a visiting postdoctoral scholar at the Stanford Robotics Lab. I received my PhD from EPFL in 2020 and did a PhD sabbatical at the Bosch Center for AI during this time.
In my research, I leverage differential geometry and physics-based inductive bias to develop data-efficient robot learning, optimization, and control algorithms with sound theoretical guarantees.
Photo credits: Christer Gummesson
The GeoRob lab is hiring!
GEOMANIP, my project on the geometric nature of deformable object manipulation, has received an ERC Starting Grant!
We are now recruiting the first PhD students to work on uncovering the geometric nature of robot manipulation of deformable objects, combining differential geometry with physics-inspired neural representations to develop a novel physically-grounded manipulation pipeline, including perception, policy learning, and control.
Applications are opened until October 30th here: https://kth.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:973983/
⚠️ Important applications notes:
– All applications must be submitted through the KTH application system. Other applications will not be considered.
– Please refer to the position description and selection criteria for specific requirements.
– We will carefully review all applications. No confirmation emails are necessary.
– We are unable to meet with applicants prior to the interview stage. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted directly.
Book release
The preprint of our book “Riemannian Manifolds in Robot Learning, Optimization, and Control” is now available online!