Education
September 2017 - present
Working on my PhD. Advisors: Paul G. Plöger (Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg), Gerhard Lakemeyer (RWTH Aachen)
Topic: Skill generalisation and experience acquisition for predicting and avoiding robot execution failures
Dissertation submitted in April 2022; currently waiting for a defense date
Oct. 2013 - Mar. 2016
M.Sc. in Autonomous Systems - Intelligent Robots: Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
Thesis title: Improving the Manipulation Skills of Service Robots by Refining Action Representations
Sept. 2009 - June 2013
B.Sc. in Information Science and Technology - Information Systems, Visualisation, Multimedia, and Animation: University of Information Science and Technology (UIST), Ohrid, North Macedonia
Hobbies
I have a variety of hobbies that I dedicate some of my free time to:
- Music
- I am primarily a metal fan (Nightwish, Epica, Arch Enemy, Kreator, etc.), but I like all sorts of music
- Singing is one of my favourite activities (both alone and with friends); I can also play the guitar a little bit
- I otherwise collect live concert DVDs by my favourite artists
- Books
- I like reading novels when I have the time; I wouldn’t say I have a favourite genre, but I usually find thrillers and crime novels the most entertaining
- I am also a big fan of the Harry Potter series (I’ve read each of those books several times)
- Films and TV shows
- I watch movies fairly frequently, such that my favourite genres are drama and fantasy
- When I have enough free time, I also follow different TV shows; my favourite ones are British sitcoms
- Sport
- To relax and keep in shape, I like running or riding a bike
- I occasionally play table tennis with friends
- I am a football fan since I was a child; I primarily cheer for Chelsea, but I am a member of FC Köln
Travel and events
When I have an opportunity, I like visiting places and going to concerts (and taking photos). Some of the photos I’ve taken over the years can be found here.