I moved to Karlsruhe Insitute for Technology (KIT) working as Junior-Professor for AI & Robotics. You can reach me at rania.rayyes@kit.edu

Research interests

• Robot Learning
• Efficient Learning
• Deep Learning
• Machine Vision
• Cognitive Robotics

Teaching:
Lecturer:

• Introduction to Machine Learning (SS 21, SS 22)

Exercises Supervision:

• Introduction to Machine Learning
• Robotics-Seminar
• Robotics 1

Awards and Grants

• AnitaB.org GHC faculty scholarship 2022
• "Robotik Talent" Award for my PhD Dissertation from Niedersächsische Wirtschafts- und Digitalisierungsministerium 2021
• ANITA B.ORG GHC Student Scholarship 2020
• Google grant for ACM womENcourage conference 2019 - Only 6 female computer science students were selected over all EMEA (Middle East, Europe, and Africa)
• Nominated by DAAD for the 7th Heidelberg Laureate Forum, Heidelberg, Germany 2019 - only 20 scientists were nominated from all DAAD scholarship holders and alumni
• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarship "Research Grant for Doctoral Program in Germany"
• The Superior Graduate Award for Mechatronics Bachelor Degree (Ranking the First)
• Academic Excellence - Top Student Awards: I have received 5 awards (one in each year during my Mechatronics Bachelor's study)

Certificates

• Google Get Ahead Program
• Advanced C++ Microsoft Certificate
• NVIDIA DLI Deep Learning
• Time Managment

Profiles

• LinkedIn

More about me

• Board member of IMOL community
• Co-organizer for IMOL workshop
• Joined Google Post-IWD program for industry professionals
• Participated in Google International Women's Day (2021, 2022)
• Defended my PhD thesis on 16.12.2020
• Research intern at Sony CSL, Tokyo, Japan, Oct 2019 - March 2020
• Participated in TU Braunschweig Excellence video
• Invited and participated in Top Women in Technology in Brussels 2018, 2022