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General Information

Full Name Niyati Rawal
Date of Birth 22nd October 1993
Languages English, Hindi, Japanese, Italian

Education

  • 2024
    PhD
    University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
    • Combine Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing and Robotics
    • Vision and Language Navigation
    • Embodied Multimodal Empathetic Dialogue
    • Thesis title "Integration of Vision and Language for Physical and Cognitive Human-Robot Interaction"
  • 2019
    Master Degree
    Rovira i Virgili University, Spain
    • Numerical methods in engineering, Simulation, Graphs and Applications, Data Structures and Algorithms, Representation of Knowledge, Pattern Recognition, High Performance Computing, Error Correcting Codes
    • Thesis title "Top-down approach to compare the moral theories of Deontology and Utilitarianism in Pac-Man game setting"
  • 2018
    Bachelor Degree
    Osaka University, Japan
    • Mechanics of materials, Dynamics of machinery, Hydraulics, Thermodynamics, Modeling and control of dynamic systems, Programming, Mathematical analysis
    • Thesis title "The role of featural and configural processing in the development of visual attention"

Experience

  • 2020-2021
    Research Assistant
    Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
    • Facial Expressions in Human-Robot Interaction
  • 2019
    Intern
    Inria Nancy, France
    • Human Activity Recognition and Prediction
  • 2019
    Trainee
    NICT, Japan
    • Human Activity Recognition and Prediction

Honors and Awards

  • 2021-2024
    • Marie Skolodowska-Curie Actions Fellowship - PERSEO Project by EU to pursue my PhD in Italy
  • 2013-2018
    • Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Scholarship by the Japanese Government to pursue my bachelor degree in Japan