Invited Speakers

Joan Lasenby is a Professor in the Signal Processing and Communications Group at Cambridge. Her research focuses on applied geometric algebra, computer vision, and motion capture, with strong emphasis on geometric representations for sensing and estimation in physical systems.

Georgia Chalvatzaki leads the PEARL Lab at TU Darmstadt. Her research lies at the intersection of robot learning, planning under uncertainty, and human-robot interaction, with a focus on structured and geometrically-grounded representations for manipulation.

Arne Sachtler's research focuses on manifold-valued motor skills, Riemannian geometry for robot learning, and structure-preserving representations for manipulation, particularly in the context of bimanual and dexterous tasks.

Constantinos Chamzas works on learning-guided motion planning and geometric representations for robot manipulation, with emphasis on Experience-based Planning Domains and structured latent spaces that respect geometric constraints.

Robert Mahony is a world-leading expert in geometric control theory, Lie group methods for robotics, and observer design on manifolds. His work spans vision-based control, aerial robotics, and geometric mechanics for fully actuated and under-actuated systems.

Johannes Lachner's research focuses on geometric methods for robot control and manipulation, including task-space control on Lie groups, geometric fabrics, and structured optimization for compliant physical interaction.

Jen Jen Chung works on probabilistic and geometric representations for robot navigation and manipulation in uncertain environments, with particular interest in Gaussian processes, spatial reasoning, and information-rich planning.

Francesco Bullo is a leading authority on geometric mechanics, network systems, and distributed control. His research on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics for robotic systems, Lie group methods, and geometric control has been foundational to the field.