Credentials
See my project page for skills, Linkedin for career record, and Google Scholar for academic record.
- Phd in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics from INRIA, the French national research institution focusing on computer science and applied mathematics. Supervised by Pierre-Yves Oudeyer and Manuel Lopes.
- Best PhD Thesis (French National Award) awarded by a jury Chaired by Fields Medallist Cédric Villani.
- Engineering degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from INSA. Equivalent to BSc and MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering specialised in Electronics and Embedded System.
- Best Master Thesis Award for my work on Salamander Robot Locomotion under the supervision of Auke Jan Ijspeert at EPFL.
- MSc in Micro and Nano System. Granted with high honours.
- Published 40+ scientific papers cited over 900 times.
- Assistant Professor in Machine Learning at University of Glasgow. Responsibilities include leading a research group, securing funding, supervising Post-docs and PhDs, and teaching.
- Team Leader of the ‘Chemobot’ team (5 Postdocs, 3 PhD students, 1 Engineer) within the Cronin group (world leading, 50+ researchers) working on digitising Chemistry. Work at the intersection of Robotics, AI and Chemistry.
- PhD , including attendances in top international conferences and collaboration with international researchers.
- Internships in world renowned institutions (EPFL, UCSD, DTU)
- Founder of whyweresearch.com to help inspire a new generation of researchers.
I co-founded tech companies and pushed projects out of the lab.
- Co-founded Pollen Robotics, a spin-off from a research lab. I exited in 2018, the company refocused on selling humanoid robots and Luos became its own start-up.
- SpyLock. An security app for Android based on my award winning PhD research. Killed as it received no traction.
- Part of LD15 cohort at Entrepreneur First
- Started a Tech Entrepreneur Community at Glasgow University.
- Founder of whywestartup.com and whywebootstrap.com to help others choose their career path consciously.
- Continuous training in business related skills, including 100+ books read (business, marketing, psychology, finance, etc) and cohort based courses (altMBA, marketing seminar, bootstrapper workshop).
- Taught Robotics at Master level (MSc) at the CRI in Paris.
- Taught AI at Master level (MSc) at the University of Glasgow.
- Taught Design Thinking at Bachelor level (BSc) and partnered with industry to include real use cases in my Design Thinking course.
- Obtained Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) diploma with distinction through engaging and reflecting on my teaching practices
- Awarded Fellowship of Recognising Excellence in Teaching
- Supervised 20+ year-long graduate student projects – see students’ project page and testimonials.
- Awarded a Fellowship from the Learning Planet Institute to pursue my research and teach AI via an innovative and engaging vault breaking scenario.
- Part of the STEM Ambassador network.
My core skill set is in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. I have an application mindset and have built many robots with my own hands and coded advanced algorithms, including live online demos.
- Robotics:
- Poppy
- Pollen Robotics
- Drop Factory
- Curio
- SpyLock App (Android, Kotlin)
- IFTT-PIN self-calibration.
[Work in progress]
I am an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Glasgow, specialised in Machine Learning, and with a drive to develop entrepreneurship in higher education.
My research focuses on self-calibrating interfaces which allow you to immediately control a device without the device initially knowing how to interpret your actions. Explore this interactive paper for an intuitive walkthrough.
I teach AI and interdisciplinary design thinking courses and develop smartphone based technologies for STEAM education, see trycurio.com.
Highlights
Essays:
Projects I am proud of:
- Interactive introduction to self-calibrating interface
- A curious formulation robot enables the discovery of a novel protocell behavior
- Open source robotics
Previously
Part of the London 15th cohort at Entrepreneur First. Research fellow at CRI Collaboratory. Teamleader in the Cronin Group on the digitization of Chemistry. Co-founded Pollen Robotics to commercialize an innovative modular robotic technology. Exhibited artist. More broadly, I enjoy building things and bloom within interdisciplinary innovative teams.