CV
Education
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08/2022 – PresentPh.D. in Computer Science
Leibniz University Hannover
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04/2020 – 04/2022M.S. in Intelligent Systems
Bielefeld University
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09/2016 – 01/2020B.Eng. in Computer Engineering
Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences
Work experience
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08/2022 – PresentResearch Associate
L3S Research Center, Leibniz University Hannover – Germany
- Machine Learning
- Robotics
- Multi-Sensor Integration
- Transfer Learning
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06/2020 – 04/2022Research Assistant
Center for Applied Data Science in Gütersloh (CfADS) – Germany
- Machine Learning
- Robotics
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08/2019 – 01/2020Intern
Miele & Cie. KG in Gütersloh – Germany
- Artificial Intelligence
- Data Science
- 01/2019 – 07/2019
Working Student
Center for Applied Data Science in Gütersloh (CfADS) – Germany
- Machine Learning
- Computer Vision
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12/2017 – 12/2018Working Student
Ceres Vision GmbH in Bielefeld – Germany
- Computer Vision
Research visits
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08/2026Visiting Researcher
Robot Perception Lab, King’s College London, London – United Kingdom
Host: Prof. Dr. Shan Luo
- Robotic Tactile Sensing
Publications
- JIRS 2026Full Paper
Do Robots Really Need Anthropomorphic Hands? A Comparison of Human and Robotic Hands
Alexander Fabisch, Wadhah Zai El Amri, Chandandeep Singh, Nicolás Navarro-Guerrero
Springer Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 112, 73
- RAS 2026Full Paper
SPLIT: Separating Physical-Contact via Latent Arithmetic in Image-Based Tactile Sensors
Wadhah Zai El Amri, Nicolás Navarro-Guerrero
Robotics and Autonomous Systems Journal
- arXiv 2026Preprint
Vibro-Sense: Robust Vibration-based Impulse Response Localization and Trajectory Tracking for Robotic Hands
Wadhah Zai El Amri, Nicolás Navarro-Guerrero
Submitted to Elsevier Robotics and Autonomous Systems
- ICRA 2025Full Paper
ACROSS: A Deformation-Based Cross-Modal Representation for Robotic Tactile Perception
Wadhah Zai El Amri, Malte Kuhlmann, Nicolás Navarro-Guerrero
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2025, Atlanta, USA
- GRC 2025Extended Abstract
Vibro-Sense: A Bio-Inspired Vibration-Based Tactile Sensor for Robotics
Wadhah Zai El Amri, Nicolas Faundes, and Nicolás Navarro-Guerrero
1st German Robotics Conference (GRC)
- ICRA@40 2024Extended Abstract
Transferring Tactile Data Across Sensors
Wadhah Zai El Amri, Malte Kuhlmann, and Nicolás Navarro-Guerrero
40th Anniversary of the IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA@40)
- IJCNN 2024Full Paper
Optimizing BioTac Simulation for Realistic Tactile Perception
Wadhah Zai El Amri, Nicolás Navarro-Guerrero
International Joint Conference on Neural Network (IJCNN) 2024, Yokohama, Japan.
- arXiv 2023Preprint
A Review of the Role of Causality in Developing Trustworthy AI Systems
Niloy Ganguly, Dren Fazlija, Maryam Badar, Marco Fisichella, Sandipan Sikdar, Johanna Schrader, Jonas Wallat, Koustav Rudra, Manolis Koubarakis, Gourab K. Patro, Wadhah Zai El Amri, and Wolfgang Nejdl
Currently under review at ACM CSUR
- LOD 2022Full Paper
Hierarchical Decentralized Deep Reinforcement Learning Architecture for a Simulated Four-Legged Agent
Wadhah Zai El Amri, Luca Hermes, Malte Schilling
The 8th International Conference on Machine Learning, Optimization, and Data Science
- IFIP AICT 2022Full Paper
Transfer Learning with Jukebox for Music Source Separation
Wadhah Zai El Amri, Oliver Tautz, Helge Ritter, Andrew Melnik
Part of the IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology book series (IFIPAICT,volume 647)
- Neural Comput. Appl. 2022Full Paper
Open Set Task Augmentation Facilitates Generalization of Deep Neural Networks Trained on Small Data Sets
Wadhah Zai El Amri, Felix Reinhart, Wolfram Schenck
Neural Computing and Applications, 34, 6067–6083
Teaching experience
- Summer Semester 2025
Research Methods for Autonomous and Intelligent Systems
Teaching Assistant, Leibniz University Hannover
- Summer Semester 2024
Human-Robot Interaction
Teaching Assistant, Leibniz University Hannover
- Summer Semester 2024
Foundations of Information Retrieval
Teaching Assistant, Leibniz University Hannover
- Summer Semester 2023
Foundations of Information Retrieval
Teaching Assistant, Leibniz University Hannover
Skills
- Arabic
- English
- French
- German
- Learning Spanish
- Python
- C++
- C
- Assembler
- Java
- C#
- PyTorch
- Keras
- TensorFlow
- RLlib
- ROS
- MoveIt
- MuJoCo
- PyBullet
- Gazebo
- Isaac Gym/Sim
Hobbies
- Travelling
- Astronomy
- Running
- Cycling
- Chess