Ahmed Y. Nurye

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Social AI Group
De Boelelaan 1111 (NU building), 1081 HV Amsterdam

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I am an incoming PhD student in Computer Science at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, co-advised by Kim Baraka and Herke van Hoof (University of Amsterdam). My research is centered around interactive robot learning. Specifically, I study how robots can learn from multimodal feedback at various levels of abstraction and reason about their learning needs to actively request the right type of feedback at the right time.

Previously, I was a systems engineer at Scania Group, developing algorithms for battery management systems. Before that, I obtained my MSc in Robotics from Warsaw University of Technology, where I was advised by Prof. Elżbieta Jarzębowska. Earlier, I completed my undergraduate studies in Electrical Engineering at Addis Ababa Science and Technology University in Ethiopia.

Research Interests: Human-Robot Interaction, Interactive Robot Learning, Mathematical Human Modeling, Reinforcement Learning

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news

May 19, 2025 Our paper on deep reinforcement learning for mobile robot navigation in dynamic environments has been accepted to MMAR 2025!
Oct 23, 2024 Successfully defended my master’s thesis! :tada:
Apr 15, 2024 I started a new position as a systems engineer at Northvolt.

selected publications

  1. Deep Reinforcement Learning for Mobile Robot Navigation in Dynamic Environments
    Ahmed Yesuf Nurye and Elzbieta Jarzebowska
    In 2025 29th International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics (MMAR), 2025