List of Awardees

2025 Awardees

LACORO Warehouse RL Challenge

First Place

Awardees: Harley Lara, Nelson Muñoz

Runner Up

Awardees: Michael Olivares, Ángel Ayala, Aíslan Souza, Felipe Sánchez, Martin Jaque, Fernando Ayala

Chef's Hat Cup 3: Final Ingredient

First Place

Awardees: David Barrientos

Runner Up

Awardees: Faizan Ahmed

BSc Student Posters

Best Poster

Title: Evaluating Depth Information in U-Net-Based Hand Segmentation

Awardees: Juan Lira, Agostinho Freire, Joao Andrade, Vitor Cavalcanti, Bruno Fernandes

Best Poster

Title: Recognition of Anomalous Emotions in Video Sequences

Awardees: Aislan Oliveira de Souza, Monique Suellen de Lima, Bruno Fernandes, Alessandra Sciutti

MSc Student Posters

Best Poster

Title: 3D Cherries Reconstruction using Photometric Stereo

Awardees: Ariel Zúñiga, Gabriele Facciolo, Shohei Nobuhara, Rodrigo Verschae

Runner Up

Title: Trajectory tracking control of a mobile robot

Awardees: Johan Abarca, María Encalada, Jhordan Pila

Runner Up

Title: Nova: A Novel Approach for Game Narration

Awardees: Nathália Cauás, Leandro Honorato, Pablo Barros, Bruno Fernandes

PhD Student Posters

Best Poster

Title: Exploring spatial-temporal dynamics in facial microexpression

Awardees: Nicolas Mastropasqua, Ignacio Bugueño-Cordova, Rodrigo Verschae, Pablo Negri, María E.Buemi

Runner Up

Title: A Lightweight RL Controller for Active Object Tracking

Awardees: David Barrientos, Bruno Fernandes

Runner Up

Title: Autonomous Parallel Parking via Reinforcement Learning

Awardees: Faizan Ahmed, James Brusey

Runner Up

Title: From Sensing to Reporting: An End-to-End IoRT Clinical Framework

Awardees: Ivana Ragusa

2024 Awardees

PhD Student Posters

Best Poster

Title: Multimodal Human-Robot Interaction using Cognitive Processing

Awardees: Jaime A Riascos-Salas, Klaus Gramann, Martin H. Fischer

University of Potsdam, Technical University of Berlin | Germany

Runner Up

Title: Autonomous Pop-up Attack Maneuver Using Imitation Learning

Awardees: Joao P.A.Dantas

Aeronautics Institute of Technology | Brazil

Runner Up

Title: State Representation Learning for Autonomous UAV Control

Awardees: Angel Ayala, Bruno J.T.Fernandes, Francisco Cruz

University of New South Wales, University of Pernambuco | Australia, Brazil

Master Student Posters

Best Poster

Title: 3D Reconstruction of Cherry Trees and Fruits using Neural Models

Awardees: Nicolas Araya, Ariel Zuniga, Rodrigo Verschae

University of O'Higgins | Chile

Runner Up

Title: An Analysis of the Different Behavioral Concepts for a Context Game

Awardees: Luciana Machado Lins, Pablo Barros

University of Pernambuco | Brazil

Undergraduate Student Posters

Best Poster

Title: Evaluating the Ability of Large Language Models to Develop Competitiveness in Multiplayer Card Games

Awardees: Alexandre R. M. Pereira, Bruno J. T. Fernandes, Pablo V. A. de Barros

University of Pernambuco | Brazil

Runner Up

Title: IA-powered Exoskeleton Prototype for Stroke Patients

Awardees: Jessica Espinoza, Camila Montecinos, Ruben Fernandez, Monica Zamora, Viviana Meruane, Constanza Ahumada

University of Chile | Chile

2023 Awardees

Grant Name Affiliation Mentor Host
REU Miguel Ángel Quiñones Ramírez Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, México Nicolás Navarro L3S Research Center, Hannover, Germany
REU Luis Riquelme Universidad de Concepción, Chile Nicolás Navarro L3S Research Center, Hannover, Germany