Gonzalo Ferrer
Principal Researcher at Applied AI Institute
Moscow, Moscow, Russia
Summary
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Top SchoolGonzalo Ferrer is a principal researcher specializing in mobile robotics with eight years of research and academic experience spanning Skoltech, the University of Michigan, and UPC. He transitioned from assistant professor at Skoltech to a leadership role at the Applied AI Institute, bringing deep expertise in autonomous systems, perception, and robot motion. His background combines a robotics MS and PhD-level research with hands-on postdoctoral work in the U.S., reflecting a blend of theoretical rigor and practical system deployment. Based in Moscow, he runs the Mobile Robotics Lab and maintains an active academic profile, often bridging fundamental research with applied AI projects. Less obvious: his career shows a consistent focus on translating long-term academic inquiry into industrial research impact, suggesting strength in mentoring teams toward deployable robotics solutions.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
English, Spanish, Catalan
Github Skills (8)
robotics9
cpp9
python8
perception4
android-app2
smartphone2
android1
synchronization1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
MobileRoboticsSkoltech/mrob
Feb 2018 - Aug 2022
Mobile Robotics Lab. A Cpp-Py library for 3D state estimation
Contributions:14 reviews, 253 commits, 32 PRs in 4 years 7 months
roboticspythoncppestimationstate-estimation
skolai/Perception-in-Robotics-course-T3-2022-Skoltech
Jan 2022 - Mar 2022
Contributions:27 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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