Hi! I am Mattia Racca, Postdoctoral researcher at Idiap (Switzerland), working with Dr. Sylvain Calinon and Dr. Jean-Marc Odobez.
Previously, I did my PhD in the Intelligent Robotics group at Aalto University (Finland) with Prof. Ville Kyrki.
My research interests are in Interactive Robot Learning (mainly Active Learning and Learning from Demonstration), its HRI aspects (transparency, acceptance, usability), and potential applications for Robot End-User Programming.
Latest News
1 February 2021: My Dissertation “Teacher-Learner Interaction for Robot Active Learning” is nominated for the 2021 TEK and TFiF Award for the Best Doctoral Dissertation in the Field of Technology.
30 October 2020: I successfully defended my PhD dissertation titled “Teacher-Learner Interaction for Robot Active Learning“, with Professor Tony Belpaeme acting as opponent.
1 October 2020: I start a new job as a Postdoctoral researcher at Idiap, under the supervision of Dr. Jean-Marc Odobez and Dr. Sylvain Calinon, working on the ROSALIS project.
