Organizer: LOEWE Centre emergenCITY

Abstract

The Ruzena Bajcsy Lectures on Communication and Resilience are entering their eleventh round. Established in 2014 by the Collaborative Research Center MAKI and now taken over by emergenCITY, the lecture series honors Ruzena Bajcsy, an award-winning scientist and pioneer in electrical engineering and computer science. Every year, leading female experts are invited to give a lecture at TU Darmstadt to promote the visibility of women in this field.

This year, Katja Mombaur, Professor of Optimization and Biomechanics for Human-Centred Robotics (HCR) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, will present the questions she is currently addressing in her research on humanoid robots and exoskeletons. Mombaur is working on equipping humanoid and wearable robots with motion intelligence that allows them to operate safely in a complex human world. She is investigating human movements using a combined approach of model-based optimization and experiments.

The one-hour lecture is traditionally followed by the presentation of the Female Student Travel Award 2025. The LOEWE Center emergenCITY, the Collaborative Research Center CROSSING, the cluster project The Third Wave of AI (3AI) of hessian.AI and the Zuse School ELIZA recognize special achievements by female students in the field of computer science, electrical engineering, information technology and artificial intelligence with this award. A stipend offers the opportunity to attend international conferences giving winters the chance to network with other female researchers in their field.

Further information and registration

https://www.emergencity.de/news/ruzena-bajcsy-lecture-with-katja-mombaur/