Curriculum
- Since January 2007: Researcher at the Laboratory of Media and Design at EPFL
- Since January 2005: Post-Doc researcher at the Swarm-Intelligent Systems Group at EPFL
- 2000-2005: PhD Student at the Intelligent and Autonomous Systems Lab
(now Bristol Robotics Lab) University of the West of England, Bristol
PhD Thesis: Minimalist Coherent Swarming of Wireless Networked Autonomous Mobile Robots
- 1995-2000: Diploma in Mathematics, University of Geneva
Topics of Interest
Interested in the potential of the unsupervised multitude, I study the possibilities of swarm intelligence to outperform centralised coordination schemes. More particularly, I investigate the use of communication between individuals to induce meaningful group behaviours. In this research, emphasis is put on the development of algorithms and systems that are simple, robust and scalable.
Projects
User-driven distributed control of collective assembly using mobile, networked miniature robots
3D self-assembling algorithms for square balloons (SAILS)
Publications
2020
2019
2015
Code and its image: the functions of text and visualisation in a code-based design studio
M. Meagher; J. Huang; N. Zuelzke; T. Patt; G. Labelle et al.
Digital Creativity. 2015. Vol. 26, num. 2, p. 92-109. DOI : 10.1080/14626268.2015.1045620. 2014
Parametric scripting for early design performance simulation
J. Nembrini; S. Samberger; G. Labelle
Energy And Buildings. 2014. Vol. 68, num. part C, p. 786-798. DOI : 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.09.044. 2011
2010
AVI as a mechanical tool for studying thin-shells based on Kirchhoff-Love constraints
F. Demoures; J. Nembrini; T. Ratiu; Y. Weinand
6th Annual Structured Integrators Workshop, University of California, San Diego, USA, April 26-27, 2010. AVI as a Mechanical Tool for Studying Dynamic and Static Euler-Bernoulli Beam Structures
F. Demoures; J. Nembrini; T. S. Ratiu; Y. Weinand
2010. 1st EPFL Doctoral Conference in Mechanics, Advances in Modern Aspects of Mechanics, Lausanne, February 19, 2010. p. 69-72. 2009
Asynchronous variational integrators as a mechanical tool for dimensioning thin-shell structures
F. Demoures; T. Ratiu; Y. Weinand; J. s. Nembrini
The Fifth Annual Structured Integrators Workshop California Institute of Technology, Control and Dynamical Systems, Pasadena, USA, May 5-15, 2009. 2008
Assembly of Configurations in a Networked Robotic System: A Case Study on a Reconfigurable Interactive Table Lamp
C. M. Cianci; J. Nembrini; A. Prorok; A. Martinoli
2008. IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, September 21-23, 2008. p. 1–7. DOI : 10.1109/SIS.2008.4668318. 2007
Robotique en essaim: récents résultats et directions futures
J. Nembrini; A. Martinoli
2007. Journées Nationales de la Recherche en Robotique 2007, Obernai, France, October, 2007. 2006
Safety in Numbers: Fault Tolerance in Robot Swarms
A. F. T. Winfield; J. Nembrini
International Journal on Modelling Identification and Control. 2006. Vol. 1, num. 1, p. 30-37. 2005
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