Short Biography
After receiving his Master’s degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), in October 2007, Sven Gowal joined the Distributed Intelligent Systems and Algorithms Laboratory (DISAL) in May 2008.
He started his PhD thesis under the supervision of Prof. Alcherio Martinoli in October 2008 and is studying graph-theoretic methods to control large groups of robots.
Education
Professional course
PhD Candidate, Distributed Intelligent Systems & Algorithms Lab., EPFL, 2008-present
Teaching Activities
Signals, Instruments and Systems, SS 2012-2013, Guest Lecturer
Distributed Intelligent Systems, WS 2012-2013, Teaching assistant, guest Lecturer
Signals, Instruments and Systems, SS 2011-2012, Guest Lecturer
Signals, Instruments and Systems, SS 2010-2011, Guest Lecturer
Distributed Intelligent Systems, WS 2010-2011, Teaching Assistant
Distributed Intelligent Systems, WS 2009-2010, Head Teaching Assistant, guest lecturer
Introduction to Embedded Systems, SS 2008-2009, Teaching Assistant, guest lecturer
Swarm Intelligence, WS 2006-2007, Teaching Assistant
Publications
2013
A Framework for Graph-Based Distributed Rendezvous of Nonholonomic Multi-Robot Systems
S. A. Gowal / A. Martinoli (Dir.)
Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. Real-time Optimized Rendezvous on Nonholonomic Resource-Constrained Robots
S. Gowal; A. Martinoli
2013. 13th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, Québec City, Canada, June 17-21, 2012. p. 353-368. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-00065-7_25. 2012
Real-time Optimization of Trajectories that Guarantee the Rendezvous of Mobile Robots
S. Gowal; A. Martinoli
2012. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, October 7-12, 2012. p. 3518-3525. DOI : 10.1109/IROS.2012.6385636. A new collision warning system for lead vehicles in rear-end collisions
A. Cabrera; S. Gowal; A. Martinoli
2012. IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), Alcalá de Henares, Spain, June 3-7, 2012. p. 674-679. DOI : 10.1109/IVS.2012.6232244. 2011
Bayesian Rendezvous for Distributed Robotic Systems
S. Gowal; A. Martinoli
2011. IEEE/RSJ 2011 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Fransisco, CA, USA, September 25-30, 2011. p. 2765-2771. DOI : 10.1109/IROS.2011.6094976. Two-Phase Online Calibration for Infrared-based Inter-Robot Positioning Modules
S. Gowal; A. Prorok; A. Martinoli
2011. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), San Fransisco, CA, USA, September 25-30, 2011. p. 3313-3319. DOI : 10.1109/IROS.2011.6094979. 2010
Local Graph-based Distributed Control for Safe Highway Platooning
S. Gowal; R. Falconi; A. Martinoli
2010. IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, October 18-22, 2010. p. 6070-6076. DOI : 10.1109/IROS.2010.5649318. Graph based distributed control of non-holonomic vehicles endowed with local positioning information engaged in escorting missions
R. Falconi; S. Gowal; A. Martinoli
2010. 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Anchorage, AK, USA, May 3-7, 2010. p. 3207-3214. DOI : 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509139. A Realistic Simulator for the Design and Evaluation of Intelligent Vehicles
S. Gowal; Y. Zhang; A. Martinoli
2010. 13th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Madeira, Portugal, September 19–22, 2010. DOI : 10.1109/ITSC.2010.5625010. 2009
Graph-Based Distributed Control for Non-holonomic Vehicles Engaged in a Reconfiguration Task using Local Positioning Information
R. Falconi; S. Gowal; A. Martinoli
2009. 2nd International Conference on Robot Communication and Coordination, Odense, March 31-April 2, 2009. p. 1-6. DOI : 10.4108/ICST.ROBOCOMM2009.5865.
