100 words about me

Petar Kormushev is a Team Leader (equivalent to U.S. Assistant Professor) at the Advanced Robotics department of the Italian Institute of Technology, doing research on the iCub humanoid robot. In 2009 he graduated with  a PhD degree in Computational Intelligence  from Tokyo Institute of Technology. His research interests include robotics and machine learning, especially reinforcement learning for intelligent robot behavior. He holds a MSc degree in Artificial Intelligence, a MSc degree in Bio- and Medical Informatics, and a BSc degree in Computer Science from Sofia University. He has participated in many scientific projects, including European INFRAWEBS project for designing the future Semantic Web, and Japanese NEDO project for developing a common basis for next-generation robots. He has won a number of prestigious awards, including a “John Atanasoff” award, a “St. Kliment Ohridski” award, and a 4-year Monbukagakusho/MEXT Japanese research fellowship.