Maximilian Schmitz
EPFL STI IEM LASA
ME A3 495 (Bâtiment ME)
Station 9
1015 Lausanne
+41 21 695 80 98
Office: ME A3 395
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Website: https://lasa.epfl.ch/
Curriculum vitae
Education:
- PhD in Robotics, Control, and Intelligent Systems , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland (2025 – (anticipated) 2029)
- M.Sc. in Engineering Cybernetics, University of Stuttgart, Germany (2019 – 2023)
- Erasmus Exchange Program, University of Padua, Italy (Feb 2022 – Aug 2022)
- M.S. in Engineering Science and Mechanics, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA (2020 – 2022)
- B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany (2015 – 2019)
Professional Experience:
- Software Engineer II, Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA (June 2023 – July 2025)
- Control Engineer, Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA (Mar 2023 – June 2023)
Research
Current Research Fields
My research investigates transfer learning in robotics, focusing on enabling robots to leverage prior knowledge when adapting to new tasks, environments, or embodiments. Through a systematic literature review of recent robotics publications, I am developing a comprehensive taxonomy of transfer learning approaches and identifying promising research directions. My work aims to bridge the gap between high-level task representations and low-level robot control, with particular interest in dual-mode learning scenarios. This research contributes to LASA's broader goal of developing generalizable robot learning systems that can efficiently acquire new skills without extensive retraining.