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Malika Meghjani

Meghjani Malika

Assistant Professor
EMAIL
malika_meghjani
sutd.edu.sg
WEBSITE
OFFICE
1.402.35
CONTACT
+65 6499 7166
RESEARCH AREAS
Artificial and Augmented Intelligence
Computing Theory
Data Science
Networked and Autonomous Systems
Visual Computing

Open Positions

I am building my team and currently looking for motivated PhD students and Research Assistants with strong interests in robotics, computer vision, machine learning and reinforcement learning. If interested, please contact me via email.

Biography

Dr. Meghjani received her PhD degree in Computer Science from McGill University, Canada in early 2017. Before joining SUTD, she was the Lead Research Scientist at Autonomous Vehicle Lab within Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART). She was awarded SMART Postdoctoral Fellowship for her research proposals on “Multi-Class Autonomous Mobility-on-Demand System” and Context and Intention Aware Planning under Uncertainty for Self-Driving Cars”. Her work on “Multi-Target Rendezvous Search”, was nominated as the finalist for the best paper award at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). A start-up proposal based on her work, titled, “Multi-Agent Rendezvous on Street Networks”, won her the NSERC Canadian Field Robotics Network, Strategic Network Enhancement Initiative Award.

During her graduate studies in Canada, she received several awards for her leadership and academic excellence. For her contributions to IEEE, she was recognized with the IEEE Larry K. Wilson Regional Students Activities Award and the IEEE Canada Women in Engineering Award. She is also the recipient of the McGill Scarlet Key Award for her contributions to the McGill community. She became the first Google Anita Borg Scholar from McGill University, Canada. Malika is also actively involved in international program committees for IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS) and International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems (MRS).

Education
  • 2017, Ph.D., Computer Science, McGill University, Canada
  • 2010, MEng., Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Canada
Awards
  • World’s 50 Most Renowned Women in Robotics, Analytics Insight, 2020.
  • Top 30 Women in Robotics, Robohub, 2019.
  • Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Scholarship for Postdoctoral Research, Singapore, Feb. 2017 – Feb. 2019.
  • NSERC Canadian Field Robotics Network, Strategic Network Enhancement Initiative Award for the best robotics start-up proposal and bootstrap funding, Kelowna, Canada, Jun. 2015 – May 2016.
  • McGill Scarlet Key Award for leadership and community service at Scarlet Key Pinning Ceremony, McGill University, Canada, Mar. 2015.
  • AAAI Robotics Fellowship at the AAAI conference, Texas, USA, Jan. 2015.
  • IEEE Canada Women in Engineering Prize for academic excellence and contributions to IEEE women in engineering programme, Nov. 2013.
  • Google Anita Borg Scholar and Finalist for leadership and academic excellence at the Google Scholars’ Retreat, Jul. 2013 and 2012.
Teaching
  • Mobile Robotics, 2022
  • Robotics for professionals, 2021
  • Artificial Intelligence, 2020
  • Capstone, 2020
  • Machine Learning, 2019-present
Service
  • Associate Editor for Multiple and Distributed Systems, RA-L, 2020-2023
  • Associate Editor for IROS 2019 and IROS 2020.
  • Robotics Track Progamme Committee member for AAMAS 2019.
  • Chair for IEEE ICRA Social Media, 2017 and 2019.
  • Chair for IEEE ICRA Workshop on Robotics and Vehicular Technologies for Self-driving cars.
  • Chapter Chair at IEEE Montreal Robotics and Automation Chapter, 2012-2015.
  • Vice Chair at McGill IEEE Student Branch, 2011-2012.
  • Lead at McGill Robotics Summer Camp for High School Students, 2011-2014.
Publications
  • Y. Luo*,M. Meghjani*, Q. H. Ho*, D. Hsu, D. Rus, “Interactive Planning for Autonomous Urban Driving in Adversarial Scenarios”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2021.
  • D. Kondor, X. Zhang,M. Meghjani, P. Santi, J. Zhao, C. Ratti, “Estimating the potential for shared autonomous scooters”, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2021.
  • P. Wang,M. Meghjani, Lost at Sea: Multi-Searcher, Multi-Target Search, IEEE/MTS OCEANS, 2020.
  • M. Kouzehgar,M. Meghjani, R. Bouffanais, “Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Dynamic Ocean Monitoring by a Swarm of Buoys”, IEEE/MTS OCEANS, 2020.
  • M. Meghjani, Y. Luo, Q. H. Ho, P. Cai, S. Verma, D. Rus, and D. Hsu,“Context and Intention Aware Planning for Urban Driving”, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2019.
  • H. Guo, Z. Meng, Z. Huang, W. Leong, Z. Chen,M. Meghjani, M. H Ang Jr, D. Rus,“Safe Path Planning with Gaussian Process Regulated Risk Map”, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2019.
  • M. Meghjani, H. Guo, Z. Meng, S. Hao, F. Mengdan, W. K. Leong, K. Chaudhary, M. H. Ang Jr., D. Rus,“Mobility-on-Demand using Autonomous Vehicles: Systems, Solutions and Challenges”, Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems: Towards High-Level Automated Driving, The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), 2019.
  • M. Meghjani, S. D. Pendleton, K. Marczuk, Y. H. Eng, X. Shen, D. Rus and M. H. Ang Jr.,“Multiclass Fleet Sizing and Mobility-on-Demand Service”, Complex Systems Design & Management (CSD&M), 2018.
  • M. Meghjani, Y. H. Eng, S. Verma, D. Rus and M. H. Ang Jr.,“Context-Aware Intention and Trajectory Prediction for Urban Driving Environment”, International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER), 2018.
  • S. Verma, Y. H. Eng, H. X. Kong, H. Andersen,M. Meghjani, W. K. Leong, X. Shen, C. Zhang, M. H. Ang Jr. and D. Rus,“Vehicle Detection, Tracking and Behavior Analysis in Urban Driving Environments using Road Context”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2018.
  • S. D. Pendleton, H. Andersen, X. Du, X. Shen,M. Meghjani, Y. H. Eng, D. Rus, and M. H Ang Jr.,“Perception, Planning, Control, and Coordination for Autonomous Vehicles”, in Machines, 2017.
  • M. Meghjani, K. Marczuk,“A Hybrid Approach to Matching Taxis and Customers”, IEEE Region Ten Conference (TENCON) – Technologies for Smart Nation, 2016.
  • M. Meghjani, S. Manjanna and G. Dudek, “Fast and Efficient Rendezvous in Street Networks”, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2016.
  • M. Meghjani, S. Manjanna and G. Dudek, “Multi-Target Search Strategies”, IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), 2016.
  • M. Meghjani, S. Manjanna and G. Dudek, “Multi-Target Rendezvous Search”, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2016. [Finalist for Best Paper Award on Safety Security and Resue Robotics].
  • S. Manjanna, N. Kakodkar,M. Meghjaniand G. Dudek, “Efficient Terrain Driven Coral Mosaic Synthesis Using Gaussian Processes”, 13th Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV), 2016.
  • M. Meghjaniand G. Dudek, “Multi-Agent Rendezvous on Street Networks”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2014.
  • M. Meghjani, F. Shkurti, J. C. G. Higuera, A. Kalmbach, D. Whitney and G. Dudek, “Asymmetric Rendezvous Search at Sea”, 11th Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV), 2014.
  • M. Meghjaniand G. Dudek, “Multi-Robot Exploration and Rendezvous on Graphs”, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2012.
  • F. Shkurti, A. Xu,M. Meghjani, J. C. G. Higuera, Y. Girdhar, P. Giguere, B. B. Dey, J. Li, A. Kalmbach, C. Prahacs, K. Turgeon, I. Rekleitis and G. Dudek, “Multi-Domain Monitoring of Marine Environments using a Heterogeneous Robot Team”, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2012.
  • Y. Girdhar, A. Xu, B. B. Dey,M. Meghjani, F. Shkurti, I. Rekleitis and G. Dudek. “MARE: Marine Autonomous Robotic Explorer”, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2011.
  • M. Meghjaniand G. Dudek, “Combining Multi-Robot Exploration and Rendezvous”, 8th Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV), May 2011.
  • M. Meghjani, F. Ferrie, G. Dudek, “Bimodal Information Analysis for Emotion Recognition”, IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), Dec. 2009.