- PhD Student
Research
Reinforcement learning, long-term memory, and robotics
Themes
Teaching
Deep Reinforcement Learning - Lent 2024 (Lecturer)
Mobile Robot Systems - Lent 2021, Lent 2022 (Teaching Assistant)
Publications
- Morad, S.D., Mecca, R., Poudel, R., Liwicki, S., Cipolla, R. (2020 Sept). Embodied Visual Navigation with Automatic Curriculum Learning in Real Environments. Joint publication in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters and ICRA (2020 December).
- Morad, S.D., Nash, J., Higa, S., Smith, R., Parness, A., and Barnard, K. (2019 August). Improving Visual Feature Extraction in Glacial Environments. Joint publication in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters and ICRA. Designated as a NASA New Technology (NASA NTR NPO 51401)
- Morad, S.D. (2019 October). The Spinning Projectile Extreme Environment Robot. Master's Thesis
- Kalita, H., Morad, S.D., Thangavelautham, J. (2019 January). Coordination and Control of Multiple Climbing Robots in Transport of Heavy Loads through Extreme Terrain. SciTech Forum
- Morad, S.D., Chandra, A., Thangavelautham, J. (2019 March). A Spring Propelled Extreme Environment Robot for Off-World Cave Exploration. IEEE Aerospace Conference
- Morad, S.D., Nallapu, R., Reddy, V., Asphaug, E., and Thangavelautham, J. (2018 September). On-Orbit Smart Camera System to Observe Illuminated and Unilluminated Space Objects. Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference
- Morad, S.D., Detry, R., and Parness, A. (2018 August). Simulating Ice-Climbing Robots. NASA/JPL Report
- Morad, S.D., Kalita, H., and Thangavelautham, J. (2018, April). Planning and Navigation of Climbing Robots in Low-Gravity Environments. IEEE Institute of Navigation, Position Location and Navigation Symposium
- Kalita, H., Ravindran, A., Morad, S.D., Thangavelautham, J. (2018, April). Path Planning and Navigation Inside Off-World Lava Tubes and Caves. IEEE Institute of Navigation, Position Location and Navigation Symposium
- Morad, S.D., (2013, August). Multi-Mission SSE Software: Automated Reconfiguration and Build System for Supporting Multiple Projects. NASA/JPL Report
