Amir-Hossein Shahidzadeh

Amir-Hossein Shahidzadeh

PhD Student

Perception and Robotics Group - UMD

I am Amir-Hossein, a Computer Science PhD student at the University of Maryland. I work with Perception and Robotics Group under supervision of Prof. Yiannis Aloimonos and Dr. Cornelia Fermüller.

My research focus is at the intersection of Computer Vision, Reinforcement Learning and Robotics which includes (1) perception for robotics, (2) state estimation and control, (3) sim2real transfer.

Interests
  • Tactile Sensing
  • Multi-Modal Representation for Robotics
  • Reinforcement Learning
Education

  • PhD in Computer Science, Spring 2022 - Present

    University of Maryland College-Park

  • BSc in Computer Engineering, 2016 - 2020

    Sharif University of Technology

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
UCSD
Visiting PhD Student
Prof. Xiaolong Wang - University of California San Diego
June 2024 – Nov 2024
 
 
 
 
 
VITA - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Research Intern
VITA - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
July 2021 – October 2021
 
 
 
 
 
Robust and Interpretable Machine Learning Lab
Research Assistant
Robust and Interpretable Machine Learning Lab
April 2019 – August 2021
 
 
 
 
 
AI Team Lead
Cennablab
May 2019 – August 2020

Publications

Object Pose Estimation through Dexterous Touch
Amir-Hossein Shahidzadeh, Juyie Zhu, Kezhou Chen, Sha Yi, Cornelia Fermüller, Yiannis Aloimonos, Xiaolong Wang
Nov, 2024 Under Review
FeelAnyForce: Estimating Contact Force Feedback from Tactile Sensation for Vision-Based Tactile Sensors
Amir-Hossein Shahidzadeh, Gabriele Caddeo, Koushik Alapati, Lorenzo Natale, Cornelia Fermüller, Yiannis Aloimonos
October, 2024 Submitted to ICRA 2025
PDF Cite Project Video
AcTExplore: Active Tactile Exploration on Unknown Objects
Amir-Hossein Shahidzadeh, Seong Jong Yoo, Pavan Mantripragada, Chahat Deep Singh, Cornelia Fermüller, Yiannis Aloimonos
September, 2023 ICRA 2024
AcTExplore: Active Tactile Exploration on Unknown Objects
PDF Cite Project Video
Vehicle Trajectory Prediction works but not everywhere
Mohammadhossein Bahari, Saeed Saadatnejad, Amir-Hossein Shahidzadeh, ... Seyed-Mohsen Moosavi-Dezfooli, Alexandre Alahi,
June, 2022 CVPR 2022
Vehicle Trajectory Prediction works but not everywhere
PDF Cite Code Project Video

Projects

Medical Slide Scanner
One of our patents about medical lamel scanning and cancerous cell diagnosis
Code Slides
Medical Slide Scanner

Contact

  • amirsh@umd.edu
  • Room 4112, Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering, 8125 Paint Branch Dr, College Park, MD 20742