Andreagiovanni Reina,
Research Group Leader —
GIO Lab — Group Intelligence and self-Organisation
Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, Universität Konstanz & Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Germany
GIO Team
Group Intelligence & self-Organisation
Andreagiovanni Reina
Principal Investigator
Universität Konstanz &
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Group Intelligence & self-Organisation
Alexandre Pacheco
Since 2024
Postdoc
Universität Konstanz
- - - - - - -Blockchain-based swarm robotics
Co-supervised with Heiko Hamann
Sindiso Mkhatshwa
Since 2024
PhD student
Universität Konstanz
- - - - - - -Swarm robotics
Simay Atasoy
Since 2024
PhD student
Universität Konstanz
- - - - - - -Swarm robotics
Co-supervised with Heiko Hamann
Alberto Doimo
Since 2025
Research Assistant
Universität Konstanz
- - - - - - -Swarm ro-bat-ics
Co-supervised with Thejasvi Beleyur
Nicolas Bessone
Since 2024
Visiting PhD Student
IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- - - - - - -Collective active sensing through active inference
Co-supervised with Heiko Hamann
Marco Fele
Since Jan 2025
Visiting PhD Student
Swansea University, UK
- - - - - - -Event-based neuro-inspired decision-making
Mohammad Nomaan Husain
Since 2024
Master Student
Universität Konstanz
- - - - - - -Collective decision-making in swarm robotics
Abdelrahman Abdelnaby
Since 2025
Master Student
Universität Konstanz
- - - - - - -Neuro-inspired swarm robotics
Gabriele Baroli
Since 2024
Visiting MSc Student
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- - - - - - -Swarm ro-bat-ics
Co-supervised with Thejasvi Beleyur
Iacopo Fornai
Since 2024
Visiting MSc Student
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- - - - - - -Blockchain-based swarm robotics
Co-supervised with Alexandre Pacheco
Pierluigi Tartabini
Since 2024
Visiting MSc Student
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- - - - - - -The robot swarm orchestra
Co-supervised with Lluc Bono
Swadhin Agrawal
Since 2020
PhD student
IISER Bhopal, India
- - - - - - -Collective decision making via heterogeneous response thresholds
Raina Zakir
Since 2021
PhD student
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- - - - - - -Swarm resiliency in collective decision making
Co-supervised with Marco Dorigo
Fabio Oddi
Sep 2024 - Dec 2024
Visiting PhD Student
ISTC, Italian Research Council, Rome
- - - - - - -Quorum sensing in robot swarms
Co-supervised with Vito Trianni
Thierry-Sainclair Njougouo
2022 - 2024
Postdoc
Université de Namur, Belgium
- - - - - - -Impact of the network connectivity in best-of-n collective decision making.
Sébastien De Vos
2022 - 2023
Master Student
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- - - - - - -Federated learning in swarm robotics using blockchain smart contracts
Nemanja Antonic
2022 - 2023
Visiting MSc Student
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- - - - - - -Collective resilience of heterogeneous decision makers against stubborn individuals
Francesco Cerri
2022 - 2023
Visiting MSc Student
Universtá di Bologna, Italy
- - - - - - -Reputation management in swarm robotics through crypto-economy
Angelo Moroncelli
2022 - 2023
Visiting MSc Student
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- - - - - - -Byzantine-fault tolerant Swarm SLAM
Ludéric Van Calck
2021 - 2022
Master Student
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- - - - - - -An Information Market for Social Navigation in Robots
Antoine Bertoux
2021 - 2022
Master Student
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- - - - - - -Swarm resiliency against non-cooperative agents in collective decision-making
Till Aust
2021 - 2022
Visiting MSc Student
University of Lübeck, Germany
- - - - - - -Collective Adaptation and Symmetry Breaking to Environmental Changes in a Swarm of Kilobots Monitoring a Dynamic Environment
Aldo E. Encarnacion Segura
2016 - 2021
PhD student
University of Sheffield, UK
- - - - - - -Cellular decision-making models in yeast
Mohamed Salah Talamali
2016 - 2021
PhD student
University of Sheffield, UK
- - - - - - -Simple individual behavioural rules for improving the collective behaviours of robot swarms
Arindam Saha
2019 - 2021
Postdoc
University of Sheffield, UK
- - - - - - -Swarm Awareness.
Francesco Canciani
2018 - 2019
Visiting MSc Student
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- - - - - - -Swarm Resiliency in Collective Decision-Making
Federico Pratissoli
2018 - 2019
Visiting MSc Student
Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
- - - - - - -The Kilobot Soft Robot: A Soft-Bodied Modular Reconfigurable Robotic System
Anna Font Llenas
2017 - 2018
Visiting MSc Student
Sheffield Hallam University, UK
- - - - - - -Value-sensitive decisions through pheromone trails
Mohamed Salah Talamali
2016 - 2017
Visiting MSc Student
Sheffield Hallam University, UK
- - - - - - -Automatic calibration system for kilobot robots
Eleftherios Nikolaidis
2016 - 2017
Visiting BSc Student
Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece
- - - - - - -Creation of an overhead controller for the Kilobots and collective behavior
Anthony Debruyn
2014 - 2015
Master Student
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- - - - - - -Human-Swarm Interaction: An Escorting Robot Swarm that Diverts a Human away from Dangers one cannot perceive
Davide Brambilla
2014 - 2015
Visiting MSc Student
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- - - - - - -Environment Classification: an Empirical Study of the Response of a Robot Swarm to Three Different Decision-Making Rules
Bernard Mayeur
2013 - 2014
Master Student
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- - - - - - -A tool for automatic robot placement in swarm robotics experiments (in French)
Mattia Salvaro
2013 - 2014
Visiting MSc Student
Universtá di Bologna, Italy
- - - - - - -Virtual sensors for a robot swarm
Jacopo De Stefani
2012 - 2013
Master Student
Université Libre de Bruxelles and Politecnico di Milano (Project TIME for double degree)
- - - - - - -Spatial Allocation in Swarm Robotics