Hello! I'm Ashwin.
Currently I am pursuing my PhD in Computer Science at the Institute for Visual and Analytic Computing, leading the research efforts in robotics as part of CORE Labs, focusing on Multimodal LLMs & Spatial Perception.
My research interests span Spatial Intelligence, Dynamic Scene Graphs, Embodied AI, and Mixed Reality. I am particularly interested in problems that leverage perception models to enhance autonomy and real-world decision-making for robotics.
I earned my Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) in 2020, where I defended my thesis, “Design of an Electromagnetic Gripper for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles,” at the Multi-Robot Systems group under Dr. Martin Saska.
I then pursued a Master's degree in Robotics at Technische Universität Dortmund, completing my thesis with the Robotics and Cognitive Systems team at Fraunhofer IML.
- Now
- PhD, Computer Science — University of RostockRobotics lead, CORE Labs · Institute for Visual & Analytic Computing
- M.Sc.
- Robotics — TU Dortmund, 2025Thesis at Fraunhofer IML with the DB Schenker Enterprise Lab · exchange semester in AI & Robotics at Sapienza, Rome
- B.Sc.
- Electrical Engineering & Computer Science — CTU Prague, 2020Thesis with the Multi-Robot Systems group (Dr. Martin Saska)
Research Vision
Embodied agents can perceive the world, but they still struggle to reason about complex spatial environments. My long-term research goal is to bridge structured world knowledge, multimodal foundation models, spatial memory and embodied intelligence so agents can understand, plan, and solve real world tasks.
Publications
- 2026
MCP4IFC: IFC-based Building Design using Large Language Models
EC3 — European Conference on Computing in Construction, Corfu, Greece accepted
- 2026
RoboBIM: Scaling Robot Semantic Foundations through Agentic Extraction of BIM Priors
ICRA 2026 Workshop on Robots Meet Prior Maps, Vienna, Austria workshop
- 2026
Benchmarking 3D Reconstruction for Under-Ice Robotic Perception in Arctic Environments
ICRA 2026 Workshop on Sea to Space, Vienna, Austria workshop
- 2026
BIM-Edit: Benchmarking Large Language Models for IFC-Based Building Information Modeling
arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.20146 · under review for NeurIPS 2027 under review
- 2023
3D Models of the Martian Surface in Virtual Reality
AAS / Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, 55, 212.04 conference
- 2022
DoPose: Dataset for Object Segmentation and 6D Pose Estimation
Zenodo · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.6103779 dataset
Recent News
- Jun 2026Autoregressive Mosaics selected for the CVPR 2026 AI Art Gallery.
- 2026Our paper MCP4IFC: IFC-based Building Design using LLMs was accepted at EC3 2026 (Corfu).
- Jan 2026Launched a new personal site and blog — finally off Google Sites.
- Nov 2025Won 1st place at the HACK:XR+AI Hackathon (TUM) with “AURA”, an adaptive XR agent.
- Jul 2025Started my PhD in Computer Science at the University of Rostock, leading the robotics effort at CORE Labs.
Writing
A new home for the lab notebook
Why I moved off Google Sites, and how the blog works — push a markdown file, get a post.
Beyond research
Outside the lab I'm happiest outdoors — backpacking, camping, and in the ocean as a hobby surfer and PADI open-water diver. I love to read, shoot film photography and paint. Currently in Rostock, I'm learning to sail. On rainy days, you'll likely find me experimenting in the kitchen, listening to 80s rock, or reading a sci-fi novel.
Contact
Happy to talk about perception, robotics, or collaborations — email is the surest way to reach me.