Tim Salzmann

AI Researcher

Robotics Researcher

Technology Consultant

Developer

About Me

Hi! I’m Tim.
I am a PhD student in Robotics and AI. I am affiliated with the Autonomous Aerial Systems Lab at TUM, the Autonomous Systems Lab at Stanford University and Google DeepMind. I am passionate about discovering and researching new technology.

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6 peer-reviewed Papers
Attended 5 different Universities
Lived on 4 Continents
10 years of Research Experience
Resume
Experience
2023-2024
Researcher
Google | DeepMind

Research in embedded Artificial Intelligence.

2022-2023
Researcher
Google | Brain

Research in embedded Artificial Intelligence.

2021
AI Resident
Google | X - The Moonshot Factory

AI & ML research for manufacturing robots @ Intrinsic.

2020
Freelancer Consultant for Development and Data Science
epap GmbH

Development of new product area: Connecting epap to financial data providers for fintech use cases. Consulting for Machine Learning and Big Data development.

2018 - 2019
Technology Research Intern for Autonomous Driving
BMW of North America, LLC

Creation of a proof-of-concept closed-loop autonomous driving system. This included all relevant steps such as planning, system design, data collection, implementation, simulation, integration, and testing. Implementation included, but was not limited to, machine learning and path/trajectory planning.

2017 - 2018
Working Student for Customer Relationship Management & Marketing
CNC - Communications & Network Consulting

Project management, organization and implementation of a Digital Marketing Big-Data project involving multiple stakeholders. Development and Maintenance of a Microsoft Dynamics system (CRM).

2011 - 2017
Freelancer Motosports Communication & Event Management
motorsport.tv

Commentator and editorial support.

2016 - 2017
Working Student for Highly Automated and Autonomous Driving
BMW Group

Planning and implementation of a rapid prototyping framework (based on ROS) for automated driving. In addition, integration of this framework on vehicle prototypes including various sensors. Research for machine learning models for trajectory prediction of traffic participants. This included setting up a data processing pipeline to process vehicle traces from the prototypes into machine learning data sets.

2016
Junior Consultant for Technology and Software Consulting
TNG Technology Consulting

Development of machine learning models and artificial intelligence strategies and algorithms for fraud detection in the telecommunications sector.

2014 - 2016
Intern
BMW Motorsports

Track Engineering and Simulation.

Academic
2020 - Present
Technical University Munich
Munich

PhD Candidate in the Autonomous Aerial Systems Lab of Prof. Markus Ryll

2023
Stanford University
Stanford

Researcher with the Autonomous Systems Lab of Prof. Marco Pavone and the Intelligent and Interactive Autonomous Systems Group of Prof. Dorsa Sadigh

2019 - 2020
Stanford University
Stanford

Research Assistant in the Autonomous Systems Lab of Prof. Marco Pavone

2016 - 2019
Technical University Munich
Munich

Bachelor's Degree in Robotics, Cognition, Intelligence

2019
Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok

Semester Abroad

2012 - 2016
Technical University Ingolstadt
Ingolstadt

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Car Technology

2014
Nelson Mandela University
Porth Elizabeth, SA

Semester Abroad