Aigerim Nurbayeva
Biography
Aigerim Nurbayeva is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Robotics, Intelligent Systems, and Control (RISC) Lab at KAUST, where she works under the supervision of Professor Shinkyu Park. She received her Ph.D. in Robotics from Nazarbayev University in 2024, focusing her doctoral research on Model Predictive Control (MPC) and Imitation Learning for human-robot interaction.
She has authored five peer-reviewed publications in prestigious journals, including IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics and Control Engineering Practice.
Research Interests
Aigerim's research at the RISC Lab focuses on designing robot arm control systems for the KAUST Coral Restoration Initiative and 3D reconstruction techniques for date palm trees. Her technical background includes nonlinear MPC, Deep Imitation Learning. She has worked extensively with platforms such as Isaac Sim, ROS, and UR manipulators.
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Robotics, Nazarbayev University (NU), Kazakhstan, 2024