Reza Jalayer

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at Tampere University. I received my PhD from Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI) in 2026, where my research focused on uncertainty-aware AI for manufacturing and industrial systems. My work spans several areas including human–robot interaction (HRI), sound source localization, computer vision for operator safety, and industrial fault diagnosis.

During my PhD, I was a visiting researcher at the Mechanical Systems Control (MSC) Lab at UC Berkeley, where I conducted research on computer vision methods for HRI, focusing on improving the safety of human operators working alongside industrial robots.

I obtained my Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology (2017–2020) and AmirKabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) (2013–2017), respectively.

My responsibilities:

• Implementing research studies and fulfilling tasks related to the FAST lab research projects.
• Participating in writing research proposals.
• Supervising students

Experimental research:

• Working with industrial robotic arms.
• Implementing computer vision-based hand detection/segmentation tests in human-robot
interaction settings.
• Implementing Deep learning-based sound source localization in a virtual manufacturing
workplace.
• Implementing mechanical failure analysis using tension/compression testing machines.

Programming and Software:

• Python programming.
• MATLAB scripting.
• Finite Element Modeling (Abaqus).
• CAD (SolidWorks, CATIA)

AI, Manufacturing, Human-robot interaction