Maram Sakr

I'm a Ph.D. student at the joint program between the University of British Columbia, Canada and Monash University, Australia. I am co-advised by professores Elizabeth Croft, Dana Kulić and Mike Van der Loos. My research interest lies in the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and human-robot interaction. In particular, I focus on enabling everyday users to intuitively and efficiently program robots. I was a visiting graduate scholar at the Intuitive Computing Laboratoryat the Department of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University.I am funded by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

I completed my M.Sc. degree at the School of Engineering Science at Simon Fraser University where I worked at the Menrva lab under the Supervision of Prof. Carlo Menon. I received my B.Sc. degree in Computers and Systems Engineering at Mansoura University,Egypt.

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Research

	Consistency Matters: Defining Demonstration Data Quality Metrics in Robot Learning from Demonstration Maram Sakr, H.F. Machiel Van der Loos, Dana Kulić, Elizabeth Croft ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI), 2024 (Under review). arXiv
	How Can Everyday Users Efficiently Teach Robots by Demonstration? Maram Sakr, Zhikai Zhang, Benjamin Li, Haomiao Zhang, H.F. Machiel Van der Loos, Dana Kulić, Elizabeth Croft ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI), 2025 (To appear). arXiv
	FLAIR: Feeding via Long-horizon AcquIsition of Realistic dishes Rajat Kumar Jenamani, Priya Sundaresan, Maram Sakr, Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee†, Dorsa Sadigh† Robotic Science and Systems (RSS), 2024. Website / PDF
	Quantifying Demonstration Quality for Robot Learning and Generalization Maram Sakr, Zexi Jesse Li, H.F. Machiel Van der Loos, Dana Kulić, Elizabeth Croft IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2022.
	Design and evaluation of an augmented reality head-mounted display interface for human robot teams collaborating in physically shared manufacturing tasks Wesley P. Chan, Geoffrey Hanks, Maram Sakr, Haomiao Zhang, Tiger Zuo H.F. Machiel Van der Loos, Elizabeth Croft ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI), 2022.
	Learning from demonstration for real-time user goal prediction and shared assistive control Calvin Z Qiao, Maram Sakr, Katharina Muelling, Henny Admoni IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2021.
	Training Human Teacher to Improve Robot Learning from Demonstration: A Pilot Study on Kinesthetic Teaching Maram Sakr, Martin Freeman, HF Machiel Van der Loos, Elizabeth Croft IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2020.
	Estimation of User-Applied Isometric Force/Torque Using Upper Extremity Force Myography Maram Sakr, Xianta Jiang, Carlo Menon Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2019.
	Play me back: a unified training platform for robotic and laparoscopic surgery Alaa Eldin Abdelaal, Maram Sakr, Apeksha Avinash, Shahed K Mohammed, Armaan Kaur Bajwa, Mohakta Sahni, Soheil Hor, Sidney Fels, Septimiu E Salcudean IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters(RA-L), 2018.

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