Education: Emilia Szymańska

Degrees

MSc in Robotics, Systems & Control — ETH Zurich

2022–2024 · Zurich, CH

Computer Vision Mixed Reality Autonomous Systems

Thesis

ESOP Scholar · Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Programme · 09.2022

1st place at Datathon · AWS Challenge (ETHZ Analytics Club) · 05.2023

More achievements

Victory at RSS 2023 · Final robotic challenge (ETH Zurich Robotic Summer School) · 07.2023

BSc in Control Engineering & Robotics — Wrocław University of Science & Technology

2018–2022 · Wrocław, PL

Robotics Algorithms Control

Thesis

Faculty’s best BSc thesis · 03.2022

Faculty's best BSc graduate · 03.2022

Rector’s scholarship · Top 10% of major · 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

More achievements

TRUMPF national thesis competition · 2nd place · 06.2023

“The Young Innovative” · Recognition award at national thesis competition · 05.2022

Santander Universidades · Award for scientific & social activity · 11.2021

Dean’s award · For scientific clubs & student council engagement · 2020, 2021, 2022

European BEST Engineering Competition (EBEC) · 2nd place (national), victory in local round · 05.2022

ROBOmotion · 1st place (Freestyle robot category) · 11.2021

Robosub · Special award (AUV competition) · 07.2020

Robotic Arena · 3rd place (Freestyle robot category) · 01.2020

3Mind · 1st place (national competition by 3M) · 11.2019

Erasmus Exchange — University of Zagreb

2020–2021 · Zagreb, HR

Machine Learning Robotics Control

Academic events

European Conference on Computing in Construction (EC3) 2025

2025 · Conference · Porto, Portugal

Attendance at a conference focused on the computer vision and AI applications in construction industry.

17th Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS)

2022 · Conference · Zagreb, Croatia

Presentation on the paper "Simulation Environment for Underwater Vehicles Testing and Training in Unity3D".

13th Breaking the Surface field workshop

10.2021 · International field workshop · Biograd na Moru, Croatia

Interdisciplinary workshop on maritime robotics with lectures and tutorials.

Courses & training

Mastering Project Management

02.2025 · Hilti · Schaan, Liechtenstein

Four-day training on the project management techniques.

Wave Fellowship

07.2024 · WeBloom · Bern, Switzerland

Three-day workshop on product development with a case-study and mentoring from Beekeeper.

Agile PM Foundation

08.2020 · Inprogress (accredited course) · Online

Project management course focused on agile methods.

Programs, summer schools & intensive workshops

AWS Mentoring Program

02–07.2024 · Amazon Web Services · Zurich, Switzerland

Series of AI-related events and workshops as part of a mentoring program.

Robotic Summer School

07.2023 · ETH Zurich (ARCHE) · Geneva, Switzerland

Summer school on Search & Rescue robotics applications.

IT’s Alive

06.2022 · BEST course · Istanbul, Turkey

C++ programming course organized by the Board of European Students of Technology.

Intel Master Class

03.2021 · Intel · Online

Workshops on cybersecurity, AI, and programming for female students.

See the BEST in I(o)T

03.2020 · BEST course · Košice, Slovakia

Internet of Things course at the Technical University in Košice.