Erdal Aksoy

Erdal Aksoy is an Associate Professor at Halmstad University's School of Information Technology, with visiting scholar roles at Volvo Group Trucks Technology and Zenseact AB. His work focuses on semantic scene perception, action semantics, and environment understanding for autonomous systems including robots and unmanned vehicles.

• Education: PhD from University of Göttingen, postdoctoral research at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and University of Göttingen
• Research Interests: Semantic scene perception, action semantics, autonomous systems, human-robot interaction, LiDAR processing, and deep learning applications

His recent publications demonstrate expertise in LiDAR data processing (SalsaNet, SalsaNext), semantic state estimation for robotic cloth manipulation, and multimodal failure detection systems. He has coordinated the HORIZON Europe ROADVIEW consortium with 15 partners.

Scientific recognition includes

• Best Student Paper Award at IJCAI 2021 AI4AD workshop
• Best AI Master’s Thesis Award from Swedish AI Society (SAIS)
• Wimanska Prize for best bachelor thesis
• Distinguished Service Award as IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters Associate Editor

His advising track record shows mentorship of award-winning students across bachelor, master, and PhD levels. Erdal Aksoy maintains active collaborations between academia and industry, particularly with automotive technology companies.