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Hi, I am Veronika. I was a research scientist for 10 years - I spent some wonderful time in university, industry and research institutes while exploring the topics of robotics, autonomy, planning and reinforcement learning. This page summarises my achievements as a researcher.
I have now left the field and joined a technical consultancy company - I talk to clients, manage projects, and lead sales efforts in areas like automation, sustainability and digital transformation.
I am really enjoying working at the intersection of tech and business so if you want to chat about robotics startups in London, get in touch!

Contact and CV

Email: veronika dot yordanova dot 11 at ucl dot ac dot uk
CV: here
LinkedIn: here
ResearchGate: here
StackOverflow: here

About Me

Experience

2018 - 2021: Research Scientist, ANMCM group in Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE), La Spzeia, Italy.
2017: Visiting researcher, MARS group in National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton, UK.
2016 - 2017: Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher, Atlas Electronik GmbH, Bremen, Germany.
2016: Teaching Assistant in “Interdisciplinary Game Theory”, Arts & Sciences Programme, University College London, UK.
2014: Lab demonstrator, Electronic and Electrical Engineering Department, University College London, UK.

Education

2018: PhD in Engineering: Intelligent Adaptive Underwater Sensor Networks, University College London, UK.
2013: Master of Research: Security and Crime Science, University College London, UK.
2012: Master of Science: Space Science and Engineering, University College London, UK.
2011: Bachelor of Engineering: Aeronautical Engineering in Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria.

Journal:

• Yordanova, V., Gips B., ”Coverage path planning with track spacing adaptation for autonomous underwater vehicles” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 5 (3), 4774-4780 (link to the full text in arxiv here)
• Yordanova, V., Griffiths H. and Hailes, S., ”Rendezvous Planning for Multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles using a Markov Decision Process”Coverage path planning with track spacing adaptation for autonomous underwater vehicles IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation, Special Issue: Sonar multi-sensor applications and techniques, 2017 (link to the full text (draft) in Reseachgate here or the official IET publication here)
  
• Yordanova, V., and Griffiths, H., ”Rendezvous Point Technique for Multi-Vehicle Mine Countermeasure Operations in Communication-Constrained Environments,” Marine Technology Society Journal, Volume 50, Number 2: March/April 2016 (Link with the permission of the MTS journal editor *,**: here)

Conference:

• Yordanova, V., Gips, B., Furfaro, T., and Dugelay, S., “Coverage Path Planning for Mine Countermeasures: Adapting Track Orientation,” OCEANS’19 MTS/IEEE Marseille. 2019. (IEEE Explore link to a free PDF: here)
• Dugelay, S., Williams, D., Furfaro, T., Melo, J., Yordanova, V., Strode, C., Gips, B., Pailhas, Y., “Enabling autonomous mine countermeasures for the NATO Alliance,” 5th Underwater Acoustics Conference & Exhibition (UACE). 2019. (link to full text: here)
• Yordanova, V., and Griffiths, H., ”Synchronous Rendezvous Technique for Multi-Vehicle Mine Countermeasure Operations,” OCEANS’15 MTS/IEEE Washington. 2015. (IEEE Explore link: here)

PhD Thesis:

• V. Yordanova, “Intelligent Adaptive Underwater Sensor Networks ,” University College London (UCL), 2018.
  

Master’s Thesis:

• V. Yordanova, “Data Communication for Underwater Sensor Networks ,” University College London (UCL), 2013.
  
• V. Yordanova, “Measurement and modelling of the bistatic radar signature of wind turbines ,” University College London (UCL), 2012.
  

Poster:

• A poster I presented at the Student Radar Conference in Birmingham, June 2017: here

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** “The Marine Technology Society is a not-for-profit, international, professional association. Founded in 1963, the Society believes that the advancement of marine technology and the productive, sustainable use of the oceans depend upon the active exchange of ideas between government, industry and academia. See www.mtsociety.org.”