Simona Neri, Sharework project coordinator, Eurecat
Program manager in the field of fund-raising industry. Enthusiastic about innovation, science and technology with a solid international experience, strong stakeholder management skills and proven scientific background and innovation experience. Currently working in Eurecat and proudly coordinating Sharework project.

Spyros Koukas, Senior Software Engineer – Technical lead, Netcompany – INTRASOFT
Spyros Koukas studied in the Electrical and Computer Engineering school of the National Technical University of Athens. He has an Engineering Diploma in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering and an MBA in Engineering – Economic Systems.
Since 2008 he has been working full time on software engineering and he is experienced in software architecture, technical lead, software design, integration and development of distributed software systems. Since the beginning of his career, he has worked in an international environment in a wide range of applications such as Robotics, Manufacturing, IoT, Simulation, Security, Telecommunications and Web Applications.
Aquib Rashid, Senior Researcher in Robot Control and Vision, FRAUNHOFER
Originally from Kashmir, Aquib Rashid has an bachelor’s in computer engineering and a master degree focused on co-design methods for safety critical systems at TU Chemnitz. He has worked at various corporate and research institutions like Robert-Bosch, TU-Chemnitz and currently Fraunhofer. Passionate about working on projects that make large impact to everyday life of people, his research focus is in developing integrated robot control & vision systems. He has developed a new collision avoidance methodology comprising of 3D sensors and industrial robot, which is more flexible and efficient compared to state of art. He has published multiple research papers on the topic and aim to find industrial collaborations for the realization of the solution.
Nils Mandischer, scientific employee, RWTH Aachen University
Nils Mandischer M.Sc. is a scientific employee of four years at the Institute of Mechanism Theory, Machine Dynamics and Robotics (IGMR) of RWTH Aachen University. His main fields of research are computer vision, sensor data analysis and human-robot-collaboration in firefighting, resulting in the team lead of human-robot-teaming special research group at IGMR. His main contribution in Sharework is in the field of autonomous item detection and localization and safety for industrial manipulators.