Dr. Deepank Verma

PostDoc @ SpACE Lab, Institute for Sustainable Urbanism, TU Braunschweig

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About Me

Urban Scientist by training. Currently engaged in research related to GeoAI, Urban Design and Planning methods, Citizen Science, and Electronics and Hardware.

Recent Updates

June 23, 2025

Started user perception studies @SpACE Lab aiming at modes of stimuli presentation.

June 9, 2025

Published a paper on GenAI agents and their use in Urban Design research.

Ongoing Projects

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SO-101 Robotic Arm

Arm printed and assembled, ready to train and teleoperate. Will experiment with general algorithms followed by training novel policies. More details to follow later.

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Mini Embodied Agents

Development of mini-robots to mimic behavior in navigating space (geospatially intact) and embodiment. More details to follow later.

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Mega Mule for ROS Applications

Developed a platform to attach off-shelf components such as Xbox-360 Depth camera, Nvidia TX2 SBC, along with speakers and microphones for learning and deploying ROS applications. More details to follow later.

Past Projects

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CITYLID Dataset

Lidar and Street Network fused dataset for Urban research

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Visual Similarity

Visual similarity of neighbourhoods with street view images and deep learning

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Large language Models based Perception

Simulation platform for smart mobility and autonomous navigation research.

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Networking & Engagements

TU Dresden CRC Grant Final Presentation

At TU Dresden for final day at CRC Grant Final Presentation (03/2025).

Bowling Alley

ISU SpACE Lab day out at Bowling Alley (02/2025).

At IIT Bombay

Meeting my PhD supervisor, Prof. Arnab Jana at IIT Bombay (11/2024)

Tongji University Collaboration

In Shanghai for TU-Braunschweig and Tongji University Collaboration (10/2024).

Tongji University Collaboration

In Shanghai at Sino-German Symposium (10/2024).

InterXR First Meetup at TU Braunschweig

InterXR First Meetup at TU Braunschweig (09/2024).

SpACE Lab Team at Stadt der Zukunft day

SpACE Lab Team at Stadt der Zukunft day (10/2023).

Prof. Mehul Bhatt at SpACE Lab

Prof. Mehul Bhatt at SpACE Lab for Human Centered Design Seminar (05/2023).

ISU Day out at Potsdam

ISU's Day out at Potsdam (10/2022).

Assembling sensors in Urban Data Lab Seminar

Assembling sensors in Urban Data Lab Seminar (6/2022).

Visiting Institut Pascal in Paris

Visiting Institut Pascal in Paris (05/2022).

Video Wall being set up at SpACE Lab

Video Wall being set up at SpACE Lab (05/2021).

Mobility Competition at University of Tokyo

Mobility Competition at University of Tokyo (09/2019).

Participating as Indian representative at Pritzker Forum on Global Cities, Chicago

Participating as Indian representative at Pritzker Forum on Global Cities, Chicago (06/2019).

Participating at IHSI Conference in San Diego

Participating at IHSI Conference in San Diego (02/2019).

Contact

Currently at SpACE Lab, ISU TU Braunschweig as PostDoctoral Researcher.

Feel free to reach out via email or connect with me on LinkedIn or ResearchGate.