Assem Sadek

About Me

I'm a senior machine learning engineer with deep expertise in perception systems, 3D geometry, and embodied AI. My work focuses on building intelligent systems that can perceive, reason, and act in both physical and XR environments.

During my PhD at INSA Lyon and Naver Labs Europe, under the supervision of Boris Chidlovskii, Christian Wolf and Atilla Baskurt . I specialized in visual navigation for mobile robots; developing deep learning models grounded in 3D geometry for spatial reasoning and real-world deployment. My research addressed the sim-to-real gap by combining geometric priors with robust, physically-tested solutions on actual robotic platforms.

Today, I apply this experience to the AR/VR domain, working on the perception layer for immersive and interactive systems. I design machine learning models that process and understand XR input data to support embodied interaction in virtual spaces.

I'm also deeply interested in Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models, reinforcement learning for embodied agents, and scalable perception systems that generalize across tasks, environments, and input modalities. My goal is to build AI systems that enable seamless interaction across both real and synthetic worlds.

I hold a Master's degree in Machine Learning and Data Science from Université Grenoble Alpes and ENSIMAG, and earned my Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Cairo University, where I graduated summa cum laude.

Interests: AR/VR, Spatial Intelligence, 3D Perception, Embodied AI, Visual Navigation, Sim-to-Real Transfer, Reinforcement Learning, Vision-Language-Action (VLA)