Floris Erich

• 2023-09-12: We are hiring a research assistant and technical staff
• 2023-01-17: Our paper was accepted for IEEE ICRA 2023
• 2022-10-01: Our paper was accepted for IEEE/SICE SII 2023

• Since 2022: Tenured Research Scientist at AIST
• 2020: Tenure Track Research Scientist at AIST
• 2018: Joined AIST as a Post-Doctoral Researcher
• 2018: Obtained the Doctor of Philosophy in Human Informatics, Empowerment Informatics Programme, University of Tsukuba.
• 2016: Obtained Master of Science in Business Information Technology, University of Twente
• 2015: Obtained Master of Science in Computer Science, University of Twente (Cum Laude)
• 2013: Obtained Bachelor of ICT, HAN University of Applied Sciences

Journal articles

• Floris Erich, Chintan Amrit and Maya Daneva. A qualitative study of DevOps usage in practice. Journal of Software: Evolution and Process 29 (6). 2017.
• Masa Jazbec, Floris Erich and Hiroo Iwata. A glance of cultural differences in the case of interactive device art installation idMirror. AI & Society. 2017.

International Conference Articles

• Floris Erich, Bruno Leme, Noriaki Ando, Ryo Hanai and Yukiyasu Domae. Learning Depth Completion of Transparent Objects using Augmented Unpaired Data. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). 2023.
• Floris Erich, Baptiste Bourreau, Chun Kwang Tan, Guillaume Caron, Yusuke Yoshiyasu, Noriaki Ando. Neural Scanning: Rendering and determining geometry of household objects using Neural Radiance Fields. IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII). 2023.
• Floris Erich and Noriaki Ando. A Framework for 3D Scanning using RGB-D Cameras and an Automated Rotary Table. IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII). 2022.
• Floris Erich and Noriaki Ando. Using Sessions, Episodes and Parameterized Testing in ROSPIT for Constructing Re-Usable Test Specifications. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Its Social Impacts (ARSO). 2021.
• Floris Erich and Noriaki Ando. Determining the Configuration of a Manipulator using Minimal Amount of Passive Fiducial Markers. IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII). 2021.
• Floris Erich, Geoffrey Biggs and Noriaki Ando. Using Point Clouds for Automated Condition Verification in Physical Integration Testing. IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII). 2020.
• Floris Erich, Geoffrey Biggs and Noriaki Ando. Design and development of a physical integration testing framework for robotic manipulators. IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII). 2019.
• Floris Erich, Masakazu Hirokawa and Kenji Suzuki. A visual environment for reactive robot programming of macro-level behaviors. International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR). 2017.
• Floris Erich and Kenji Suzuki. Cognitive robot programming using procedural parameters and complex event processing. IEEE International Conference on Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots (SIMPAR). 2016.
• Floris Erich, Chintan Amrit and Maya Daneva. A mapping study on cooperation between information system development and operations. International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES). 2014.

Workshops and posters

• Floris Erich and Noriaki Ando. Testudine, a graphical user interface for physical integration testing. IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing (IRC). Workshop on ... 2020.
• Floris Erich. DevOps is simply interaction between development and operations. International workshop on software engineering aspects of continuous development and new paradigms of software production and deployment. 2019.
• Floris Erich. End-user software engineering of cognitive robot applications using procedural parameters and complex event processing. ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Systems, Programming, Languages and Applications: Software for Humanity (SPLASH). Student Research Competition. 2016.
• Maša Jazbec and Floris Erich. Investigating human identity using the idmirror interactive installation. ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Art Exhibition. 2016.

Theses

• Floris Erich. Reactive programming using procedural parameters for end-user development and operations of robot behavior control. University of Tsukuba PhD Thesis. 2018.
• Floris Erich. Improving information system development and operations using the DevOps conceptual framework. University of Twente Master Thesis. 2014.

Reports and articles

• Gloria Ronchi, Claudio Benghi, Floris Erich, Maša Jazbec, Aisen C Chacin, Takeshi Oozu, Sang Ho Yoon, Ke Huo, Karthik Ramani. Demo Hour. ACM Interactions. 2016.
• Floris Erich, Chintan Amrit and Maya Daneva. Report: DevOps Literature Review. University of Twente Technical Report. 2014.

Domestic Conference Articles

• Floris Erich and Noriaki Ando. Secure by Design Techniques in Cloud Robotics. RSJ Gakkai. Japan. 2020.
• Floris Erich and Noriaki Ando. CPSTest: Framework for Automated Testing of Cyber-Physical Systems. SICE SI. Japan. 2020.
• Floris Erich, Abhilasha Saksena, Geoffrey Biggs. Towards Continuous Physical Integration Testing for Robotics. RSJ Gakkai. Japan. 2018.

RoSE Program Committee (2021, 2022, 2023), QRARSAC Program Committee (2023)
Frequent reviewer for Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, Transactions on Software Engineering, IEEE/SICE SII, IEEE/RSJ IROS