Dr. Christian Pfeiffer

PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience, MSc in Psychology,

ETH Zurich Vice-Presidency for Personnel Development and Leadership

I am passionate about supporting people in leadership roles in their personal development. With a background in psychology and cognitive neuroscience, and 10+ years experience as academic scholar, my consulting combines theoretical depth with practical relevance. Expertise: Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Robotics, Computer Science. Interests: Leadership, Personal Development.

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Featured Research Publications

A full list of research publications can be found here

Visual attention prediction improves performance of autonomous drone racing agents

Dr. Christian Pfeiffer, Simon Wengeler, Antonio Loquercio, Davide Scaramuzza

March 2022 In PLOS ONE

We leverage human eye-gaze data to train a deep learning controller for vision-based autonomous drone racing. Our controller achieves performances as good as human pilots.

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Expertise affects drone racing performance

Dr. Christian Pfeiffer, Davide Scaramuzza

September 2021 In arXiv

We compare drone racing performances among human pilots in real-world racing. Our analysis shows that experts consistently achieve more optimal racing lines, maneuver execution, and faster laptimes than beginners.

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Human-piloted drone racing: Visual processing and control

Dr. Christian Pfeiffer, Davide Scaramuzza

April 2021 In RAL

We This work investigates the relationship between human eye movements, control behavior, and flight performance in a drone racing task.

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