Since 2020, I am an assistant professor at the VU Amsterdam. Previously, I did a post-doc in Montreal at McGill University/Mila. I obtained a PhD in machine learning at the University of Liege in 2017.
More information on my professional experience is available on my Linkedin profile.
Information on my research and my teaching activities are provided below.
My field of research is focused on deep learning and reinforcement learning. One main goal is to create agents that can learn how to perform sequential decision-making tasks while generalizing from limited data. My research focuses in particular on the role of representation learning and how it is possible to integrate model-free learning (direct inference from deep learning) with model-based learning (e.g. planning and "reasoning").
The full list of my publications can be found here.
I'm currently teaching "Projects on Reinforcement Learning" as well as co-teaching "Dynamic Programming and Reinforcement Learning". I am also the program director of the MSc AI at the VU Amsterdam since 2024 (cohorts of 150+ students).
I have (co-)organized internationals scientific events, such as the RL summer school in 2022 and BeNeRL in 2024 (both with 100+ participants).
In the past, I've taught for different courses:
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