teaching
Teaching Assistant - TU Munich (since 2024) Control for Robotics: from Optimal Control to Reinforcement Learning
Seminar on Machine Learning and Robotics – supervision of seminar papers
Seminar on Machine Learning and Robotics – supervision of seminar papers
Student Project Advisor (since 2019) Supervised 15 students from Bachelor to Master level
Co-Lecturer - RWTH Aachen University (2022) Computer Science in Mechanical Engineering – prepared and held 4 lectures on object-oriented programming for a Bachelor's course with around 2200 students
Teaching Assistant - RWTH Aachen University (2020-2023) Computer Science in Mechanical Engineering
Seminar on Learning-Based Control – responsible for planning, organization, and implementation of a new seminar on learning-based control
Seminar on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics – supervision of seminar papers
Seminar on Learning-Based Control – responsible for planning, organization, and implementation of a new seminar on learning-based control
Seminar on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics – supervision of seminar papers
Student Teaching Assistant - University of Lübeck (2016-2017) Mechatronics – Organization and supervision of student projects
Neuroinformatics – Exercise sessions
Neuroinformatics – Exercise sessions
Supervised Theses and Student Projects
Master Theses
Approximate Model Predictive Control using Diffusion Models for Autonomous Drone Racing
Jonathan Kelm, 2024, RWTH Aachen University
Robustness in Reinforcement Learning via Failure Penalties and Entropy Regularization
Zeheng Gong, 2024, RWTH Aachen University
Data-Driven Process Optimization for Injection Molding
Christian Fiedler, 2024, RWTH Aachen University
Benchmarking Learning-Based Control and Reinforcement Learning
Tsung Yuan Tseng, 2023, RWTH Aachen University (in collaboration with TU Munich)
Data Transfer in Robust Direct Data-Driven Control
Dmitrii Likhachev, 2023, RWTH Aachen University
Learning and Forgetting in Time-Varying Bayesian Optimization
Paul Brunzema, 2021, RWTH Aachen University
Approximate Gradient Descent with Bayesian Optimization
Sarah Müller, 2020, University of Stuttgart
Bachelor Theses
Balancing a Two Degrees of Freedom Inverted Pendulum with a Robotic Arm
Kyrylo Sovailo, 2022, RWTH Aachen University (supervised jointly with Shiming He)
Learning Policies on a Rotatory Pendulum Using Approximate Gradient Descent with Bayesian Optimization
Reis Baltaoğlu, 2021, RWTH Aachen University
Event Localization with Deep-Learning-based Time Series Classification for Process Monitoring in Robotics
Jonas Reiher, 2021, RWTH Aachen University (project at KUKA)
Research Projects
Learning Safe Value Functions with the Soft Actor-Critic Algorithm
Tsung Yuan Tseng, 2022, RWTH Aachen University
Sparse Approximate Gradient Descent with Bayesian Optimization
Ritesh Yadav, 2022, RWTH Aachen University
External Projects
An approach to instance segmentation and pose estimation for automated dismantling of lithium-ion batteries for high-quality recycling
at Institut für Unternehmenskybernetik (IfU)
Anna-Maria Meer, 2022, RWTH Aachen University
Real-Time Task and Motion Planning for Dual-Arm Robotics in a Bin-Picking Application
at Bosch Center for AI (BCAI)
Ilyes Zakaria Toumi, 2022, RWTH Aachen University
Multi-Task Active Learning for Computer Vision
at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Nik Dorndorf, 2022, RWTH Aachen University