Curriculum Vitae

Research Intern

Meta AI London

• Generalization through Natural Language in Reinforcement Learning
• Hosted by Roberta Raileanu

Scientific Researcher / Team Lead Reinforcement Learning

Insititute of AI, Leibniz University Hannover

• Researching Dynamic Configuration of RL algorithms for better performance and generalization
• Supervised by Prof. Dr. Marius Lindauer

Dr. rer. nat. (PhD)

Leibniz University Hannover

• Graded "summa cum laude" (highest distinction)
• Thesis "Reinforcing Automated Machine Learning - Briding Reinforcement Learning and AutoML"
• Supervised by Prof. Dr. Marius Lindauer

MSc. Computer Science

Albert-Ludwig University Freiburg

• Final Grade 1.7
• Thesis "Improved Meta-Learning for Dynamic Algorithm Configuration" (Grade 1.0 - best possible grade)
• Supervised by Prof. Dr. Frank Hutter

BSc. Computer Science

University of Hamburg

• Final Grade 1.5
• Thesis "On Thue Numbers" (Grade 1.0 - best possible grade)
• Supervised by Dr. Frank Heitmann

AutoRL Workshop @ ICML

Organizer

• Organizing the first AutoRL Workshop at ICML 2024

Computer Science Diversity Committee

Deputy Member

• Promoting diversity in the Computer Science faculty

DAC4AutoML Competition

Lead Organizer

• Part of AutoML Conf 2022
• Competition on Dynamic Configuration for Supervised Learning and Reinforcement Learning

AutoML Conf

Diversity Chair

Automating Reinforcement Learning - Hyperparameter & Beyond

InstaDeep

• Summarizing HPO in RL so far as well as future perspectives
• Invited Talk - Recording

Automating Reinforcement Learning

Future of AI Summit

• Invited by the Alexander von Humboldt foundation as one of 19 young researchers
• Poster presentation on my vision for AutoRL

Challenges for Hyperparameter Optimization in Reinforcement Learning

AutoML Seminar Series

• On understanding AutoRL through an AutoML Lens
• Invited Talk - Slides

Dynamic Algorithm Configuration

AI Grid Science Slam

• Science Communication Format for general audiences - 2nd place in audience voting
• Invited Contribution - Video

Dynamic Algorithm Configuration for AutoML

KompAKI Seminar Series

• DAC as an extension of common AutoML paradigms
• Invited Talk - Slides