Research Interests
- Swarm robotics (autonoumous robotics paired with swarm intelligence)
- Task allocation and task partitioning
- Self-organizing groups and emergent cooperative behavior
CV
1979
born in Berlin, Germany
2007
Diploma in Computer Science, University of Leipzig, Germany. (Master thesis at the group of parallel computing and complex systems under supervision of Prof. Dr. Martin Middendorf)
2008-now
Ph.D. Student supervised by Prof. Dr. Marco Dorigo at IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
2009
M.Sc. in Computer Science/Applied Sciences (DEA) at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
Other research activities
2003-04
Undergraduate researcher at the Cernet Network Group, School of Computer Science and Engineering of the Southeast University, Nanjing, China, under the supervision of Prof. Jian Gong.
Referee/Committee
International journals:
- Artificial Life
- Swarm Intelligence
- Neural Computing and Applications
- Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
- Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Conference proceedings:
- Proceedings of the International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ANTS) 2008, 2010 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag)
- Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) 2009, 2010, 2011 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag).
- Proceedings of the International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS) 2010 (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, Springer-Verlag)
Conference committees:
- International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ANTS), 2012