Daniel Kudenko
L3S Research Center
Leibniz University Hannover
Research Interests: • Machine Learning (specifically Reinforcement Learning) • Data Analytics and Predictive Models • Multi Agent Systems • User Modeling and Recommender Systems • Artificial Intelligence for Interactive Entertainment Education: 1993-1998: Graduate study in computer science at Rutgers University, New Jersey. Degree: Ph.D. 1987-1993: Undergraduate and graduate study in computer science at Saarland University, Germany. Degree: Diplom Informatiker. Professional Experience: • Research Group Leader, L3S Research Center, University of Hannover, Germany, 2019-present. • Professor, National Research Academic University of the Russian Academy of Science, St Petersburg, Russia, 2017-2018. • Head of Group, Agent Systems and Reinforcement Learning Group, JetBrains Research, St Petersburg, Russia, 2017-2019. • Lecturer, Artificial Intelligence Group, Department of Computer Science, University of York, 1998 – 2019. • Project Consultant, QinetiQ, Adaptive Agents for Agile Teamwork Project, 2003-2006. • AI Consultant, Core Design Studio, Eidos, 2005-2006. • Knowledge Transfer Champion, Yorkshire Forward, 2006-2009. Appointments: • Member of Management Committee of AgentLink II, European Network of Excellence on Agent Computing. • Coordinator of the inter-network SIG on “Agents that Learn, Adapt, and Discover” (AgentLink II , ILPNet, EUnite). • Coordinator of the Sensor Planning Research Challenge in cooperation with QinetiQ. • Member of the AI Standards Committee of the International Games Developers Association (IGDA). Honors: • Distinguished Lecture at University of Luxembourg, July ‘17 • Invited Keynote Lecture at ADMI ’09. • Invited Lecture at Paris Game AI conference, June ’09. • Best student paper award, ICAART 2017. • Best paper award, SLS 2007. • Best paper nomination, Gecco 2007. • Johnson & Johnson Bioinformatics Fellowship, 1998. • DIMACS Research Scholarship, Summer 1997. Publications: Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=uUXUMukAAAAJ&hl=en As of 02/12/19: h-index: 30, >2900 citations.