Markus Ernst
PhD Researcher
Autonomous Agents and Robotics Research Group
UNSW Sydney, Australia
Address
School of Computer Science and Engineering
Ainsworth Building (J17) - Desk 510-32
Kensington Campus
UNSW Sydney
NSW 2052, Australia
Contact
Email: m.ernst@unsw.edu.au
Research interests
- Reinforcement Learning, Cognitive Robotics
- Neural Networks / Deep Learning, Computer Vision
- World Models, Intrinsic Motivation, Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning
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Short bio:
My research lies at the intersection of cognitively inspired approaches and foundational artificial intelligence.
By incorporating principles from cognitive science I aim to develop intelligent, generalist embodied systems capable of open-ended learning, with the ultimate goal of advancing artificial general intelligence.
As a PhD student at UNSW my current focus is on reinforcement learning with world models and intrinsic motivation.
I hold a master of science degree in physics from Goethe University Frankfurt, where I worked with professor Jochen Triesch on deep recurrent neural networks and self-supervised learning methods.
Before joining the Triesch Lab, I obtained a bachelor of science degree under the supervision of professor Joachim Curtius at the Institute of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences.
