Paul Brunzema

Paul Brunzema

PhD Student

RWTH Aachen University

biography

Hi there! Since March 2022, I am a PhD student at the Institute for Data Science in Mechanical Engineering at RWTH Aachen University under the supervision of Sebastian Trimpe, and since September 2023 I am an associate doctoral researcher at the UnRAVel Research Training Group funded by the DFG.

Prior to that, I completed a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a subsequent master’s degree in automation engineering with a focus on machine learning and control, both at the RWTH Aachen University. During my studies, I received the Germany Scholarship, a MathWorks Fellowship, and was selected repeatedly for RWTH Aachen University’s Dean’s List. For my master thesis under supervision from Alexander von Rohr and Sebastian Trimpe on parameter search in time-varying environments using Bayesian optimization I received the SEW-EURODRIVE Student Award.

My current research evolves around uncertainty quanitifaction when learning system dynamics and detecting changes in system dynamics with probabilistic quarantees. Furthermore, I am interested in Bayesian optimization–specifically in high-dimensional and time-varying approaches.

interests

  • Bayesian optimization
  • Uncertainty quantification
  • Model predictive control and model-based RL

education

  • Ph.D. in Learning-based Control, ongoing

    RWTH Aachen University

  • M.Sc. in Automation Engineering, 2021

    RWTH Aachen University

  • B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, 2019

    RWTH Aachen University

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[Oct 10, 2024] Our workshop paper on variational Bayesian last layers for Bayesian Optimization, developed in collaboration with James Harrison and Jasper Snoek from Google DeepMind, John Willes from the Vector Institute for AI, and Mikkel Jordahn from DTU, has been accepted to the NeurIPS Workshop on Bayesian Decision-making and Uncertainty.

[Oct 1, 2024] I am happy to share that my former master student, now collegue, Antonia Holzapfel will receive the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Award by RWTH Aachen University for her outstanding master thesis. If you are interested in hardware + BO + safe learning check out our paper on the results of her thesis.

[Apr 5, 2024] I participated in the AI for Robotics Workshop which included very interesting presentations from leading researchers at the intersection of robotics and AI. Furthermore, it gave me the opportunity to talk (among others) to Francesco Nori and Roberto Calandra.

[Mar 28, 2024] I am very happy to announce that two papers, both in coorperation with former Master students, were accepted to L4DC 2024.

[Oct 19, 2023] Today I gave my first invited talk at Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories on Bayesian Optimization for Learning Control: High-Dimensional and Time-Varying Approaches.

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