Sapere Aude: DFF Starting Grant, 2019; Amazon and Google Faculty Research Awards, 2019; Distinguished Young Investigator award 2018, International Society for Artificial Life; Over ten best paper awards; PI for ITU, DARPA project: Super Turing Evolving Lifelong Learning ARchitecture (STELLAR), 2018 – 2021; Co-PI, Horizon 2020 – Future & Emerging Technologies (FET) Proactive Flora-Robotica, 2015 – 2019.
Research Experience
Director of the Creative AI Lab, co-director of the Robotics, Evolution and Art Lab (REAL) at IT University of Copenhagen. Co-founder of modl.ai, a company that develops AI techniques for game development.
Background
An Artificial Intelligence researcher aiming to make machines more adaptive and creative. His research focuses on computational evolution, deep learning, and crowdsourcing, with applications in robotics, video games, design, and art. Recently awarded an ERC Consolidator grant for his project GROW-AI: Growing Machines Capable of Rapid Learning in Unknown Environments.