Publications: 'Embedding Safety into RL: A New Take on Trust Region Methods', International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2025; Awards: Master's Thesis Award, University of Applied Sciences Leipzig, 2021.
Research Experience
Currently conducting doctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, focusing on the safety and reliability of reinforcement learning.
Education
Ph.D. Candidate, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Neural Data Science Lab, Sep. 2022 - present; M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Leipzig, Sep. 2019 - Jul. 2021.
Background
Research Interests: Reliability and real-world application of Reinforcement Learning (RL). Specialization: Safety-critical decision-making, learning from imperfect or limited data (offline RL), and developing new methods for exploration and generalization. Overview: Focused on making reinforcement learning systems more safe, stable, and aligned with real-world goals.
Miscellany
Contact: milose.nik(at)gmail.com; Personal Website: https://skylerhallinan.com/; Google Scholar and GitHub profiles available.