Ammodo Science Award for fundamental researchprovides excellent mid-career scientists (5-15 years after PhD) with the opportunity to conduct pioneering fundamental scientific research. Yoeri was awarded this award, that includes 350.00 euros for fundamental research, at the award ceremony at the Rijksmuseum. More information can be found here
The EASI Exploratory Multisciplinary A.I. Research (EMDAIR) proposal EMBODEAI: Towards Embodied AI for Continuous Humin-Like Learning proposal was granted. Project Description: State-of-the-art (deep) reinforcement learning systems, for all their fantastic achievements, struggle in real-world tasks that are trivial for humans, especially those involving physical interactions. At the same time these Read more
Yoeri was awarded the ERC Consolidator Grant for the project NEURO-LABS.
The Dutch Science Foundation (NWO) has funded the Gravitation Program Interactive Polymer Materials (IPM) headed by Jan van Hest and Patricia Dankers. Our group will work together with Bas Overvelde (AMOLF / TU/e) on a project to develop smart and autonomous robotic systems, that can be optimized for various specific tasks Read more