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Matthijs Spaan is a Professor of Reliable AI Algorithms at Delft University of Technology, where he co-directs the Sequential Decision Making group within the Department of Intelligent Systems. His research primarily focuses on developing reinforcement learning algorithms that ensure safe and robust decision-making, thereby contributing to the reliability of artificial intelligence systems. Before his appointment at TU Delft, Matthijs served as a Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for Systems and Robotics in Lisbon, Portugal. He earned his PhD degree in Computer Science in 2006 and his MSc degree in Artificial Intelligence in 2002, both from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Matthijs has actively contributed to the academic community through various professional roles, including program chair and area chair for major conferences such as AAAI and IJCAI, and has co-organized workshops and tutorials focused on automated planning and intelligent agents. He has published extensively in his field and serves as an editor for AI Magazine and an associate editor for the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research.
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