Professor Dr. Petar Kormushev

Biography

Petar Kormushev is an Associate Professor at the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London and the founder director of the Robot Intelligence Lab. He holds a PhD in Computational Intelligence from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, an MSc in Artificial Intelligence, an MSc in Biomedical Informatics, and a BSc in Computer Science. Dr. Kormushev's research focuses on machine learning and robot learning algorithms, particularly reinforcement learning and intelligent robot behavior. His long-term goal is to create autonomous robots capable of learning and adapting in dynamic environments. He participated in the DARPA Robotics Challenge finals in 2015 with the WALK-MAN robot and has worked on several notable European projects related to robotics and machine learning. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he has also served as a technical coordinator for FP7 projects and co-chaired the IEEE RAS Technical Committee on Robot Learning. He has received several prestigious awards, including the John Atanasoff Award in 2013 from the President of Bulgaria.

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