Andrea Baisero
Postdoctoral Researcher at UC Irvine
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrea Baisero is a postdoctoral researcher and reinforcement learning specialist with 13 years of experience bridging theoretical advances and practical algorithms for partially observable and multi-agent systems. During a PhD at Northeastern and research roles in Europe, Andrea developed asymmetric/privileged-information methods and CTDE solutions that improve performance in training-vs-deployment constrained settings, while uncovering limitations of prior approaches. Their work spans model-free and model-based RL, offline policy transfer, and value decomposition, and combines rigorous analysis with empirical validation in challenging sim-to-real and decentralized scenarios. Andrea also contributes to open-source tooling—having improved and tested core functionality in the widely used Python Reddit API Wrapper—highlighting a pragmatic focus on reliable software and reproducible research. Based in the United States, they are now seeking RL research positions that push the frontier of learning under uncertainty, particularly where selective memory and information-gathering strategies matter.
13 years of coding experience
Master of Science (MSc) Civilingenjör Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc) Civilingenjör Computer Science at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Northeastern UniversityMaster of Science (MSc) Computer Engineering, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Engineering at Politecnico di Torino
Italian, English, French, German
Github Skills (9)
prawn10
r-api10
praw10
pytest10
python10
oauth9
reddit9
stackexchange-api9
api9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
praw-dev/praw
Feb 2016 - Apr 2016
PRAW, an acronym for "Python Reddit API Wrapper", is a python package that allows for simple access to Reddit's API.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 6 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Andrea's primary contribution involves modifying and testing the `praw` library, specifically concerning the `Comment` object. They implemented, then re-removed, a `sticky` method, demonstrating interaction with Reddit's API for moderation. Moreover, the user authored and updated test cases for comment functionality using a testing framework, suggesting a focus on ensuring the library's reliability through automated tests. Their work primarily targets the core functionality of interacting with Reddit's API through the Python wrapper.
prawpythonredditapioauth
abaisero/gym-gridverse
Jul 2020 - Aug 2022
Gridworld domains in the gym interface
Contributions:7 reviews, 437 commits, 2 PRs in 2 years 1 month
grid-world
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