Claas Voelcker
Postdoctoral Researcher at The University of Texas at Austin
Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area Germany
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Top SchoolClaas Voelcker is a postdoctoral researcher and machine learning specialist with nine years of experience focused on reinforcement learning and its theoretical guarantees. He holds a PhD from the University of Toronto and a strong academic foundation from Technische Universität Darmstadt, where he graduated with honors. Claas has blended academic rigor with industry exposure through research roles at Vector Institute and a student researcher placement at DeepMind Robotics, applying theory to real-world robotic problems. Based in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main area, he tinkers across Python and Django stacks while contributing to research labs, signaling a knack for turning theoretical insights into practical prototypes. His profile reflects a rare combination of deep theoretical expertise, hands-on experimentation, and teaching experience across logic, programming, and statistical ML.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Technischen Universität DarmstadtDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Toronto
Github Skills (71)
python10
deep-learning10
gpu10
mixture-model10
graphical-models10
sum10
spn10
machine-learning10
numpy9
neural-network9
stochastic-processes9
extensible9
sum-product9
statistical-inference9
tensorflow9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
cvoelcker/dmc2gym
Jul 2021 - Feb 2024
OpenAI Gym wrapper for the DeepMind Control Suite
Contributions:2 PRs, 15 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 7 months
reinforcement-learningopenaideepminddeepmind-control-suitegym
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