Jan Peters
Head Of Department at Technische Universität Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Top SchoolJan Peters is a robotics and machine learning leader with over 20 years of research and academic experience and eight years in senior roles, currently heading a department at DFKI and holding a W3 professorship at Technische Universität Darmstadt. He blends deep technical expertise in control, reinforcement learning and biomimetic robotics with a strong track record in grant writing, teaching and institutional leadership. His career spans top research centers including Max Planck Institutes and USC, where he moved ideas from lab prototypes to sustained research programs. Known for making “robots learn,” he pairs multidisciplinary training in computer science, mechanical and electrical engineering with practical experience in international research environments. Less obvious: he maintains a long-term pattern of dual academic and institute appointments, reflecting a talent for bridging fundamental research and applied development.
8 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. 2 x M.Sc. Computer Science (M.Sc. Ph.D.) Mechanical Engineering (M.Sc.), Ph.D. 2 x M.Sc. Computer Science (M.Sc. Ph.D.) Mechanical Engineering (M.Sc.) at University of Southern CaliforniaDipl.Ing. (German integrated B.Eng.+M.Eng.) Electrical Engineering, Dipl.Ing. (German integrated B.Eng.+M.Eng.) Electrical Engineering at Technical University of MunichNonDegree Mechatronics, NonDegree Mechatronics at National University of SingaporeAbitur Math Physics, Abitur Math Physics at Albert Schweitzer GymnasiumDiplom-Informatiker (German integrated B.Sc.+M.Sc.) Computer Science, Diplom-Informatiker (German integrated B.Sc.+M.Sc.) Computer Science at FernUniversität in Hagen
German
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Github Skills (44)
probability10
statistics10
distributions10
ranking10
science10
computer-science10
react10
julia10
data-science9
equation8
visualization7
pyplot7
latex6
jupyterlab-extension6
gpu6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
janrpeters/CSrankings
Mar 2023 - Nov 2024
A web app for ranking computer science departments according to their research output in selective venues, and for finding active faculty across a wide range of areas.
Contributions:34 pushes in 1 year 8 months
janrpeters/Distributions.jl
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
A Julia package for probability distributions and associated functions.
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 day
julia-packagedistributionsprobability-distributionsprobabilityjulia
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