Stefan Heinrich
Associate Professor
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
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Top SchoolStefan Heinrich is an Associate Professor and computational neuroscientist with nine years of research-focused experience bridging AI, cognitive psychology, and developmental robotics. He develops and analyzes continuous-time recurrent and convolutional neural networks to study multi-modal representation learning, with a recent project on embodied vision-and-action language acquisition under the DFG-funded TRR 169. Based in Copenhagen, he co-heads the ITU brAIn lab and holds affiliations with the Pioneer Centre for AI, bringing hands-on experience in robotics, software development, and higher-education teaching. Stefan’s work emphasizes dynamic timescale mechanisms and variational/approximate Bayesian training schemes, aiming to translate brain-inspired principles into practical ML solutions for energy, biotech, and gaming. An avid scholar-and-tinkerer, he combines rigorous computational modelling with grant writing and PhD supervision, reflecting a rare blend of theoretical depth and applied engineering.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Mathematics and Computer Science, Diplom-Informatiker (comparable to MSc), Mathematics and Computer Science, Diplom-Informatiker (comparable to MSc) at Paderborn UniversityComputer Science, Doktor der Naturwissenschaften (comparable to PhD), Computer Science, Doktor der Naturwissenschaften (comparable to PhD) at University of Hamburg
German, English, Spanish, Japanese, Danish
Github Skills (37)
robot9
stem8
robotics8
ros6
chat6
image-synthesis6
generative5
signal5
linux5
windows5
pytorch4
messenger4
electron4
image-generation4
macos4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
heinrichst/gated-adaptive-CTRNN
May 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:1 PR, 92 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
heinrichst/ACTRNN
Aug 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:2 releases, 3 commits, 2 pushes in 4 months
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