I am serious. Humorous, (German-style) funny, precise, friendly, benevolent, forgiving, sharp, focused, efficient, optimized, interested, creative, smart and independent.
artificial general intelligence | reinforcement learning | deep learning | symmetries and invariance | multi-agent systems | adversarial learning | mathematical foundations
computational genomics | positive selection
higher spin theories | gauge/gravity duality and holography | quantum gravity | twistor theory | gauge field theory
dancing | story writing | world building | role playing | hiking | piano
Since long ago mankind has searched and found inspiration in the new and
unexplainable. This instinct has led us to develop many a model, describing
experimental data and foremost predicting the outcome of new measurements, thus
increasing our understanding of the numerous mysteries of nature. Layer by layer,
each mathematical abstraction in our models endowed a simplification in its
description which yet became harder and harder to grasp. Today, the search for a
model of everything leads us scientists only deeper into the maze of complex
theories, in which we are still zealously fighting the minotaur who is guarding its
secret. For we all have the hope that one day, after the smoke of uncountably many
notational conventions has cleared and the dust of (un)pleasingly bloody
calculations has settled, the vision becomes clear, revealing the very relations
that we were looking for so long.
Higher Spin Theories in Twistor Space
Using the twistor formalism, I was able to formulate an action principle for conformal higher spin theory. The action poses as generating functional to compute scattering amplitudes for this theory, which had been and still is a difficult problem since its conception.
The One-Loop Effective Action of N=4 SYM-Type Theories
I developed a Mathematica program to automate the computation of the first-order renormalization constants of many Lagrangian theories. The program computes the divergent part of the first-order quantum corrections to the effective action using the background field method and dimensional regularization.
Minimal Surfaces in Anti-de Sitter Spaces
I studied conformal transformations of minimal surfaces in AdS space that correspond to gluon scattering amplitudes via the AdS/CFT correspondence.
Developing tools for studying differential positive selection in cancer, using Bayesian inference and generative modeling
Science at Extreme Scales: Where Big Data Meets Large-Scale Computing
Leading a study group focusing on exploring and exploiting symmetries and invariants in algorithm design and data analysis; partaking in study groups on scalability, model development, and reinforcement learning
Deep learning for pollution modelling and forecasting: using traffic and weather data, to replace an expensive PDE-based model with a scalable ML model by imposing consistency constraints across the boundaries of a mesh that decomposes a large domain
Differential Geometry, General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Advanced Calculus, Classical Field Theory, Classical Electrodynamics
Quantum Field Theory I & II, Linear Algebra and Analytical Geometry I & II
Introduction to General Relativity, Physics of the Sun, The EPR-Paradox, Anomalies in the Solar System, Gravitational Lenses, Physics of Stars, Recent Cosmology, Introduction to Quantum Physics, Black Holes
Software engineering: 2D physics simulator for exploration of autonomous robot designs
Data analysis: classifying neural signal data using k-fold cross-validation
Image analysis: calculating atmospheric height of dust clouds on Mars
A platform for light-weight multi-player online games. Easy creation of games, user-interfaces, and automated NPCs.
An extension of the old classic boardgame Hero Quest with revised rules, new campaigns, and more cards.