World Models (Seminar)

• Organized by:  Prof. Joschka Boedecker
  
• Course number on HISinOne:  11LE13S-7355-MB
• Language: English
• Introductory Lecture: April 22, 2025, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, Nexus-Lab (1st Floor) @ IMBIT, Georges-Köhler-Allee 201

Overview:

In recent years, world models have emerged as a powerful paradigm in machine learning, particularly in the realms of reinforcement learning, robotics, and generative modeling. Inspired by how humans learn internal representations of their environment, world models aim to build compact, predictive models of the world that agents can use to plan, simulate, and make decisions.

This seminar will explore the foundations, architectures, and applications of world models, focusing on how they enable agents to "dream" about future states, and ultimately facilitate the learning process.

Format: 

The course will be given in person, in the form of a block seminar, where papers are read and presented by students. 

Application process:

To be announced

Paper Selection:

To be announced