World Models (Seminar)
Course information
- Organized by: Prof. Joschka Boedecker
- Course number on HISinOne: 11LE13S-7355-MB
- Language: English
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 in the form of a scientific poster.
Application and Paper Voting Process
Application process
Due to the unexpectedly high number of applications, we kindly ask all students who are seriously interested in attending to register for the course as their first priority. Additionally, we ask you to submit a short motivation statement explaining why you would like to join the seminar and the necessity for the seminar credits.
Paper Voting Precedure
More details will follow
Timeline
| Date | Done | Comment | |
| Introductory Lecture | Tuesday, April 22nd | ✓ | This will take place at 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, Nexus-Lab (1st Floor) @ IMBIT, Georges-Köhler-Allee 201 |
| Motivation Mail | Monday, April 28th | ✓ |
Please send your motivation (a few sentences is sufficient) to rlexam@tf.uni-freiburg.de by 6:00 p.m. April 28th. |
| Announcement Paper List | TBD | Papers will be listed below. | |
| Paper Voting Deadline | TBD | Details on procedure will follow. | |
| One or two Meetings with Supervisor | Arrange with Supervisor | Your advisor will contact you after the papers are assigned to let you know which paper you will be working on and to schedule some meetings with you. These meetings are your opportunity to ask questions about your paper and get feedback on your poster draft. |
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| Final Poster Deadline | TBD | Please send a pdf of the poster via email until TBD. | |
| Block Seminar | TBD | During the final block seminar, you will present your poster to the supervisors and your fellow students attending the seminar. |
Paper List
To be announced
Resources
Poster guideline as pptx or pdf