contact information
Dr. Robby GoetschalckxUniversity of Waterloo
D. Cheriton School of Computer Science
robby.goetschalckx at gmail.com
CV
My CV can be found here.current position
Currently I am employed as a post-doctoral research assistant working with dr. Jesse Hoey (University of Waterloo) on an automated robotic stroke rehabilitation system. Our research involves planning in partially observable environments and modelling using Machine Learning techniques. This work is funded by FONCICYT contract number 000000000095185.publications
A list of my publications can be found at this pageinterests
- reinforcement learning, more specifically theoretical results and relational reinforcement learning
- fundamental artificial intelligence
- philosophy of mind / cognitive science
- logic, discrete mathematics and fundamentals of computer science and informatics
- game theory
- science in general (not restricted to exact sciences)
hobbies
- the ancient oriental game of Go
- abstract board games
- riddles and logic puzzles
- reading, especially the classic literature. Some of my favourite writers include Fjodor Dostojewski, Edgar Allan Poe, H.G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Dickens, Leo Tolstoy, Umberto Eco, Philip K. Dick, Arthur C. Clarke, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Douglas Adams, George MacDonald Fraser…
- music, playing the tin whistle