ABOUT

I am an Assistant Professor in the Computational Intelligence Group at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. I received my Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the Eindhoven University of Technology. I was a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Neuroscience-inspired AI at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Previously, I worked in the Department of Biomedical Informatics in Columbia University as a researcher.

My main areas of research interests are evolutionary computation, artificial neural networks, and swarm intelligence. I am particularly interested in biologically inspired computing models and approaches to learning.

Vacancies:

A fully funded PhD position available in complex systems. Please contact for inquiries/applications. You may find more information: here.
Master and bachelor projects available here. Feel free contact if you have any questions.

NEWS

Aug 2022: new preprint out! The emergence of division of labor through decentralized social sanctioning
Apr 2022: Seminar talk on meta-control of social learning strategies, available online at: https://youtu.be/x8Ezsy3_NVg

March 2022: New article published: Meta-control of social learning strategies.
PLoS Comput Biol 18(2): e1009882 (see the blog post).
September 13th, 2019: We organized a Phoenix Workshop at TU Eindhoven (more about Phoenix Project).
June 15th, 2019: Invited talk on "Nature-inspired Artificial Intelligence" organized by FruitPunch AI, Eindhoven.
May 4th, 2019: Invited talk on "An introduction to Artificial Intelligence and its societal implications" organized by Art + Technology Society, Eindhoven.
Apr 4th, 2019: Interview with Ingrid Fadelli regarding our GECCO'19 paper "Learning with delayed synaptic plasticity" published on TechXplore!