Teaching

Current Courses:

• Intelligent Search and Games 

Former Courses:

• Data Structures and Algorithms

• Introduction to Data Science & Knowledge Engineering

• Software Engineering

• Graph Theory

• Computer Science II

• Intelligent Search techniques

• Games and AI

M.Sc. Students Supervised:

• Markus Dienstknecht
  Graduated August 31, 2018
  Enhancing Monte Carlo Tree Search by Using Deep Learning Techniques in Video Games

• Christoph Emunds
  Graduated July 3, 2018
  Applying Deep Reinforcement Learning to a Real-Time Strategy Game in Unity3D

• Carsten Orth
  Graduated August 31, 2017
  Hierarchical Path-finding in a Real-time Flight Simulation System

• Roberto Noorduijn Londoño
  Graduated: September 30, 2016
  M.Sc. thesis: Nested Monte Carlo Approach for Species Counterpoint Generation

• Gerrit Kieffer
  Graduated: July 4, 2016
  M.Sc. thesis: Enhancements for Monte-Carlo Tree Search in Platform Games

• Dennis Soemers
  Graduated July 1, 2016
  M.Sc. thesis: Enhancements for Real-Time Monte-Carlo Tree Search in General Video Game Playing

• Gijs-Jan Roelofs
  Graduated: July 8, 2015
  M.Sc. thesis: Action Space Representation in Combinatorial Multi-Armed Bandits

• Emanuel Oster
  Graduated: July 8, 2015
  M.Sc. thesis: An MCTS Agent for EinStein Würfelt Nicht!

• Carina Huchler
  Graduated: July 8, 2015
  M.Sc. thesis: An MCTS Agent for Ticket to Ride

• Torsten Schuster
  Graduated: July 8, 2015
  M.Sc. thesis: MCTS based Agent for General Video Games

• Daniel Fischer
  Graduated: March 30th, 2015
  M.Sc. thesis: Development of Search-based Agents for the Physics-based Simulation Game Geometry Friends

• Andreas Hamacher
  Graduated: July 3, 2014
  M.Sc. thesis: Improvements on Motion Capturing Data for Intelligent Virtual Humans as Storytellers

• Tom Pepels
  Graduated: July 2, 2014
  M.Sc. thesis: Novel Selection Methods for Monte-Carlo Tree Search

• Cliff Laschet
  Graduated: July 1, 2014
  M.Sc. thesis: Home Care Service Selection using Predictive Models and Monte-Carlo Tree Search

• Benjamin Schnieders
  Graduated: July 1, 2014
  M.Sc. thesis: Movement Planning in Physically Constrained Domains

• Pia Heilmann
  Graduated: August 23, 2012
  M.Sc. thesis: Extending a Constructive Simulation System towards AI Technology

• Markus Esser
  Graduated: July 3, 2012
  M.Sc. thesis: Best-Reply Search in Multi-Player Chess

• Michael Gras
  Graduated: July 3, 2012
  M.Sc. thesis: Multi-Player Search in the Game of Billabong

• Jeroen Claessen
  Graduated: July 5, 2011
  M.Sc. thesis: Combinatorial Game Theory in Clobber

• Jan Stankiewicz
  Graduated: July 4, 2011
  M.Sc. thesis: Knowledge-Based Monte-Carlo Tree Search in Havannah

• Janik Steinhauer
  Graduated: June 17, 2010
  M.Sc. thesis: Monte-Carlo TwixT

• Sander Arts
  Graduated: March 18, 2010
  M.Sc. thesis: Competitive Play in Stratego

B.Sc. Students Supervised:

 

• Eric Dallmeier
  Graduated: August 30, 2018
  B.Sc. thesis: Automated Level Generation for General Video Games

• Carla Wrede
  Graduated: June 27, 2018
  B.Sc. thesis: Effectively Integrating Deep Learning with Monte-Carlo Tree Search

• Lucas Vanparijs
  Graduated: January 24, 2018
  B.Sc. thesis: Selection Strategies & Opponent Models in Monte-Carlo Tree Search for the GVG-AI 2-Player Track

• Max Meijers
  Graduated: August 30, 2017
  B.Sc. thesis: Digging Deeper into Planning for Atari Games

• Rob Bogie
  June 26, 2017
  B.Sc. thesis: An Adversarial Hierarchical Task Network Planner in StarCraft

• Flo Fuss
  Graduated: August 31, 2016
  B.Sc. thesis: Influence Map Guided Artificial Neural Network based AI in Discrete & Deterministic Game Environment

• Job Hartjes
  Graduated: June 22, 2016
  B.Sc. thesis: Monte-Carlo Tree Search in a Two-Player Variant of the Board Game Risk

• Bas Willemse
  Graduated: August 31, 2015
  B.Sc. thesis: Monte-Carlo Tree Search on the Two-Player Card Game Magic: The Gathering

• Geert Konijnendijk
  Graduated: June 24, 2015
  B.Sc. thesis: MCTS in OpenTTD

• Mara Houbraken (Maastricht Science Programme)
  Graduated: June 18, 2015
  Modelling Organic Synthetic Pathways Using Proof-Number Search

• Dennis Soemers
  Graduated: June 18, 2014
  B.Sc. thesis: Tactical Planning Using MCTS in the Game of StarCraft

• Dina Zverinsky
  Graduated: June 18, 2014
  B.Sc. thesis: Automatic Retrieval of News Titles

• Bentor Bautista Piris
  Graduated: June 18, 2014
  B.Sc. thesis: Automatic Retrieval of Job Offers

• Christopher Wittlinger
  Graduated: June 21, 2013
  B.Sc. thesis: Monte Carlo Tree Search for Simultaneous Move Games: A Case Study in the Game of Tron

• Tom Pepels
  Graduated: June 22, 2012
  B.Sc. thesis: Enhancements for Monte-Carlo Tree Search in Ms Pac-Man

• Rik Claessens
  Graduated: June 22, 2012
  B.Sc. thesis: Mario AI - Gameplay Track Developing a Mario Agent

• Cliff Laschet
  Graduated: June 22, 2012
  B.Sc. thesis: Selection and Play-out Enhancements in MCTS for Tron

• Lukas Kang
  Graduated: June 22, 2012
  B.Sc. thesis: Endgame Detection in Tron

• Niek Den Teuling
  Graduated: June 29, 2011
  B.Sc. thesis: Monte-Carlo Tree Search for the Simultaneous Move Game Tron

• Ivo Brauers
  Graduated: April 29, 2011
  B.Sc. thesis: Monte-Carlo Evaluations in Ms. Pac-Man

• Joscha-David Fossel
  Graduated: August 27, 2010
  B.Sc. thesis: Monte-Carlo Tree Search Applied to the Game of Havannah

• Franz Hahn
  Graduated: August 27, 2010
  B.Sc. thesis: Evaluating Heuristics in the Game Risk: An Artificial Intelligence Perspective

• Mandy Tak
  Graduated: June 24, 2010
  B.Sc. thesis: The Cross-Entropy Method Applied to SameGame

• Bart Joosten
  Graduated: August 28, 2009
  B.Sc. thesis: Creating a Havannah Playing Agent