Florian Walter

Florian Walter is a researcher at the Technische Universität München under the Department of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Real-Time Systems. He holds a Master’s degree in informatics and has been involved in the Human Brain Project (HBP) SP10 Neurorobotics research group since 2014, focusing on neurobiological learning methods for robotics. His work bridges neuroscience and robotics through spiking neural networks, neuromorphic systems, and cognitive navigation frameworks.

• Education: Master’s in Informatics (TUM, high distinction), internship in automotive industry, visiting researcher at Stanford University’s AI Lab.
• Research Interests: Neurobiological learning methods, spiking neural networks, neuromorphic computing, cognitive navigation, multisensory integration, and soft robotics.
• Publications: Recent work spans deep spiking reinforcement learning, domain adaptation, object detection with event-based cameras, and neuromorphic implementations on Loihi chips.
• Teaching: Courses on Cognitive Systems, Real-Time Systems, and Advanced Machine Learning in Neurorobotics.
• Leadership: Coorganized workshops at IROS 2015 and EuroAsianPacific Joint Conference 2015, and organized HBP workshops.
• Email: florian.walter@tum.de