Mingfei Sun

Mingfei Sun is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Manchester, UK. His research focuses on artificial intelligence, particularly machine learning techniques including deep reinforcement learning and generative models, with applications in robotics, multi-agent systems, and video games. He holds a PhD in Computer Science & Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), where he received the Top Research Postgraduate Award, and a B.S. in Electronic Engineering & Information Science from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).

Dr. Sun's work spans theoretical advancements and practical applications, including contributions to the SMACV2 benchmark for multi-agent reinforcement learning and the development of the LoKO optimizer for large models. He has secured significant funding, such as the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award and the TICM Collaborative R&D program on reinforcement learning for automated system calibration. His research has been recognized through awards like the AAMAS Best Paper Award (2023) and the AAAI-20 Studentship (2020).

He has held research positions at Microsoft Research Cambridge, the University of Oxford, and Tencent AI Lab. His academic service includes roles as a Senior Program Committee member for AAMAS 2024 and a reviewer for top conferences like ICML, NeurIPS, and AAAI. His GitHub repository demonstrates contributions to projects like DeepMimic_mujoco, focusing on reinforcement learning for humanoid control using Mujoco simulations.