Wendelin Böhmer

Wendelin Böhmer serves as an Assistant Professor in the Algorithmics group within the Department of Software Technology at Delft University of Technology's Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science. He joined the institution in September following extensive academic experience.

His educational background includes:

• PhD in Computer Science from Technical University of Berlin
• Postdoctoral research at University of Oxford

Dr. Böhmer's research centers on the critical intersection of inductive and deductive reasoning in AI, challenging the dominance of pure inductive approaches like Machine Learning. He pioneers "imaginative agents" that integrate inner abstractions and models with environmental testing, focusing on Deep Reinforcement Learning through:

• Structural constraints (Graph Neural Networks)
• Adaptive architectures (Attention Mechanisms)
• Uncertainty quantification (Ensemble Estimates)
• Distributed reasoning (Multi-agent RL)

His work targets real-world applications in robotics and Operations Research where traditional ML fails.

With over 10 years of specialized experience, he actively seeks collaborations across adjacent fields while mentoring within TU Delft's Algorithmics research ecosystem.