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Basics
| Name | Rafael Fernandes Cunha |
| Label | Lecturer at LIACS, Leiden University; PhD Candidate |
| r.f.cunha@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | |
| Url | https://rafaelcunha2013.github.io |
| Summary | Research in Reinforcement Learning |
Work
- 2026.06 - Present
Lecturer
Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), Leiden University
Coordinator and lecturer of Basic Programming in Python and Basics of Computer Systems in the minor in Cyber Security.
- Programming; Computer Systems; Cyber Security
- 2023.04 - 2026.03
Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence
Bernoulli Institute, Artificial Intelligence Group, University of Groningen
Development and Teaching courses for the AI curriculum, along with supervision of master's and bachelor's students enrolled in thesis projects within the AI department.
- Reinforcement Learning; Machine Learning; Artificial Intelligence
- 2018.09 - Present
PhD Candidate
Faculty of Science and Engineering, Discrete Technology and Production Automation, University of Groningen
Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning: Development and convergence analysis of multi-agent machine learning algorithms that are able to transfer knowledge between different tasks.
- Reinforcement Learning
- 2009.08 - 2017.02
Petroleum Engineer
Petrobras
Multidisciplinary projects related to on-shore oil field management and reservoir simulations.
- On-shore oil reservoir management
Education
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2017.03 - 2018.09 MSc
University of Campinas - UNICAMP
Electric Engineering, Systems and Control
- Thesis: Robust partial sampled-data state feedback control of Markov jump linear systems
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2003.03 - 2008.12 BSc
Technological Institute of Aeronautics - ITA
Electronic Engineering
- Thesis: Development of a two-axis controller for radars
Languages
| Portuguese | |
| Native speaker |
| English | |
| Fluent |
| Dutch | |
| B1 |