Dr. Heiko Hoffmann

• 2022 - 2023 Director of Machine Learning, Numenta, Redwood City, CA, USA

• 2020 - 2022 Research Department Manager, Autonomous Intelligence, Information and Systems Sciences Laboratory, HRL Laboratories, Malibu, CA, USA

• 2016 - 2020 Autonomy Computing Center Lead, Information and Systems Sciences Laboratory, HRL Laboratories, Malibu, CA, USA

• 2010 - 2015 Research staff and project manager, Information and Systems Sciences Laboratory, HRL Laboratories, Malibu, CA, USA

• 2009 - 2009 Post-doctoral research fellow, Brain-Body Dynamics Lab, Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, USA

• 2007 - 2008 Post-doctoral research fellow, Computational Learning and Motor Control Lab, Computer Science, University of Southern California, USA, supported by German Research Foundation (DFG)

• 2006 - 2006 Post-doctoral research fellow, IPAB, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, UK

• Dec 2004 PhD in machine learning and robotics (grade: summa cum laude), Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University, Germany

• 2001 - 2005 Research fellow, Cognitive Robotics group, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Munich, Germany

• 2001 - 2001 Visiting scholar, Gravity Wave group, Dept. of Physics, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

• Nov 2000 Diploma (MSc) in physics, Heidelberg University

• 1998 - 1999 Exchange student (courses in physics, math, neuroscience, and acting), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

• 1997 - 2000 Student of physics, Heidelberg University, Germany

• 1996 - 1997 Student of physics, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany

• 1995 - 1996 Reached final round in national (German) mathematics competition (Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik)