{"id":2,"date":"2023-05-12T02:35:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T02:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heikohoffmann.de\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-12-14T02:54:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T02:54:47","slug":"background","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/heikohoffmann.de\/index.php\/background\/","title":{"rendered":"Background"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Scientist, inventor, and leader of cutting edge research<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>2023 &#8211; Current<\/strong> Founder and Managing Member, <a href=\"https:\/\/magimine.com\">Magimine, LLC<\/a>, Simi Valley, CA, USA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2022 &#8211; 2023<\/strong>\u00a0Director of Machine Learning,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/numenta.com\/\">Numenta, Inc<\/a>, Redwood City, CA, USA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2020 &#8211; 2022<\/strong>\u00a0Research Department Manager, Autonomous Intelligence, Information and Systems Sciences Laboratory,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hrl.com\/\">HRL Laboratories, LLC<\/a>, Malibu, CA, USA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2016 &#8211; 2020<\/strong>\u00a0Autonomy Computing Center Lead, Information and Systems Sciences Laboratory,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hrl.com\/\">HRL Laboratories, LLC<\/a>, Malibu, CA, USA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2010 &#8211; 2015<\/strong>\u00a0Research staff and project manager, Information and Systems Sciences Laboratory,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hrl.com\/\">HRL Laboratories, LLC<\/a>, Malibu, CA, USA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2009 &#8211; 2009<\/strong>&nbsp;Post-doctoral research fellow, Brain-Body Dynamics Lab, Biomedical Engineering,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usc.edu\/\">University of Southern California<\/a>, USA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2008 &#8211; 2023<\/strong> Founder at Annie Wang Publications, Pasadena\/Simi Valley, CA, USA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2007 &#8211; 2008<\/strong>&nbsp;Post-doctoral research fellow, Computational Learning and Motor Control Lab, Computer Science,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/\">University of Southern California<\/a>, USA, supported by German Research Foundation (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dfg.de\/\">DFG<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2006 &#8211; 2006<\/strong>&nbsp;Post-doctoral research fellow,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.inf.ed.ac.uk\/ipab\">IPAB<\/a>, School of Informatics,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/\">University of Edinburgh<\/a>, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dec 2004<\/strong>&nbsp;PhD in machine learning and robotics (grade:&nbsp;<em>summa cum laude<\/em>), Faculty of Technology,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-bielefeld.de\/\">Bielefeld University<\/a>, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2001 &#8211; 2005<\/strong>&nbsp;Research fellow, Cognitive Robotics group,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs.mpg.de\/\">Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences<\/a>, Munich, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2001 &#8211; 2001<\/strong>&nbsp;Visiting scholar, Gravity Wave group, Dept. of Physics,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uwa.edu.au\/\">University of Western Australia<\/a>, Perth, Australia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nov 2000<\/strong>&nbsp;Diploma (MSc) in physics, Heidelberg University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1998 &#8211; 1999<\/strong>&nbsp;Exchange student (courses in physics, math, neuroscience, and acting),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.utah.edu\/\">University of Utah<\/a>, Salt Lake City, USA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1997 &#8211; 2000<\/strong>&nbsp;Student of physics,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-heidelberg.de\/\">Heidelberg University<\/a>, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1996 &#8211; 1997<\/strong>&nbsp;Student of physics,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tu-darmstadt.de\/\">Darmstadt University of Technology<\/a>, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1995 &#8211; 1996<\/strong>&nbsp;Reached final round in national (German) mathematics competition (Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientist, inventor, and leader of cutting edge research<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heikohoffmann.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heikohoffmann.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heikohoffmann.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heikohoffmann.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heikohoffmann.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/heikohoffmann.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":471,"href":"https:\/\/heikohoffmann.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heikohoffmann.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}