Yann-Michaël De Hauwere

I am a Postdoc working at the COMO lab. I was previously sponsored by the IWT. Currently I am funded by the FWO.

• Declarative Programming

My research interests are located in the domain of Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning. Recently some techniques to solve the problem of large state spaces have been introduced for single agent environments. These techniques, however, have some drawbacks and do not exist yet for multi-agent environments. My research consists of solving these problems and propose an answer to the large state space problem in environments where multiple agents are present.

A more through overview of my work, together with the PDF's of my papers can be found * HERE *.

Book Chapters

[2011, inbook | bibTeX]

A. Nowé, P. Vrancx, and Y.-M. De Hauwere, "Reinforcement Learning: State-of-the-Art," , Wiering, M. and {van Otterlo}, M., Eds., Springer, 2011.

[2010, inbook | www | bibTeX]

Y.-M. De Hauwere, P. Vrancx, and A. Nowé, "Multi-agent systems and large state spaces," , Hakensson, A., Hartung, R., and Nguyen, N. T., Eds., Springer, 2010.

Journals and Lecture Notes

[2010, article | bibTeX]

Y.-M. De Hauwere, P. Vrancx, and A. Nowé, "Generalized learning automata for Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning," Journal of AI Communications: Special issue, 2010.

[2008, article | www | bibTeX]

Y.-M. De Hauwere, P. Vrancx, and A. Nowé, "Using Generalized Learning Automata for State Space Aggregation in MAS," , pp. 182-193, 2008.

Refereed Conference

[2011, conference | bibTeX]

Y.-M. De Hauwere, P. Vrancx, and A. Nowé, "Solving Delayed Coordination Problems in MAS (Extended Abstract)," in Proc. the 10th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, 2011.

[2011, conference | bibTeX]

P. Vrancx, Y.-M. {De Hauwere}, and A. Nowé, "Transfer learning for multi-agent coordination," in Proc. Proceedings of the 3th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, Rome, Italy, 2011, pp. 263-272.

[2011, conference | bibTeX]

Y.-M. {De Hauwere}, P. Vrancx, and A. Nowé, "Adaptive State Representations For Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning," in Proc. Proceedings of the 3th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, Rome, Italy, 2011, pp. 181-189.

[2010, conference | bibTeX]

Y.-M. De Hauwere, P. Vrancx, and A. Nowé, "Learning Multi-Agent State Space Representations," in Proc. the 9th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, Toronto, Canada, 2010, pp. 715-722.

[2009, conference | bibTeX]

Y.-M. De Hauwere, P. Vrancx, and A. Nowé, "Learning what to observe in multi-agent systems," in Proc. the 21st Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2009, pp. 83-90.

[2008, conference | bibTeX]

Y.-M. De Hauwere, P. Vrancx, and A. Nowé, "Multi-Agent state space aggregation using Generalized Learning Automata," in Proc. Benelearn, The Annual Belgian-Dutch Machine Learning Conference, Spa, Belgium, 2008.

Refereed Workshop

[2011, inproceedings | bibTeX]

Y.-M. De Hauwere, P. Vrancx, and A. Nowé, "Detecting and Solving Future Multi-Agent Interactions," in Proc. the AAMAS Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Agents, Taipei, Taiwan, 2011, pp. 45-52.

[2011, inproceedings | bibTeX]

Y.-M. De Hauwere, P. Vrancx, and A. Nowé, "Future Sparse Interactions: A MARL Approach," in Proc. the European Workshop on Reinforcement Learning, Athens, Greece, 2011.

[2010, inproceedings | bibTeX]

Y.-M. De Hauwere and A. Nowé, "Local interactions in Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning," in Proc. the Cuba-Flanders Workshop on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery, Santa Clara, Cuba, 2010.

[2010, inproceedings | bibTeX]

Y.-M. De Hauwere, P. Vrancx, and A. Nowé, "Learning multi-agent state space representations," in Proc. the 8th European Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems, Paris, France, 2010.

[2009, inproceedings | bibTeX]

Y.-M. De Hauwere, P. Vrancx, and A. Nowé, "Multi-layer learning and knowledge transfer in MAS," in Proc. the 7th European Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems, Ayia Napa, Cyprus, 2009.

[2007, inproceedings | bibTeX]

Y.-M. De Hauwere, K. Verbeeck, M. Peeters, and A. Nowé, "The Practical use of ESRL for Conflicting Interest Games," in Proc. the Adaptive Learning Agents and Multi-Agent Systems Workshop 2007, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2007, pp. 66-73.

Technical reports

[2006, mastersthesis | bibTeX]

Y.-M. De Hauwere, "Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning in Conflicting Interest Games: A Learning Automata Approach," Master's Dissertation , Belgium, 2006.

• [2011] 9th European Workshop on Reinforcement Learning, Athens, Greece, 9/09/2011 - 11/09/2011

• [2011] 3th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, Rome, Italy, 28/01/2011 - 30/01/2011
• [2010] 9th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, Toronto, Canada, 10/05/2010 - 14/05/2010
• [2010] Cuba-Flanders Workshop on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery (CFWMLKD), Santa Clara, Cuba, 02/02/2010-05/02/2010
• [2009] 7th European Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems (EUMAS), Ayia Napa, Cyprus, 17/12/2009 - 18/12/2009
• [2009] BeNeLux conference on Artificial Intelligence 2009 (BNAIC), Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 29/10/2009 - 30/10/2009
• [2009] Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, Budapest, Hungary, 10/05/2009 - 15/09/2009
• [2008] Doctor Honoris Causa, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, 08/10/2008
• [2008] 12th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems, Zagreb, Croatia, 03/09/2008 - 05/09/2008
• [2008] European Workshop on Reinforcement Learning 2008 (EWRL), Lille, France, 30/06/2008 - 04/07/2008
• [2008] Annual Machine Learning Conference of Belgium and The Netherlands 2008 (BENELEARN), Spa, Belgium, 19/08/2008 - 20/05/2008
• [2008] Dag van de Computerwetenschappen, Brussel, Belgium, 11/04/2008
• [2007] SYMPOSIUM “Engineering Decentralized Multiagent Systems”, Leuven, Belgium, 11/10/2007
• [2007] The John Nash Symposium, Antwerpen, Belgium, 27/04/2007
• [2007] IEEE International Symposium on Approximate Dynamic Programming and Reinforcement Learning, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 01/04/2007 - 05/04/2007
• [2006] BeNeLux conference on Artificial Intelligence 2006 (BNAIC), Namur, Belgium, 05/10/2006 - 06/10/2006
• [2006] Research Contact Day of the Computational Intelligence & Learning Doctoral School, Brussel, Belgium, 25/09/2006