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| Siebel, N.; Sommer, G.; Kassahun, Y.: Computational Intelligence in Medical Informatics. Editors Klemen, A.; Abraham, A.; Chen, Y.; Liang, Y.. Springer Verlag. pages 0, chapter Evolutionary Learning of Neural Structures for Visio-Motor Control, 2007. |
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2006 |
| Kassahun, Y.: Towards a Unified Approach to Learning and Adaptation. Institut für Informatik und Praktische Mathematik der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 2006. |
| Kassahun, Y.; Sommer, G.: Evolutionary reinforcement learning for simulated locomotion of a robot with a two-link arm. In Proceedings of the 9th Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-9), Editors Arai, T.; Pfeifer, R.; Balch, T.; Yokoi, H.: IOS Press, pages 263-271, March 7 - 9/2006. |
| Siebel, N. T.; Kassahun, Y.: Learning neural networks for visual servoing using evolutionary methods. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS'06), pages 6, Auckland, New Zealand, December/2006. CD-ROM proceedings (virtual page number), ISBN 0-7695-2662-4, DOI http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/HIS.2006.41. |
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2005 |
| Kassahun, Y.; Sommer, G.: Automatic neural robot controller design using evolutionary acquisition of neural topologies. In 19. Fachgespräch Autonome Mobile Systeme (AMS 2005), Springer-Verlag, series Informatik aktuell, pages 315-321, Stuttgart, Germany, Dezember 8.-9/2005. |
| Kassahun, Y.; Sommer, G.: Evolution of Neural Networks Through Incremental Acquisition of Neural Structures. Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Institut für Informatik und Praktische Mathematik. Kiel, Germany, 0508, Technical Report, June/2005. |
| Kassahun, Y.; Sommer, G.: Efficient reinforcement learning through evolutionary acquisition of neural topologies. In 13th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks (ESANN), Editors M. Verleysen: d-side, pages 259-266, Bruges, Belgium, 2005. |
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2004 |
| Kassahun, Y.; Sommer, G.: Improving learning and adaptation capability of agents. In 8th Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-8), Editors Groen, F.; Amato, N.; Bonarini, A.; Yoshida, E.; Kröse, B.: IOS Press, pages 472-481, Amsterdam, March/2004. |
| Kassahun, Y.; Sommer, G.: Model Based Evolutionary Object Recognition System. In 8th Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-8), Editors Groen, F.; Amato, N.; Bonarini, A.; Yoshida, E.; Kröse, B.: IOS Press, pages 925-934, Amsterdam, March/2004. |
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2003 |
| Kassahun, Y.; Sommer, G.: Learning and Adaptation: A Comparison of Methods in Case of Navigation in an Artificial Robot World. Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Institut für Informatik und Praktische Mathematik. Kiel, Germany, 0309, Technical Report, 2003. |
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Yohannes Kassahun
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Persönliche Daten
Job Experience
- 10/1999 - 09/2002
Lecturer at Addis Ababa University, Electrical Engineering Department, Ethiopia
- 11/1997- 09/1999
Assistant lecturer at Addis Ababa University, Electrical Engineering Department, Ethiopia
- 11/1996- 09/1997
Graduate assistant at Addis Ababa University, Electrical Engineering Department, Ethiopia
Educational Background
- 04/2002- 01/2005
PhD in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Cognitive Systems Group, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany Titel: Towards a Unified Approach to Learning and Adaptation.
- 09/1997- 02/1999
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Communication) ElectricalEngineering Department , Addis Ababa University Titel of Master's Thesis: Coding and Transmission of non Uniform Alphabets.
- 09/1991- 07/1996
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering Department, Addis Ababa University Titel of Bachelor's Project: PC based Telephone Answering Machine.
- 09/1987- 07/1991
Ethiopian School Leaving Certificate Examination (ESLCE) Seconday School in Shambu, Ethiopia
Publikationen
DFKI:
2009
On Applying Neuroevolutionary Methods to Complex Robotic Tasks
In IEEE IROS Workshops on Exploring new horizons in Evolutionary Design of robots, (IROS-09), 11.10.-15.10.2009, St. Louis, Missouri, Nikos Papanikolopoulo , Shigeki Sugano , Stefano Chiaverini , Max Meng (eds.), o.A., pages 26-30, Oct/2009.
Dynamic Motion Modelling for Legged Robots
In In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, (IROS-09), 11.10.-15.10.2009, St. Louis, Missouri, Nikos Papanikolopoulo , Shigeki Sugano , Stefano Chiaverini , Max Meng (eds.), o.A., pages 4688-4694, Oct/2009.
Using Joint Probability Densities for Simultaneous Learning of Forward and Inverse Models
In IEEE IROS International Workshop on Evolutionary and Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Robot Systems, (IROS-09), 11.10.-15.10.2009, St. Louis, Missouri, Nils T. Siebel , Josef Pauli (eds.), o.A., pages 19-22, Oct/2009.
Control of Robot Interaction Forces Using Evolutionary Techniques
In Factory Automation, In-Tech, chapter 22, pages 445-462, Mar/2009. ISBN: 978-953-7619-42-8.
Incremental acquisition of neural structures through evolution
In Design and Control of Intelligent Robotic Systems, Kay Chen Tan , Dikai Liu , Lingfeng Wang (eds.), Springer Verlag, 1, series Studies in Computational Intelligence, volume 177, chapter -, pages 187-208, Feb/2009. ISBN: 3540899324.
On Evolving a Robust Force-Tracking Neural Network-Based Impedance Controller
In Proceedings of the 40th International Symposium on Robotics, (ISR-09), 10.3.-13.3.2009, Barcelona, o.A., 2009.
Learning Complex Robot Control Using Evolutionary Behavior Based Systems
In GECCO '09: Proceedings of the 11th Annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation, (GECCO-2009), 08.7.-12.7.2009, Montréal, o.A., pages 129-136, 2009. ISBN: 978-1-60558-325-9.
2008
Analysis of an Evolutionary Reinforcement Learning Method in a Multiagent Domain
In Proceedings of the Seventh International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2008), Estoril, -, pages 291-298, Estoril, Portugal, May/2008.
Learning Walking Patterns for Kinematically Complex Robots Using Evolution Strategies
In 10th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, (PPSN-2008), 13.9.-17.9.2008, Dortmund, G. Rudolph , T. Jansen , S.M. Lucas , et al. (eds.), Springer, series Lecture Notes in Computer Science, volume 5199, pages 1091-1100, 2008.
Accelerating Neuroevolutionary Methods Using a Kalman Filter
In Proceedings of the 10th Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, (GECCO-2008), 12.7.-16.7.2008, Atlanta, Georgia, M. Keijzer (ed.), ACM, pages 1397-1404, 2008.
Towards Efficient Online Reinforcement Learning Using Neuroevolution
In Proceedings of the 10th Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, (GECCO-2008), 12.7.-16.7.2008, Atlanta, GA, -, pages 1425-1426, 2008.
Using the Body in Learning to Recognize Objects
In Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, (IAS-10), 23.7.-25.7.2008, Baden-Baden, W. Burgard , R. Dillmann , Plagemann; C. , N. Vahrenkamp (eds.), IOS Press, pages 110-118, 2008.
Evolving Neural Networks for Online Reinforcement Learning
In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving From Nature, (PPSN-2008), 13.9.-17.9.2008, Dortmund, G. Rudolph , T. Jansen , S.M. Lucas , et al. (eds.), Springer, series Lecture Notes in Computer Science, volume 5199, pages 518-527, 2008.
EANT+KALMAN: An Efficient Reinforcement Learning Method for Continuous State Partially Observable Domains
In KI 2008: Advances in Artificial Intelligence, (KI-08), 23.9.-26.9.2008, Kaiserslautern, A. Dengel , K. Berns , T.M. Breuel , F. Bomarius , T.R. Roth-Berghofer (eds.), Springer, series Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, volume 5243, pages 241-248, 2008.
2007
Performance Evaluation of EANT in the Robo Cup Keepaway Benchmark
In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA-2007), December 13-15, Cincinnati, OH, USA, Cincinnati, IEEE, pages 342-347, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Dec/2007.
A General Framework for Encoding and Evolving Neural Networks
In KI 2007: Advances in Artificial Intelligence. 30th Annual German Conference on Artificial Intelligence (KI-2007), September 10-13, Osnabrück, Germany, 10.9.-13.9.2007, Osnabrück, J. Hertzberg , M. Beetz , R. Englert (eds.), Springer, series LNCS, volume 4667, pages 205-219, Osnabrück, Germany, Sep/2007. ISBN: 978-3-540-74564-8.
Exploiting Sensorimotor Coordination for Learning to Recognize Objects
In Twentieth International Joint Conference On Artificial Intelligence, (IJCAI-07), 06.1.-12.1.2007, Hyderabat, -, pages 883-888, Jan/2007.
A Connectionist Architecture for Learning to Play a Simulated Brio Labyrinth Game
In Proceedings of the 30th Annual German Conference on Artificial Intelligence (KI07), 10.9.-13.9.2007, Osnabrück, J. Hertzberg , M. Beetz , R. Englert (eds.), Springer, series LNCS, volume 4667/2007, pages 427-430, Osnabrück, Germany, 2007. ISBN: 978-3-540-74564-8.
A Common Genetic Encoding for Both Direct and Indirect Encodings of Networks
In Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO--2007), ., pages 1029-1036, 2007.
2006
Using Kinematically Complex Robots for Case Studies in Embodied Cognition
In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR 2006), Brussels, ., pages 258, Brussels, Belgium, 2006.
Towards a Multimodal Sensorimotor Coordination-Based Object Recognition System
In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2006), ., 2006.