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Senior Researcher\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

Robotics & Autonomous Systems,
Royal Military Academy<\/p>\n

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Avenue De La Renaissance 30, 1000 Brussels, Belgium<\/p>\n

Contact Information<\/h4>\n

Email<\/strong>: Ken.Hasselmann@mil.be<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Ken Hasselmann is currently a senior researcher in the Robotics & Autonomous Systems unit of the Department of Mechanics at the Belgian Royal Military Academy, working on the European Defence Fund’s AIDEDex project<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

He obtained his Master’s degree in engineering in electronics and embedded systems from the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse<\/a> (INP-ENSEEIHT) and a Master’s in strategic management and innovation from Toulouse School of Management<\/a> (TSM) in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

He obtained his PhD in swarm robotics from IRIDIA<\/a>, the artificial intelligence lab of the Universit\u00e9 libre de Bruxelles (ULB), in 2023, while working on the ERC DEMIURGE<\/a> project, aiming to advance the state-of-the-art in automatic design methods for robot swarms. His research focuses on swarm robotics, machine learning, automatic design, optimization algorithms, and the application and design of such systems for real-world scenarios.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to his research, Ken has significant teaching experience. Before joining the RMA, he was a teacher-researcher at\u00a0ECAM Brussels Engineering School<\/a>, responsible for courses in algorithms, machine learning, and deep learning in the Department of Computer Science and Electronics. During his PhD, he served as a teaching assistant at ULB<\/a>, covering a wide range of subjects from digital and analog electronics to microprocessor architecture and artificial intelligence.<\/span><\/p>\n

He is passionate about computer science, embedded systems, and artificial intelligence, strongly believes in Free, Libre, and Open-Source Software, and is dedicated to developing new projects with this philosophy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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