I was a postdoc at VU Amsterdam from 2024 to 2026, worked with Vincent François-Lavet and Mark Hoogendoorn. I received my PhD from Leiden University where I worked with Thomas Moerland, Mike Preuss, and Aske Plaat. I got my master degree at Leiden University in 2020, and bachelor degree at BLCU, China, in 2018.

I am interested in artificial intelligence and how it can support decision-making. To that end, I research reinforcement learning and its applications in both virtual environments (e.g. video games and robitics) and real-world domains (e.g. healthcare and LLMs).

I co-hosted BeNeRL seminar and review.

Contact: yangzhaooba(at)gmail.com
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