Jens Kober

Full Professor, Universität Stuttgart
Principal Researcher, Fraunhofer IPA
Associate Professor, Delft University of Technology
Joined
September 2017

Names

Jens Kober (Preferred)

Emails

****@tudelft.nl (Confirmed)
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****@tuebingen.mpg.de (Confirmed)
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****@cor-lab.uni-bielefeld.de
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****@ki.uni-stuttgart.de (Confirmed)
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****@ipa.fraunhofer.de (Confirmed)

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Career & Education History

Full Professor
Universität Stuttgart (uni-stuttgart.de)
2026 – Present
Principal Researcher
Fraunhofer IPA (fraunhofer.de)
2026 – Present
Associate Professor
Delft University of Technology (tudelft.nl)
2019 – 2026
Assistant Professor
Delft University of Technology (tudelft.nl)
2015 – 2019
Postdoc
Bielefeld University (uni-bielefeld.de)
2012 – 2014
Postdoc
Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH (honda-ri.de)
2012 – 2014
PhD student
TU Darmstadt (tu-darmstadt.de)
2011 – 2012
PhD student
MPI for Intelligent Systems (mgp.de)
2007 – 2012

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

Coauthor
Michael Gienger
2015 – Present
Coauthor
Jan Peters
2013 – 2019
Postdoc Advisor
Michael Gienger
2012 – 2014
Postdoc Advisor
Jochen J. Steil
2012 – 2014
PhD Advisor
Jan Peters
2007 – 2012

Expertise

deep learning
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state representations
2016 – Present
deep learning
, 
reinforcement learning
2015 – Present
imitation learning
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robotics
2012 – Present
machine learning
, 
motor skills
2007 – Present
reinforcement learning
, 
robotics
2007 – Present

Publications

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Co-Authors

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