Research Group
Optimization of Adaptive Systems

• model selection for kernel-based methods,
• efficient training of support vector machines for large-scale problems,
• multi-criteria machine learning,
• policy gradient methods and direct policy search in reinforcement learning,
• dynamical models of cortical information processing.

• biometric and medical image processing,
• models in computational neuroscience,
• robot controllers,
• chemical processes and plants,
• driver assistance systems,
• time series predictors for physical processes, and
• classifiers for sequence analysis in bioinformatics.

• Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
• Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
• International Graduate School of Neuroscience (IGSN)
• Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH
• L1 Identity Solutions
• MEMC Electronic Materials
• Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)

Shark can be downloaded from The official Shark-Project Site at the SourceForge open source development and download repository.

See also Christian′s software page for additional software.