Thesis Work: Offline Reinforcement Learning with Physics-Informed Data-Driven Models

Placering
Vaesteras

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Details

• Period: 5 months (January/February – June/July)
• Number of credits: 30 ECTS
• Number of students for this thesis work: 1
• Location: ABB Research Center (Västerås)

Your role and responsibilities
Advanced control solutions like Reinforcement Learning (RL) often rely on simulators that may not fully capture the real-world process due to noise, disturbances, or modeling limitations.

This thesis explores model-based offline RL, where the model is built using both physics knowledge and data. The work will investigate how we can refine physics-based simulators with data or embed physics knowledge using techniques from the area of Physics-Informed Machine Learning.

Goals:

• Review state-of-the-art model-based Reinforcement Learning approaches
• Investigate techniques in system identification, such as Physics-Informed Neural Networks and their applicability in real-world scenarios
• Develop and validate hybrid models using simulations or lab experiments

Qualifications for the role

• Master’s student in Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, or a related field
• Background in Machine Learning, Control and Systems Engineering, or similar disciplines
• Motivation to solve real-world problems using state-of-the-art methods
• Good programming skills (Python)
• Self-driven and solution-oriented

More about us
Supervisor Iga Pawlak, [email protected], will answer all your questions about the thesis topic and expectations. Recruiting Manager Linus Thrybom, +46 730 80 99 06, will answer your questions regarding hiring.

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Locations
Vaesteras, Sweden