Wouter Nuijten

Hi, I’m Wouter, I am a computer scientist interested in artificial intelligence. I am particularly interested in teaching machines to learn like humans do.

In my research at BIASlab, I try to apply Bayesian optimal reasoning to a control setting, and making these solutions efficient, tractable and scalable. In particular, I am interested in designing scalable Active Inference methods such that they can be used in real-time learning systems. In order to do this, I am a core developer of RxInfer.jl, which is a Julia package for Bayesian Inference, and I built RxEnvironments.jl, which is a Julia package for creating environments for Active Inference agents. At Lazy Dynamics, I try to bring these ideas to practice in an industrial setting.

In my free time, I play football and futsal at Totelos, which you have probably noticed if you have seen me present anywhere, and I really like to cook. When I’m not on the field, with friends or in the kitchen, I enjoy collecting records, watching films, and playing piano. I have a weak spot for Nintendo games and I love to read.

I try to merge my interest for AI and sports at MoreMovement, where we try to integrate state-of-the-art learning techniques in a sports environment.

Contact

You can contact me at w.w.l.nuijten@tue.nl

selected publications

ProbProg

GraphPPL. jl: A Probabilistic Programming Language for Graphical Models

Wouter W.L. Nuijten, Dmitry Bagaev, and Bert de Vries

Entropy, 2024

Bib HTML

@article{nuijten2024graphppl,
  title = {GraphPPL. jl: A Probabilistic Programming Language for Graphical Models},
  author = {Nuijten, Wouter W.L. and Bagaev, Dmitry and Vries, Bert de},
  journal = {Entropy},
  volume = {26},
  number = {11},
  pages = {890},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {MDPI},
}

Active Inference

Reactive Environments for Active Inference Agents with RxEnvironments.jl

Wouter W.L. Nuijten, and Bert de Vries

In International Workshop on Active Inference, 2024

Best Presentation arXiv Bib

RxEnvironments was awarded the best presentation award at the International Workshop on Active Inference 2024

@inproceedings{nuijten2024reactive,
  title = {Reactive Environments for Active Inference Agents with RxEnvironments.jl},
  author = {Nuijten, Wouter W.L. and Vries, Bert de},
  booktitle = {International Workshop on Active Inference},
  pages = {147--161},
  year = {2024},
  organization = {Springer},
}