Dennis Soemers (D.J.N.J.)

I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Advanced Computing Sciences of Maastricht University. My primary areas of research interest include artificial intelligence (AI) for sequential decision-making problems (e.g., search and reinforcement learning algorithms), Transfer Learning and generalisation in AI, AI in and for games, multi-armed bandits, and adaptation to adversaries. I completed my PhD in 2023 at Maastricht University.

I am a Working Group leader and representative of the Netherlands in the Management Committee of the GameTable COST Action (October 2023-2027). I was also a secondary proposer for this Action (~650K), in which we combine researchers from various disciplines (AI, Cultural Heritage, Mathematics) to study games. I am one of the organisers of the Democratising Real-World Problem Tailored Optimisation Research Semester Programme in the first half of 2026.