
Nicolas HeessResearcher
Google DeepMind
Director of Robotics, Research Scientist
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Researcher
Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind
Hansen studies how agents can explore unfamiliar worlds, reuse skills, and keep adapting rather than learning each task from scratch. His work has advanced reinforcement learning for rapid task transfer, multi-agent coordination, and open-ended learning.
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