My name is Jan, I am a master’s student in computer science at EPFL and a research assistant at the Autonomous Systems Group at the University of Texas at Austin, where I work on Large Language Models (LLMs) in strategy games. Additionally, I conduct research on world models for reinforcement learning agents at the Biorobotics Laboratory.

At a high level, I am interested in (1) understanding how our mind and cognition work and (2) building machines that can perceive, think, and learn. This intersection of artificial intelligence and cognitive computational neuroscience excites me the most. Currently, my primary research interests include the following areas:

• Reinforcement learning
• (Mechanistic) interpretability
• Meta-learning

I am always happy to discuss these topics, so if you have related thoughts or questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

I am currently seeking a 6-month master’s thesis industry internship for a February 2026 start.