Daniel Acuna - Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota

Research

Models of human and machine sequential decision-making under uncertainty.

2008–2009: NIH Neuro-physical-computational Sciences (NPCS) Graduate Training Fellowship
2006–2010: International Graduate Student Fellowship of the Chilean Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT)
2002–2003: Master Student Fellowship for Outstanding Performance 2002-2003 (University of Santiago, Chile)

Acuña, D. & Schrater, P. (2009). Improving Bayesian Reinforcement Learning using Transition Abstraction. ICML/UAI/CLT Workshop on Abstraction in Reinforcement Learning 2009 [Details]
Acuña, D. & Schrater, P. (2008). Structure Learning in Human Sequential Decision-Making. NIPS 2008 [Details]
Acuña, D. & Schrater, P. (2008). Bayesian Modeling of Human Sequential Decision-Making on the Multi-Armed Bandit Problem. In V. Sloutsky, B. Love, & K. McRae (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Washington, DC: Cognitive Science Society. [Details]

In progress – Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Minnesota
- Fall 2008 – Programming Languages; Machine Learning and Human Learning; Computer Science Colloquium; Introduction to Neuroscience I
- Spring 2008 – Mathematical Logic II; Research Laboratory in Psychology
- Fall 2007 – Advanced Topics in Graphical Models; Mathematical Logic I
- Spring 2007 – Artificial Intelligence II; Mathematical Models of Human Behavior; Introduction to Research in Computer Science II; Teaching for non-Native Speakers II
- Fall 2006 – Artificial Intelligence I; Machine Learning; Introduction to Research in Computer Science I
2004 – Master Degree in Sciences of Engineering (Magíster en Ciencias de la Ingeniería), Diploma in Informatics, Bachelor Degree in Sciences University of Santiago, Chile

Summer 2008 – Summer Research Assistant. Project title: "Indoor Magnetic Wayfinding for the Visually Impaired"
Spring 2008 – Teaching Assistant, MSSE Program
Fall 2007 – Teaching Assistant, CS 5521: Statistical Pattern Recognition
Summer 2007 – Summer Research Assistant, Computational Perception and Action Lab, Department of Psychology
Spring 2007 – Teaching Assistant, MSSE 5802: Software Engineering II
2004-2006 – Undergraduate level instructor: "Distributed Systems" (4 terms), "Computer Game Development" (1 term), and "Operations Research for Engineering" (1 term), University of Santiago, Chile