Henrik Jörntell
Professor in Neurophysiology, Head of lab ‘Neural basis of sensorimotor control’
Henrik Jörntell’s research is focussing on emergent functionality in neuronal circuitry. In his work he has studied local circuitries across all sensorimotor-related structures of the CNS and a unique global integration of how those circuitries cooperate. He has studied how the formation of these circuitries is constrained by the complex biomechanical dynamics of the physics of the body, a complexity that is reflected in the 100,000 diverse and interdependent sensors reporting back to the brain about the state of the body.
Henrik Jörntell has been the coordinator of a few recent multidisciplinary EU projects, which led to a lot of innovative activities and the creation of several spin-off companies, two of which are based in Lund:
- Founder of IntuiCell AB – ‘AI isn’t actually intelligent. IntuiCell already is.’
- Founder of LucentWave AB – ‘Developing novel algorithms that define future of telecommunications’
Robot learning is an interdisciplinary field, drawing from machine learning, robotics, control theory, and neuroscience to create adaptive and intelligent systems. It is motivated by the need for robots to operate effectively in a wide variety of environments, enabling them to adapt to new tasks and interact with different objects and dynamic agents without requiring constant reprogramming. Key research topics such as reinforcement learning, behavior cloning, and transfer learning, as well as aspects such as data efficiency, reliability, generalization, and safety are primary areas of emphasis.