I have graduated and have become a fulltime employee at Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG near Stuttgart.

Stefan Löckel

Stefan Löckel joined the Intelligent Autonomous Systems Group as an external Ph.D. student in cooperation with Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG in April 2018. Prior to this, he received his Bachelor degree in Mechatronics from the DHBW Mannheim and his Master degree in Electrical Engineering/Control Engineering from the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern.

In his Ph.D. research, Stefan worked on the modeling and analyzing of race car drivers at Porsche Motorsport.

The derived framework and methods have been applied to different real-world problems using data from professional race car drivers, aiming to support the vehicle development process.

Research Interests

Imitation Learning, Vehicle Dynamics, Reinforcement Learning, Race Car Simulations

Key References

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     Loeckel, S.; Peters, J.; van Vliet, P. (2020). A Probabilistic Framework for Imitating Human Race Driver Behavior, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), with Presentation at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 5, 2.
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     Loeckel, S.; Kretschi, A.; van Vliet, P.; Peters, J. (2022). Identification and modelling of race driving styles, Vehicle System Dynamics, 60, 8, pp.2890--2918.
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     Loeckel, S.; Ju, S.; Schaller, M.; van Vliet, P.; Peters, J. (2023). An Adaptive Human Driver Model for Realistic Race Car Simulations, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems (TSMC), 53, 11, pp.6718-6730.
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     Loeckel, S.; Ju, S.; Schaller, M.; van Vliet, P.; Peters, J. (2022). An Adaptive Human Driver Model for Realistic Race Car Simulations, arXiv.