I have graduated and have become a fulltime employee at Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG near Stuttgart.
Stefan Löckel
Research Interests
Imitation Learning, Vehicle Dynamics, Reinforcement Learning, Race Car Simulations
Contact Information

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.
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.
- Loeckel, S.; Ju, S.; Schaller, M.; van Vliet, P.; Peters, J. (2022). An Adaptive Human Driver Model for Realistic Race Car Simulations, arXiv.