Curriculum Vitae

Ansgar Kasselmann joined the Cyber-Physical Systems Group under the supervision of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Althoff in October 2025. He earned both his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and his master's degree in Mechatronics and Information Technology from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). As part of his studies, he spent a semester abroad at Purdue University in the United States.

During his master's thesis at the Cyber-Physical Systems Group, he explored safe reinforcement learning approaches for autonomous driving. His current research continues in this direction, focusing on advancing safe reinforcement learning methods to enable safe real-world deployment to autonomous vehicles.

Offered Topics

I am always looking for motivated students interested in my research area. If you would like to write your thesis, work on a practical project, or discuss your own research idea, please email me your CV and transcripts. Please note: I prefer a brief, informal email over an AI-polished one.

Current topics

[BT/MT/SA/GR] Investigating RL-based Motion Planning for Auto-
nomous Vehicles
[BT/MT] Learn to drive on the EDGAR driving license route

Ongoing

[Semester Thesis] Development of an evaluation pipeline for a real autonomous vehicle 
[BT] Scenario-based Testing of Autonomous Vehicles using OpenSCENARIO
[BT] Investigating Interfaces Between RL-Based Behavior Planners and Motion Planners for Autonomous Driving
[BT] Converting between OpenScenario and CommonRoad
 

Teaching

Practical Course

• SoSe 26 - Provably safe reinforcement learning challenge (co-supervised with Roland Stolz and Tim Walter)

• WiSe 25/26 - Provably safe reinforcement learning challenge (co-supervised with Roland Stolz)