University of Texas at Austin

Upcoming Event: Center for Autonomy Seminar

Preference in Agent Control

Pau de las Heras Molins, Télécom Paris, Polytechnic Institute of Paris

11 – 12:30PM
Monday Jun 29, 2026

POB 6.304

Abstract

There are often many ways to solve the same task. Which way is the "best", however, often depends on preference for some options over others. Different communities have recently become interested in incorporating preference as a guiding factor during agent design, but with limited connections between them. In this talk, I present a work in progress vision for a unified view on preference adaptation and discuss the challenges to overcome to make progress on this topic across various fields devoted to the design of well-calibrated autonomous agents.

Biography

Pau de las Heras is Molins is a researcher interested in creating intelligent and autonomous systems that can solve complex decision-making problems while adhering to preference specifications. He is currently with Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris working with Georgios Bakirtzis.

Preference in Agent Control

Event information

Date
11 – 12:30PM
Monday Jun 29, 2026
Location POB 6.304
Hosted by Ufuk Topcu