WTM World Model Seminar
University of Hamburg · Department of Informatics
WTM World Model Seminar
A weekly reading and presentation seminar on world models, vision-language-action models, and embodied intelligence — bridging theory and robotics.
Knowledge Technology Group (WTM) ↗Next Session
Wednesday
14:00 – 16:00 CEST
14:00 – 16:00 CEST
Where (In-Person)
House of Informatics
Bundesstr. 56b, 20146 Hamburg
Bundesstr. 56b, 20146 Hamburg
About the Seminar
The WTM World Model Seminar is an internal research seminar of the Knowledge Technology (WTM) group at the University of Hamburg. Each session presents and discusses recent advances in world models — spanning planning, perception, reinforcement learning, and robotic control. Open to all; join in person (Hamburg) or via Zoom.
Both presenting and attending are encouraged — an open space to exchange ideas, discuss ongoing work, and learn from each other.
In the spirit of the Feynman learning technique
Explaining a topic to others is one of the best ways to deepen your own understanding. No “perfect” or finished result needed — bring whatever you're working on:Let's think together, ask questions, and sharpen our ideas. Feel free to forward this invitation to anyone interested.
Schedule
| # | Date | Topic | Presenter | Location/Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | May 27 Wed + Cal | World Model for Robot Learning: A Comprehensive Survey Hou et al. | Parsa | 05-627 |
| 02 | Jun 3 Wed + Cal | Unleashing Large-Scale Video Generative Pre-training for Visual Robot Manipulation ByteDance Research | Mostafa | 05-627 |
| 03 | Jun 10 Wed + Cal | World Model as Simulator | Thomas | 05-627 |
| 04 | Jun 17 Wed + Cal | Vision-Action Coupling in World Model Policies | Kun | 05-627 |
| 05 | Jun 24 Wed + Cal | LAPA: Latent Action Pretraining from Videos | Parsa | 05-627 |
| 06 | Jul 1 Wed + Cal | Predictive Inverse Dynamics Models are Scalable Learners for Robotic Manipulation | Mostafa | 05-627 |
| 07 | Jul 8 Wed + Cal | VGGT-Ω | Connor | 05-627 |
| 08 | Jul 15 Wed + Cal | Model Predictive Control | Asihati | 05-627 |
| 09 | Sep 23 Wed + Cal | Physically Native World Models: A Hamiltonian Perspective on Generative World Modeling | Kun | 05-627 |
| 10 | Oct Wed + Cal | TBA | TBA | 05-627 |
| 10 | Oct Wed + Cal | TBA | TBA | 05-627 |
📬 Want to present? Please contact Kun to sign up for a slot.