Pascal Bercher

Pascal Bercher is a tenured Associate Professor in the ANU School of Computing. His research focuses on AI planning, especially hierarchical task network and partial order causal link planning, and includes work on computational complexity, algorithm design, and modeling assistance. He has held several academic positions at ANU since 2019 and previously completed his doctorate at Ulm University.

Associate Professor ARC DECRA Fellow

Research interests: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Planning, Hierarchical Task Network (HTN) planning, Partial Order Causal Link (POCL) planning, Computational Complexity Analysis, Algorithm and Heuristic Design, Modeling Assistance

Pascal Bercher is an Associate Professor at The Australian National University, specializing in Automated Planning, Artificial Intelligence, Complexity Theory, and Heuristic Search. His research focuses on advancing hierarchical task network (HTN) planning, including the development of heuristics for efficient problem-solving and the exploration of formal methods to enhance planning expressivity. Bercher's work addresses challenges in planning with task insertion, landmark identification, and the integration of classical heuristics into HTN frameworks. His publications often emphasize the theoretical underpinnings of planning algorithms and their practical applications in domains such as home theater assembly and user assistance systems.