# PhD DefenseJonathan successfully defended his PhD

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2025-07-17
BIT

# PhD Defense Jonathan successfully defended his PhD

Jonathan successfully defended his PhD, titled “Self-Reflective Deep Learning for Sequential Decision Problems”, achieving the highest grade of *summa cum laude*.

Another milestone has been reached! We are delighted and proud that Jonathan Pirnay successfully defended his doctoral thesis at TUM Campus Straubing, titled “Self-Reflective Deep Learning for Sequential Decision Problems”, achieving the highest grade of summa cum laude. \
His work marks a significant advance in neural combinatorial optimisation, presenting new methods that will greatly impact a variety of research projects and applications, ranging from classical combinatorial problems to real-world scenarios in fields such as chemical engineering, chemistry, and biotechnology. \
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Congratulations Jonathan Pirnay on this highly respectable and extraordinary achievement!