2021 DeepMind x UCL RL Lecture Series - Introduction to Reinforcement Learning [1/13]

Research Scientist Hado van Hasselt introduces the reinforcement learning course and explains how reinforcement learning relates to AI. Slides: https://dpmd.ai/introslides Full video lecture series: https://dpmd.ai/DeepMindxUCL21

Sep 2021

2021 DeepMind x UCL RL Lecture Series - Exploration & Control [2/13]

Research Scientist Hado van Hasselt looks at why it's important for learning agents to balance exploring and exploiting acquired knowledge at the same time. Slides: https://dpmd.ai/explorationcontrol Full video lecture series: https://dpmd.ai/DeepMindxUCL21

Sep 2021

2021 DeepMind x UCL RL Lecture Series - MDPs and Dynamic Programming [3/13]

Research Scientist Diana Borsa explains how to solve MDPs with dynamic programming to extract accurate predictions and good control policies. Slides: https://dpmd.ai/MDPs Full video lecture series: https://dpmd.ai/DeepMindxUCL21

Sep 2021

2021 DeepMind x UCL RL Lecture Series - Theoretical Fund. of Dynamic Programming Algorithms [4/13]

Research Scientist Diana Borsa explores dynamic programming algorithms as contraction mappings, looking at when and how they converge to the right solutions. Slides: https://dpmd.ai/dynamicprogramming Full video lecture series: https://dpmd.ai/DeepMindxUCL21

Sep 2021

2021 DeepMind x UCL RL Lecture Series - Model-free Prediction [5/13]

Research Scientist Hado van Hasselt takes a closer look at model-free prediction and its relation to Monte Carlo and temporal difference algorithms. Slides: https://dpmd.ai/modelfreeprediction Full video lecture series: https://dpmd.ai/DeepMindxUCL21

Sep 2021

2021 DeepMind x UCL RL Lecture Series - Model-free Control [6/13]

Research Scientist Hado van Hasselt covers prediction algorithms for policy improvement, leading to algorithms that can learn good behaviour policies from sampled experience. Slides: https://dpmd.ai/modelfreecontrol Full video lecture series: https://dpmd.ai/DeepMindxUCL21

Sep 2021

2021 DeepMind x UCL RL Lecture Series - Function Approximation [7/13]

Research Scientist Hado van Hasselt explains how to combine deep learning with reinforcement learning for "deep reinforcement learning". Slides: https://dpmd.ai/functionapproximation Full video lecture series: https://dpmd.ai/DeepMindxUCL21

Sep 2021

2021 DeepMind x UCL RL Lecture Series - Planning & models [8/13]

Research Engineer Matteo Hessel explains how to learn and use models, including algorithms like Dyna and Monte-Carlo tree search (MCTS). Slides: https://dpmd.ai/planningmodels Full video lecture series: https://dpmd.ai/DeepMindxUCL21

Sep 2021

2021 DeepMind x UCL RL Lecture Series - Policy-Gradient and Actor-Critic methods [9/13]

Research Scientist Hado van Hasselt covers policy algorithms that can learn policies directly and actor critic algorithms that combine value predictions for more efficient learning. Slides: https://dpmd.ai/policygradient Full video lecture series: https://dpmd.ai/DeepMindxUCL21

Sep 2021

2021 DeepMind x UCL RL Lecture Series - Approximate Dynamic Programming [10/13]

Research Scientist Diana Borsa introduces approximate dynamic programming, exploring what we can say theoretically about the performance of approximate algorithms. Slides: https://dpmd.ai/approximatedynamic Full video lecture series: https://dpmd.ai/DeepMindxUCL21

Sep 2021