S1E2: Miguel Morales on Reinforcement Learning

Episode 2 of the OMSCS Buzz podcast, hosted by OMSCS at Georgia Institute of Technology, titled "S1E2: Miguel Morales on Reinforcement Learning" was published on November 1, 2023 and runs 63 minutes.

November 1, 2023 ·63m · OMSCS Buzz

Summary

On this episode, Tanmay chats with Miguel Morales. Miguel is an instructor for CS 7642: Reinforcement Learning, the author of Grokking Deep Reinforcement Learning, and an Associate Fellow at Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs group. Tune in to hear about Miguel's experiences growing up and working in Venezuela, his perspective on reinforcement learning, and the impetus that led him to write his first book! TIMESTAMPS-  (0:00) - Cold Open (1:00) - Welcome Miguel! (1:58) - Deep Dive into Reinforcement Learning (4:29) - News Update (30:05) - Life in Venezuela (41:51) - OMSCS Experience (54:03) - Life outside of work (59:42) - Closing thoughts VISIT ⁠https://omscs.gatech.edu/omscs-buzz-podcast⁠ for our entire catalog of episodes.  EDITOR – Serge Nino Martin Villasica  ADDITIONAL LINKS  Find Miguel on Twitter: @mimoralea  Grokking Deep Reinforcement Learning by Miguel Morales: https://www.manning.com/books/grokking-deep-reinforcement-learning  Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction by Richard S. Sutton and Andrew G. Barto: http://incompleteideas.net/book/the-book-2nd.html  “Introduction to Reinforcement Learning” lecture series by David Silver: https://www.deepmind.com/learning-resources/introduction-to-reinforcement-learning-with-david-silver  “Deep Reinforcement Learning” course by Sergey Levine (UC Berkeley): https://rail.eecs.berkeley.edu/deeprlcourse/ 

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