Richard S. Sutton
Encyclopedia
Richard S. Sutton is professor of computer science
and iCORE chair at the University of Alberta
. Professor Sutton is known for his significant contributions in the field of reinforcement learning
. He is the author of the original paper on temporal difference learning
. He is a fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
and co-author of the textbook Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction from MIT Press
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Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
and iCORE chair at the University of Alberta
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...
. Professor Sutton is known for his significant contributions in the field of reinforcement learning
Reinforcement learning
Inspired by behaviorist psychology, reinforcement learning is an area of machine learning in computer science, concerned with how an agent ought to take actions in an environment so as to maximize some notion of cumulative reward...
. He is the author of the original paper on temporal difference learning
Temporal difference learning
Temporal difference learning is a prediction method. It has been mostly used for solving the reinforcement learning problem. "TD learning is a combination of Monte Carlo ideas and dynamic programming ideas." TD resembles a Monte Carlo method because it learns by sampling the environment according...
. He is a fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence or AAAI is an international, nonprofit, scientific society devoted to advancing the scientific understanding of the mechanisms underlying thought and intelligent behavior and their embodiment in machines...
and co-author of the textbook Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction from MIT Press
MIT Press
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