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Marlos C. Machado

Marlos C. Machado

Proper Laplacian Representation Learning

With ICLR around the corner, I thought I would write about the paper we had accepted there this year. The paper title is “Proper Laplacian…

Apr 29

Proper Laplacian Representation Learning

Apr 29

Marlos C. Machado

On RLC’s Outstanding Paper Awards

This post is a reproduction of the post at https://rl-conference.cc/blogs/awards_process.html.

Feb 6

Feb 6

Marlos C. Machado

Looking back at my first 3 years as an Amii fellow

I’ve been quiet in the last couple of months because I was busy teaching at the University of Alberta, both an undergraduate and a graduate…

Jan 21

Looking back at my first 3 years as an Amii fellow

Jan 21

Marlos C. Machado

Deep Laplacian-based Options for Temporally-Extended Exploration

In this post, summarizing a paper we published at ICML’23, I discuss a very general method that implements the ROD cycle quite effectively.

Jul 14, 2023

Deep Laplacian-based Options for Temporally-Extended Exploration

Jul 14, 2023

Marlos C. Machado

The Representation-driven Option Discovery Cycle

How should we learn temporal abstractions in reinforcement learning?

Jun 30, 2023

The Representation-driven Option Discovery Cycle

Jun 30, 2023

Marlos C. Machado

Don’t Panic!

Reinforcement learning is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper

Jun 15, 2023

Don’t Panic!

Jun 15, 2023

Marlos C. Machado

The True Impact of Baselines in Policy Gradient Methods

In this post, summarizing a paper we published at ICML’21, I discuss the role of baselines in policy gradient methods.

Jun 12, 2023

The True Impact of Baselines in Policy Gradient Methods

Jun 12, 2023

Marlos C. Machado

Looking at Policy Gradient Methods from an Operators Perspective

In this post, summarizing a paper published at NeurIPS’20, I discuss how we can see policy gradient methods from an operators perspective.

Jun 10, 2023

Looking at Policy Gradient Methods from an Operators Perspective

Jun 10, 2023

Marlos C. Machado

Hello (again), World!

Greetings, readers! I recently re-created my personal website and in this process I decided to stop hosting my blog inside my website and…

Jun 9, 2023

Hello (again), World!

Jun 9, 2023

Marlos C. Machado

Marlos C. Machado

Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta. Amii Fellow, Canada CIFAR AI chair. Website: https://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~machado/

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