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S1E2: Miguel Morales on Reinforcement Learning


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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


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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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