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iDS^2 Mini-Workshop on Asymptotics and Non-Asymptotics in Control and Reinforcement Learning: The Non-Stochastic Control Problem

Event Type
Conference/Workshop
Sponsor
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Virtual
wifi event
Date
Apr 23, 2021   12:30 - 3:00 pm   with a break from 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Speaker
Elad Hazan (Princeton University)
Registration
Register here
Contact
Maxim Raginsky
E-Mail
maxim@illinois.edu
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Abstract: In this talk we will discuss an emerging paradigm in online and adaptive control. We will start by discussing linear dynamical systems that are a continuous subclass of reinforcement learning models widely used in robotics, finance, engineering, and meteorology. Classical control, since the work of Kalman, has focused on dynamics with Gaussian i.i.d. noise, quadratic loss functions and, in terms of provably efficient algorithms, known systems and observed state. We’ll discuss how to apply new machine learning methods which relax all of the above: provably efficient control with adversarial noise, general loss functions, unknown systems and partial observation. We will briefly survey recent work which applies this paradigm to black-box control, time-varying systems and planning in iterative learning control.

 

No background is required for this talk, but some materials can be found here and here

 

Based on a series of works with Naman Agarwal, Nataly Brukhim, Karan Singh, Sham Kakade, Max Simchowitz, Cyril Zhang, Paula Gradu, Brian Bullins, Xinyi Chen and Anirudha Majumdar.

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