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SUMMARY:Learning to Control - Dr Carl Edward Rasmussen (Department of Engi
 neering\, University of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Dr Guy-Bart Stan
DESCRIPTION:Learning from examples is a powerful paradigm for aquiring mot
 or\nskills in biological (human) systems. In this talk I will examine the\
 npossibility of learning control in artificial systems using modern\nproba
 bilistic models from machine learning. The focus of the talk will\nbe the 
 learning process itself\, and I will demonstrate very fast\nlearning from 
 no prior knowledge in a cart and pole balancing\nproblem. Technically\, ou
 r approach is based on reinterpreting control\nas a problem of statistical
  inference\, and we show that the proper\,\nBayesian\, treatment of uncert
 ainty is crucial to the success of the\nmethod.\n\nThe talk is based on on
 -going research in collaboration with "Marc\nP. Deisenroth":http://mlg.eng
 .cam.ac.uk/marc .
LOCATION:Cambridge University Engineering Department\, Lecture Room 3B
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