<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div class="gmail_default" style=""><p style="font-size:small;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><b>When:</b>    </font></font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">  Monday, February 3rd at 11:00 am</font></font><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><b>Where:</b>     </font></font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">TTIC, 6045 S. Kenwood Avenue, 5th Floor, Room 526</font></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><b>Who: </b>       Raia Hadsell, </font></font></font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">Google DeepMind</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)"><b><br></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)"><b><br></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)"><b>Title:</b>        </span>Scalable Robot Learning in Rich Environments</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><b style="">Abstract: </b></font></font>Deep reinforcement learning has rapidly grown as a research field with far-reaching potential for artificial intelligence. Games and simple physical simulations have been used as the main benchmark domains for many fundamental developments. As the field matures, it is important to develop more sophisticated learning systems with the aim of solving more complex real-world tasks, but problems like catastrophic forgetting and data efficiency remain critical, particularly for robotic domains. This talk will cover some of the challenges that exist for learning from interactions in more complex, constrained, and real-world settings, in particular legged locomotion, navigation, and tactile manipulation, and describe some promising new approaches that have emerged.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:i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