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Andrew Barto

Co-founded reinforcement learning; Sutton's doctoral advisor.

b. 1948United StatesProfessor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Known for
Actor–critic methodsTuring Award 2024

1 CareerEvery role we can document, most recent first

  1. 1977–now49 yrsUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstProfessor Emeritus

1 Books & papersPublished work, oldest first

  1. 1998Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction

LineageWho taught whom. Most of this field descends from a handful of laboratories, and the shortest path between two researchers is usually an advisor.

Taughtstudents and postdocs
Richard SuttonRichard Sutton

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