Course Name: Reinforcement Learning

Course abstract

Reinforcement learning is a paradigm that aims to model the trial-and-error learning process that is needed in many problem situations where explicit instructive signals are not available. It has roots in operations research, behavioral psychology and AI. The goal of the course is to introduce the basic mathematical foundations of reinforcement learning, as well as highlight some of the recent directions of research.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Balaraman Ravindran

Prof. Balaraman Ravindran is currently a Professor in Computer Science at IIT Madras. He has nearly two decades of research experience in machine learning and specifically reinforcement learning. Currently his research interests are centered on learning from and through interactions and span the areas of data mining, social network analysis, and reinforcement learning.
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Teaching Assistant(s)

Pavan Ravishankar

M.S (Research)

Rohan Saphal

M.E/M.Tech

 Course Duration : Jul-Oct 2019

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 Syllabus

 Enrollment : 15-May-2019 to 05-Aug-2019

 Exam registration : 01-Jun-2019 to 30-Sep-2019

 Exam Date : 16-Nov-2019, 16-Nov-2019

Enrolled

2204

Registered

95

Certificate Eligible

57

Certified Category Count

Gold

1

Silver

3

Elite

22

Successfully completed

31

Participation

12

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold





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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
  • FINAL SCORE (Score on Certificate) = 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score.
Reinforcement Learning - Toppers list

SAYAK ROY 96%

MARVELL INDIA PVT. LTD.

ROHAN JAGTAP 77%

BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVANS SARDAR PATEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

ARKADEEPTA ROY 76%

VIT UNIVERSITY-VELLORE

SOURAB MANGRULKAR 75%

MICROSOFT INDIA R&D PVT. LTD.

ASHISH KUMAR SHAKYA 74%

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,ROORKEE

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 2204

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 95

Assignment Statistics




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Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.