Andrew Barto and his former graduate student Richard Sutton honored with Turing Award as pioneers of reinforcement learning Amherst, Mass. — Andrew G. Barto, University of Massachusetts Amherst ...

Teaching machines in the way that animal trainers mold the behavior of dogs or horses has been an important method for developing artificial intelligence and one that was recognized Wednesday with the ...

AI pioneers from UMass who channeled ‘hedonistic’ machines win computer science’s top prize Retired UMass Amherst professor Andrew Barto and his doctoral student Richard Sutton are the winners of this ...

Platform brings together institutions, digital learning and a world-class team to enable research studies to inform efficacy, improvement and innovation in teaching and learning AMHERST, Mass. – The ...