Research

Contact Us


Satinder S. Baveja, Director
3749 Beyster Bldg.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2121
PH: 734-936-2831
baveja@eecs.umich.edu


Bebe Zuniga-Valentino
AI Lab Administrator
4820 Beyster Bldg.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2121
PH: 734-936-2495
Fax: 734-763-1260
bzuniga@eecs.umich.edu

Machine Learning

Overview
Research in machine learning at Michigan encompasses supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement learning (RL). In RL we focus on building autonomous agents that can learn to act in complex, sequential and uncertain environments. In particular, a number of research projects derive from an interest in building long-lived and flexibly-competent agents rather than the more usual agents that perform one complex task repeatedly. How should the rewards, actions and states be defined for such a system? Other areas of interest in machine learning include: 1) the integration of multiple learning methods into the cognitive architecture Soar, 2) developing specialized reinforcement learning methods for adaptive treatment design, and 3) developing unsupervised semi-supervised and supervised learning for sensor placement and management as well as for information retrieval and natural language processing.
 
Faculty
Baveja, Satinder Singh
Holland, John H.
Laird, John E.
Lee, Honglak
Olson, Edwin
Radev, Dragomir
Scott, Clayton D
Syed, Zeeshan H.


Affiliated Faculty
Murphy, Susan


Related Labs, Centers, and Groups
Center for the Study of Complex Systems
Reinforcement Learning Group