Amii: a Global Leader in Reinforcement Learning

“If we can automate all the decision-making in industry and do it well, it will be enormously economically powerful."

Richard S. Sutton

Co-Author of Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction, Turing Award Winner, and Amii Chief Scientific Officer

Defining Reinforcement Learning Since Day 1

Amii is one of the world’s longest-standing centers of Reinforcement Learning expertise. Our Fellows have been at the centre of it since its inception as a field of research.

Over the past 20+ years, our Reinforcement Learning researchers have:

  • Built the theoretical foundations of modern RL 

  • Created global RL benchmarks 

  • Delivered real-world RL systems 

  • Defined core learning architectures that now underpin deep RL

Amii is Canada’s Reinforcement Learning hub

We’re home to some of the world's leading researchers, including Dr. Richard S. Sutton, the world's leading expert in Reinforcement Learning, and a recipient of the 2024 Turing Award. Our foundational work in Reinforcement Learning has shaped, and continues to define the future of this critical field of AI.

1. We’re home to global Reinforcement Learning talent

Turing Award Winner and Amii Chief Scientific Officer

Richard S. Sutton

Honoured with the A.M. Turing Award, the top prize in computing science, alongside Andrew Barto for their foundational work on Reinforcement Learning. To learn about RL, he literally wrote the book on it.

Amii Fellow

Michael Bowling

Leading AI researcher known for his work on game-playing AI in imperfect-information games. His AI systems, including Cepheus and DeepStack, show how machines can learn, adapt, and outperform humans in complex decision-making scenarios.

Amii Fellow, Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Martha White

Co-founder and CEO of RL Core Technologies, driving innovation in RL and water treatment. She was also admitted to the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for her research accomplishments in artificial intelligence.

Amii Fellow, Canada CIFAR AI Chair & Amii Board Member

Patrick M. Pilarski

Advancing the future of prosthetics by developing intelligent, adaptive limbs that learn and improve with use. As co-leader of the BLINC Lab at the University of Alberta, he leverages reinforcement learning to give prosthetic users more natural and intuitive control.

2. We’re building the next generation of RL leaders

We hosted the Deep Learning & Reinforcement Learning Summer School, which has launched the careers of some of the brightest minds in AI, we are investing in and teaching the world's next generation of AI leaders.

3. We’re using Reinforcement Learning to solve real-world problems

From creating adaptive bionic limbs to saving water, our team is actively working towards solving problems that are changing the world.

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