Basic Notions Seminar - Friday 24 June at 17:00

[Math Section]

BASIC  NOTIONS  SEMINAR  SERIES  2016


Friday, 24 June, at 17.00 hrs.


Antonio Celani(ICTP)

Title:
How to make good decisions


Abstract:
Why is decision-making so difficult? There are three main reasons: 
first, our limited ability in computing optimal strategies; second, the 
incomplete knowledge of the world around us; third, the inaccuracy of 
the predictions about the consequences of our actions. Under this severe 
conditions, is it still possible to act optimally?
With the aid of examples from biology, medicine and computer science, I 
will discuss how the theory of Markov Decision Processes and 
Reinforcement Learning provides an answer to this question.


VENUE:  Budinich Lecture Hall(ICTP Leonardo da Vinci Building)