Course Outline
Introduction to Reinforcement Learning and Agentic AI
- Decision-making under uncertainty and sequential planning
- Core elements of RL: agents, environments, states, and rewards
- The role of RL in adaptive and agentic AI systems
Markov Decision Processes (MDPs)
- Formal definitions and properties of MDPs
- Value functions, Bellman equations, and dynamic programming
- Policy evaluation, improvement, and iterative refinement
Model-Free Reinforcement Learning
- Monte Carlo methods and Temporal-Difference (TD) learning
- Q-learning and SARSA algorithms
- Practical application: implementing tabular RL methods in Python
Deep Reinforcement Learning
- Integrating neural networks with RL for function approximation
- Deep Q-Networks (DQN) and the concept of experience replay
- Actor-Critic architectures and policy gradient methods
- Practical application: training agents using DQN and PPO with Stable-Baselines3
Exploration Strategies and Reward Shaping
- Managing the trade-off between exploration and exploitation (ε-greedy, UCB, entropy methods)
- Crafting reward functions and mitigating unintended behaviours
- Techniques for reward shaping and curriculum learning
Advanced Topics in RL and Decision-Making
- Multi-agent reinforcement learning and cooperative strategies
- Hierarchical reinforcement learning and the options framework
- Offline RL and imitation learning for safer deployment scenarios
Simulation Environments and Evaluation
- Utilising OpenAI Gym and custom-built environments
- Differences between continuous and discrete action spaces
- Metrics for assessing agent performance, stability, and sample efficiency
Integrating RL into Agentic AI Systems
- Combining reasoning capabilities with RL in hybrid agent architectures
- Integrating reinforcement learning with tool-utilising agents
- Operational factors for scaling and deployment
Capstone Project
- Designing and implementing a reinforcement learning agent for a simulated task
- Analysing training performance and optimising hyperparameters
- Demonstrating adaptive behaviour and decision-making within an agentic context
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- Advanced proficiency in Python programming
- A robust understanding of machine learning and deep learning concepts
- Knowledge of linear algebra, probability, and fundamental optimization methods
Target Audience
- Reinforcement learning engineers and applied AI researchers
- Developers in robotics and automation
- Engineering teams focused on adaptive and agentic AI systems
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