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Teamcore Seminar: Akshat Kumar (Singapore Management University) - Automated Planning and Decision Making Using Probabilistic Inference

Speaker: Akshat Kumar, Singapore Management University

Talk Title: Automated Planning and Decision Making Using Probabilistic Inference

Series: Teamcore Seminar

Abstract: Automated planning and decision making is a key building block of artificial intelligence. Traditionally, approaches for decision making and planning have evolved somewhat separately from that of machine learning. In this talk, I will highlight the duality between planning and learning. I will show that several decision making problems in probabilistic graphical models (such as the problem of maximum a posteriori (MAP) estimation) with applications in multiagent systems, bioinformatics, and computer vision can be viewed from a machine learning (ML) perspective using the framework of maximum likelihood estimation. Similarly, I will show how classical planning problems such as finding the shortest path in a graph can also be viewed from an ML perspective. As a result of this connection between planning and learning, I will show how probabilistic inference approaches can be used for planning, and their benefits. I will conclude by highlighting how such planning-as-inference perspective has recently helped address challenging sequential decision making problems in multiagent systems.

Host: Teamcore Group

Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Assistant to CS chair