16-745: Optimal Control and Reinforcement Learning
Spring 2026, MW 3:30-4:50 HOA 160
Instructor: Chris Atkeson, cga@cmu.edu
TAs: Krishna Suresh, ksuresh2@andrew
Anoushka Alavilli, apalavil@andrew
Mohit Javale, mjavale@andrew
Office hours TBA.
Events of Interest
TBA
Items of Interest
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Last year's course
Last year's lectures
Assignments
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Assignment 0 (Due Jan. 20): Send CGA and TAs email:
Who are you?
Why are you here?
What research do you do?
Describe any optimization you have done (point me to papers or
web pages if they exist).
Any project ideas?
What topics would you especially like the course to cover?
Be sure your name is obvious in the email, and you mention the course
name or number. I teach more than one course, and a random email from
robotlover@cs.cmu.edu is hard for me to process.
Project
The project will involve performing a substantial dynamic optimization,
and writing a paper about it. The writeup is as important as the programming
(if not more so) and will be in the format of a conference paper
(more on that later). Those of you who already have a dynamic optimization
problem you are working on for your research should work on that (subject
to the Professor's approval). The Professor and TAs can also work with you
to find topics of interest.