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UMass Professor Andrew Barto Wins 2024 Turing Award

3/14/2025

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Andrew G. Barto, a distinguished professor emeritus at UMass Amherst, has been honored with the prestigious 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award for his groundbreaking contributions to reinforcement learning (RL). Alongside Richard Sutton, Barto laid the groundwork for this vital AI technique, shaping the future of AI research and inspiring innovations that promise to benefit society.

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Andrew G. Barto, a distinguished professor emeritus at UMass Amherst, has been honored with the prestigious 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award for his groundbreaking contributions to reinforcement learning (RL). Alongside Richard Sutton, Barto laid the groundwork for this vital AI technique, shaping the future of AI research and inspiring innovations that promise to benefit society.