The National Science Foundation Workshop on Reinforcement Learning

learning, neural networks, robotics, AI, and engineering. In recognition of the growing importance of reinforcement learning, it seemed an opportune time to bring together leading researchers from these areas for a three-day meeting consisting of general and wide-ranging discussions. The National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored the workshop with a generous grant to cover the travel and lodging costs of all participants. The participants sought to assess the state of the art of reinforcement learning today; outline promising directions for further work; clarify links between reinforcement learning and existing work in dynamic programming; and, finally, explore potential industrial applications of reinforcement learning.