Independent studies for students of the University of Bremen

[AlexanderFabisch]

Policy Search for BOLeRo

Possible Candidates

• 2-3 students from "Lernverfahren für autonome Roboter" (each student working on a different paper)

Literature

See #9

Software

• BOLeRo, tested for Ubuntu 16.04, could be used with Docker

What You Will Learn / Prerequisites

• you have to bring your own computer, we can give you a laptop for the final presentation (no PowerPoint license available!)
• policy search
• Python ecosystem: numpy, scipy, matplotlib, sklearn, pybullet

Steps

• make yourself familiar with BOLeRo
• pick one of the papers from this ticket
• implement the main algorithm and preferably example(s) / benchmark(s) from the paper
• develop on a feature branch of BOLeRo and make a pull request
• the pull request will be reviewed by us
• make a short presentation at the end of the independent studies

Evaluation Criteria

• code will be reviewed and will contribute 70% to the grade
• the final short presentation will contribute 30% to the grade
• you can get 2-6 CP for independent studies