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Philippe Preux
Professor of Computer Science
University of Lille 3
Head of the INRIA Lille-Nord Europe SequeL project.


A bunch of post-doc positions are open:

• Large scale sequential learning
• Learning in Time Changing Markov Decision Processes
• Efficient Resource Allocation in Decision-Making under Uncertainty

Challenge Exploration/Exploitation 2012 based on data provided by Yahoo!. Participate!
and the accompanying workshop on new Challenges for Exploration & Exploitation.

PC member of:

• 29^th International Conference on Machine Learning, Edinburgh, June 26^th-July 1^st
• 10^thEuropean Workshop on Reinforcement Learning, held in conjunction with ICML'2012, in Edinburgh
• Adaptive Dynamic Programming and Reinforcement Learning (ADPRL), Singapore, Apr 15-19, 2013 (deadline: Oct, 10^th, 2012)

Other things I've been, or I am currently involved in.

Otherwise, a few words about me (a very short vita is available here):

• Research: my research concerns adaptive systems. In short, along years, I have drifted from genetic algorithms to machine learning.
  • currently: large scale sequential learning, reinforcement learning, supervised learning, data mining
  • in the past: evolutionary algorithms, fitness landscapes, combinatorial optimization, virtual laboratories, supercompilers
  • my publications are available here
  • SequeL means Sequential Learning. This is a research group where we study incremental, or sequential, machine learning tasks. Reinforcement learning is one of them, as well as sequential clustering for instance. SequeL is one of the projects of the INRIA Lille-Nord Europe lab in Lille.
    BTW, yes!, SequeL is looking for researchers (post-docs, ...), so, go for a click on the link if you have a solid background in computer science and maths...
  • I am a member of the IEEE Technical Committee on Adaptive Dynamic Programming and Reinforcement Learning, chair of the ``Representation in ADP and RL'' task force.
• Teaching: I teach data mining, machine learning, and the modeling of the dynamics of behavior in master degrees.

Address:

INRIA
Parc Scientifique de la haute Borne
Parc Plaza - Bâtiment A
40, Avenue Halley
59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq
France
Tel : 33.3.59.57.79.08 from abroad
Fax : 33.3.59.57.78.50 from abroad
Mel : p h i l i p p e . p r e u x @ inria.fr

My picture may be found there.