Rick Valenzano

Areas of Expertise

• Artificial Intelligence, Sequential Decision Making, Automated Planning, Heuristic Search, Reinforcement Learning

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) University of Alberta (2009 — 2014)
• Master of Science (M.Sc.) University of Alberta (2007 — 2009)
• Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) with Honours University of Toronto (2003 — 2007)

Teaching Experience

• Adjunct Assistant Professor, MMAI 845: Reinforcement Learning 2019-2020
• Instructor, CSC2542: Algorithms for Sequential Decision-Making 2016
• Teaching Assistant, CCT471H5F: Knowledge Representation 2015
• Instructor, CMPUT 175: Foundations of Computation II 2012
• Teaching Assistant, CMPUT 175: Foundations of Computation II 2011

Honours and Awards

• AAAI Outstanding Program Committee Member Award (2017)
• Winner of the Multi-Core Track of the International Planning Competition (2011, 2014)