Michael Bowling
Scholar

Michael Bowling

Google Scholar ID: PYtPCHoAAAAJ
Amii, University of Alberta
Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningGame TheoryReinforcement LearningComputer Games
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
12,073
 
H-index
46
 
i10-index
103
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
114
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • His research has been featured on television programs such as Scientific American Frontiers, National Geographic Today, and Discovery Channel Canada, as well as appearing in the New York Times, Wired, CBC and BBC radio, and twice in exhibits at the Smithsonian Museums in Washington, DC.
Research Experience
  • Leader of the Computer Poker Research Group, which has built some of the best poker playing programs on the planet and won international AI competitions. Also a principal investigator in the Reinforcement Learning and Artificial Intelligence (RLAI) group and the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Machine Learning (AICML).
Education
  • Completed his Ph.D. at Carnegie Mellon University, where his dissertation was focused on multiagent learning and he was extensively involved in the RoboCup initiative.
Background
  • Full professor at the University of Alberta. His research focuses on machine learning, games, and robotics, with a particular fascination for how computers can learn to play games through experience.