Josiah Hanna
jphanna [at] cs.wisc.edu
Computer Sciences Department
University of Wisconsin -- Madison
I am an assistant professor in the Computer Sciences Department at the University of
Wisconsin -- Madison.
The goal of my research is to develop fully autonomous agents that learn how to achieve
goals from experience.
Towards this goal, I study a branch of machine learning called reinforcement learning (RL)
that enables autonomous agents to learn via trial and error interaction.
The goal of my research is to develop and apply reinforcement learning algorithms that are
effective with a limited amount of task interaction time and to integrate these algorithms
into complete autonomous agents.
I am part of the broader reinforcement learning and
robotics groups at UW -- Madison and an affiliate of the Data Science
Institute.