RL in Big Worlds @rlcbigworlds.bsky.social A workshop to promote research in Big Worlds @rl-conference.bsky.social 2026, where the environment 🌍 is much bigger than the agent 🤖
https://rlinbigworlds.ca/
John D. Martin @jdmartin86.bsky.social Thinking about AI and RL.
Fellow @ Openmind Research Institute
Adjunct Prof. @ University of Alberta
RLDM @rldmdublin2025.bsky.social The Multi-disciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making.
11-14 June 2025.
Trinity College Dublin.
https://rldm.org/
Abhishek Naik @abhisheknaik96.bsky.social PhD graduate in reinforcement learning from the University of Alberta. Now, RL research in space! 🚀🛰️
Ishan Durugkar @idurugkar.bsky.social Reinforcement learning researcher, dabbled in robotics, and generative techniques that were later made out of date by diffusion. Currently at Sony AI, working on game AI
danilobzdok @danilobzdok.bsky.social Research director | @McGillU @Mila_Quebec @IVADO_Qc | My team designs machine learning frameworks to understand biological systems from new angles of attack
Andrew Davison @ajdavison.bsky.social From SLAM to Spatial AI; Professor of Robot Vision, Imperial College London; Director of the Dyson Robotics Lab; Co-Founder of Slamcore. FREng, FRS.
Alex Lewandowski @alexlewandowski.bsky.social PhD candidate studying learning algorithms
Robin Ranjit Singh Chauhan @robinchauhan.bsky.social Host TalkRL Podcast, Aspiring RL researcher
AgFunder VC Head of Eng, Ex-MSFT, Waterloo computer engineering
Sunshine Coast BC Canada
Abebe Tinari @tinari.bsky.social Game designer / director based in Helsinki.
ゲームデザイナー／ディレクター
Lead Game Designer at Housemarque. Lead Enemy Designer on SAROS.
Director of Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon.
「ベヨネッタオリジンズ: セレッサと迷子の悪魔」のディレクターを務めました。
Anna Hakhverdyan @annahakh.bsky.social Research Assistant at University of Alberta working with Prof. Martha White. I completed my MSc also under supervision of Prof. Martha White this year!
https://anna-ssi.github.io
Marques Brownlee @mkbhd.com Video maker
Shah Rukh Qasim @shahrukhqasim.bsky.social Dr. | Postdoctoral Researcher @ University of Zurich 🇨🇭
Into ML, stats, ethics, IR, and HEP. Prev: Ph.D. @CERN
Marlos C. Machado @marloscmachado.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta. Amii Fellow, Canada CIFAR AI chair. ML researcher. All things reinforcement learning. Photo by Ampersand Grey.
📍 Edmonton, Canada 🇨🇦
🔗 https://mcmachado.github.io/
🗓️ Joined November, 2024
Veronica Chelu @veronicachelu.bsky.social postdoc • neuroscience, psychedelics, RL & decision-making, ML @ McGill University / MILA Quebec AI Institute
•past Google DeepMind London / Montreal
https://veronicachelu.github.io
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•meditation enthusiast
•yogi/200h RYT
•handbalancer/contortionist
Csaba Szepesvari @skiandsolve.bsky.social ⛷️ ML Theorist carving equations and mountain trails | 🚴♂️ Biker, Climber, Adventurer | 🧠 Reinforcement Learning: Always seeking higher peaks, steeper walls and better policies.
https://ualberta.ca/~szepesva
Patrick M. Pilarski @patrickpilarski.bsky.social Professor and Canada CIFAR AI Chair (Amii) at the University of Alberta, Dept. Medicine, BLINCLab. Corporate director. Previously: office co-lead at DeepMind Alberta. https://pilarski.github.io
Alex Kearney @alexkearney.com Building the behavior engine for games @ Artificial.Agency • fmr RS DeepMind • Really like the #indieweb really like #YEG • can’t do a kickflip
kongaloosh.com
Mandana Samiei @mandanas.bsky.social PhD candidate at McGill and Mila - Quebec AI Institute w/ Blake Richards and Doina Precup.
Interested in Reinforcement Learning, Continual Learning and Human Cognition.
Based in Montreal. 🇨🇦
Bram Grooten @bramgrooten.bsky.social PhD student at the TU Eindhoven. Researching deep learning, RL, sparse neural networks, robotics.
@shimon8282.bsky.social @shimon8282.bsky.social Professor of Computer Science at Oxford. Senior Staff Research Scientist at Waymo.
Mike Johanson @mikebjohanson.johanson.ca Rogue game theorist and RL scientist in 🇨🇦. Formerly: co-founder Artificial.Agency, RS DeepMind, PhD UAlberta, Poker AI. Gaming 🎮🎲, curling 🥌, knitting 🧶, geocaching 🗺️. (he/him).
Anna Koop @akoopa.bsky.social Eternal learner, incorrigible thinker. Roaming AI researcher, maker, idea generator. Sometimes I even complete things. Eventually. Best known for infectious enthusiasm and irrepressible outbursts. My laughter is with me, not at you. Cis settler ally.
Blake Richards @tyrellturing.bsky.social Researcher at Google and CIFAR Fellow, working on the intersection of machine learning and neuroscience in Montréal (academic affiliations: @mcgill.ca and @mila-quebec.bsky.social).
Marc Lanctot @sharky6000.bsky.social Research Scientist at Google DeepMind, interested in multiagent reinforcement learning, game theory, games, and search/planning.
Lover of Linux 🐧, coffee ☕, and retro gaming. Big fan of open-source. #gohabsgo 🇨🇦
For more info: https://linktr.ee/sharky6000
Tom Schaul @schaul.bsky.social RL researcher at DeepMind
https://schaul.site44.com/ 🇱🇺
Shibhansh Dohare @shibhansh.bsky.social AI researcher at University of Alberta.
https://shibhansh.github.io/
David Abel @dabelcs.bsky.social Scientist @ DeepMind and Honorary Fellow @ U of Edinburgh.
RL, agency, philosophy, foundations, alignment.
https://david-abel.github.io
Reinforcement Learning Conference @rl-conference.bsky.social Information and updates about RLC 2026 at Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from August 15 to 18.
https://rl-conference.cc
Jesse Farebrother @brosa.ca Ph.D. Student studying AI & decision making at Mila / McGill University. Currently at FAIR @ Meta. Previously Google DeepMind & Google Brain.
https://brosa.ca
Kris D. @kris.pengy.ca Research Fellow @ http://openmindresearch.org interested in AI, robotics, and penguins—dabbles with game development, pixel art, speedrunning, and speedcubing.
http://kris.pengy.ca 🐧
Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social Anti-cynic. Towards a weirder future. Reinforcement Learning, Autonomous Vehicles, transportation systems, the works. Asst. Prof at NYU. Founding research scientist at Percepta.
https://emerge-lab.github.io
https://www.admonymous.co/eugenevinitsky