| Michael L. Littman | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 30th, 1966 Philadelphia, PA |
| Residence | U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Computer Science |
| Institutions | Rutgers University |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Doctoral advisor | Leslie P. Kaelbling |
Michael L. Littman is a computer scientist. He works mainly in reinforcement learning, but has done work in machine learning, game theory, computer networking, Partially observable Markov decision process solving, computer solving of analogy problems and other areas. He is currently a professor of computer science and department chair at Rutgers University.
Before graduate school, Littman worked with Thomas Landauer at Bellcore and was granted a patent for one of the earliest systems for Cross-language information retrieval. Littman received his Ph.D. in computer science from Brown University in 1996. From 1996 to 1999, he was a professor at Duke University. During his time at Duke, he worked on an automated crossword solver PROVERB, which won an Outstanding Paper Award in 1999 from AAAI and competed in the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. From 2000 to 2002, he worked at AT&T. Since 2002, he has been a professor at Rutgers University.