One Month Research Program at Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
17th July - 16th August 2023
Ms. Sakshi Ahuja (Assistant Professor), Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurugram completed “One Month Research Program at Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan” from 17th July - 16th August, 2023. The theme of the research work was “Children’s Behaviour Modelling based on Reinforcement Learning” and was carried under the mentorship of Dr. Keiichi HORIO (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Life Sciences and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan.)
The Research program was a scientific exchange between Indian and Japanese joint collaborative research that provided deep insights into Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. During the one month of research work, Ms. Sakshi learned about Reinforcement learning, a subfield of Artificial Intelligence that focuses upon interaction between agents and their environments. She used the method of Reinforcement Learning to make a sequence of decisions to maximize cumulative reward. She used qualitative and quantitative research approaches to complete her research work:
Qualitative research: A research method that collects descriptive data mainly using observational and interview methods and conducts linguistic and conceptual analysis. It is often done for the purpose of generating hypotheses without quantifying the data.
Quantitative research: A research method that mainly collects quantitative data using experimental and survey methods and uses statistical methods to clarify the relationships between variables.
As an outcome of the research work, Ms. Sakshi was able to deliver a succinct explanation of the use of reinforcement learning to understand and mould children’s conduct.