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RL and Video Games Workshop @ RLC 2025
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Official account of the Reinforcement Learning and Video Games Workshop at RLC 2025, August 5th.

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/rlvg-workshop-2025
Missed our workshop at @rl-conference.bsky.social?
Watch all keynote presentations and the panel discussion on YouTube:

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Big thanks to our awesome speakers: @togelius.bsky.social, @jmac-ai.bsky.social, Roberta Raileanu, Michael Bowling and @pcastr.bsky.social!
RLVG Sessions @ RLC 2025 - YouTube
Recorded sessions of the Reinforcement Learning and Video Games (RLVG) workshop at the Reinforcement Learning Conference (RLC), 2025. Recorded on August 5, 2025
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September 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
We’re excited to announce our final keynote speaker: @michaelhbowling.bsky.social (University of Alberta). 🎲🃏

In this talk, he will explore what drew him to explore using 40-year-old video games to test RL agents!

Join us at @rl-conference.bsky.social to find out more about the Atari Benchmark!
July 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We’re excited to announce our next speaker: @pcastr.bsky.social (Google DeepMind, Mila) 🎮🕹️

His research tackles core challenges in deep RL for real-world impact, like network scalability and plasticity loss!

Join us at @rl-conference.bsky.social to learn more about Pablo’s work!
July 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Thank you to our sponsors Iconic for their kind support to make this workshop happen!

Follow them at www.iconicgames.io and stay tuned for their first game dropping soon! 🎮🕹️
July 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
We’re excited to announce our next keynote speaker:
@neuroai.bsky.social (Microsoft Research) 🧠

Ida studies how humans and AI build world models for memory, exploration, and planning. Her talk will show how game-playing AI reveals insights into human and artificial cognition.

Join us at #RLC2025!
July 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We’re excited to announce our next keynote speaker: @togelius.bsky.social (NYU, modl.ai)! 🕹️

Julian will share why games are essential testbeds for AI and how RL powers game-playing agents, player modeling, and procedural content generation.

Join us on August 5th to learn more about Julian's work!
July 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Thank you to our headline sponsors Medal for their kind support to make this workshop happen - go check them out at medal.tv to capture and share your PC gaming highlights! 🎮🕹️
July 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We’re excited to announce our next speaker: Roberta Raileanu ( Google DeepMind)!

Roberta will discuss the history and future of NetHack, the iconic roguelike that continues to challenge RL and LLM agents alike. ⚔️

Join us to learn how we can develop agents capable of tackling open-endedness!
July 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
We’re excited to announce our first speaker: James MacGlashan (@jmac-ai.bsky.social), from Sony AI! 🚀

James led the development of GT Sophy, a superhuman RL racing agent in Gran Turismo!

Join his talk to learn about how GT Sophy was used as an opponent in GT7 and what’s next for RL in gaming.
July 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Two days left to submit to our Reinforcement Learning and Video Game workshop at @rl-conference.bsky.social !

Join us in discussing the bright future of RL and Video Games!
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June 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
❗️❗️submission deadline is extended!

⌛ New Submission Deadline: June 6th, AoE

Find out more here: sites.google.com/view/rlvg-wo...
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May 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
‼️ Two days left to submit your contributions for our workshop!

Working on RL and video games? Join us! We will have amazing speakers, cool events and a 🎮special topical🎮 best paper award prize!

⌛ Paper Submission Deadline: May 30th

Find out more here: sites.google.com/view/rlvg-wo...
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May 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
One week left to submit your contributions for our workshop! ⏰🎮

We welcome submissions on video games to benchmark open problems in RL and in applications of RL for video game development!

⌛ Paper Submission Deadline: May 30th

Find out more here: sites.google.com/view/rlvg-wo...
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May 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Running out of time to submit your contributions for our workshop!

We welcome submissions on video games to benchmark open problems in RL and in applications of RL for video game development!

⌛ Paper Submission Deadline: May 30th

Find out more here: sites.google.com/view/rlvg-wo...
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May 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
👾👾 We are happy to announce the first Reinforcement Learning and Video Games (RLVG) Workshop at @rl-conference.bsky.social 2025! 🎮🎮

For more information and the call for papers: sites.google.com/view/rlvg-wo...

More details coming soon!
April 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM