Ashwin Rao

Ashwin Rao
Adjunct Professor, ICME
Stanford University
Office: Huang Engineering Center, ICME Mezannine Level, Room M05
Email: ashwin.rao@stanford.edu

My academic background is in Algorithms Theory and Abstract Algebra.
My current academic interests lie in the broad space of A.I. for Sequential Decisioning under Uncertainty.
I am particularly interested in Deep Reinforcement Learning applied to Financial Markets and to Retail Businesses.
More details on my background and work are described on my LinkedIn page.


My RL-for-Finance book (with Tikhon Jelvis)

Book Title: Foundations of Reinforcement Learning with Applications in Finance
Publisher: Routledge and CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group)

RL-Lab Research Projects

Applied RL research projects I am curently working on with my students:


Teaching