Byron Galbraith

Byron Galbraith is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Talla, where he has worked on translating advancements in machine learning and natural language processing to build cutting edge knowledge automation solutions. Byron has a PhD in Cognitive and Neural Systems from Boston University and an MS in Bioinformatics from Marquette University. His research expertise includes natural language processing, reinforcement learning, brain-computer interfaces, neuromorphic robotics, spiking neural networks, and high-performance computing. Byron has held several software engineering roles including back-end system engineer, full stack web developer, office automation consultant, and game engine developer at companies ranging in size from a two-person startup to a multinational enterprise.

projects by Byron Galbraith

Deep Reinforcement Learning for Self-Driving Robots
5 weeks · 4-6 hours per week · INTERMEDIATE
Included with a Manning Online subscription
catalog / Data Science

In this liveProject, you’ll investigate reinforcement learning approaches that will allow autonomous robotic carts to navigate a warehouse floor without any bumps and crashes. Your challenges will include teaching warehouse navigation with tabular Q-learning, leveraging neural networks and Deep Q-Network models to avoid collisions, and putting together a simulation environment to handle custom reinforcement learning problems.

Please note: This project recommends using Colab Pro, which is an additional cost outside this project.