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<div class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-gE gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-iv gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-gt" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;padding:20px 0px 0px;font-size:12.8px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span id="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-m_3592177137729890180gmail-docs-internal-guid-6860d5c7-d6b7-8338-a52b-070e6a99df93" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;display:inline"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Colleagues,</span></p></span><br></div><div id="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-:43q" class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-ii gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-gt" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div id="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-:43p" class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-a3s gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-aXjCH" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;overflow:hidden;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.5"><div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-m_3592177137729890180gmail-docs-internal-guid-6860d5c7-d6b7-8338-a52b-070e6a99df93" style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We would like to invite you to submit extended abstracts of between 4-8 pages to our '<span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Lifelong</span> <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Learning</span>: A <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Reinforcement</span> <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Learning</span> <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Approach</span>' ICML/IJCAI 2018 <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Workshop</span> which will be held in Stockholm, Sweden on July 14, 2018. This <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">workshop</span> is part of the Federated AI Meeting (FAIM) which includes ICML/IJCAI/AAMAS/ICCBR.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">IMPORTANT INFORMATION</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">************************************************</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Website:</span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/llarla2018" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> https://sites.google.com/view/llarla2018/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date: 14 July 2018</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Location: Stockholm, Sweden</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Submission deadline: 30th May 2018, 11:59 PM (Anywhere on Earth)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#ff0000"><br></font></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#ff0000">The deadline has been extended from 23rd May to 30th May due to several requests.</font></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#ff0000"><br></font></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#ff0000">Also, now we have student paper awards worth 1000 USD sponsored by DeepMind!</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">OVERVIEW</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">************************************************</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">One of the most challenging and open problems in Artificial Intelligence (AI) is that of <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Lifelong</span> <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Learning</span>:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“<span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Lifelong</span> <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Learning</span> is the continued <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">learning</span> of tasks, from one or more domains, over the course of a lifetime, by a <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">lifelong</span> <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">learning</span> system. A <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">lifelong</span> <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">learning</span> system efficiently and effectively (1) retains the knowledge it has learned; (2) selectively transfers knowledge to learn new tasks; and (3) ensures the effective and efficient interaction between (1) and (2).”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Lifelong</span> <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">learning</span> is still in its infancy. Many issues currently exist such as <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">learning</span> general representations, catastrophic forgetting, efficient knowledge retention mechanisms and hierarchical abstractions.  Much work has been done in the <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Reinforcement</span> <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Learning</span> (RL) community to tackle different elements of <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">lifelong</span> <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">learning</span>. Active research topics include hierarchical abstractions, transfer <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">learning</span>, multi-task <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">learning</span> and curriculum <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">learning</span>. With the emergence of powerful function approximators such as in Deep <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Learning</span>, we feel that now is a perfect time to provide a forum to discuss ways to move forward and provide a truly general <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">lifelong</span> <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">learning</span> framework, using RL-based algorithms, with more rigor than ever before. This <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">workshop</span> will endeavor to promote interaction between researchers working on the different elements of <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">lifelong</span> <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">learning</span> to try and find a synergy between the various techniques.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SUBMISSION</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">************************************************</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The submitted work should be an extended abstract of between 4-8 pages (including references). The submission should be in </span><span style="font-weight:700;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">pdf</span><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> format and should follow the style guidelines for ICML 2018. The review process is double-blind and the work should be submitted by the latest </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">30th</span><span style="font-weight:700;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> May 2018, 11:59 PM (Anywhere on Earth). </span><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Submissions must be made through easychair:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.92;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=llarla2018" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=llarla2018</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> ​​</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There will be no formal publication of workshop proceedings. However, the accepted papers will be made available online on the workshop website.</span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AREAS OF INTEREST</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">************************************************</span></p><ul style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Using Hierarchical Abstractions to perform <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">lifelong</span> <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">learning</span> (e.g., skills/options and state space representations)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Catastrophic forgetting in <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">lifelong</span> <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">learning</span></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Transfer <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Learning</span></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Multi-task <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Learning</span></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Curriculum <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Learning</span></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Meta-<span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Learning</span></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Deep <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Learning</span> as a tool for performing <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">lifelong</span> <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">learning</span></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Determine new, challenging benchmark domains</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more info see our</span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/llarla2018/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">website</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">WORKSHOP</span> ORGANIZERS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">************************************************</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sarath Chandar - University of Montreal</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tom Zahavy - Technion Israel Institute of Technology</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Daniel J. Mankowitz - Technion Israel Institute of Technology</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Balaraman Ravindran - Indian Institute of Technology</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Shie Mannor - Technion Israel Institute of Technology</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We look forward to reviewing your submissions and hope to see you in Stockholm!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kind regards,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sarath, Tom, Daniel, Ravi, and Shie</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Lifelong</span> <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Learning</span>: A <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Reinforcement</span> <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Learning</span> <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Approach</span> <span class="gmail-m_5278714445406634672gmail-m_-5031838551205802850gmail-m_-6466121873442733373gmail-il">Workshop</span> organizers</span></p></span></div></div></div>

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