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Written on 29.01.26 by Yannic Muskalla

Hi everyone,

we have a few announcements:

Bonus points have been awarded to the best solutions for Exercise Sheet D. You can check whether you received a bonus on your Personal Status page.
The solutions for Exercise Sheet E are now available online.
Please remember to… Read more

Hi everyone,

we have a few announcements:

Bonus points have been awarded to the best solutions for Exercise Sheet D. You can check whether you received a bonus on your Personal Status page.
The solutions for Exercise Sheet E are now available online.
Please remember to register for the exam in CMS by Monday (in addition to registering in LSF).
You are allowed to bring one handwritten DIN A4 sheet (a "cheat sheet”) to the exam.

Cheers,

your RL-Team

Additional Exercises

Written on 24.01.26 by Verena Wolf

Dear all,

I have uploaded additional exercises (see Material) that were used in exams of previous iterations. I will discuss their solutions on Monday during the regular lecture slot.

Regards,
Verena Wolf.

Exam Preparation Session on Monday & Award Ceremony for the TicTacToe-Competition

Written on 23.01.26 by Yannic Muskalla

Dear all,

the lecture next Monday will be an exam preparation session, during which you can ask questions and work through some exercises. To get the most out of the session, please think in advance about any questions you may have regarding the lecture content.

In addition, we plan to hand out… Read more

Dear all,

In addition, we plan to hand out chocolate to the winners of the TicTacToe-Leaderboard during the lecture next Monday, so make sure to be there to receive your chocolate :)

Office Hour Tomorrow only until 1pm

Written on 21.01.26 by Yannic Muskalla

Hi everyone, tomorrow the Office Hour will only run from 10 am to 1 pm.

Best, your RL-Team

CMS Exam Registration + No Tutorial this Week

Written on 19.01.26 by Yannic Muskalla

Dear all,

If you want to participate in the final exam, please register in the CMS in addition to registering in LSF. You can find the registration button on your personal status page (you must have passed the admission exam to register).

Also note that there will be no tutorial this week.… Read more

Dear all,

Also note that there will be no tutorial this week. Tutorials will continue next week, on 28.01., after the deadline for Exercise Sheet E.

Cheers,

your RL-Team

Deadline Extension for Exercise D

Written on 18.01.26 by Lisa Dargasz

Dear all,

we have reopened and extended the deadline for submitting Exercise D until tomorrow at 12 PM. If you submitted your solution with the incorrect file extension, please re-upload it using the correct extension. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Best regards,

Your RL Team

File Extension for Handing in Exercise D Repaired

Written on 18.01.26 by Lisa Dargasz

Dear all,

the file extension for handing in exercise D is corrected. You should now be able to hand in your solutions in the CMS.

Best regards,

Your RL-Team

Last Exercise Sheet out & LSF Registration for Final Exam

Written on 14.01.26 by Yannic Muskalla

Dear all,

we have just released the final exercise sheet (Exercise Sheet E). Additionally, registration for the final exam is now open in LSF. Please make sure to register there in time, as registration is mandatory in order to participate in the exam.

Finally, a reminder that the programming… Read more

Finally, a reminder that the programming competition is still open until Sunday :)

Cheers
your RL-Team

Update Exercise D

Written on 07.01.26 (last change on 08.01.26) by Lisa Dargasz

Dear all,

we have decided to extend the deadline for Exercise D to January 18th. The next and final exercise sheet will be published next Wednesday, January 14th. The tutorials will also be shifted by one week (please have a look at the timetable).

Additionally, we are introducing an optional… Read more

Dear all,

Additionally, we are introducing an optional competition with a leaderboard for the exercise as an extension of the lecture program. Submissions that outperform most opponent policies will receive chocolate as a prize! To participate, you need a GitHub account and send us your GitHub username. We will then send you an invitation link.

We also reward the best submisisons in the CMS with a bonus of 0.3 on the final grade. Note that this is separate from the Github competition.

If you are still working on the assignment or plan to start, you might also want to have a look at the slides prepared by Jonas Krück, which are available under in the Additional Material section of the CMS.

Best regards,
Your RL-Team

Admission Exam Inspection

Written on 05.01.26 by Lisa Dargasz

Dear all,

Happy New Year and welcome back!

We offer an exam inspection this Thursday (Jan 8) and next Thursday (Jan 15) during the regular office hours in E1.3, room 328.

Best regards,

Your RL-Team

Office Hour today

Written on 18.12.25 by Lisa Dargasz

Dear all,

the OH starts at noon (12PM) today. Sorry for the short notice!

Best,

Your RL Team

Admission Exam Results

Written on 15.12.25 by Lisa Dargasz

Dear all,

we have just published the results of the admission exam. The passing threshold is set at 5 points. An exam inspection will be offered on January 8th, during the usual office hour time slot and in the same room.

Best,

Your RL-Team

Tutorial Evaluation

Written on 12.12.25 by Lisa Dargasz

Dear all,

if you attended the tutorials so far, you can evaluate them at https://qualis.uni-saarland.de/eva/?l=1598501&p=cpsmvw until Monday, Jan. 12th.

Best,

Your RL Team

Admission Exam starts 15min later

Written on 11.12.25 by Yannic Muskalla

Hi everyone,
due to organizational reasons, the Admission Exam has been rescheduled to 14:15 tomorrow (instead of the previously announced 14:00). Please arrive in front of the GHH by 14:05.
We apologize for the short notice and wish you all the best for tomorrow’s exam.

Cheers, Yannic

Admission Exam on Friday

Written on 10.12.25 by Yannic Muskalla

Hi everyone,

Here are some important details about the Admission Exam on Friday, December 12: The exam will take place from 14:00 to 14:30 in the Günter-Hotz-Hörsaal in E2 2. You can find your assigned seat on your personal status page. Please be in front of the lecture hall no later than 13:50 and… Read more

Hi everyone,

The exam will be a 30 minute multiple choice exam. As announced in the lecture, questions may cover all material discussed so far. Using a calculator or a cheat sheet is not permitted.

Best, your RL-Team

Reminder: Admission Exam Registration

Written on 09.12.25 by Yannic Muskalla

Hi everyone,

please do not forget to register for the Admission Exam in the cms by the end of the day. Otherwise, you will not be allowed to take the exam. You can find the registration on your Personal Status page.

Best, your RL-Team

Tutorial Slots

Written on 11.11.25 by Yannic Muskalla

Hey everyone,

Just a quick reminder: tomorrow from 14:15 to 15:45 in E1.3 Lecture Hall 1 will be the first tutorial on the first exercise sheet.
Note that there will be another tutorial on the same sheet next Tuesday.
You can always find the times and dates of the tutorials and office hours in… Read more

Hey everyone,

Cheers, Yannic

New: Forum

Written on 01.11.25 by Yannic Muskalla

Good morning everyone,

By popular demand, the CMS now has a forum where you can ask questions about both content and organization, or look for a teammate to work on the exercise sheets.

Have a nice weekend,

Your RL Team

First Exercise Sheet out

Written on 29.10.25 by Yannic Muskalla

Hi everyone,

We’ve just released Exercise Sheet A, as well as the solutions for the additional training sheet on probability theory.

The exercises are voluntary, and we’ll upload the solutions later on. However, we highly recommend submitting your solutions to receive feedback on them. You can… Read more

Hi everyone,

We’ve just released Exercise Sheet A, as well as the solutions for the additional training sheet on probability theory.

The exercises are voluntary, and we’ll upload the solutions later on. However, we highly recommend submitting your solutions to receive feedback on them. You can find the corresponding submission on your Personal Status page in the CMS. Please hand in each exercise separately.

We also encourage you to work in groups, since discussing your approaches with others can be very helpful. If you decide to collaborate, please create a team in the CMS and submit only one solution per group, so we don’t have to correct multiple copies of the same submission.

We’ll reach out soon with more information about the tutorials, which will start shortly after the first submission deadline.

If you have any questions or encounter difficulties with the exercises, feel free to come to the Office Hour, taking place Thursdays from 10:00 to 14:00 in E1.3, Room 328, starting this week.

Cheers, your RL Team

Correction Time & Date Tutoral on Probability Theory

Written on 27.10.25 by Yannic Muskalla

Hi everyone,

since there was some contradicting information about the time and date of the tutorial on probability theory:

The tutorial will take place on Wednesday, 29.10., 14:15 - 15:45, E 1.3 lecture room 1.

Cheers, Yannic

Reminder: RL lecture at 14:15

Written on 27.10.25 by Verena Wolf

Dear all,

For the lecture today at 14:15, we use the same Zoom link as last week:

https://cs-uni-saarland-de.zoom.us/j/85446731707?pwd=MmRS3K37DepIrMaVE6d4tjw5c0KZiS.1

Meeting-ID: 854 4673 1707
Kenncode: 260128

Kind regards,

Verena Wolf.

Additional Training Sheet and Tutorial on Probability Theory

Written on 21.10.25 (last change on 21.10.25) by Yannic Muskalla

Hello everyone!

To better prepare you for some theoretical parts of the lecture, we have just published an additional training sheet that covers important basics of probability theory. You can find it under Information --> Materials. Although the training sheet is, as all exercise sheets in this course, completely optional, we highly recommend you to make sure you understand the concepts as they will be important as the lecture progresses.

We also offer a tutorial, where we will discuss the training sheet. It will take place in E 1.3, lecture room 1, on Wednesday, October 29, 14:15 - 15:45.

Have a nice evening!

Welcome to the Reinforcement Learning Course (Zoom link for Monday)

Written on 18.10.25 by Verena Wolf

Dear participants,

You are registered for the UdS course “Reinforcement Learning.”
Our first lecture will take place on Monday at 14:15 in HS002 (E13).

If you prefer to join online, please use the following Zoom link:

Dear participants,

You are registered for the UdS course “Reinforcement Learning.”
Our first lecture will take place on Monday at 14:15 in HS002 (E13).

If you prefer to join online, please use the following Zoom link:

https://cs-uni-saarland-de.zoom.us/j/85446731707?pwd=MmRS3K37DepIrMaVE6d4tjw5c0KZiS.1

I look forward to meeting you all on Monday.

Kind regards,
Prof. Verena Wolf