Dylan J. Foster

Dylan J. Foster

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

H-index: 26

North America-United States

About Dylan J. Foster

Dylan J. Foster, With an exceptional h-index of 26 and a recent h-index of 26 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specializes in the field of Machine Learning, Optimization, Statistics, Reinforcement Learning, Deep Learning.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Controllable latent space discovery using multi-step inverse model

Harnessing density ratios for online reinforcement learning

Online Estimation via Offline Estimation: An Information-Theoretic Framework

Can large language models explore in-context?

Model-free reinforcement learning with the decision-estimation coefficient

Efficient model-free exploration in low-rank mdps

Orthogonal statistical learning

On the complexity of multi-agent decision making: From learning in games to partial monitoring

Dylan J. Foster Information

University

Position

Postdoctoral Fellow

Citations(all)

3621

Citations(since 2020)

3451

Cited By

1138

hIndex(all)

26

hIndex(since 2020)

26

i10Index(all)

40

i10Index(since 2020)

39

Email

University Profile Page

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Dylan J. Foster Skills & Research Interests

Machine Learning

Optimization

Statistics

Reinforcement Learning

Deep Learning

Top articles of Dylan J. Foster

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Controllable latent space discovery using multi-step inverse model

2024/1/25

Harnessing density ratios for online reinforcement learning

arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.09681

Philip Amortila

Dylan J Foster

Nan Jiang

Ayush Sekhari

Tengyang Xie

2024/1/18

Online Estimation via Offline Estimation: An Information-Theoretic Framework

arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.10122

Dylan J Foster

Yanjun Han

Jian Qian

Alexander Rakhlin

2024/4/15

Can large language models explore in-context?

arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.15371

Akshay Krishnamurthy

Keegan Harris

Dylan J Foster

Cyril Zhang

Aleksandrs Slivkins

2024/3/22

Model-free reinforcement learning with the decision-estimation coefficient

Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems

Dylan J Foster

Noah Golowich

Jian Qian

Alexander Rakhlin

Ayush Sekhari

2024/2/13

Efficient model-free exploration in low-rank mdps

Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems

Zak Mhammedi

Adam Block

Dylan J Foster

Alexander Rakhlin

2024/2/13

Orthogonal statistical learning

The Annals of Statistics

Dylan J Foster

Vasilis Syrgkanis

2023/6

On the complexity of multi-agent decision making: From learning in games to partial monitoring

Dean Foster

Dylan J Foster

Noah Golowich

Alexander Rakhlin

2023/7/12

Lower bounds for non-convex stochastic optimization

Mathematical Programming

Yossi Arjevani

Yair Carmon

John C Duchi

Dylan J Foster

Nathan Srebro

...

2023/5

Instance-optimality in interactive decision making: Toward a non-asymptotic theory

Andrew J Wagenmaker

Dylan J Foster

2023/7/12

Minimax rates for conditional density estimation via empirical entropy

The Annals of Statistics

Blair Bilodeau

Dylan J Foster

Daniel M Roy

2023/4

Tight guarantees for interactive decision making with the decision-estimation coefficient

Dylan J Foster

Noah Golowich

Yanjun Han

2023/7/12

Foundations of reinforcement learning and interactive decision making

arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.16730

Dylan J Foster

Alexander Rakhlin

2023/12/27

Representation learning with multi-step inverse kinematics: An efficient and optimal approach to rich-observation rl

Zakaria Mhammedi

Dylan J Foster

Alexander Rakhlin

2023/7/3

Butterfly effects of sgd noise: Error amplification in behavior cloning and autoregression

arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.11428

Adam Block

Dylan J Foster

Akshay Krishnamurthy

Max Simchowitz

Cyril Zhang

2023/10/17

Hardness of independent learning and sparse equilibrium computation in markov games

Dylan J Foster

Noah Golowich

Sham M Kakade

2023/7/3

Contextual bandits with packing and covering constraints: A modular lagrangian approach via regression

Aleksandrs Slivkins

Karthik Abinav Sankararaman

Dylan J Foster

2023/7/12

Interaction-grounded learning with action-inclusive feedback

Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems

Tengyang Xie

Akanksha Saran

Dylan J Foster

Lekan Molu

Ida Momennejad

...

2022/12/6

The role of coverage in online reinforcement learning

arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.04157

Tengyang Xie

Dylan J Foster

Yu Bai

Nan Jiang

Sham M Kakade

2022/10/9

Guaranteed discovery of control-endogenous latent states with multi-step inverse models

arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.08229

Alex Lamb

Riashat Islam

Yonathan Efroni

Aniket Didolkar

Dipendra Misra

...

2022/7/17

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Co-Authors

H-index: 90
Sham M Kakade

Sham M Kakade

University of Washington

H-index: 83
Peter Bartlett

Peter Bartlett

University of California, Berkeley

H-index: 73
Nathan Srebro

Nathan Srebro

Toyota Technological Institute

H-index: 63
John Duchi

John Duchi

Stanford University

H-index: 52
Alexander Rakhlin

Alexander Rakhlin

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

H-index: 41
Akshay Krishnamurthy

Akshay Krishnamurthy

University of Massachusetts Amherst

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