Workshop on Reinforcement Learning 2026
Welcome to the second mini-Workshop on Reinforcement Learning (RL) in Mannheim. The workshop will be held on February 6th 2026 to gather enthusiasts in the field of theory of Reinforcement Learning (RL). In a relaxed atmosphere experts and beginners have the opportunity to exchange insights on current research on RL.
We extend a warm invitation to all interested individuals to join us for this collaborative event. Please note that there are no fees associated with the workshop, so just drop by if you are interested in reinforcement learning!
Speakers and titles
- Matthieu Geist (Earth Species Project): RL-centric LLMs
- Giorgia Ramponi (University of Zurich): Multi-agent reinforcement learning without rewards
- Theresa Eimer (Leibniz University Hannover): Do Evaluations Have Politics? How Evaluation Practices Shape RL Algorithms
- Sarah Keren (Technion Haifa): Cooperative Reasoning in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning, with Lessons from Energy Systems
- Antonin Raffin (German Aerospace Center): Recent Advances in RL for Continuous Control – Early 2026 Update
- Constantin Rothkopf (TU Darmstadt): Inverse POMDPs for modeling human sequential behavior under uncertainty
- Adrien Bolland (University of Liège): Maximum Entropy RL and Policy Gradients: Why and What to Explore?
Program
9:00–9:45 Antonin Raffin 9:45–10:30 Giorgia Ramponi cofee break + poster session 11:15–12:00 Constantin Rothkopf lunch + poster session 14:00–14:45 Sarah Keren 14:45–15:30 Theresa Eimer coffee break + poster session 16:00–16:45 Matthieu Geist 16:45–17:30 Adrien Bolland restaurant Postersession
To begin the discussions, there will be poster sessions during the breaks. Everyone is welcome to bring posters from other occasions as well.
Venue
University of Mannheim (Germany), Aula, in the Barockschloss of Mannheim. 10 Minutes from the train station. Here is a google maps link, in the middle of this map you can find the main entrance to the university. Enter, then go to the first stock.
Registration
We do not charge a fee for participation but ask participants to register for a better planning of coffee breakes and lunch. Please use our google forms sheet.
Organizers
Leif Döring (Mannheim), Théo Vincent (Darmstadt), Simon Weißmann (Mannheim), Claire Vernade (Tübingen)
Support
The workshop is supported by the Mannheim Center for Data Science.
