Outputs (3)

Achieving goals using reward shaping and curriculum learning (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Studley, M., hansen, M., anca, M., thomas, J., & pedamonti, D. (2023, November). Achieving goals using reward shaping and curriculum learning. Paper presented at Future Technologies Conference, San Francisco

Real-time control for robotics is a popular research area in the reinforcement learning community. Through the use of techniques such as reward shaping, researchers have managed to train online agents across a multitude of domains. Despite these adva... Read More about Achieving goals using reward shaping and curriculum learning.

Gathering and presenting social feedback to change domestic electricity consumption (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Studley, M., Chambers, S., Rettie, R., & Burchell, K. (2011, May). Gathering and presenting social feedback to change domestic electricity consumption. Paper presented at SIGCHI 2011, Vancouver, Canada

This paper describes the CHARM Energy Study in which mobile technology is used to study the impact of social group feedback on household energy consumption. We describe the background and rationale behind the study, the technology which supports th... Read More about Gathering and presenting social feedback to change domestic electricity consumption.

CHARM: social norms marketing for energy efficiency (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Rettie, R., Studley, M., & Barnham, C. (2009, October). CHARM: social norms marketing for energy efficiency. Paper presented at First European Conference on Energy Efficiency and Behaviour 2009: Connecting Policy, Theory and Practice, Maastricht, The Netherlands

UK focus group research with dark/light and non-green consumers explored attitudes to a range of government, charity, manufacturer and retailer sustainability initiatives. The study explored how consumers understand the term 'green' and its relation... Read More about CHARM: social norms marketing for energy efficiency.