--- title: "Michael Bowling — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Michael Bowling, University of Alberta: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2012–2017), h-index 48 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michael-bowling/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michael-bowling/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Michael Bowling # Michael Bowling Michael Bowling has 2 papers in our library, in 2012–2017; often with [Joel Veness](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joel-veness/), [Marc G. Bellemare](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marc-g-bellemare/), [Matthew Hausknecht](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/matthew-hausknecht/). 2 papers in our library · 2012–2017 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5081163135) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2960-8418) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62066550) · [**h-index 48**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5081163135) · [296 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5081163135) · [9,964 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5081163135&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michael-bowling/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 194 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michael-bowling/cited-by/) · [5 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #1877](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/19/#star-1877) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Michael+Bowling) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Michael+Bowling) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Michael+Bowling) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Michael+Bowling) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Alberta** Edmonton · Canada 2003–2026 · 162 papersEmployment since 2003 · Professor, Department of Computing Science*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-alberta/) · [🔬**Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute** Alberta · Canada 2020–2026 · 20 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/alberta-machine-intelligence-institute/) · [🎓**Carnegie Mellon University** Pittsburgh · United States 1998–2018 · 25 papersEducation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/carnegie-mellon-university/) · [🏢**Google DeepMind** London · United Kingdom 2018–2025 · 17 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/google-deepmind/) · [🏢**Google** Mountain View · United States 2018–2023 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/google/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 3 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 2 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) ## Works by year ### 2010s [**2017** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michael-bowling/year/2017/) · [**2012** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michael-bowling/year/2012/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[The Arcade Learning Environment: An Evaluation Platform for General Agents](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bellemare-2012-arcade-learning-environment-evaluation-platform/)** *(2012 · 1,257 citations)* The paper tackles the problem of fairly assessing AI agents meant to be broadly competent rather than tuned to a single task. 2. **[Revisiting the Arcade Learning Environment: Evaluation Protocols and Open Problems for General Agents](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/machado-2017-revisiting-arcade-learning-environment-evaluation/)** *(2017 · 393 citations)* The Arcade Learning Environment (ALE) is a popular testbed for general AI agents that must play many Atari 2600 games without game-specific knowledge. ## All works 7 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[The Arcade Learning Environment: An Evaluation Platform for General Agents](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bellemare-2012-arcade-learning-environment-evaluation-platform/) [Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/journal-of-artificial-intelligence-research/)**Marc G. Bellemare, Yavar Naddaf, Joel Veness, et al.*2012 · 1,257 citations* 2. **[Revisiting the Arcade Learning Environment: Evaluation Protocols and Open Problems for General Agents](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/machado-2017-revisiting-arcade-learning-environment-evaluation/) [Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/journal-of-artificial-intelligence-research/)**Marlos C. Machado, Marc G. Bellemare, Erik Talvitie, et al.*2017 · 393 citations* 3. **[Bayesian sparse sampling for on-line reward optimization ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/1102351.1102472) International Conference on Machine Learning · no summary yet**Tao Wang et al.*2005 · 115 citations* 4. **[Investigating Contingency Awareness Using Atari 2600 Games ↗](https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v26i1.8321) Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence · no summary yet**Marc G. Bellemare, Joel Veness, Michael Bowling*75 citations* 5. **[Approximate Linear Programming for Constrained Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes ↗](https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v29i1.9655) Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence · no summary yet**Pascal Poupart et al.*2015 · 58 citations* 6. **[Finding Optimal Abstract Strategies in Extensive-Form Games ↗](https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v26i1.8269) Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence · no summary yet**Michael Johanson et al.*57 citations* 7. **[Action respecting embedding ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/1102351.1102360) International Conference on Machine Learning · no summary yet**Michael Bowling, Ali Ghodsi, Dana F. Wilkinson*2005 · 53 citations* ## Co-authors here 3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Joel Veness](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joel-veness/) ×2 - [Marc G. Bellemare](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marc-g-bellemare/) ×2 - [Matthew Hausknecht](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/matthew-hausknecht/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence ×3 - [Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/journal-of-artificial-intelligence-research/) ×2: [Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research 2017](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/journal-of-artificial-intelligence-research/2017/), [Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research 2012](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/journal-of-artificial-intelligence-research/2012/) - International Conference on Machine Learning ×2 ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 194 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [19 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michael-bowling/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026