This is the website of Inria team-project named Scool.
Scool was created on November 1st, 2020. Scool is the follow-up of SequeL.
In a nutshell, the research topic of Scool is the study of the sequential decision making problem under uncertainty. Most of our activities are related to either bandit problems, or reinforcement learning problems. Through collaborations, we are working on their application in various fields, mainly: health, agriculture and ecology, sustainable development. See our Projects page for more information.
Scool is constantly looking for people to hire: post-docs, engineers, permanent researchers, Ph.D. students. See our Job offers for more information.
Recent news:
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- Jan 31st, 2026: Sumit Vashishtha defends his Ph.D.
- Dec 10th, 2025: Hector Kohler defends his Ph.D.
- Dec 9th, 2025: Cyrille Kone defends his Ph.D.
- Scool has been selected to organize the European Workshop in Reinforcement Learning in 2026. See you in Lille next year!
- Oct 17th, 2025: Riad Akrour defends his Habilitation à diriger les recherches.
- July 2025: Timothée Mathieu’s ANR JCJC named STRESS has been accepted.
- June 2025: Marc Jourdan is awarded for his PhD dissertation by the French Machine Learning community.
- From 19th to 20th June, 2025, Debabrota co-organizes the Workshop on Theory of Control and Reinforcement Learning at CWI, Amsterdam. The website is coming soon.
- From 20th to 21st May, 2025, Debabrota co-organizes the Workshop on Modern Applications of Control Theory and Reinforcement Learning at CWI, Amsterdam.
- From 24th to 25th March, 2025, Debabrota co-organizes the Workshop on Themes across Control and Reinforcement Learning at CWI, Amsterdam.
- From 17th to 21st March, 2025, Debabrota co-organizes the spring school on Control Theory and Reinforcement Learning: Connections and Challenges with Aditya Gilra (CWI) and others at CWI, Amsterdam. For details, please visit: https://control-rl.github.io/
- March 2025: Associate team SeRAI led by Debabrota has been accepted.
More news on our News page.
A picture of some Scool members in March 2023, just outside the Inria building, Lille, France.