Mohammad Sami Nur Islam

CS MSc Student • McGill/Mila

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Hi! I am an MSc student in Computer Science at McGill/Mila, advised by Doina Precup. Previously, I completed my undergrad at McGill.

Research

My research primarily focuses on reinforcement learning (RL), with a particular interest in scaling and plasticity in Deep RL. I am also interested in continual reinforcement learning. Lately I have started looking into improving exploration in RLVR.

Previously, I have worked on designing sub-tasks for sparse reward envirnoments using VLMs and improving exploration in deep continuous control with Thompson Sampling.

News

  • 05/2025: Received the Master's Research Scholarship from the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT), totalling $33,334 CAD

Selected Publications