1. Maritime Navigation and Contact Avoidance through Reinforcement Learning Open Access Author: Davis, Steven Lee Title: Maritime Navigation and Contact Avoidance through Reinforcement Learning Area of Honors: Computer Engineering Keywords: reinforcement learningmachine learningmaritimeunmanned underwater vehicleautonomous underwater vehiclenavigationq learningautonomous File: Download Davis_Honors_Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. John Phillip Sustersic Jr., Thesis SupervisorDr. Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Honors Advisor