From 62b601196079136052883e3c9d2d76a657518775 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Liang-Chun Tsai Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:55:06 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Credit original ThinkingBox contributors Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Copilot-Session: 50489d96-2f60-4310-8890-28f2bb2ecf96 --- README.md | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b301d93..c23c952 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -436,6 +436,36 @@ You can get a full list of the testcases in a certain file or directory, or of t This repository does not vendor third-party source code. All runtime and development dependencies are declared in `pyproject.toml` / `uv.lock` and installed from public package indexes (PyPI). Each dependency retains its own license. +## Acknowledgments + +ThinkingBox began in a private repository and was widely used by a group of +developers and scientists working on agentic reinforcement learning for +Microsoft Copilot Studio before becoming an open source project. + +### Special recognition + +- [Nicola Ferri](https://github.com/s91323) initiated the project, led its + early ideation and design, and developed the core ThinkingBox framework. + +### Contributors + +We also thank the following developers from the Microsoft Copilot Studio RL +team: + +- [Aaron Dunlop](https://github.com/aarondunlopms) +- [Anuar Sharafudinov](https://github.com/Mega4alik) +- [Calvin Wang](https://github.com/calvinwang15) +- Cosmin Popovici +- [Ezra Story](https://github.com/ezrastory-msft) +- [Kjartan Ólafsson](https://github.com/kjolafss) +- [Liang-Chun Tsai](https://github.com/ltsai-microsoft) +- [Mirco Milletari](https://github.com/WessZumino) +- [Srinidhi Raghavan](https://github.com/SrinidhiRaghavan) +- [Susana Palmaz Lopez Pelaez](https://github.com/susana-palmaz) +- [Tommy Guy](https://github.com/guyrt) +- [Tuhin Kundu](https://github.com/TuhinKundu) +- [Vadim Smolyakov](https://github.com/vasmolya-msft) + ## Trademarks This project may contain trademarks or logos for projects, products, or services. Authorized use of Microsoft trademarks or logos is subject to and must follow [Microsoft's Trademark & Brand Guidelines](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/trademarks/usage/general). Use of Microsoft trademarks or logos in modified versions of this project must not cause confusion or imply Microsoft sponsorship. Any use of third-party trademarks or logos are subject to those third-party's policies.