Dr. Jared Markowitz is a senior researcher in the Intelligent Systems Branch of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He received his PhD in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2013 and started at APL that same year. He is interested in machine learning broadly, with a particular focus on its application for control. More specifically, Dr. Markowitz works on algorithmic advances for improving the reliability and efficiency of deep reinforcement learning and associated techniques, seeking to realize their potential in high-stakes, real-world problems.