John Ksander, Phd Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

o Developing novel strategies with reinforcement learning for optimizing underwater collaborative-search o Designing methods for rapidly self-diagnosing failures onboard underwater autonomous vehicles using deep learning and high-fidelity Digital Twin models, optimized for limited onboard compute resourceso Creating models for predicting and explaining canine search & rescue behavior o Leading customer meetings and presentations; managing projects with up to 10 direct reports

o Developing algorithms for optimizing satellite-constellation surveillance capabilitieso Building a high-performance multi-agent reinforcement learning codebase (algorithms & simulation) with GPU and CPU parallelization, successfully utilized across multiple groups in 4+ projectso Leading successful DoD proposals on multi-agent autonomy in demanding environments

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

o Leading research that uses machine learning and statistical modeling techniques with large fMRI datasets to answer questions about perception and memoryo Simulating how decision-making influences memory in reinforcement learning models, and how the brain may implement decisions with spiking-neuron circuit models o Designing and implementing HPC pipelines for large-scale computational analyses; Solving analytical and computational challenges through algorithm design and optimization o Collaborating with scientists based in North America, Europe and Asia on multiple projects

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

o Teaching workshops covering fundamental computing and data analysis for ~25 graduate and undergraduate business school studentso Designing hands-on exercises with real-world datasets.o Example materials: github.com/johnksander/IBS_workshop

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States

o Developed and deployed psychophysiology data analysis software (currently in use worldwide)o Conducting fMRI analysis projects and assisting with experiments.

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

o Administering experiments, assisting with data analysis and manuscript writing.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Cognitive Neuroscience

Dissertation: Computational accounts for episodic memory in reinforcement learning

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Psychology

High School Diploma