Formal Bio

John Martin is a Research Fellow at the Openmind Research Institute and an Adjunct Professor of Computing Science at the University of Alberta. John studies fundamental topics in artificial intelligence, with a core focus on conceptual and mathematical models of reinforcement learning. John was a Research Scientist at Intel Labs until 2024; he completed a post-doc at the University of Alberta in 2022, and he earned his PhD from Stevens Institute of Technology in 2021. During his studies, John spent time at Columbia University, Google Brain, and DeepMind. Prior to his graduate studies, John designed autonomous flight control systems for experimental helicopters at Sikorsky Aircraft.