About: I am currently a PhD student at Dartmouth College (Thayer School of Engineering) advised by Dr. Jamie Fairclough and Dr. Wesley Marrero. In my day job, I work for a Defense Tech company, helping DoD clients incorporate AI/ML solutions to address complex problems. I also proudly serve as a Soldier in the United States Army Reserve with the 299th Engineer Company based out of Fort Belvoir, VA. I have a strong passion for service and helping others.
Current Research Interests: Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL), Explainability and Interpretability in Reinforcement Learning (RL), and Approximate Dynamic Programming (ADP)
Education:
- Undergraduate: University of Maryland, Baltimore County (2018 – 2022)
- Graduate (master’s): Johns Hopkins University (2022 – 2024)
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD): Dartmouth College (2025 – Present)
Email: prabdeep.s.gill.th@dartmouth.edu
GitHub: https://github.com/pgill2
Blog: https://mreffectivealtruist.substack.com/
Interests: Reading, Acting, Chess, League of Legends, Entrepreneurship, and Animals
“When something is important enough you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” – Elon Musk
This month’s readings (December 2025):
- Markov Decision Processes: Discrete Stochastic Dynamic Programming by Martin Puterman
- Approximate Dynamic Programming: Solving Curses of Dimensionality by Warren Powell
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” – Albert Einstein
Prabdeep Gill 