Bhaskar Mishra

Bhaskar is a PhD student advised by Prof. Stuart Russell. He is currently interested in reinforcement learning theory with the aim of advancing the theoretical understanding of modern reinforcement learning algorithms which have exhibited strong performance experimentally. Before coming to Berkeley, Bhaskar graduated from the University of Florida with a dual degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. During undergrad, Bhaskar worked on research in empirical game-theoretic analysis and statistical learning theory while advised by Prof. Amy Greenwald from Brown University and Prof. Cyrus Cousins from UMass Amherst. Aside from academic work, Bhaskar enjoys rock climbing, playing ukulele, and reading philosophy.