Innovation Fellow
Directors Office
Lt. Col. John "Meekus" Fischer joined DARPA in August 2024. His primary specialty is as an AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter pilot with over 15 years of Marine Corps service.
His dissertation research focused on leveraging Bayesian deep learning, active learning, and federated learning to enable remote sensing platforms to collaboratively learn in situ without access to human experts.
Fischer’s professional experience includes over 1,700 flight hours in the AH-1W and AH-1Z, serving as a Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) instructor and instructor pilot at the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron (MAWTS-1), and managing the Marine Corps’ Forward Air Controller (Airborne) program.
Education
- Ph.D., Computer Science, Naval Postgraduate School
- M.S., Computer and Information Technology, University of Pennsylvania
- B.S., Information Technology, U.S. Naval Academy
Minor in Chinese (Mandarin) with merit