Summary

AI researcher with 8+ years of experience in natural language processing and machine learning. Specializing in transformer architectures, neural networks, and large language models with a strong focus on advancing conversational AI and human-computer interaction.

Skills

Technical Skills

  • PyTorch / TensorFlow / JAX / Transformers
  • Python / Julia / C++ / CUDA
  • Attention Mechanisms / Self-Supervised Learning
  • NLP / Large Language Models / Neural Networks
  • Git / GitHub / CI/CD / Distributed Computing

Soft Skills

  • Problem Solving / Critical Thinking
  • Communication / Collaboration
  • Time Management / Organization
  • Adaptability / Continuous Learning
  • Attention to Detail / User-Centered Design

Work Experience

Senior AI Researcher

DeepMind AI Labs

Oct 2022 - Present

San Francisco, CA

  • Leading research on next-generation multimodal large language models, resulting in state-of-the-art performance across multiple benchmarks.
  • Developed novel attention mechanism architectures, reducing training time by 35% while improving model performance by 12%.
  • Mentored junior researchers and published 5 papers in top-tier conferences including NeurIPS, ICML, and ACL.
  • Collaborated with ethics team to implement responsible AI guidelines and reduce bias in language models.

AI Research Engineer

OpenAI

March 2020 - Sept 2022

San Francisco, CA

  • Contributed to the development of GPT-3, focusing on optimization techniques and training infrastructure for large-scale language models.
  • Implemented performance optimizations that reduced inference latency by 40% and improved training throughput by 25%.
  • Developed methods for evaluating model outputs and fine-tuning systems that significantly improved response quality and safety.

NLP Researcher

Google Brain

June 2017 - Feb 2020

Mountain View, CA

  • Worked on the original BERT team, contributing to architecture design and pre-training methodology for transformer-based models.
  • Developed techniques for knowledge extraction and commonsense reasoning that improved model performance on multiple NLP benchmarks.
  • Published research on attention mechanisms that has been cited over 1,500 times.

Education

Ph.D. in Machine Learning

Stanford University

2014 - 2017

Dissertation: "Attention Mechanisms for Neural Network Architectures" Advisor: Dr. Andrew Ng

Master of Science in Computer Science

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2012 - 2014

Specialized in artificial intelligence and natural language processing. Research focus on neural network architectures for language understanding.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

University of California, Berkeley

2008 - 2012

Graduated summa cum laude. Honors thesis on statistical methods for machine translation. Minor in Mathematics.

Certifications

NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute Certified Instructor

NVIDIA • 2023

TensorFlow Certified Developer

Google • 2022

AWS Machine Learning Specialty

Amazon Web Services • 2021

Professional Certificate in AI Ethics

Harvard University • 2020