PhD Alumni
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Arish Alreja
PostDoc, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine
PhD in Neural Computation & Machine Learning, 2024
![Photo of Alnur Ali](../images/bio/alumni/ali-alnur-800.jpg)
Alnur Ali
Head of Machine Learning & Statistics, SISU
PhD in Machine Learning, 2019
MS in Machine Learning, 2017
![Photo of Siddharth Ancha](../images/ancha-siddharth-500-min.jpg)
Siddharth Ancha
PostDoc, MIT CSAIL
PhD in Machine Learning, 2022
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Andrew Arnold
Principal Applied Machine Learning Engineer, Shopify
PhD in Machine Learning, 2009
MS in Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining, 2007
![Photo of Pranjal Awashti](../images/bio/alumni/awasthi-pranjal-800.jpg)
Pranjal Awasthi
Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department, Rutgers University
PhD in Machine Learning, 2013
MS in Machine Learning, 2011
![Photo of Shaojie Bai](../images/bai-shaojie-500-min.jpg)
Shaojie Bai
Research Scientist, Meta
PhD in Machine Learning, 2022
MS in Machine Learning-Research, 2021
![Photo of Will Bishop](../images/bio/alumni/bishop-will-800.jpg)
Will Bishop
Senior Software Engineer, Google Research NY
PhD in Machine Learning, 2015 (Special Track in the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition)
MS in Machine Learning, 2013
![Photo of Byron Boots](boots-byron-800-min.jpg)
Byron Boots
Associate Professor, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington
PhD in Machine Learning, 2012
MS in Machine Learning, 2009
![Photo of Joseph Bradley](../images/bio/alumni/bradley-joseph-800-min.jpg)
Joseph Bradley
Solutions Architect, Databricks
PhD in Machine Learning, 2013
MS in Machine Learning, 2009
![Photo of Brent Bryan](../images/bio/alumni/bryan-brent-800-min.jpg)
Brent Bryan
Head of Measurement Engineering, Google
PhD in Machine Learning, 2007
MS in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, 2006
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Sebastian Caldas
Teaching Faculty, Princeton University
PhD in Machine Learning, 2023
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Dallas Card
PostDoc, Stanford University
PhD in Machine Learning, 2019
MS in Machine Learning, 2015
![Photo of Andy Carlson](../images/bio/alumni/carlson-andy-800-min.jpg)
Andy Carlson
Engineering Director, Google, Pittsburgh
PhD in Machine Learning, 2010
MS in Machine Learning, 2008
![Photo of Lucia Castellanos](../images/bio/alumni/castellanos-lucia-800-min.jpg)
Lucia Castellanos
Applied Science and Engineering Manager, Amazon
PhD in Machine Learning, 2013
MS in Machine Learning, 2010
![Photo of Hao Cen](../images/bio/alumni/cen-hao-800-min.jpg)
Hao (Jeff) Cen
Quantitative Portfolio Manager, Amber Group
PhD in Machine Learning, 2009
MS in Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining, 2007
![Photo of Deepayan Chakrabarti](../images/bio/alumni/chakrabarti-deepayan-800-min.jpg)
Deepayan Chakrabarti
Associate Professor, IROM, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas, Austin
PhD in Computational & Statistical Learning, 2005
MS in Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining, 2002
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Cristian Challu
Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Nixtla
PhD in Machine Learning, 2024
![Photo of Devendra Chaplot](../images/chaplot-devendra-500-min.jpg)
Devendra Chaplot
Research Scientist, Mistral AI
PhD in Machine Learning, 2021
MS in Language Technologies, 2017
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Ian Char
Machine Learning Researcher, Flagship Pioneering
PhD in Machine Learning, 2024
![Photo of Duen Horng (Polo) Chau](../images/bio/alumni/chau-duen-horng-800-min.jpg)
Duen Horng (Polo) Chau
Associate Professor, Georgia Tech, School of Computational Science & Engineering
PhD in Machine Learning, 2012
MS in Machine Learning, 2010
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Xi Chen
Andre Meyer Professor at Stern School of Business, New York University
PhD in Machine Learning, 2013
MS in Machine Learning, 2011
![Photo of Yu Chen](chen_yu-min.jpg)
Yu Chen
AI/ML Researcher, Morgan Stanley
PhD in Neural Computation and Machine Learning, 2021
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Cheng Cheng
Software Engineer, Google
PhD in Machine Learning & Public Policy, 2024
![Photo of Amanda Coston](../images/coston-amanda-500-min.jpg)
Amanda Coston
Postdoctoral Researcher in Statistics and Machine Learning, Microsoft Research
PhD in Machine Learning & Public Policy, 2023
![Photo of Benjamin Cowley](../images/cowley-benjamin-500-min.jpg)
Benjamin Cowley
Assistant Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
PhD in Machine Learning, 2018
MS in Machine Learning, 2015
![Photo of Wei (David) Dai](../images/bio/alumni/dai-wei-800-min.jpg)
Wei (David) Dai
Machine Learning Engineer, Apple
PhD in Machine Learning, 2017
MS in Machine Learning, 2016
![Photo of Kaustav Das](../images/bio/alumni/das-kaustav-800-min.jpg)
Kaustav Das
Senior Research Software Development Engineer, Microsoft
PhD in Machine Learning, 2009
MS in Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining, 2006
![Photo of Maria De Arteaga](../images/mld-help-network-members/dearteaga-maria-500-min.jpg)
Maria De Arteaga Gonzalez
Assistant Professor, University of Texas, Austin
PhD in Machine Learning & Public Policy, 2020
MS in Machine Learning, 2017
![Photo of Carl Doersch](../images/bio/alumni/doersch-carl-800-min.jpg)
Carl Doersch
Research Scientist, Google DeepMind
PhD in Machine Learning, 2016
MS in Machine Learning, 2013
![Photo of Simon Du](../images/bio/students/du-simon-800.jpg)
Simon Du
Assistant Professor, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington
PhD in Machine Learning, 2019
MS in Machine Learning, 2017
![Photo of Avinava Dubey](../images/dubey-kumar-avinava-500-min.jpg)
Kumar Avinava Dubey
Research Scientist, Google
PhD in Machine Learning, 2019
MS in Machine Learning, 2016
![Photo of Kirstin Early](../images/bio/students/early-kirstin-800-min.jpg)
Kirstin Early
Senior Research Scientist, Yahoo!
PhD in Machine Learning, 2017
MA in Machine Learning, 2015
![Photo of Jason Ernst](ernst_jason_2022-min.jpg)
Jason Ernst
Professor, UCLA, Depts. of Biological Chemistry, Computer Science, and Computational Medicine
PhD in Machine Learning, 2008
MS in Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining, 2005
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Robert Fisher
Machine Learning Platform Engineer, Apple
PhD in Machine Learning, 2016
MS in Machine Learning, 2012
![Photo of Madalina Fiterau-Brostean](../images/bio/alumni/fiterau-brostean-madalina-800-min.jpg)
Madalina Fiterau-Brostean
Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst, College of Information and Computer Sciences
PhD in Machine Learning, 2015
MS in Machine Learning, 2012
![Photo of Dylan Fitzpatrick](../images/fitzpatrick-dylan-500-min.jpg)
Dylan Fitzpatrick
Research Director (Machine Learning) Crime & Education Labs, University of Chicago Urban Labs
PhD in Machine Learning & Public Policy, 2020
MS in Computer Science, 2014
![Photo of Seth Flaxman](../images/bio/alumni/flaxman-seth-800-min.jpg)
Seth Flaxman
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford
Joint PhD in Machine Learning & Public Policy, 2015
![Photo of Alona Fyshe](../images/bio/alumni/fyshe-alona-800-min.jpg)
Alona Fyshe
Associate Professor, University of Alberta
Member of Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute
PhD in Machine Learning, 2015
(Special Track in the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition)
MS in Machine Learning, 2012
![Photo of Anna Goldenberg](../images/bio/alumni/goldenberg-anna-800-min.jpg)
Anna Goldenberg
Professor, Department of Computer Science, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Univ. of Toronto
Varma Family Chair in AI & Biomedical Informatics, SickKids
CIFAR AI Chair, Vector Institute
PhD in Computational & Statistical Learning, 2007
MS in Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining, 2001
![Photo of Joseph Gonzalez](../images/bio/alumni/gonzalez-joseph-800-min.jpg)
Joseph Gonzalez
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, UC Berkeley
PhD in Machine Learning, 2012
MS in Machine Learning, 2011
![Photo of Kin Gutierrez-Olivares](../images/gutierrez-olivares-kin-800.jpg)
Kin Gutierrez Olivares
TBD
PhD in Machine Learning, 2023
![Photo of Rob Hall](../images/bio/alumni/hall-rob-800-min1.jpg)
Rob Hall
Staff Machine Learning Engineer,
PhD in Statistics & Machine Learning, 2012
MS in Machine Learning, 2011
![Photo of Stephen Hanneke](../images/bio/alumni/hanneke-steve-800-min.jpg)
Stephen Hanneke
Assistant Professor
Purdue University
PhD in Machine Learning, 2009
MS in Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining, 2008
![Photo of Jingrui He](../images/bio/alumni/he-jingrui-800-min.jpg)
Jingrui He
Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Information Sciences
PhD in Machine Learning, 2010
MS in Machine Learning, 2008
![Photo of Yotam Hechtlinger](../images/bio/students/hechtlinger_yotam.jpg)
Yotam Hechtlinger
Founder and CEO, Exists
PhD in Statistics & Machine Learning, 2019
MS in Machine Learning, 2016
![Photo of Ahmed Hefny](../images/bio/alumni/hefny-ahmed-800-min.jpg)
Ahmed Hefny
Applied Research Scientist, Cruise
PhD in Machine Learning, 2018
MS in Machine Learning, 2015
![Photo of Jay Hennig](../images/bio/students/hennig-jay-800.jpg)
Jay Hennig
PostDoc at Harvard
PhD in Neural Computation & Machine Learning, 2021
MS in Machine Learning, 2020
![Photo of William Herlands](../images/bio/students/herlands_800x800-min.jpg)
William Herlands
Chief Technical Officer, Obsecure
PhD in Machine Learning & Public Policy, 2020
MS in Machine Learning, 2017
![Photo of Qirong Ho](../images/bio/alumni/ho-qirong-800-min.jpg)
Qirong Ho
Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder, Petuum, Inc.
Assistant Professor, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
PhD in Machine Learning, 2014
MS in Machine Learning, 2012
![Photo of Zhiting Hu](../images/bio/students/hu_zhiting_800-min.jpg)
Zhiting Hu
Assistant Professor, UC, San Diego
PhD in Machine Learning, 2021
MS in Language Technologies, 2016
![Photo of Tzu-Kuo Huang](../images/bio/alumni/huang-tzu-kuo-800-min.jpg)
Tzu-Kuo Huang
Research Scientist, Google Brain, Pittsburgh
PhD in Machine Learning, 2013
MS in Machine Learning, 2011
![Photo of Maria Jahja](../images/bio/students/jahja_maria-min.jpg)
Maria Jahja
Senior Software Engineer, Argo AI
PhD in Statistics and Machine Learning, 2022
MS in Statistics, 2019
![Photo of Sashank Jakkam Reddi](../images/bio/alumni/jakkam-reddi-sashank-800.jpg)
Sashank Jakkam Reddi
Research Scientist, Google
PhD in Machine Learning, 2017
MS in Machine Learning, 2016
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Kirthevasan Kandasamy
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
PhD in Machine Learning, 2018
MS in Machine Learning, 2017
![Photo of Jisu Kim](../images/bio/alumni/kim-jisu-800-min.jpg)
Jisu Kim
Non Permanent Researcher, Datashape, INRIA Saclay
PhD in Statistics & Machine Learning, 2018
MS in Statistics, 2014
![Photo of Joon Sik Kim](../images/bio/students/kim-joon-sik-800-min.jpg)
Joon Sik Kim
TBD
PhD in Machine Learning, 2023
![Photo of Kwangho Kim](../images/bio/students/kim_kwangho800x800-min.jpg)
Kwhangho Kim
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Harvard Medical School
PhD in Statistics & Machine Learning, 2020
MS in Machine Learning, 2018
![Photo of Natalie Klein](../images/bio/students/klein-natalie-800-min.jpg)
Natalie Klein
Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
PhD in Statistics and Machine Learning, 2019
MS in Statistics, 2019
![Photo of Mladen Kolar](../images/bio/alumni/kolar-mladen-800-min.jpg)
Mladen Kolar
Professor, University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, Department of Data Sciences and Operations
PhD in Machine Learning, 2013
MS in Machine Learning, 2010
![Photo of Leonid Kontorovich](../images/bio/alumni/kontorovich-leonid-800-min.jpg)
Aryeh Kontorovich
Professor, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
PhD in Computational & Statistical Learning, 2007
MS in Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining, 2006
![Photo of Zhenzhen Kou](../images/bio/alumni/kou-zhenzhen-800-min1.jpg)
Zhenzhen Kou
Software Engineer, WeRide.ai
PhD in Machine Learning, 2007
MS in Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining, 2004
![Photo of Shing-hon Lau](../images/bio/alumni/lau-shing-hon-800-min.jpg)
Shing-hon Lau
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer, Carnegie Mellon University, SEI
PhD in Machine Learning, 2018
MS in Machine Learning, 2012
![Photo of Edith Law](../images/bio/alumni/law-edith-800-min.jpg)
Edith Law
Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo, School of Computer Science
PhD in Machine Learning, 2012
MS in Machine Learning, 2010
![Photo of Hai-Son Le](../images/bio/alumni/le-hai-son-800-min.jpg)
Hai-Son Le
Research Developer, Headlands Technologies LLC
PhD in Machine Learning, 2013
MS in Machine Learning, 2011
![Photo of Jurij Leskovec](../images/bio/alumni/leskovec-jure-800-min.jpg)
Jurij Leskovec
Professor, Computer Science, Stanford University
PhD in Machine Learning, 2008
MS in Machine Learning, 2007
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Liam Li
Senior Applied Machine Learning Engineer, Determined AI
PhD in Machine Learning, 2020
MS in Machine Learning, 2018
![Photo of Yuanning Li](../images/bio/alumni/li-yuanning-800-min.jpg)
Yuanning Li
Assistant Professor, ShanghaiTech University, School of Biomedical Engineering
PhD in Neural Computation & Machine Learning, 2018
![Chieh Lin Photo](../images/bio/students/lin-chieh-800-min.jpg)
Chieh Lin
Google, Machine Learning Engineer
PhD in Machine Learning, 2020
MS in Machine Learning, 2018
![Photo of Han Liu](../images/bio/alumni/liu-han-800-min.jpg)
Han Liu
Associate Professor, Northwestern University
PhD in Statistics & Machine Learning, 2010
MS in Statistics, 2007
![Photo of Natalia Lombardi](../images/bio/students/lombardi_natalia-min.jpg)
Natalia Lombardi
Data Scientist, Google
Joint PhD in Statistics & Machine Learning, 2022
MS in Statistics, 2022
![Photo of Darby Losey](../images/bio/students/losey-darby-800-min.jpg)
Darby Losey
TBD
PhD in Neural Computation & Machine Learning, 2023
![Photo of Yifei Ma](../images/bio/alumni/ma-yifei-800-min.jpg)
Yifei Ma
Applied Scientist, Amazon Corporate LLC
PhD in Machine Learning, 2017
MS in Machine Learning, 2013
![Photo of Micol Marchetti-Bowick](../images/bio/students/marchetti-bowick-micol-800-min.jpg)
Micol Marchetti-Bowick
Machine Learning Engineer, Uber ATC
PhD in Machine Learning, 2020
MS in Machine Learning, 2016
![Photo of Kenneth Marino](../images/bio/alumni/marino-kenneth-800-min.jpg)
Kenneth Marino
Research Scientist, DeepMind
PhD in Machine Learning, 2021
MS in Machine Learning, 2018
![Photo of Calvin McCarter](../images/bio/alumni/mccarter-calvin-800-min.jpg)
Calvin McCarter
Applied Scientist, Amazon Alexa
PhD in Machine Learning, 2019
MS in Machine Learning, 2018
![Photo of Mary McGlohon](../images/bio/alumni/mcglohon-mary-800-min.jpg)
Mary McGlohon
Software Engineer, Google, Zurich
PhD in Machine Learning, 2010
MS in Machine Learning, 2008
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George Montañez
Associate Professor of Computer Science, Harvey Mudd College
PhD in Machine Learning, 2017
MS in Machine Learning, 2015
![Photo of Calvin Murdock](../images/mld-help-network-members/murdock-calvin-500-min.jpg)
Calvin Murdock
Research Scientist, Facebook Reality Labs
PhD in Machine Learning, 2020
MS in Machine Learning, 2018
![Photo of Willie Neiswanger](../images/mld-help-network-members/neiswanger-willie-500-min.jpg)
Willie Neiswanger
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Southern California (USC Viterbi)
PhD in Machine Learning, 2019
MS in Machine Learning, 2016
![Photo of Ritesh Noothigattu](../images/bio/alumni/noothigattu-ritesh-min.jpg)
Ritesh Noothigattu
Algorithm Developer, Hudson River Trading
PhD in Machine Learning, 2020
MS in Machine Learning, 2019
![Photo of Brendan O'Connor](../images/bio/alumni/oconnor-brendan-800-min.jpg)
Brendan O'Connor
Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst, College of Information and Computer Sciences
PhD in Machine Learning, 2014
MS in Machine Learning, 2012
![Photo of Junier Oliva](../images/bio/alumni/oliva-junier-800-min.jpg)
Junier Oliva
Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
PhD in Machine Learning, 2018
MS in Computer Science, 2012
![Photo of Ankur Parikh](../images/bio/alumni/parikh-ankur-800-min.jpg)
Ankur Parikh
Senior Research Scientist, Google, NY
PhD in Machine Learning, 2015
MS in Machine Learning, 2012
![Photo of Emilio Parisotto](../images/bio/students/parisotto-emilio-800-min.jpg)
Emilio Parisotto
Unknown
PhD in Machine Learning, 2021
MS in Machine Learning, 2018
![Photo of Pratik Patil](../images/bio/students/patil-pratik-800-min.jpg)
Pratik Patil
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Berkeley
PhD in Statistics & Machine Learning, 2022
MS in Machine Learning, 2019
![Photo of Anthony Platanios](../images/bio/students/platanios-anthony-2017-800-min.jpg)
Anthony Platanios
Principal Researcher, Semantic Machines (Microsoft)
PhD in Machine Learning, 2020
MS in Machine Learning, 2015
![Photo of Aleksandr Podkopaev](podkopaev-aleksandr-800.jpg)
Aleksandr (Sasha) Podkopaev
Senior Data Scientist, Walmart Global Tech
PhD in Statistics & Machine Learning, 2023
![Photo of Collin Politsch](../images/bio/students/politsch_collin_2021_cropped-min.jpg)
Collin Politsch
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Cambridge, Kavli Institute for Cosmology and the Institute of Astronomy.PhD in Statistics & Machine Learning, 2020
MS in Machine Learning, 2017
![Photo of Adarsh Prasad](../images/bio/students/prasad_adarsh_800-min.jpg)
Adarsh Prasad
Researcher, Quantitative Trading Firm
PhD in Machine Learning, 2021
MS in Machine Learning, 2017
![Photo of Nicole Rafidi](../images/bio/alumni/rafidi-nicole-800-min.jpg)
Nicole Rafidi
Software Engineer, Google, NY
PhD in Neural Computation & Machine Learning, 2018
MS in Machine Learning, 2016
![Photo of Aaditya Ramdas](../images/bio/faculty/aaditya-ramdas.jpg)
Aaditya Ramdas
Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, Statistics
PhD in Machine Learning, 2015
MS in Machine Learning, 2013
![Photo of Charvi Rastogi](rastogi-charvi-min.jpg)
Charvi Rastogi
Research Scientist, Google
PhD in Machine Learning, 2024
![Photo of Pradeep Ravikumar](../images/bio/alumni/ravikumar-pradeep-800-min1.jpg)
Pradeep Ravikumar
Associate Professor, Machine Learning
PhD in Machine Learning, 2007
MS in Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining, 2005
![Photo of Prashant Reddy](../images/bio/alumni/reddy-prashant-800-min.jpg)
Prashant Reddy
Co-Founder & CEO, Artian AI
PhD in Machine Learning, 2013
MS in Machine Learning, 2012
![Photo of Aaron Rumack](../images/bio/students/rumack-aaron-800-min.jpg)
Aaron Rumack
PostDoc, Carnegie Mellon University, Machine Learning Department
PhD in Machine Learning, 2023
![Photo of Veeranjaneyulu Sadhanala](../images/bio/alumni/sadhanala-veeranjaneyulu-800-min.jpg)
Veeranjaneyulu Sadhanala
Research Scientist, Google
PhD in Machine Learning, 2019
MS in Machine Learning, 2017
![Photo of Mrinmaya Sachan](../images/mld-help-network-members/sachan-mrinmaya-500-min.jpg)
Mrinmaya Sachan
Assistant Professor, ETH Zurich, Department of Computer Science
PhD in Machine Learning, 2019
MS in Language Technologies, 2014
![Photo of Abulhair Saparov](saparov_abulhair-2024_cropped-min.jpg)
Abulhair Saparov
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Purdue UniversityPhD in Machine Learning, 2022
MS in Machine Learning, 2017
![Photo of Purnamrita Sarkar](../images/bio/alumni/sarkar-purnamrita-800-min.jpg)
Purnamrita Sarkar
Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics and Data Sciences, University of Texas at Austin
PhD in Machine Learning, 2010
MS in Machine Learning, 2006
![Photo of James Sharpnack](../images/bio/alumni/sharpnack-james-800-min.jpg)
James Sharpnack
Staff AI Research Scientist, Duolingo
PhD in Statistics & Machine Learning, 2013
MS in Statistics, 2008
![Photo of Shekhar Shubhranshu](../images/Shekhar_Shubhranshu-min.jpg)
Shubhranshu Shekhar
Assistant Professor of Data Science, Brandeis University
PhD in Machine Learning & Public Policy, 2023
![Photo of Suyash Shringarpure](../images/bio/alumni/shringarpure-suyash-800-min.jpg)
Suyash Shringarpure
Senior Scientist, 23andMe
PhD in Machine Learning, 2012
MS in Machine Learning, 2010
![Photo of Ricardo Silva](../images/bio/alumni/silva-ricardo-800-min.jpg)
Ricardo Silva
Professor of Statistical Machine Learning and Data Science, University College London
PhD in Computational & Statistical Learning, 2005
MS in Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining, 2002
![Photo of Ajit Singh](../images/bio/alumni/singh-ajit-800-min1.jpg)
Ajit Singh
Senior Staff Software Engineer, LinkedIn
PhD in Machine Learning, 2009
MS in Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining, 2006
![Photo of Shashank Singh](../images/singh_shashank800-min-1.jpg)
Shashank Singh
Software Engineer, Google
PhD in Statistics and Machine Learning, 2019
MS in Mathematical Sciences, 2014
![Photo of Michael Spece-Ibanez](../images/bio/alumni/spece-michael-800-min.jpg)
Michael Spece-Ibanez
Unknown
PhD in Statistics & Machine Learning, 2018
![Photo of Neil Spencer](../images/bio/students/spencer-neil-800-min.jpg)
Neil Spencer
Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut, Department of Statistics
PhD in Statistics & Machine Learning, 2020
![Photo of Shashank Srivastava](../images/bio/alumni/srivastava-shashank-800-min.jpg)
Shashank Srivastava
Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
PhD in Machine Learning, 2018
MS in Language Technologies, 2014
![Photo of Ivan Stehmakh](../images/bio/students/stehmakh_ivan_800-min.jpg)
Ivan Stelmakh
Assistant Professor, New Economic School
PhD in Machine Learning, 2022
![Photo of Arun Sai Suggala](../images/bio/students/suggala-arun-sai-800-min.jpg)
Arun Sai Suggala
Research Scientist, Google AI
PhD in Machine Learning, 2021
![Photo of Haitian Sun](../images/bio/students/sun_haitian-min.jpg)
Haitian Sun
Research Scientist, Google
PhD in Machine Learning, 2023
![Photo of Mariya Toneva](../images/bio/students/toneva-mariya-800-min.jpg)
Mariya Toneva
Faculty, Max Plank Institute for Software Systems
PhD in Neural Computation and Machine Learning, 2021
MS in Machine Learning, 2018
![Photo of Hanhang Tong](../images/bio/alumni/tong-hanghang-800-min.jpg)
Hanghang Tong
Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Computer Science
PhD in Machine Learning, 2009
MS in Machine Learning, 2008
![Photo of Nicholay Topin](../images/bio/students/topin-nicholay-800-min.jpg)
Nicholay Topin
Chief of Machine Learning, Inpleo
PhD in Machine Learning, 2022
MS in Machine Learning, 2020
![Photo of Felipe Trevizan](../images/bio/alumni/trevizan-filipe-800-min.jpg)
Felipe Trevizan
Assistant Professor, National Australian University
PhD in Machine Learning, 2013
MS in Machine Learning, 2011
Yao-Hung (Hubert) Tsai
Founder and CTO, Startup
PhD in Machine Learning, 2021
MS in Machine Learning, 2018
![Photo of Hsiao-Yu Tung](../images/bio/students/tung-hsiao-yu-800-min.jpg)
Hsiao-Yu Tung
PostDoctoral Associate, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
PhD in Machine Learning, 2021
MS in Machine Learning, 2015
Akash Umakantha
Fidelity Investments, Director Data Science
PhD in Neural Computation & Machine Learning, 2021
![Photo of Maxwell Wang](../images/bio/students/wang_maxwell-min.jpg)
Maxwell Wang
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Medical Student
PhD in Neural Computation & Machine Learning, 2023
![Photo of Yining Wang](wang_yining_2022-min.jpg)
Yining Wang
Associate Professor, Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas
PhD in Machine Learning, 2019
MS in Machine Learning, 2017
![Photo of Yuan Wang](../images/bio/students/wang-yuan-800-min.jpg)
Aria Yuan Wang
Research Scientist, National Institute of Mental Health
PhD in Neural Computation & Machine Learning, 2023
![Photo of Yu-Xiang Wang](../images/bio/alumni/wang-yuxiang-800-min.jpg)
Yu-Xiang Wang
Associated Professor, UC San Diego, Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute
and Department of Computer Science and Engineering
PhD in Statistics & Machine Learning, 2017
MS in Machine Learning, 2016
![Photo of Leila Wehbe](Leila Wehbe.jpg)
Leila Wehbe
Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, Machine Learning
PhD in Machine Learning, 2015
MS in Machine Learning, 2012
![Photo of Ryan Williamson](../images/bio/students/williamson-ryan-800-min.jpg)
Ryan Williamson
University of Pittsburgh, Medical Student
PhD in Neural Computation and Machine Learning, 2020
![Photo of Eric Wong](wong_eric_2022-min.jpg)
Eric Wong
Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Computer and Information Science
PhD in Machine Learning, 2020
MS in Machine Learning, 2019
![Photo of Shenghao Wu](../images/bio/wu_shenghao-min.jpg)
Shenghao Wu
PhD in Neural Computation & Machine Learning, 2023
![Photo of Yifan Wu](../images/bio/alumni/wu-yifan-800-min.jpg)
Yifan Wu
Two Sigma
PhD in Machine Learning, 2021
MS in Machine Learning, 2020
![Photo of Matthew Wytock](../images/bio/alumni/wytock-matt-800-min1.jpg)
Matthew Wytock
Founder & CEO, Gridmatic Inc.
PhD in Machine Learning, 2016
MS in Machine Learning, 2014
![Photo of Guangyu (Gus) Xia](../images/bio/alumni/xia-gus-800-min.jpg)
Guangyu (Gus) Xia
Assistant Professor in Machine Learning, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
PhD in Machine Learning, 2016
MS in Machine Learning, 2013
![Photo of Qizhe Xie](../images/bio/alumni/xie-qizhe-min.jpg)
Qizhe Xie
National University of Singapore, Research Assistant Professor
PhD in Machine Learning, 2020
MS in Language Technologies,2018
![Photo of Pengtao Xie](../images/bio/alumni/xie-pengtao-800-min.jpg)
Pengtao Xie
Assistant Professor, University of California San Diego, Electrical and Computer Engineering
PhD in Machine Learning, 2018
MS in Language Technologies, 2015
![Photo of Min Xu](../images/bio/alumni/xu-min-800-min.jpg)
Min Xu
Assistant Professor of Statistics, Rutgers University - New Brunswick
PhD in Machine Learning, 2015
MS in Machine Learning, 2012
![Photo of Yang Xu](../images/bio/alumni/xu-yang-800-min.jpg)
Yang Xu
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Cognitive Science Program
University of Toronto
PhD in Machine Learning, 2013
MS in Machine Learning, 2011
![Photo of Enzu Yen](../images/bio/alumni/yan-ian-800-min.jpg)
Enxu Yen
Chief Scientist & Co-Founder, Moffett AI
PhD in Machine Learning, 2018
MS in Machine Learning, 2018
![Photo of Liu Yang](../images/bio/alumni/yang-liu-800-min.jpg)
Liu Yang
Unknown
PhD in Machine Learning, 2013
MS in Machine Learning, 2010
![Photo of Ying Yang](../images/bio/alumni/yang-ying-800-min.jpg)
Ying Yang
Research Scientist, Facebook Reality Labs
PhD in Neural Computation & Machine Learning, 2017
MS in Machine Learning, 2016
![yu_wei-800.jpg](../images/yu_wei-800.jpg)
Adams Wei Yu
Research Scientist, Google Brain
PhD in Machine Learning, 2019
MS in Language Technologies, 2015
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Manzil Zaheer
Research Scientist, Google
PhD in Machine Learning, 2018
MS in Machine Learning, 2016
![Photo of Hongyang Zhang](../images/bio/alumni/zhang-hongyang-800-min.jpg)
Hongyang Zhang
Assistant Professor at University of WaterlooPhD in Machine Learning, 2019
MS in Machine Learning, 2018
![zhang-qiong-800-min.jpg](../images/bio/students/zhang-qiong-800-min.jpg)
Qiong Zhang
Assistant Professor, Rutguers University, Psychology Dept. & Computer Science Dept.
PhD in Neural Computation and Machine Learning, 2019
MS in Machine Learning, 2014
![Photo of Yi Zhang](../images/bio/alumni/zhang-yi-800-min.jpg)
Yi Zhang
Head of High Frequency Trading, Engineers Gate
PhD in Machine Learning, 2012
MS in Machine Learning, 2009
![Photo of Bin Zhao](../images/bio/alumni/zhao-bin-800-min.jpg)
Bin Zhao
Entrepreneur, Startup company
PhD in Machine Learning, 2014
MS in Machine Learning, 2011
![Photo of Han Zhao](zhao_han_2022-min.png)
Han Zhao
Assistant Professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
PhD in Machine Learning, 2020
MS in Machine Learning, 2017
![Photo of Lingxiao Zhao](zhao_lingxiao.jpg)
Lingxiao Zhao
Unknown
PhD in Machine Learning & Public Policy, 2024
![Photo of Helen Zhou](../images/bio/students/Zhou-Helen-min.jpg)
Helen Zhou
PhD in Machine Learning, 2023
![Photo of Pengcheng Zhou](../images/bio/alumni/zhou_pengcheng-800-min.jpg)
Pengcheng Zhou
Associate Investigator, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology - Chinese Academy of Sciences
PhD in Neural Computation & Machine Learning, 2016
![Photo of Brian Ziebart](../images/bio/alumni/ziebart-brian-800-min.jpg)
Brian Ziebart
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Computer Science
PhD in Machine Learning, 2010
MS in Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining, 2007