About Me
I am currently an M.S. student in Computer Science at Vanderbilt University, completing my thesis under the supervision of Soheil Kolouri. My academic interests are in theoretical machine learning and deep learning.
Previously, I was a software engineer at Apple for 17 years, where I had the privilege of working on the core operating system software and user interface for the iPhone and iPad and was a member of the original Apple Watch team. I hold a Bachelor of Mathematics in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo.
Research Interests
I am interested in how learning systems construct effective representations: state descriptions that preserve useful distinctions, support prediction under perturbation, and handle uncertainty when information is incomplete.
My work draws on representation learning, diffusion and energy-based models, Bayesian approaches to cognition, and ideas from statistical mechanics such as ensembles, entropy, free energy, coarse-graining, and the renormalization (semi-)group.