Biography:Zico Kolter
J. Zico Kolter | |
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 Kolter at ICLR 2025 | |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stanford University |
| Occupation | Professor & Director of Machine Learning Department |
| Organization | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Website | zicokolter |
Jeremy Zico Kolter is a professor at Carnegie Mellon University and director of its machine learning department.[1][2][3] He focuses primarily on AI safety research.[2] He is a co-founder and senior advisor of Gray Swan AI, an AI safety and security company.[4] In 2024, he was appointed to the board of directors for OpenAI, and became chair of its safety and security committee.[2][4] In 2025, he was named as a recipient of funding from Schmidt Sciences AI safety science program.[5]
Kolter earned his PhD in computer science at Stanford University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[6][3] He joined the CMU faculty in 2012.[3] His other corporate positions have included chief data scientist at C3.ai and chief expert at Bosch Center for AI.[3] At CMU, he has worked on projects such as finding ways to automate assessment of large language model safety.[7]
References
- ↑ "Jeremy Zico Kolter". https://dl.acm.org/profile/81100095014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "OpenAI appoints veteran AI professor Zico Kolter to board". Reuters. August 8, 2024. https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-appoints-veteran-ai-professor-zico-kolter-board-2024-08-08/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 McCullougn, L. E. (November 4, 2024). "CMU's Zico Kolter shapes new paths for AI safety and security". Next Pittsburgh. https://nextpittsburgh.com/business-tech-news/cmus-zico-kolter-shapes-new-paths-for-ai-safety-and-security/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Emerson, Sarah (November 8, 2024). "This hacker team is bulletproofing AI models for companies like OpenAI and Anthropic". Forbes Australia. https://www.forbes.com.au/news/innovation/this-hacker-team-is-bulletproofing-ai-models-for-companies-like-openai-and-anthropic/.
- ↑ Heikkilä, Melissa (February 12, 2025). "Ex-Google chief warns west to focus on open-source AI in competition with China". Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/content/84cf0b2e-651d-4cb4-b426-ebc7afd634fa.
- ↑ Robinson-Johnson, Evan (August 8, 2024). "CMU director Zico Kolter joins OpenAI board focused on safety". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. https://www.post-gazette.com/business/tech-news/2024/08/08/openai-board-safety-cmu-director-zico-kolter/stories/202408080111.
- ↑ Metz, Rachel (August 8, 2024). "OpenAI Names Computer Scientist Zico Kolter as New Board Member". Bloomberg.com. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=178927527&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site.
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