Researcher · Academic

Jelani Nelson

AnthropicMember of Technical StaffUC BerkeleyProfessor of EECS (on leave)

🇺🇸 AmericanBorn 1984–

Nelson develops streaming algorithms, which answer questions about enormous flows of data while storing only a compact summary. His work on sketching and dimensionality reduction makes large-scale computation faster and more memory-efficient; he also founded AddisCoder to teach computer science to Ethiopian students.

Career & education

Current roles

AnthropicJul 2026-present

Member of Technical Staff

UC Berkeley2019-present

Professor of EECS (on leave)

Previously

Google2021-2026

Research Scientist (Part-time)

Harvard University2017-2019

Associate Professor

Institute for Advanced Study2012-2013

Member

Education

Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

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MoveJelani Nelson joins Anthropic

UC Berkeley EECS professor Jelani Nelson says he has joined Anthropic and taken leave from the university.

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