Researcher · Executive

Silas Alberti

CognitionChief Research Officer

Alberti develops AI that can carry out software-engineering tasks. He leads research on Cognition’s coding models, including SWE-2^[1], and co-authored PIGEON, which estimates where photos were taken from visual clues.^[2]

Career & education

Current role

CognitionOct 2026-present

Chief Research Officer

Previously

Cognition

SVP, Research2026-2026

Founding team2024-2026

Education

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Stanford University

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

Updates 1

New personSilas Alberti added to Turing Tree

Cognition’s Chief Research Officer and founding-team member; works on coding models and co-authored PIGEON.

October 31, 2026

References

Stanford guest lecture announcementx.com
Current Chief Research Officer title and leadership of coding-model research including SWE-2; live original post read via curl.
PIGEON paperarxiv.org
Co-authorship and image geolocation from visual inputs.

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Researcher · Executive

Silas Alberti

CognitionChief Research Officer

Career & education

Current role

CognitionOct 2026-present

Chief Research Officer

Previously

Cognition

SVP, Research2026-2026

Founding team2024-2026

Education

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Stanford University

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

Updates 1

New personSilas Alberti added to Turing Tree

Cognition’s Chief Research Officer and founding-team member; works on coding models and co-authored PIGEON.

October 31, 2026

References

Stanford guest lecture announcementx.com
Current Chief Research Officer title and leadership of coding-model research including SWE-2; live original post read via curl.
PIGEON paperarxiv.org
Co-authorship and image geolocation from visual inputs.

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Silas Alberti

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