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Zico Kolter

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Professor and Director at Carnegie Mellon UniversityBoard member at OpenAICo-founder and Chief Technical Advisor at Gray Swan AI

Kolter pioneered methods that can give mathematical guarantees that a neural network will resist certain attacks, making robustness something researchers can verify rather than merely test. He leads Carnegie Mellon's Machine Learning Department and chairs the OpenAI board committee empowered to oversee model safety.

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Background

Current roles
Professor and Director
Board member
Co-founder and Chief Technical Advisor
Previously
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Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

Last editorial review: August 8, 2026

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Citation history from Aug 25, '25 to Jun 15, '2667,32659,77552,224Aug 25, '25Jun 15, '26
67,326citations as of Jun 15, '26+15,102 since Aug 25, '25
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