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Zico Kolter
Carnegie Mellon UniversityProfessor and Director, ML Department
OpenAIBoard member
Gray Swan AICo-founder and Chief Technical Advisor
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.
Career & education
Current rolesCarnegie Mellon University2024-presentProfessor and Director, ML DepartmentOpenAIAug 2024-presentBoard memberGray Swan AIJan 2024-presentCo-founder and Chief Technical Advisor
Carnegie Mellon University2024-presentOpenAIAug 2024-presentGray Swan AIJan 2024-presentPreviouslyCarnegie Mellon University2018-2024Associate Professor
Bosch2018-2022Chief Scientist of AI Research
C3.ai2014-2018Chief Data ScientistCarnegie Mellon University2012-2018Assistant Professor
Carnegie Mellon University2018-2024Bosch2018-2022C3.ai2014-2018Carnegie Mellon University2012-2018Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations77,915As of Oct 20, '26
citations+10,589Since last snapshot, Jun 15, '26
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