Jonathan Wenger

AI/ML Research Scientist

New York, New York, United States

About

Machine learning research scientist advancing the foundations of deep learning and approximate inference to accelerate scientific discovery.

Experience

  • Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University
    Sep 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

    Building deep learning models which generalize robustly to new contexts at minimal computational overhead by shaping the implicit bias of optimization. Developing better surrogate models and policies for Bayesian optimization in latent spaces of deep generative models to accelerate scientific discovery.

  • PhD Student at University of Tübingen
    Sep 2019 - Aug 2023 · 4 yrs

    Developed numerical methods to accelerate large-scale approximate inference.

  • Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in the City of New York
    Jan 2022 - Aug 2022 · 8 mos

    Designed a variational inference scheme which provably mitigates the approximation bias of large-scale Gaussian processes used for sequential decision-making.

  • Visiting Scholar at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
    Dec 2017 - Sep 2018 · 10 mos

    Implemented and benchmarked machine learning algorithms for cell-type deconvolution. Prototyped a clustering method for time-series RNA sequencing data to predict flares in Lupus patients.

  • Software Development Intern at BMW Group
    Jul 2015 - Dec 2015 · 6 mos

    Developed a clustering algorithm in Julia to accelerate the error code configuration of on-board computers of new models at BMW significantly reducing configuration time. Designed and implemented an issue tracking process in Jira for the on-board diagnostics team.