Lior Horesh

Senior Manager, Principal Research Scientist at IBM Research | Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia

New York City Metropolitan Area

About

Dr. Lior Horesh is a Principal Research Scientist, Master Inventor, and Senior Manager of the Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science department at IBM Research. His department is a home to 30 full-time PhD researchers dedicated to advancing the frontiers of fundamental exploratory mathematics and theoretical computer science. Their mission is to approach some of the big challenges the field of AI is facing, from a principled mathematical angle. This involves conceiving and bringing in state-of-the-art mathematical theories, algorithms, and analysis tools, in hope of advancing fundamentally generalizability, scalability, and interpretability of AI. Additionally, Dr. Horesh holds an adjunct Associate Professor position at the Computer Science department of Columbia University, where he teaches graduate-level Advanced Machine Learning and Quantum Computing courses. Dr. Horesh received his Ph.D. in 2006 from UCL and joined IBM in 2009. His research work focuses on algorithmic and theoretical aspects of tensor algebra, numerical analysis, simulation of complex systems, inverse problems, non-linear optimization, experimental design, machine learning, quantum computing, and the interplay between first principles models and AI in the context of symbolic scientific discovery.

Experience

  • IBM (17 yrs 6 mos)
    • Sr. Manager - Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science, Master Inventor
      Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

    • Senior Manager - Mathematics of AI, Principal Research Staff Member, Master Inventor
      2019 - Apr 2023 · 4 yrs 4 mos

    • Manager - Mathematics of AI and Master Inventor
      2018 - 2019 · 1 yr

  • Scientific Advisory Board Member at Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM)
    Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs

  • Advisory Board Member at University of Cambridge
    Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Cambridge Center for Data Driven Discovery

  • Executive Committee Member at DIMACS
    Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University in the City of New York
    2015 - Present · 11 yrs 6 mos

    Computer Science