Spencer Dorsey
Research Scientist at Meta
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Top SchoolSpencer Dorsey is a research scientist with a decade of experience at the nexus of technology, policy, and national security. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Duke University, focusing on machine learning, natural language processing, generative AI with transformers, and forecasting. Based in Palo Alto, California, he contributes to Meta's research programs, applying rigorous quantitative methods to policy-relevant AI challenges. His work uniquely blends political science theory with cutting-edge AI, translating complex insights into scalable, real-world implications. With a disciplined, cross-disciplinary perspective to enterprise research, Spencer brings rigorous methodology and strategic thinking to tech and security domains.
10 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Political Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Political Science at Duke University
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Github Skills (45)
nlp10
pytorch9
python9
machine-learning9
distilbert9
natural-language-processing9
tensorflow9
deep-learning9
speech-recognition9
gpt29
transformer9
language-model8
bert8
transformers8
seq2seq7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ssdorsey/news-please-mongo
Feb 2020 - Feb 2020
news-please - an integrated web crawler and information extractor for news that just works.
Contributions:24 pushes in 1 day
pythonintegratedweb-crawlercommoncrawlwarc
ssdorsey/wandering-pole
Nov 2021 - Apr 2022
Contributions:3 pushes in 4 months
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