Alex Robey
Member Of The Technical Staff at Thinking Machines Lab
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolAlex Robey is a research-driven engineer with nine years of experience at the intersection of robotics, control theory, and machine learning, currently a Member of the Technical Staff at Thinking Machines Lab in San Francisco. He earned a PhD in Electrical and Systems Engineering from UPenn and has held postdoctoral and research roles at Carnegie Mellon, Google, and national labs, blending deep theory with applied system-building. His work spans academia and industry, from teaching and visiting instructor roles to research contracting for advanced AI firms, indicating an ability to translate cutting-edge research into practical outcomes. Beyond technical pursuits, he designs crosswords and runs a puzzle website (cruciverbalex.com), reflecting a playful, pattern-oriented approach to problem solving that likely informs his research creativity.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Mathematics, Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Mathematics at Swarthmore CollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical and Systems Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical and Systems Engineering at University of Pennsylvania
Github Skills (18)
algolia10
jekyll10
jekyll-theme10
convex-optimization9
github-pages9
algolia-search9
language-model7
generative-model6
generative-adversarial-network6
neural-network5
synthetic-data5
multi-table4
data-generation4
deep-learning4
time-series3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
unstable-zeros/learning-rocbfs
Nov 2021 - Nov 2022
Contributions:7 commits, 5 pushes in 1 year
arobey1/LipSDP
Oct 2019 - Mar 2022
LipSDP - Lipschitz Estimation for Neural Networks
Contributions:31 commits, 1 PR, 15 pushes in 2 years 4 months
neural-networkneural-networkssemidefinite-programmingconvex-optimization
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