Andy Patterson
Head Of Technology at RL Core Technologies
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAndy Patterson is Head of Technology and a statistical machine learning expert with 11 years of engineering experience and a PhD from the University of Alberta focused on reliable reinforcement learning systems. He blends academic rigor and hands-on product engineering, having transitioned from doctoral research and a DeepMind internship to leadership roles at RL Core Technologies and Amii. Andy specializes in building and measuring lifelong learning systems, with a practical eye for reliability and empirical reproducibility in RL. Comfortable shipping production ML as well as running toy research projects, he pairs deep theory with full-stack implementation experience dating back to web and analytics roles. Based in Edmonton, he brings a track record of turning RL research into usable systems and a curiosity for how to certify long-term learning behavior.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Statistical Machine Learning, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Statistical Machine Learning at University of AlbertaMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Indiana University BloomingtonFishers High School
Spanish
Github Skills (84)
json-parser10
typescript-definitions10
type-library10
javascript10
json10
typescript10
dts10
compilation10
cbor9
msgpack9
bson9
cpp9
json-serialization9
messagepack9
tooltips8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
andnp/ReplayTables
Sep 2021 - Jan 2025
Contributions:1 release, 5 reviews, 74 PRs in 3 years 5 months
andnp/forager
Jun 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:10 reviews, 34 PRs, 44 pushes in 1 year 9 months
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