Andy 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 Alberta
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Indiana University Bloomington
Contributions:10 reviews, 34 PRs, 44 pushes in 1 year 9 months
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Andy Patterson - Head Of Technology at RL Core Technologies