Aron Ahmadia
Vice President Of Applied Science at Relativity
Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolAron Ahmadia is a senior leader in applied science and AI with 20 years of experience building production ML systems for enterprise, government, and research organizations. As Senior Director of Applied Science at Relativity he leads development of AI capabilities across legal, eDiscovery, and information retrieval products, and previously shaped model risk and fraud defenses at Capital One. He combines deep academic rigor—a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Columbia—with hands-on engineering, contributing to major open-source projects like Jupyter, IPython, and NumPy where he improved MathJax rendering, UI, and build compatibility. Aron’s background includes advising U.S. intelligence and space agencies on large-scale information systems and teaching early coed classes at KAUST, reflecting both policy-facing experience and global academic impact. Known for bridging research, responsible-AI risk management, and pragmatic product delivery, he focuses on safe, auditable deployments of AI in high-stakes domains.
19 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Waiakea High SchoolB.S, Computer Engineering, B.S, Computer Engineering at Illinois Institute of TechnologyPh.D., Applied Mathematics, Ph.D., Applied Mathematics at Columbia University
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Github Skills (29)
notebook10
javascript10
python10
fortran10
ipython10
numpy10
front-end-development10
mathjax10
html10
jupyter-notebook10
data-analysis10
github9
build-system9
conda9
compiler-design9
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
ahmadia/bio-pipeline
Jun 2013 - Apr 2015
Sample Version Control Repository for Software Carpentry Boot Camps
Role in this project:
Data Scientist
Data ScientistContributions:12 commits, 42 PRs, 2 pushes in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Aron primarily focused on developing and improving a Python-based pipeline for processing and analyzing biological data, as evidenced by the file `python_pipeline.py`. They made initial pipeline implementations, addressed identified issues, and incorporated further enhancements. The user also added an R test script (`R_pm_script.R`), indicating an interest in cross-language compatibility.
campscarpentryversion-controlsoftware-carpentry
ipython/ipython
Mar 2012 - Apr 2014
Official repository for IPython itself. Other repos in the IPython organization contain things like the website, documentation builds, etc.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 6 comments in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Aron primarily contributed to the front-end of the project, focusing on MathJax integration and UI improvements for the IPython notebook interface. They refactored JavaScript code, fixed rendering issues, and added a MathJax example notebook. These changes included modifications to the rendering of code snippets, improving overall display of content, and enhancing the user experience with better typesetting of mathematical expressions.
documentation-websitepythondata-sciencebuildsnotebook
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