Ashkan Khakzar
Research Scientist at Google DeepMind
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAshkan Khakzar is a research scientist based in London with a decade of experience at the intersection of machine learning, robotics, and biomedical computing. After a PhD at Technical University of Munich and a visiting research stint at Johns Hopkins, he progressed from robotics and AI engineering roles to postdoctoral research at Oxford and now a research scientist position at Google DeepMind. His work blends hands-on system-building in surgical robotics and biomedical ML with foundational research in machine learning, reflecting a rare combination of applied engineering and academic rigor. Ashkan frequently moves between industry and academia, which gives him a practical lens on translating novel ML methods into real-world systems. He maintains an active personal website showcasing projects and publications, indicating a commitment to clear communication and reproducible research. Colleagues would note his knack for bridging complex theory and implementation across multidisciplinary teams.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Technical University of Munich
German, Persian, English
Github Skills (28)
robot10
driver10
constrained-optimization9
inverse-kinematics9
calibration9
optimization8
ros8
robotics8
computer-vision7
video-understanding6
benchmark5
evaluation4
multimodal4
large-language-models4
audio4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ashk-on/ashk-on.github.io
Feb 2023 - Sep 2025
Contributions:45 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
CAMP-eXplain-AI/PathwayGrad
Jun 2021 - Jun 2021
Contributions:24 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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