Avi Ziskind
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Motional
New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolAvi Ziskind is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer with 11 years of experience applying deep learning, computer vision, and computational neuroscience to real-world problems across defense, medical imaging, and autonomous systems. He has led research teams and built robust AI for high-consequence environments—ranging from lung nodule detection in CT scans to AI red-teaming, domain-shift detection, and lifelong learning for DARPA programs. Comfortable bridging theory and production, Avi’s background spans psychophysics-informed model analysis, neuro-inspired algorithms, and quantized networks for edge deployment. He has a PhD in Computational Neuroscience and a rare mix of skills that let him translate biological insights into practical, trustworthy ML solutions for safety-critical applications.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computational Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computational Neuroscience at Columbia UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Physics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Physics at Princeton University
Hebrew, Afrikaans, English
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Github Skills (49)
unsupervised-learning10
optical-flow10
python9
machine-learning9
probabilistic9
gpu9
image-registration9
deep-learning9
tensorflow8
numpy8
convolutional-neural-networks8
pytorch8
neural-network8
data-science7
tensor7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
aviziskind/pelli-letters
May 2015 - Dec 2021
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 7 months
aviziskind/matlab-scripts
Mar 2015 - Nov 2021
Contributions:26 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 10 months
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