Charlie Cowen-breen
PHD Candidate
Greater Boston United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCharlie Cowen-breen is a PhD candidate at MIT focused on reliable AI for science, specializing in uncertainty quantification at the intersection of machine learning, statistics, and computer science. With eight years of experience spanning research, teaching, and engineering, Charlie has built practical tools—from image-surface smoothness detectors for robotics to vision systems on NVIDIA Jetson devices—and interned at Facebook AI. A strong theoretical foundation (Princeton BA, Cambridge master's) complements hands-on algorithm development, including published orbit-determination work as an undergraduate. Charlie also brings classroom mentorship experience running accelerated honors analysis problem sessions, reflecting an ability to translate deep math into accessible solutions.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma Summa Cum Laude Concentrating in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, High School Diploma Summa Cum Laude Concentrating in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics at Boston University AcademyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Artificial Intelligence and Decision-making, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Artificial Intelligence and Decision-making at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster's degree Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Master's degree Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Trinity College CambridgeBachelor of Arts - BA Mathematics certificate in Statistics and Machine Learning, Bachelor of Arts - BA Mathematics certificate in Statistics and Machine Learning at Princeton University
Github Skills (23)
robotics10
simulator10
computer-vision10
simulation9
hardware9
sdk9
high-performance8
in-app-purchase8
ai8
payment-methods8
intel8
camera-api7
realsense6
topological-data-analysis5
topology5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
charliecb/charliecb.github.io
Jun 2023 - Feb 2025
A beautiful, simple, clean, and responsive Jekyll theme for academics
Contributions:97 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 8 months
charliecb/cosmic-neighborhood-simulator
Jan 2018 - Aug 2020
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 8 months
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