Summary
Hayder Elesedy is a machine learning researcher with a DPhil from Oxford and an MSc in Mathematics with Theoretical Physics from Cambridge, bringing eight years of experience across industry and high-impact research teams. He has worked on foundation models for tabular data, LLM safety and differential privacy at Samsung, and patented optimisation work from an internship at DeepMind. His background spans applied deep learning, federated analytics, graph neural networks and quantitative trading, with contributions to pandemic response modelling for the Royal Society and early A-Life research at X. Based in Barcelona, he combines rigorous theoretical training with product-minded R&D, often translating advanced optimisation and privacy ideas into deployed systems. An under-the-radar strength is his cross-domain fluency—from market-facing timeseries forecasting to foundational model safety—which helps bridge research and real-world engineering.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
DPhil Computer Science: Machine Learning., DPhil Computer Science: Machine Learning. at University of Oxford
Master of Science (MSc) Mathematics with Theoretical Physics, Master of Science (MSc) Mathematics with Theoretical Physics at University of Cambridge