Ian Covert
Member Of Technical Staff at OpenAI
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIan Covert is a research-driven software engineer and Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI with 11 years of experience bridging academic ML research and production systems. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Washington and did postdoctoral work at Stanford, focusing on post-training research that sits at the intersection of machine learning theory and applied systems. His background includes ML research at Google Medical Brain, quantitative options research at Citadel Securities, and computational neuroscience and chemistry projects from his undergraduate years, reflecting a rare mix of domain breadth. Based in San Francisco, he combines deep theoretical rigor with hands-on engineering to move research into deployed models, and his career path suggests a knack for translating complex academic ideas into practical, high-impact tooling.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at University of WashingtonBachelor’s Degree Computer Science Mathematics-Statistics, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science Mathematics-Statistics at Columbia UniversityHigh School International Baccalaureate Bilingual Diploma (French), High School International Baccalaureate Bilingual Diploma (French) at French American International School (San Francisco, CA)
English, French
Github Skills (24)
python10
data-science10
statistics10
machine-learning10
data-analysis10
interpretable-machine-learning9
xai9
shapley9
pii9
scikit9
scikit-learn9
privacy-enhancing-technologies9
transparency9
iml8
robustness8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
iancovert/sage
May 2020 - Jan 2023
For calculating global feature importance using Shapley values.
Contributions:41 commits, 16 PRs, 52 pushes in 2 years 8 months
feature-importanceshapley-valuesinterpretabilityimportancemachine-learning
iancovert/dl-selection
May 2020 - Jan 2021
Contributions:11 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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