Jon Barker
Senior Research Scientist, Applied Deep Learning Research Team at NVIDIA
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolJon Barker is a Senior Research Scientist on NVIDIA’s Applied Deep Learning Research team with nine years of industry experience and a strong academic foundation—a Ph.D. and First Class BSc in Mathematics from the University of Southampton. He has progressed from principal and senior research roles in government research labs to applied deep learning and solution architecture roles at NVIDIA, blending rigorous mathematical thinking with production-focused ML engineering. His background in defense and national lab environments suggests expertise in robust, mission-oriented AI systems and translating complex research into deployable solutions. Based in Boulder, Colorado, he brings both deep theory and practical deployment experience to large-scale GPU-accelerated ML projects.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics, First Class Honours, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics, First Class Honours at University of Southampton
English
Github Skills (38)
transformers10
pytorch10
language-model10
python10
acceleration10
machine-learning10
large-language-models10
numpy10
transformer-models10
scale10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
gpu10
bert10
autograd10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jbarker-nvidia/pytorch
Apr 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:72 pushes, 7 branches in 8 months
pythongpu-accelerationdeep-learninggpuacceleration
jon-e-barker/dotfiles
May 2017 - Jun 2019
Contributions:19 pushes in 2 years 1 month
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