Josef Valvoda
Research Science & Engineering at Google
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolJosef Valvoda is a Research Scientist and Engineer focused on advancing AI and large language models, currently working at Google X after applied science and research roles at Amazon, Google, Apple and leading academic posts. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge and brings nine years of experience in deep learning and NLP with over a dozen peer-reviewed papers in top venues on topics from explainable AI to formal language learning and legal-domain models. Josef blends industry-scale applied work with rigorous academic research, having held positions across Europe, Japan, and the US (including ETH Zurich, University of Copenhagen, and NII Tokyo). He has a unique background combining a law degree with advanced ML research, which informs his work on models of legal text and AI interpretability. Based in San Francisco, he moves comfortably between moonshot research at Google X and product-focused LLM work at major cloud and consumer tech companies.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of CambridgePostdoctoral Researcher, Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Copenhagen (Københavns Universitet)Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Law, Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Law at University of ExeterMaster of Science (MS), Computer Science, Master of Science (MS), Computer Science at University of Bristol
English, Czech, German
Github Skills (4)
acl7
phonetics7
computational-linguistics6
natural-language-processing5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
valvoda/neuralTransducer
Jan 2021 - Dec 2022
Contributions:153 commits, 3 pushes, 2 comments in 1 year 11 months
valvoda/Negative-Precedent-in-Legal-Outcome-Prediction
Sep 2022 - Sep 2022
Contributions:13 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 13 days
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