Michael Tessler
Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMichael Tessler is a Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind with 11 years of experience at the intersection of cognitive science and AI, focusing on language, reasoning, and human-like cognition. His work blends probabilistic and neural approaches—spanning publications, behavioral experiments, and novel Bayesian analysis methods—to model how people communicate generalizations and pragmatic meaning. Trained at Stanford (PhD) and seasoned by a postdoc at MIT, he has built tools like an R package for WebPPL and an interactive probabilistic language textbook that reflect his commitment to reproducible, pedagogical research. Based in London, he combines deep technical rigor with hands-on experimental design and even a practiced barista’s attention to craft, which he credits for fueling long analytic sessions.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts - BA Mathematics at University of VirginiaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Psychology at Stanford University
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Github Skills (36)
minecraft10
probabilistic-programming10
truncate10
webppl10
generative10
cognitive-science10
probabilistic-models10
pytorch9
machine-learning9
lucky-framework9
dnd-tools8
deep-learning8
probabilistic8
tla7
code-golf7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
erindb/experiment_template
Mar 2015 - Feb 2020
Contributions:11 commits, 1 PR, 13 pushes in 5 years
template
mhtess/generic-interpretation
Feb 2018 - Jul 2022
Contributions:252 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
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