Patrick Emami
Staff Research Scientist At National Lab Of The Rockies
Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolPatrick Emami is a Staff Research Scientist focused on building scientific foundation models and conversational, collaborative assistants for researchers, currently leading the ASCR AI for Science project "Theseus" at the National Lab of the Rockies. With a PhD in Machine Learning and over a decade of experience across national labs and academia, he translates ML research into practical tools for clean energy and engineering applications. His background includes work on reinforcement learning and gradient-free optimization for city-scale traffic and energy systems at NREL, reflecting a rare blend of ML theory and systems-level deployment. Based in Oregon, he combines deep technical expertise with leadership in multi-institutional science initiatives, often engineering models that bridge domain science and usable AI workflows. Colleagues describe him as an experimentalist who moves fast from prototypes to production-ready assistants that accelerate scientific collaboration.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma / IB Diploma, High School Diploma / IB Diploma at Stanton College PreparatoryComputer Science, Computer Science at Fordham UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Machine Learning, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Machine Learning at University of Florida
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (62)
proximal-policy-optimization10
robotics10
generative10
region10
deep-reinforcement-learning10
mujoco10
actor-critic10
approximation10
autonomous-robots10
arxiv10
reinforcement-learning9
pytorch9
python9
sac9
sensor9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
pemami4911/distributed-systems
Sep 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:60 commits in 9 months
pemami4911/V-RAVE
Jan 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:151 commits, 8 pushes, 18 branches in 1 year
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