Phillip Howard
Lead AI Researcher at Thoughtworks
United States
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Top SchoolPhillip Howard is a Lead AI Researcher with nine years of industry experience and a PhD in Industrial Engineering, currently leading multimodal AI research at Thoughtworks after a senior leadership stint at Intel Labs. He has driven research that bridges theory and product—16 tier‑1 conference papers since 2022 (seven first‑author) and multiple Intel features highlight work on NeuroPrompts and SocialCounterfactuals. Phillip combines hands‑on model optimization for novel accelerators (Gaudi demos at Intel Vision) with practical deployments across cloud and big‑data stacks, delivering measurable business impact and multiple internal awards. His background in supply‑chain forecasting and manufacturing analytics underpins a rare blend of applied ML, counterfactual reasoning, synthetic data, and fairness research. Known for translating complex research into demos, collaborations, and investor‑level presentations, he excels at moving ideas from papers to high‑visibility production and partnerships.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Industrial Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Industrial Engineering at Arizona State UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.) Economics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Economics at W. P. Carey School of Business – Arizona State University
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Github Skills (35)
dynet10
python10
iot10
lollipop9
lit-element9
language-processing9
asyncio9
mqtt9
polymer9
automation9
privacy9
home-assistant9
home-automation9
nlp9
raspberry-pi9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
IntelLabs/NeuroCounterfactuals
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
Contributions:6 reviews, 4 commits, 16 PRs in 2 months
PhillipHoward/optimum-habana
Aug 2023 - Aug 2023
Easy and lightning fast training of 🤗 Transformers on Habana Gaudi processor (HPU)
Contributions:5 pushes in 7 days
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