Samson Koelle
Applied Scientist II at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolSamson Koelle is an Applied Scientist II at AWS specializing in generative AI and interpretable machine learning, with a decade of experience bridging research and product. He co-founded and led AI development at synthetic speech startup Uberduck, translating cutting-edge speech models into user-facing products. With a PhD in Statistics from the University of Washington and research stints at the Allen Institute and Fred Hutch, he combines rigorous statistical foundations with practical ML engineering. Samson maintains an academic presence via Google Scholar and a personal site showcasing algorithmic work, signaling sustained contributions to interpretability research. Based in Seattle, he brings founder-level ownership and production experience to large-scale AI systems, often focusing on making model behavior transparent and actionable.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Statistics at University of WashingtonY CombinatorGarfield High SchoolBachelor of Arts - BA Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts - BA Mathematics at Columbia University
Github Skills (197)
parallel10
speech-processing10
python10
hyperparameter-optimization10
huggingface10
deep-learning10
gpu10
ray10
optimization10
text-to-image10
audio10
voice10
reinforcement-learning10
java10
speech-to-text10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
sjkoelle/sjkoelle.github.io
Dec 2019 - Jun 2024
Contributions:6 PRs, 86 pushes, 7 branches in 4 years 7 months
sjkoelle/montlake
Sep 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:58 commits, 103 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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