Victor Veitch
Research Scientist at Google
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolVictor Veitch is a research scientist and assistant professor whose 11-year career sits at the intersection of machine learning and statistics, with appointments at Google Cambridge and the University of Chicago. He specializes in causal inference and the development of safe, credible machine learning methods, translating deep theoretical training in mathematics and applied math into practical research impact. His path from theoretical and mathematical physics through a PhD in mathematics and statistics informs a rigorous, formal approach to problems in ML and causal analysis. Victor has published and led research at major institutions including Columbia and Microsoft Research, and brings experience working with network-valued data and large-scale machine learning systems. Based in New York, he combines academic leadership with industry research to push methods that improve the reliability and interpretability of ML-driven decisions.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mathematics and Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mathematics and Statistics at University of TorontoBachelor’s Degree, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Bachelor’s Degree, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics at University of Waterloo
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (25)
post-hoc10
bert9
relational-algebra8
sensitivity-analysis8
ranking8
incremental-learning8
causal-inference8
crowd8
relational8
sensitivity8
exploratory-data-analysis7
tensorflow7
differential-privacy7
science7
react7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
wooden-spoon/relational-ERM
Jun 2018 - Jun 2019
Software relating to relational empirical risk minimization
Contributions:27 commits, 6 PRs, 11 pushes in 1 year
minimizationrelationalpythonvisual-analyticsrisk
blei-lab/causal-text-embeddings
May 2019 - Sep 2020
Software and data for "Using Text Embeddings for Causal Inference"
Contributions:15 commits, 1 PR, 13 pushes in 1 year 4 months
causal-inference
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