Zico Kolter

Professor

School of Computer Science Affiliated

  • Professor
    School of Computer Science Affiliated
  • (412) 268-4733 (Work)
  • Carnegie Mellon University, Computer Science Department, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, United States

BIO

Zico Kolter is a Professor and the Director of the Machine Learning Department at Carnegie Mellon University. His work spans several topics in machine learning and optimization, including work in AI safety and robustness, LLM security, the impact of data on models, implicit models, and more. He is a recipient of the DARPA Young Faculty Award, a Sloan Fellowship, and best paper awards at NeurIPS, ICML (honorable mention), AISTATS (test of time), IJCAI, KDD, and PESGM.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, Machine Learning Department, United States1 Jul 2024 - present
  • Associate Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, United StatesJul 2018 - 30 Jun 2024
  • Assistant Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, United StatesAug 2012 - Jul 2018

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Chief Expert
    Bosch (United States), Farmington Hills, United StatesJun 2018 - present
  • Chief Data Scientist
    C3 AI, Redwood City, United StatesJun 2014 - Jun 2018

DEGREES

  • Ph.D., Computer Science
    Stanford University, Stanford, United States2005 - 2010
  • Georgetown University, Computer Science
    Georgetown University, Washington D.C., United States2001 - 2005

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United StatesSep 2010 - Aug 2012

CAMPUS

  • Pittsburgh

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  • 13 Climate Action
  • 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  • 3 Good Health and Well Being
  • 4 Quality Education
  • 10 Reduced Inequalities
  • 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities