CV

Work experience

• Research Scientist in AI safety, DeepMind (2016-present)
  • research on designing good incentives for AI systems, e.g. avoiding side effects and reward tampering
• Software Engineering Intern, Google (2015)
  • developed and implemented machine learning algorithms for the Knowledge Graph
• Decision Support Engineering Intern, Google (2013)
  • built statistical models of the impact of ads quality on click-through rate in R
• Teaching Fellow in Statistics, Harvard University (2012-2013)
• Quantitative Analyst Intern, D.E.Shaw & Co (2012)
  • developed and tested risk modeling algorithms using statistical and numerical optimization methods in Python
• Summer Research Analyst in Computer Science, University of Toronto (2009)
• Teaching Assistant in Mathematics, University of Toronto (2007-2011)

Education

• Harvard University, PhD, Statistics (2016)
• University of Toronto, MS, Statistics (2011)
• University of Toronto, Honors BS with High Distinction (GPA 3.76/4.00), Statistics / Mathematics (2010)

Service

• ICLR conference reviewer (2021)
• NeurIPS conference reviewer (2021)
• NeurIPS conference reviewer (2020)
• JMLR reviewer (2020)
• ICML conference reviewer (2019)
• ICLR Safe ML workshop co-organizer (2019)
• Beneficial AGI (BAGI) conference co-organizer and technical safety program chair (2019)
• CIFAR International Scientific Advisory Committee for Pan-Canadian AI Strategy (2018)
• NeurIPS conference reviewer, top 30% of reviewers (2018)
• ICML conference reviewer (2018)
• AI, Ethics & Society (AIES) conference reviewer (2018)
• Beneficial AI (BAI) conference co-organizer (2017)
• Women in ML (WiML) workshop reviewer (2016-2017)
• Future of AI conference co-organizer (2015)
• Co-founder, Future of Life Institute (2014)
• Canadian IMO team deputy leader (2010)

Competitions

• IMO Silver medal, International Mathematical Olympiad (2006)
• Elizabeth Lowell Putnam Prize (2008)
  • highest ranking woman in the Putnam mathematics competition in North America
• University of Toronto Putnam mathematics competition team (2006-2009)
  • 3-person team consistently ranked in top 10 in North America
• ACM programming competition team (2007-2008)
  • 3-person team competed on the regional level in North America