About
Ian Anderson is co-founder and CTO of Malachyte, an AI company. He previously worked as a Staff ML Engineer at Spotify, where he contributed to research and large-scale delivery, published papers on user understanding, and holds patents based on that work. He holds a PhD in physics related to the discovery and properties of the Higgs boson.
Founder at Malachyte
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Co-founders at Malachyte
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Sidd MotwaniFounder
Experience
- MalachyteCo-founder & CTOcurrent2024 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- Bad Idea FactoryCorporate Overlordcurrent2017 — present
- SpotifyStaff Machine Learning Engineer2021 — 2024New York City Metropolitan Area
- SpotifySenior Machine Learning Engineer2019 — 2021New York City Metropolitan Area
- SpotifySenior Research Scientist2017 — 2019New York City Metropolitan Area
- SpotifyResearch Lead / Data Scientist2015 — 2017New York City Metropolitan Area
- Johns Hopkins UniversityGraduate Research Assistant2009 — 2015Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- Johns Hopkins UniversityTeaching Assistant2009 — 2015Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- Large Hadron ColliderMonte Carlo Convener2013 — 2014Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- CMS Data Analysis SchoolInstructor2012 — 2013Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab; Batavia, Illinois)
- INFNResearch Assistant2012Bari, Apulia, Italy
Skills & more
Word EmbeddingsGenerative AIROOT1Expert AdvisorDeep LearningTensorFlowParallel ProgrammingMLOpsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data EngineeringMachine Learning1Research4
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PhysicsData AnalysisStatisticsNumerical AnalysisData ModelingData ScienceData MiningMathematical ModelingSimulationsPythonLaTeXC++From Ian's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ian Anderson?
- Ian Anderson is co-founder and CTO of Malachyte, an AI company. He previously worked as a Staff ML Engineer at Spotify, where he contributed to research and large-scale delivery, published papers on user understanding, and holds patents based on that work. He holds a PhD in physics related to the discovery and properties of the Higgs boson.
- Where does Ian Anderson work?
- Ian Anderson is Founder of Malachyte.
- What companies did Ian Anderson found?
- Ian Anderson founded Malachyte.
- Where did Ian Anderson go to school?
- Ian Anderson studied at The Johns Hopkins University (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics); The Johns Hopkins University (Master's degree, Physics); Carnegie Mellon University (Bachelor's degree, Physics).
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