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Prolific AI researcher with 100+ papers, multiple best paper awards at ICML and ECML, and an ICML Test of Time Award (with Ronan Collobert). Pioneered memory networks (2014), which introduced external memory for neural networks before transformers existed. Built ParlAI, the open-source dialogue research platform. Led development of BlenderBot, one of the first open-domain chatbots, years before ChatGPT. Key contributions span DrQA (pre-RAG question answering, 2017), and end-to-end dialogue systems.
PhD, Machine Learning — Royal Holloway, University of London
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Advocates for open research and responsible dialogue systems. Focuses on building AI that can engage in safe, helpful conversations.
Advocates for open research and responsible dialogue systems. Focuses on building AI that can engage in safe, helpful conversations.
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Dossier last updated: 2026-03-10