George Matheos

George Matheos was an undergraduate student at UC Berkeley studying math and computer science, advised by Stuart Russell and Vikash Mansinghka. From 2020-2021, he worked full-time as a researcher at the MIT Probabilistic Computing Project. George’s current research focuses on developing new data-driven Monte Carlo algorithms for probabilistic inference in structured models of the world, and on understanding how the mammalian brain may implement algorithms like these. He previously developed algorithms and a high-level probabilistic programming language that facilitate the implementation of custom inference algorithms for open-universe probabilistic programs.