====== CV and Bio ======


===== Curriculum Vitae =====

| Curriculum Vitae | {{:cv-english.pdf| [PDF]}} | (updated November 2022) |


===== Short Bio =====

Pedro A. Ortega is the founder of [[https://www.daios.ai|DAIOS AI]]. Previously he was VP of Research at Kosen Labs, and the lead of the Safety Analysis Team at [[https://www.deepmind.com|DeepMind]]. His research focuses on the formal principles of intelligent systems addressing basic questions in AGI and AGI safety research, including bounded-rational & risk-sensitive planning and causal generalization. His approach lies at the intersection between machine learning, computational neuroscience, theoretical economics, and physics. He holds a PhD in Machine Learning from the University of Cambridge (Prof. Zoubin Ghahramani), and has been a postdoc in Cambridge (Prof. Simon Godsill), Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics/Intelligent Systems (Prof. Daniel A. Braun), The Hebrew University in Jerusalem (Prof. Naftali Tishby), and University of Pennsylvania (Prof. Daniel D. Lee and Prof. Alan A. Stocker).


===== Education =====

    * 2006-2011: PhD in Engineering (Machine Learning), University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
    * 1998-2005: Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidad de Chile
    * 1995-1997: Secondary, Liceo Experimental Manuel de Salas, Santiago, Chile
    * 1990-1994: Secondary, Gymnasium Typus B&C, Kantonsschule Oerlikon, Zürich, Switzerland
    * 1984-1990: Primary, Schulhaus Probstei, Zürich, Switzerland

===== Academic Experience =====

    * **Postdoctoral Scholar**, Departments of Engineering and Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 2013-2016.
    * **Postdoctoral Visitor**, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, 2013.
    * **Postdoctoral Fellow**, Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and Max-Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, 2011-2013.
    * **Research Associate**, Engineering Design Centre and Signal Processing Group, Univ. of Cambridge, 2010-2011.
    * **Lecturer**, Information Theory and Neural Networks, Univ. of Chile, 2005.
    * **T.A.**, Mechanics, Univ. of Chile, 2000-2001, 2003.
    * **T.A.**, Computing I, Univ. of Chile, 2000.
    * **T.A.**, Artificial Intelligence, Univ. of Chile, 2003, 04.
    * **T.A.**, Theory of Neural Networks, Univ. of Chile, 2003.
    * **T.A.**, Evolutionary Computation, Univ. of Chile, 2004.  

===== Professional Experience =====

    * 2023-: Founder, DAIOS AI, London, UK 
    * 2022: VP of Research, Kosen Labs, London, UK
    * 2016-2022: DeepMind, London, UK
    * 2006: Yahoo! Search Engine Marketing, DMX Group, USA
    * 2006: Embedded System Design, Olimex, Chile
    * 2003-2005: Datamining for customer segmentation, fraud detection and forecasting, Chile
    * -2005: Website development

===== Honors & Scholarships =====

    * 2006-2010 : Graduate Studies Scholarship, Beca Presidente de la República, Government of Chile
    * 1998-2002: Honor roll student (top 5%), School of Engineering, University of Chile
    * 1996: Scholarship, Liceo Manuel de Salas, Santiago, Chile
    * 1996: Winner of the National Physics Olympics, Chile
    * 1996: Winner of the Metropolitan Physics Olympics, Santiago, Chile