CV and Bio

Pedro A. Ortega is the founder of DAIOS AI. Previously he was VP of Research at Kosen Labs, and the lead of the Safety Analysis Team at 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).

• 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

• 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.

• 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

• 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