about me

This is an obsolete page - I just haven't gotten around to fixing up the DNS.

Go have a look over at

http://davidpablocohn.com

Really.

I'm David Pablo Cohn, or just "pablo" for short.

Professionally, I'm a computer scientist trained in statistical machine learning, specializing in text and information retrieval. I believe that technology is morally neutral, and as such, it is the obligation of its creators to ensure that, to the best of their abilities, it is used for the common good.

I spend my days as a Senior Research Scientist at Google, and think I've got the (third) best job on the planet.

By avocation, I'm a flight instructor, and love flying antique airplanes. More on that over at the "flight" page. When not at work or in the air, I write and play folk music badly, but with enthusiasm.

Past

• Co-founder and Managing Editor for the Journal of Machine Learning Research

• Adjunct Research Scientist with the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University

• Chief Technology Officer for DigitalMC (RIP!)

• Principal Scientist for Burning Glass Technologies

• Research Scientist at Just Research (a.k.a. JustSystem Pittsburgh Research Center)

• Senior Research Scientist with the Adaptive Systems Group at Harlequin, Inc.

• Postdoctoral Associate with the MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and the Center for Biological and Computational Learning