Ben Sanati

PhD Student in ML

Hey, I'm Ben. I'm interested in the Foundations of Machine Learning, Probability Theory, and Epistemology.

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Research Focus

Continual Learning &
Bounded Rationality

Studying how bounded beliefs should adapt over time.

Machine Learning Foundations

Exploring the foundational questions in machine learning.

Epistemological
Inquiry

Applying formal theories of knowledge to guide ML research.

Publications

Experience

PhD Student

Autumn '24 – Present | University of Edinburgh

I am very fortunate to be joint supervised by David Abel and Amos Storkey.
I have also collaborated with some amazing people: Nikolay Malkin, Thomas L. Lee, Trevor McInroe, and Aidan Scannell.
A member of the BayesWatch and MARBLE research groups.
Funded by EPSRC.

Senior Research Assistant

Spring - Summer '24 | University of Southampton

Supervised by Jonathon Hare and funded by Innovate UK.

Data Science Intern

Autumn '23 | Cirium

Earned the internship through a hackathon.

Undergraduate Research Scholar

Summer '22 | University of Southampton

Awarded a scholarship to do some computer vision research.

Master's of Engineering

Autumn '19 - Summer '23 | University of Southampton

MEng in Electronic Engineering. I was supervised by Jonathon Hare, Geoff Merrett, and Lei Xun.