Colin White

About

I design algorithms that create advanced AI algorithms.

I am a postdoc at Caltech in the Computing + Mathematical Sciences (CMS) Department, working with Anima Anandkumar. Before that, I was Head of Research at Abacus.AI. I graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a Ph.D. in computer science, advised by Nina Balcan and supported by the NDSEG Fellowship. I received my undergraduate degree from Amherst College.

For more, see my CV (last updated Oct. 2023).

My work focuses on automating the search for high-performing deep learning models, as well as explaining and de-biasing them, from both a theoretical and empirical lens. Much of my work involves designing innovative methods by drawing insights from large-scale studies (ref1, ref2, ref3) and designing tools for better benchmarking of machine learning techniques (ref4, ref5, ref6).

News

    • • Sep 21, 2023: I was a Senior Area Chair for the NeurIPS Track on Datasets and Benchmarks 2023.
    • • Sep 12-15, 2023: I was a Program Chair for AutoML 2023. Mark your calendars for Sep 9-12, AutoML'24 in Paris!
    • • Apr 17, 2023: I started as a postdoc at Caltech!
    • • Jan 22, 2023: New survey on neural architecture search. Email me if you have comments!
    • • Jul 25, 2022: I gave a tutorial on neural architecture search with Debadeepta Dey, at AutoML 2022. View the talk here, and the slides here.

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Professional
Service

  • Senior Area Chair for NeurIPS Track on Datasets and Benchmarks 2023.
    Program Chair for AutoML 2023.
    Local Chair and Area Chair for AutoML 2022.
    Co-organizer for the 8th AutoML Workshop at ICML 2021.
    Top 10% of reviewers at NeurIPS 2022
    Top 10% of reviewers at ICML 2022
    Top 10% of reviewers at ICLR 2022
    Top 10% of reviewers at NeurIPS 2021
    Top 10% of reviewers at ICML 2021
    Top 10% of reviewers at NeurIPS 2020