Dr. Roger Grosse

Associate Professor

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Biography

Roger Grosse is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto and holds the Schwartz Reisman Chair in Technology and Society. He is a founding member of the Vector Institute and a member of the Technical Staff Alignment Science Team at Anthropic. His research focuses on understanding the dynamics of neural network training and improving aspects such as training speed, generalization, and uncertainty estimation, as well as automating hyperparameter tuning. In the rapidly advancing field of artificial intelligence, Grosse aims to ensure that AI systems are robustly aligned with human values. He explores various critical questions, including how to efficiently identify the training examples responsible for unexpected behaviors exhibited by AI systems, ensuring the safety of powerful AI systems against strategic deception, and how to elicit reliable information when models have incomplete trust. Furthermore, he investigates mechanisms for efficiently removing dangerous, unwanted information from trained models.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Toronto

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:93
Prerequisites
Appropriate four-year bachelor's degree Background in sociological theory and statistics preferred
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Specialization Notes

Department of Sociology