John Dickerson

CEO

Seattle, Washington, United States19 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in machine learning and AI systems.
Led significant research in market design.
Cofounder of a successful ML startup.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in AI and machine learning with a strong academic and startup background.

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Skills

Core Skills

Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningEconomicsMarket DesignAiOptimizationSoftware Development

Other Skills

Open SourceAI SystemsResearch FundingResearch ManagementAlgorithmsStatisticsModelingSimulationsRDatabasesLaTeXCMatlab

About

Leading the charge on open source AI at Mozilla.ai, and working at the intersection of machine learning (ML) and economics, with a focus on designing incentives that promote "good" participation in complex systems. Previously, tenured professor at UMD as well as cofounder of Arthur, a Series B ML startup. Startup advisor and angel investor. Extensive experience with real-world platform market design -- advertising, organ donation, blood donation, rideshare, hiring, ecommerce. Published work in dynamic market design, robust ML, fairness & privacy in ML, value alignment, and interpretable ML.

Experience

19 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

7 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Arthur

2 roles

Scientific Advisor

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · New York, New York, United States

Co-founder & Chief Scientist

Mar 2019 – Mar 2025 · 6 yrs · New York, New York, United States

Arthur is a Series B startup focused on building enterprise-grade trusted AI systems. Interested? Check out: https://www.arthur.ai/careers

Machine LearningAI SystemsArtificial Intelligence

Mozilla.ai

CEO

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · The World 🌎 · Remote

Lead a growing team focused on empowering the next generation of developers with open source AI. Help build a sustainable open source AI future with us: https://www.mozilla.ai/careers

Machine LearningArtificial IntelligenceOpen Source

University of maryland

3 roles

Adjunct Professor

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Left my tenured professorship to answer the siren call of industry.

Associate Professor of Computer Science

Promoted

Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

Tenured in the Computer Science department with a joint appointment in the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS). Lead a lab with 12+ researchers currently on payroll (PhD, MSc); PI/Co-PI on $10M+ of research funding; 6+ PhD graduates with 6+ more slated for the next 12 months.
My lab sits at the intersection of machine learning and economics, with a core focus of designing incentives that promote "good" participation in complex systems. We work with organ donation, blood donation, financial markets, hiring/talent sourcing, farming/agricultural markets, logistics/shipping, combinatorial auctions and reverse auctions, rideshare, and other platform markets.
We primarily publish in the core big tent ML conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML), core big tent AI conferences (e.g., AAAI, IJCAI, KDD), and specialty conferences in AI/ML (e.g., AISTATS, UAI), EconCS (e.g., EC, WINE, AAMAS), and trustworthy ML (e.g., FAccT, AIES).

Machine LearningEconomicsResearch Funding