Hi there! I’m Sam, a Clinical Assistant Professor of Data Science at NYU. I love teaching, and as a clinical professor, most of my academic energy is devoted towards becoming a better teacher for courses in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and mathematics.
I did my PhD up the street in the Theory of Computation Group at Columbia University, where I was extremely fortunate to be advised by Daniel Hsu and Jeannette Wing. I was also an undergraduate at Columbia, where I double-majored in computer science and philosophy. For philosophy, I worked with the inimitable Achille Varzi, who advised my senior thesis on machine learning fairness from a philosophy of science perspective. He irrevocably changed my view on donuts.
I also like running, nerding out about books and movies, and a good magic trick.
