Ben Sanati

PhD Student in ML

Hey, I'm Ben. I'm interested in Continual Learning, Open-Endedness, and Stochastic Differential Equations.

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Research Focus

Continual Learning &
Open-Endedness

Studying how machines adapt and evolve over time.

Foundations of Machine Learning

Exploring the foundational questions in machine learning.

Computability Theory

Applying computability theory to formalise feasible learning dynamics.

Publications

Experience

PhD Student

Autumn '24 – Present | University of Edinburgh

I am very fortunate to be joint supervised by Amos Storkey and David Abel.
I have also collaborated with some amazing people: Nikolay Malkin, Thomas L. Lee, Trevor McInroe, and Aidan Scannell.
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 with AI. Was supervised by Jonathon Hare, Geoff Merrett, and Lei Xun.