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description: Mo Tiwari's webpage, projects, biography, resume, and FAQ
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author: Mo Tiwari
author_bio: Hi! I'm currently a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI.
  I recently graduated from the Computer Science Ph.D. program at Stanford University, where I was advised
  by <a href="http://robots.stanford.edu/index.html">Sebastian Thrun</a> and <a href="https://stanford.edu/~cpiech/bio/index.html">Chris Piech</a>.
  I am grateful to have been supported by a Thomas C. Nelson <a href="https://vpge.stanford.edu/fellowships-funding/sigf/details">Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship (SIGF)</a>,
  a <a href="https://www.jpmorgan.com/global/technology/ai/awards/phd-fellowship-award-recipients-2020">J.P. Morgan AI Research Ph.D. Fellowship</a>,
  a <a href="https://datascience.stanford.edu/about/people/data-science-scholars"> Stanford Data Science Scholarship</a>, 
  and multiple <a href="https://orise.orau.gov/internships-fellowships/index.html">Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Fellowships</a> during my Ph.D.
author_bio2: I had an unconventional path to the Ph.D. program in that I worked for
  4 years in between my undergraduate and graduate studies. I have an eclectic career
  spanning particle physics, quantum computation, finance, cybersecurity, virtual
  and augmented reality, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and healthcare
  -- largely because I love learning new things about math, physics, statistics, and
  computer science!
author_bio3: For a more formal biography, check out <a href="/biography/">my biography</a>.
author_location: San Francisco, CA
author_website_url: motiwari.com
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- company_name: OpenAI
  company_logo: openai.png
  dates: 2024-Present
  designation: Member of Technical Staff
  description:
  - Under NDA. Sorry!
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- company_name: Facebook (and Oculus)
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  dates: 2015-2017
  designation: Software Engineer, Technical Lead - Security
  description:
  - Technical lead of the 4-person team building <a href="https://developers.facebook.com/docs/threat-exchange">ThreatExchange</a>, Facebook’s
    platform for sharing cybersecurity information
  - Led product and feature development through 5 major releases that grew the number
    of enterprise customers from 92 to 500+
  - Managed 3 interns who received and accepted fulltime offers
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- company_name: Expanse (previously known as Qadium)
  company_logo: expanse.png
  dates: 2014 - 2015
  designation: Software Engineer and Security Researcher
  description:
  - Fifth fulltime employee; company was later acquired for $800MM by Palo Alto Networks
  - Performed the first systematic, continuous, and Internet-scale capture and analysis
    of device data and security vulnerabilities
  - Built backend and frontend infrastructure to help analysts understand terabytes
    of prostitution advertisements and uncover human trafficking
  - Work indirectly led to arrests of dozens of traffickers and rescue of victims
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- company_name: DRW
  company_logo: drw.png
  dates: Summer 2013
  designation: Researcher
  description:
  - Supported the highest-performing traders with quantitative research
  - Created valuation models for various financial instruments, such as interest rate
    swaps and swaptions
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  college_name: Stanford University, GPA&#58; 4.2+
  college_degree: Ph.D. in Computer Science
  description: I focused primarily on artificial intelligence and machine learning methods, with an
    emphasis on statistical machine learning and accelerating widely-used algorithms with adaptive sampling.
    I also completed the M.S. degree during the Ph.D.
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  college_name: Caltech, GPA&#58; 4.0+
  college_degree: B.S. in Mathematics, B.S. in Physics (double major)
  description: I double majored in Mathematics and Physics and graduated in the top
    5% of my class (top 15 students), with Honors. I was even ranked 3rd for most of my time
    there!
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- college_logo: columbia.png
  college_name: Columbia University, GPA&#58; 4.0+
  college_degree: B.A. in Mathematics, B.A. in Physics (incomplete)
  description: While I loved Columbia and living in NYC, I transferred to Caltech
    after my freshman year.
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accomplishments:
- In 2023, I graduated from the Computer Science Ph.D. program at Stanford University.
- In 2017, I was admitted to Stanford's Ph.D. program in Computer Science and Berkeley's
  Ph.D. program in EECS (among others).
- In 2015, I was admitted to MIT's Ph.D. program in Physics (among others) (I declined).
- In 2013, I graduated with Honors in the top 5% and top 15 students from Caltech,
  with a double major in mathematics and physics.
- In 2010, I was one of 7 transfer students accepted to Caltech.
- In 2009, I won third place in category at the Intel ISEF, an international competition
  for high school students.
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