Brief Biographical Sketch:

Hello! My name is Coby Simler and I'm a current sophomore from Palo Alto, California studying Computer Science and Ethics at Columbia University. I am deeply interested in understanding the legal and ethical ramifications of autonomous algorithms and robots—and hopefully we can expand our knowledge together!

This past summer, I worked in an interdisciplinary research lab at Stanford investigating the use of machine learning in the federal government. Furthermore, I wrote a short research paper evaluating algorithmic 'speech' in the context of leading First Amendment theories. Last year, I put on a panel on AI and Law with the Chief Data Scientist of the New York Times and a leading Intellectual Property scholar.

I am excited to cover the fundamentals of this rich topic with you through Splash this year.

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