Ehsan is the co-founder and CTO of Cognichip, where he leads the development of physics-informed foundational models for chip design. His journey spans academia and industry, beginning with a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Toronto, followed by a postdoctoral research in Machine Learning at UCLA/UCR, and achieving tenure as an Associate Professor at Cal State East Bay.
At Apple, Ehsan led machine learning initiatives in computer vision and natural language processing, notably contributing to the Memories feature in Apple Photos, which is used by millions of users. As a tech lead at AWS, he pioneered the company's first reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) pipeline and shared his expertise through prominent events like AWS Summit and AWS re:Invent.
With a distinctive blend of academic rigor and industry innovation, Ehsan's expertise in bridging theoretical foundations with practical applications continues to drive cutting-edge solutions. Beyond his technical pursuits, he enjoys hiking and outdoor activities with his wife and friends.
