Presenter

Zachary Coalson is an incoming first-year PhD student in computer science at Oregon State University, studying trustworthy and socially responsible machine learning under the supervision of Professor Sanghyun Hong in the Secure AI Systems Lab (SAIL). The goal of Zachary's research is to audit and improve the robustness of machine learning systems against adversarial threats, misuse, and generally undesirable behaviors. Currently, Zachary is particularly interested in improving the trustworthiness of large language models (for example, reducing toxicity and auditing jailbreaking).