Alexis Cook

Alexis Cook

About Me

applied mathematician turned machine learning educator

believer that anyone can learn anything

Timeline

2023-present - Alexis Cook AI Consulting LLC

  • Write educational content for AI startups and tech companies. Here is a blog post I co-authored for Cohere.

2018-2023 - Google / Kaggle

2017-2018 - Udacity

2014-2016 - Brown University

  • PhD student in applied mathematics. Took lots of courses in probability theory. Left the program with a Master’s in computer science.

2012-2014 - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  • Master’s student in applied mathematics. Did research in mathematical biology, and published one paper.

Fun facts

  • I was fluent in the Russian language in 2010. My favorite book by a Russian author is The Life of Arseniev, and my favorite quote from that novel is: “у тебя что, кроме твоей прекрасной души?”.
  • I currently speak intermediate Spanish, y estoy enamorada de México.
  • I dabble with drawing and painting, but I’m not very good (yet).
  • I have been obsessed with books since I can remember. Some of my favorite writers are: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Americanah), Lorrie Moore (Self-Help), and Mary Gaitskill (Bad Behavior). I especially love devastating + rhythmic literary fiction authored by women.
  • I really, really like horror movies.