Nicholas Kersting, Ph.d.

Nicholas Kersting has built a successful career as both an experienced physicist and researcher/expert in artificial intelligence, receiving his BS in Physics at Carnegie Mellon and then his Ph.D. in Particle Physics at U.C. Berkeley. Following his time at U.C. Berkeley he started a journey to understand the universe which took him through work in national laboratories (Fermilab, LBNL), a professorship (Sichuan U.). After his journey through particle physics, Kersting took on roles in research and industry-scale application of artificial intelligence (IBM Watson, Alibaba/Ant Financial) for big clients in logistics, legal, and financial industries.

 

He has often given invited international talks, aside from native English also in fluent Mandarin, Russian, and Ukrainian. Some of his hobbies include Chinese Calligraphy, Hiking, and Fencing.