Hi, I'm Jillian Ross.

I'm a third year PhD student at the MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), where I'm advised by Andrew W. Lo at the Laboratory of Financial Engineering. I study how to safely and effectively deploy machine learning systems in financial markets (as well as in highly regulated and risky settings more broadly). My current research studies LLMs as financial agents.

I've had a few experiences using machine learning in practice. I spent a summer at Adobe Research, where I developed and evaluated machine learning for emerging products. Before that, I led community and growth at Replicate, a start-up powering open-source machine learning models in the cloud.

I live in Cambridge MA, though I spend a significant amount of time in New York NY. I spend my time outside of work with family and friends, traveling, reading, or doing something outdoors (running, surfing, skiing/snowboarding).

You can learn more about my past work here. If you'd like to chat, send me an email at [firstname] [at] csail [dot] mit [dot] edu.