Durk Kingma is a prominent figure in the field of machine learning, currently serving as a ML Research professional at Anthropic. Previously, Durk held the title of Research Scientist at both Google Brain and DeepMind, as well as OpenAI, where responsibilities included leading research teams. Durk has an academic background from the University of Amsterdam, earning a Ph.D. in Machine Learning with Cum Laude distinction, and completed a Doctoral Fellowship in Deep Learning at Google.