John Dickerson

John Dickerson is a co-founder and chief scientist at Arthur since March 2019, focusing on building enterprise-grade trusted AI systems. In addition, John holds a position as an associate professor of computer science at the University of Maryland, where John has been since August 2016, currently on leave at Arthur. John leads a lab with over 12 researchers, has served as PI/Co-PI on research funding exceeding $10 million, and has guided the graduation of more than six PhD students. Previous roles include assistant professor of computer science and advisor for GovShop, visiting research scientist at Facebook, and a Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University, where John also earned an MS in computer science. John's industry experience includes positions as a senior enterprise software and optimization architect at Optimized Markets, a faculty research assistant at the University of Maryland, a software engineer/test at IBM, and a student intern at the NSA. John holds dual bachelor's degrees in computer science and mathematics from the University of Maryland.