Thomas Foster

Thomas Foster is a seasoned technology and research professional with extensive experience in founding and leading startups, as well as engaging in advanced machine learning research. As the Chief Technology Officer at HALO Screening, Thomas co-founded the company to provide accurate COVID-19 testing, achieving over £2M in revenue. Founder of genei, an Y Combinator startup, focused on accelerating research through machine learning, Thomas also completed internships at BlackRock and OxFORD Asset Management LLP, where machine learning models were developed for finance. Currently, Thomas serves as a Research Engineer at Meta's Superintelligence Labs while pursuing a PhD at the University of Oxford in Autonomous Intelligence Machines and Systems, with a focus on complex model evaluation and learning paradigms. Recent research at V7 involved novel techniques for image segmentation, culminating in a submission to NeurIPS.