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Alexey KurakinAlexey Kurakin

Alexey Kurakin

Senior Staff Research Engineer / Google DeepMind

Alexey Kurakin is a Senior Staff Research Engineer at Google DeepMind, specializing in the security and privacy of machine learning, large language models (LLMs), and differential privacy. He has a long tenure at Google, previously working as a Research Software Engineer at Google Brain, where he focused on fundamental research and applications in machine learning. Kurakin is a prolific researcher, publishing papers at top machine learning conferences like NeurIPS, ICLR, and ICML, and is highly cited in the field.

Ph.D., Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT)
United States
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Artificial IntelligenceTechnologyMachine Learning
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Citations
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Years at Google
294
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Work Experience

Google DeepMindGoogle DeepMind
Google DeepMind

Senior Staff Research Engineer

May 2025 - Present
Position
Senior Staff Research Engineer
Google DeepMindGoogle DeepMind
Google DeepMind

Staff Research Engineer

May 2023 - May 2025
Responsibilities
I work on differential privacy, synthetic data and language models. Staff Research Engineer
GoogleGoogle
Google

Staff Research Engineer

May 2019 - Apr 2023
Responsibilities
Security, privacy and machine learning. Staff Research Engineer May 2019 - Apr 2023 · 4 yrs
GoogleGoogle
Google

Senior Research Engineer

Mar 2016 - Apr 2019
Responsibilities
I'm working as a research engineer at Google Brain. I'm involved both in fundamental research and its applications. I publish at the top machine learning conferences (NeurIPS/NIPS, ICLR, ICML). See my Google Scholar profile for full list of publications: http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=nCh4qyMAAAAJ Senior Research Engineer
GoogleGoogle
Google

Senior Software Engineer

Nov 2014 - Feb 2016
Responsibilities
I was building scalable backend for Google MyMaps [www.google.com/mymaps] and other map products. Senior Software Engineer Nov 2014 - Feb 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos
GoogleGoogle
Google

Software Engineer

Jan 2013 - Oct 2014
Responsibilities
I was building scalable backend for Google MyMaps [www.google.com/mymaps] and other map products. Software Engineer Jan 2013 - Oct 2014 · 1 yr 10 mos
FacebookFacebook
Facebook

Software Engineer Intern

Jun 2012 - Sep 2012
Responsibilities
Develop and test part of the ads backend which displays sponsored storied in Facebook news feed.
SMP SerivceSMP Serivce
SMP Serivce

Research consultant

Sep 2011 - Mar 2012
Responsibilities
Worked on the mobile robot visual navigation and odometry.
Microsoft ResearchMicrosoft Research
Microsoft Research

Research Intern

Jun 2011 - Aug 2011
Responsibilities
Worked on hand gesture recognition project with Kinect sensor. Developed a complete framework for dynamic hand gesture recognition which works American Sign Language gestures. Published paper: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/21f8/bc079d10884dd7add65bd3350e45b5fa31b1.pdf
SMP SerivceSMP Serivce
SMP Serivce

Research consultant

Jul 2010 - May 2011
Responsibilities
Developed a system for object detection in the video from pan-tilt-zoom camera.

Education

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT)Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT)
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT)

Ph.D.

2009 - 2012
Field of Study
Ph.D. - Computer Science
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT)Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT)
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT)

M.Sc.

2007 - 2009
Field of Study
M.Sc. - Applied math and physics
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT)Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT)
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT)

B.Sc.

2003 - 2007
Field of Study
B.Sc. - Applied math and physics
High School #2 in RybinskHigh School #2 in Rybinsk
High School #2 in Rybinsk
Education
N/A

Key Professional Metrics & Focus

Google Scholar Citations

32683+ citations

Primary Research Area

Machine Learning

Core Expertise

Artificial Intelligence

Specialization

Differential Privacy

Expertise and Skills Overview

Alexey Kurakin is a highly cited Research Engineer specializing in the security, privacy, and robustness of machine learning systems, with a focus on adversarial examples and differential privacy in large language models.

Core ML/AI
Machine LearningArtificial IntelligenceDeep LearningComputer VisionPattern Recognition
Research Focus
SecurityPrivacyDifferential PrivacyAdversarial ExamplesResponsible AI

Key Focus Areas

Alexey Kurakin is an expert in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, and Deep Learning, with a background in Software Engineering.

Expertise
Machine LearningArtificial IntelligenceComputer VisionDeep Learning
Background
Software Engineering

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