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Berivan Isik

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Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind
📍 United States

Berivan Isik is a Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind, where she focuses on Generative AI, contributing to the Gemini projects data and evaluation. A Stanford University PhD graduate, her expertise lies in developing efficient and trustworthy large-scale AI models, with a focus on privacy and scalability.

Outside of her research, Berivan is an avid photographer, a film buff, and enjoys reading. She has also dedicated time to mentoring high school students through the STEM to SHTEM summer internship program, demonstrating a passion for fostering future talent in the field of technology.

She has organized multiple workshops at top AI conferences, including a NeurIPS workshop focused on the critical challenge of Large Language Model (LLM) evaluations.

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Experience
5 Years
Current Role
Senior Research Scientist
Location
United States
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LLM Evaluation
Her current role at Google DeepMind involves Gemini data and evaluation, and she recently organized a NeurIPS workshop on mastering LLM evaluation for building reliable models.
Trustworthy AI
A central theme of her PhD thesis and published research is making machine learning scalable, private, and trustworthy, with a focus on differential privacy and federated learning.
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Work history

11-2025
Senior Research Scientist
Google DeepMind
8-2024 - 10-2025
Research Scientist
Google DeepMind
9-2019 - 8-2024
Graduate Researcher
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL)
10-2023 - 2-2024
Student Researcher
Google
6-2023 - 9-2023
Visiting Researcher
Vector Institute
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Education
2019 - 2024
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Stanford University
2019 - 2021
Master of Science - MS
Stanford University
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