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Kate Solonko

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Senior Applied Scientist at Microsoft
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Kate Solonko is a Senior Applied Scientist at Microsoft specializing in Natural Language Processing, Graph Learning, and Responsible AI. She contributes to key projects like M365 Copilot and Semantic Search, drawing on her experience in applied research. She completed graduate coursework at Stanford University School of Engineering.

Outside of her core technical role, Kate shows a keen interest in charitable causes and philanthropy, actively participating in Microsofts "Month of Giving. " She publicly supports leaders who are strong advocates for diversity and inclusion, indicating these are important values for her.

She is a co-inventor on multiple patents, including one for a system that infers and contextualizes strangers on enterprise platforms.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Senior Applied Scientist
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
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Responsible AI
Her professional focus includes Responsible AI, and she holds a certification in AI Safety Fundamentals, showing a commitment to ethical technology development.
Natural Language Processing
This is her primary area of expertise, applied in her work on M365 Copilot at Microsoft and previously in handwriting recognition at Samsung.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
Senior Applied Scientist
Microsoft
1-2024 - 9-2024
Senior Applied Data Scientist
Microsoft
8-2021 - 12-2023
Senior Applied Data Scientist
Microsoft
1-2025 - 3-2025
Mars 3.0
Cambridge AI Safety Hub
8-2013 - 7-2015
Junior Research Engineer
Samsung Electronics
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Education
Master of Philosophy - MPhil
National Technical University of Ukraine 'Kyiv Polytechnic Institute'​
9-2021 - 7-2023
Graduate Courses
Stanford University School of Engineering
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