Brian Cohn Ph.D.

Principal ML Solutions Architect & Head of Forward Deployed Engineering at phData

I’m a research biologist who translates machine learning research into operational systems. I lead phData’s Forward Deployed Engineering program, working directly with teams to deploy and operationalize ML solutions in production environments.

Current Work

Equine veterinary service automation + horse identification ML

Building ML systems for veterinary service dispatch and photo-based horse identification. Turning domain-specific problems into automated workflows.

Selected Past Work

• The GenAI ML powering AstraZeneca’s Medical Virtual Assistant (AIMI)
• A robot that learns to walk on its own using tendons (Nature Machine Intelligence)
• Neurophysiological signal processing algorithms for muscle analysis
• VR game mechanics that adapt difficulty based on player ability

Let’s work together

If you’re working on a challenging ML or AI problem — whether it’s research, deployment, operationalization, or scaling — I’d be happy to help.