James Sandy
AI Safty Research, Machine Learning & Data Engineer
Hello and Welcome!
About
I am a Machine Learning and Data Engineer certified by Google Cloud, focused on building impactful solutions at the intersection of AI and data on the cloud. I develop data-driven applications that answer critical questions and drive business growth. I also do research in AI Safety and Mechanistic Interpretability, where I explore how to make advanced AI systems safer and more reliable.
I hold professional certificates from Google Cloud as a Machine Learning Engineer and a Data Engineer.
News
- Mar 2026: I served as a facilitator for the AI Safety Fundamentals course by AI Safety Atlas, as part of AI Safety Collab.
- Feb 2026: I completed the Technical AI Safety Project course with BlueDot Impact.
- Jan 2026: I completed the Supervised Program for Alignment Research (SPAR) as a Fall 2025 research fellow.
- Dec 2025: I completed the Technical AI Safety course with BlueDot Impact.
- Nov 2025: I completed the AGI Strategy course with BlueDot Impact.
- Sept 2025: My project, Internal Defence System (IDS), was submitted to the Apart Research sprint. I built a real-time, mechanistically inspired safeguard using linear probes and activation steering on Gemma-2B-IT to mitigate CBRN risks.
- Sept 2025: I got accepted into the Supervised Program for Alignment Research. as an AI safety research fellow and my mentor is Shivam Raval from Harvard University
- Aug 2025: I got a Build with Vertex AI Technical Expert Badge from Google Cloud.