We develop methods, benchmarks, and training systems that turn expert data into frontier AI

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key research areas

Vision and impact

We help labs advance frontier models by working with domain experts to design and build complex, realistic datasets that drive model performance.

initiatives

Community and open science

Open benchmarks, conversations, and research for real-world AI performance.

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Open Benchmarks Grants

Backed by a $3M commitment, the program funds
open-source datasets, benchmarks, and evaluation artifacts that shape how frontier AI systems are built
and evaluated.

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Benchtalks

Our podcast series at the intersection of AI evaluation, data quality, and real-world impact.
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Reading Group

A recurring forum for researchers and practitioners to explore the latest frontier developments in AI while building meaningful connections within the community.

DEEP RESEARCH Expertise

Technical advisors and distinguished affiliates

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Stephen Bach

Brown University
Eliot Horowitz Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department
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Jason Fries

Stanford University
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science and of Medicine
Jared Dunnmon headshot

Jared Dunnmon

Co-Founder & Chief Scientist, Stealth Startup
Prev. Dir. of AI at DIU
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Fred Sala

Chief Scientist, Snorkel AI
Assistant Professor @ University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Chris Ré

Co-Founder, Snorkel AI
Professor @ Stanford University
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Ludwig Schmidt

Stanford University · LAION
Stanford researcher and LAION collaborator
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Karthik Narasimhan

Princeton University
Professor of Computer Science
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Yu Su

Ohio State University
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
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Lewis Tunstall

Hugging Face
Machine Learning Engineer
PUBLICATIONS

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Snorkel: Fast Training Set Generation for Information Extraction
Research Paper
Snorkel: Fast Training Set Generation for Information Extraction

Introducing Snorkel, a new system for quickly creating, managing, and modeling training datasets.

Dec 20, 2017
A. Ratner, et al, 2017
Learn more about Snorkel: Fast Training Set Generation for Information Extraction
Learning to Compose Domain-Specific Transformations for Data Augmentation
Research Paper
Learning to Compose Domain-Specific Transformations for Data Augmentation

Automating data augmentation by learning a generative sequence model over user-specified transformation functions.

Dec 19, 2017
A. Ratner, et al, 2017
Learn more about Learning to Compose Domain-Specific Transformations for Data Augmentation
Learning the Structure of Generative Models Without Labeled Data
Research Paper
Learning the Structure of Generative Models Without Labeled Data

Proposing a structure estimation method that is 100x faster than a maximum likelihood approach for training data.

Dec 18, 2017
S. Bach, et al, 2017
Learn more about Learning the Structure of Generative Models Without Labeled Data
Inferring Generative Model Structure With Static Analysis
Research Paper
Inferring Generative Model Structure With Static Analysis

Presenting Coral, a paradigm that infers generative model structure, significantly reducing the amount of data required to learn structure.

Dec 17, 2017
P. Varma, et al, 2017
Learn more about Inferring Generative Model Structure With Static Analysis
Swellshark: A Generative Model for Biomedical Named Entity Recognition Without Labeled Data
Introducing SwellShark, a framework for building biomedical named entity recognition (NER) systems quickly.
Research Paper
Swellshark: A Generative Model for Biomedical Named Entity Recognition Without Labeled Data

Introducing SwellShark, a framework for building biomedical named entity recognition (NER) systems quickly.

Nov 13, 2017
J. Fries, et al, 2017
Learn more about Swellshark: A Generative Model for Biomedical Named Entity Recognition Without Labeled Data
Socratic Learning: Augmenting Generative Models to Incorporate Latent Subsets in Training Data
Introducing Socratic learning, a paradigm that uses feedback from a discriminative model to automatically identify latent data subsets in training data.
Research Paper
Socratic Learning: Augmenting Generative Models to Incorporate Latent Subsets in Training Data

Introducing Socratic learning, a paradigm that uses feedback from a discriminative model to automatically identify latent data subsets in training data.

Nov 13, 2017
P. Varma, et al, 2017
Learn more about Socratic Learning: Augmenting Generative Models to Incorporate Latent Subsets in Training Data
Snorkel: Rapid Training Data Creation With Weak Supervision
Research Paper
Snorkel: Rapid Training Data Creation With Weak Supervision

This paper presents a flexible interface layer to write labeling functions based on experience.

Oct 04, 2017
Alexander Ratner, Stephen H Bach, Henry Ehrenberg, Jason Fries, Sen Wu, Christopher Ré
Learn more about Snorkel: Rapid Training Data Creation With Weak Supervision
Data Programming: Creating Large Training Sets, Quickly
Research Paper
Data Programming: Creating Large Training Sets, Quickly

A paradigm for labeling training datasets programmatically rather than by hand.

Dec 20, 2016
A. Ratner, et al. 2016
Learn more about Data Programming: Creating Large Training Sets, Quickly
Data Programming With DDLite: Putting Humans in a Different Part of the Loop
Research Paper
Data Programming With DDLite: Putting Humans in a Different Part of the Loop

Introducing DDLite, an interactive development framework for data programming.

Dec 19, 2016
H. Ehrenberg, et al, 2016
Learn more about Data Programming With DDLite: Putting Humans in a Different Part of the Loop
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