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Anthony Blaom

Also known as @ablaom

Anthony Blaom is a mathematician and machine-learning researcher who co-created MLJ, an open-source toolbox written in Julia. He trained as a mechanical engineer at the University of Melbourne, earned an MSc in Aeronautics and a PhD in Mathematics at Caltech, and joined the University of Auckland as a lecturer. His research moves between Hamiltonian perturbation theory, machine-learning toolbox design and neural ODE models for tumor growth. As of October 2026, he is a senior research fellow in computer science at Auckland and MLJ's co-creator and lead developer.

Born
1968
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Timeline

  1. 1991–1998

    Engineering and a Caltech PhD

    He trains as a mechanical engineer and tops his class at the University of Melbourne in 1991. At Caltech, he earns an MSc in Aeronautics and a PhD in Mathematics by 1998, then joins the University of Auckland as a Lecturer.

  2. 2001

    Hamiltonian perturbation theory

    His research spans pure and applied mathematics. In 2001, he publishes A geometric setting for Hamiltonian perturbation theory in the Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society.

  3. 2018–2019

    Building MLJ at the Turing Institute

    In December 2018, development begins in earnest at the Alan Turing Institute. MLJ launches there in 2019 as an open-source machine-learning toolbox written in Julia, with him as a co-creator and lead contributor.

  4. 2020

    Composable machine learning

    In 2020, he coauthors MLJ: A Julia package for composable machine learning with five collaborators and publishes the paper in the Journal of Open Source Software.

  5. 2021

    Designing AI toolboxes

    In 2021, he coauthors Designing Machine Learning Toolboxes: Concepts, Principles and Patterns, a paper that examines patterns for AI and machine-learning tool design.

  6. 2025

    Tumor-growth ODE models

    In 2025, he and Samuel Okon coauthor the preprint New tools for comparing classical and neural ODE models for tumor growth.

  7. October 2025–May 2026

    AI drug-development course

    He serves as an instructor for an eight-month certificate course on AI in drug development from October 2025 to May 2026.

  8. As of October 2026

    Senior research fellow at Auckland

    He is a senior research fellow in computer science at the University of Auckland and a co-creator and lead developer of MLJ.

Career

  1. Since 1998University of AucklandLecturer

Education

  1. 1998California Institute of TechnologyMSc; PhD
  2. 1991University of MelbourneMechanical engineering

From the biography.

  1. The United States employs an estimated 48% of people shaping AIIncludes University of Auckland. We estimate where the people shaping AI work today, how universities, companies and research institutes split across countries, and how country shares have changed since the 1960s.
  2. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes University of Auckland. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  3. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes University of Auckland. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  4. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes California Institute of Technology. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.

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  1. Mathematician ablaom.github.io. Checked 21 October 2026.
  2. Research ablaom.github.io. Checked 21 October 2026.
  3. CiNii Books - A geometric setting for Hamiltonian perturbation theory ci.nii.ac.jp. Checked 21 October 2026.
  4. Beyond machine learning pipelines with MLJ julialang.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  5. About MLJ juliaml.ai. Checked 21 October 2026.
  6. Designing Machine Learning Toolboxes: Concepts, Principles and Patterns arxiv.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  7. AI in Drug Development sophas.net. Checked 21 October 2026.
  8. Julia Users NZ julia-users-nz.github.io. Checked 21 October 2026.