Computational Neuroscientist & AI Entrepreneur; Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder of Cognitiv; ADWEEK AI Power 50 Honoree
Aaron Andalman Biography
Dr. Aaron Andalman is a computational neuroscientist and entrepreneur whose career spans brain science and artificial intelligence. Andalman holds a doctorate in neuroscience from MIT and a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Stanford. His doctoral research at MIT focused on reinforcement-learning mechanisms in vocal learning among zebra finches, where he identified key functions of cortical-basal ganglia neural circuits in motor skill acquisition. His work utilized in-vivo awake-behaving electrophysiology, optogenetics, two-photon microscopy, and computational modeling with recurrent neural networks.
As a Helen Hay Whitney Fellow at Stanford, Andalman developed optical and computational microscopy techniques to observe neural circuit dynamics in transparent zebrafish during behavior. His research on learning in neural systems has been published in scientific journals including Cell, Science, and Nature. Andalman has received national and international recognition, such as the AWS in Education Research Grant Award and the Capranica Prize in Neuroethology from the International Society for Neuroethology.
Andalman is the chief science officer and co-founder of Cognitiv, a company founded on the premise that deep learning would transform programmatic advertising. At Cognitiv, he leads scientific direction and oversees teams in research, machine learning, automation, and feature development. Andalman focuses on applying advances in deep learning and large-scale representation learning to production systems that deliver privacy-safe, impression-level decisions for major brands.
He was the architect of Cognitiv's proprietary deep learning advertising platform, establishing the scientific foundation for the company's innovations. Andalman led the development of ContextGPT, a system that allows media planners to describe target audiences in natural language, with advanced reasoning models interpreting intent and recommending optimal, brand-safe environments. His work includes efforts in LLM-derived embeddings, custom neural networks trained on advertiser first-party data, causal modeling, and unified real-time optimization. As chief science officer, Andalman emphasizes scientific rigor in advertising technology, drawing on his neuroscience background from Stanford and MIT, and has established artificial intelligence as a core element of Cognitiv's science-driven culture.
Andalman and Cognitiv CEO Jeremy Fain have been named to the ADWEEK AI Power 50 list, which highlights influential leaders in artificial intelligence for marketing, media, and advertising. Andalman is a frequent speaker at industry events such as Cannes Lions and CES, and is recognized for his expertise at the intersection of neuroscience, deep learning, and advertising technology.
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