SENIOR APPLIED SCIENTIST · DANDY

Greg Benton.

I work on multimodal generative models for the 3D design of bespoke prosthetics at Dandy. These models require precision at the scale of tens of microns, and feed directly into complex manufacturing lines with little or no human intervention. Previously, I led applied machine learning work at Celonis and held research roles at Microsoft Research, J.P. Morgan, and Spotify.

NYU · Ph.D. Computer ScienceUniversity of Colorado · B.S. + M.S. Applied Mathematics
EXPERIENCE ACROSS DandyCelonisMicrosoft ResearchJ.P. MorganSpotify

01 / SELECTED WORK

Experience.

Selected problems, approaches, and outcomes from my work in applied machine learning.

01JUL 2025 — PRESENT

Dandy / Senior Applied Scientist

Multimodel Generative Models for Real-World Manufacturing

Building multimodal models that combine 2D and 3D information for bespoke dental prosthetics. I developed diffusion-model sampling and optimization pipelines that moved a prosthetic design workflow from 0% to 80% automation, and trained point-cloud transformers to identify anatomical structures in jaw scans.

0 → 80%automation in a prosthetic design workflow
02FEB 2023 — JUL 2025

Celonis / Senior Applied Scientist

Language models for process intelligence.

I led technical teams bringing large language models into process mining. The work ranged from research on tokenizers for process data to enterprise agentic applications designed for high concurrency and global deployment.

Related publications

EARLIER EXPERIENCE

Research across domains.

03 / MICROSOFT RESEARCH2022

Threat detection from command patterns.

Researched neural and graph-based methods for fileless attack detection, including a weakly supervised model trained on billions of shell commands.

Research Intern
04 / J.P. MORGAN2021

Stochastic models for options pricing.

Developed computational methods for stochastic differential equations and options pricing, improving the accuracy and efficiency of long-term forecasts.

Quantitative Research Summer Associate
05 / SPOTIFY2020

Podcast recommendations from listening sequences.

Built a podcast recommendation approach based on sequential listening behavior, improving accuracy by up to 75% over naïve approaches.

Research Intern
06 / RESEARCH FOUNDATION2019 — 2023

New York University / Ph.D. in Computer Science

Function-space reasoning in machine learning.

My doctoral work, advised by Andrew Gordon Wilson, studied how to give Gaussian processes and neural networks useful structure: uncertainty over kernels, learned invariances, and more diverse model ensembles. Those ideas became papers at NeurIPS and ICML and still shape how I approach applied research.

ICML 2022Outstanding Paper AwardBayesian Model Selection, the Marginal Likelihood, and Generalization

03 / ABOUT

Background.

I earned my Ph.D. in computer science at NYU and a B.S. and M.S. in applied mathematics at the University of Colorado. I’m drawn to problems where strong research has to survive contact with complex data and real world constraints.

Outside work, I enjoy reading, coffee, weightlifting, and running. I’ve also completed two 90-mile endurance canoe races.

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