Dr. Soheil Feizi is the Founder and CSO of RELAI and an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Maryland, College Park. At RELAI, he leads work on a verifiable continual learning engine for AI agents, focused on helping agents improve from production experience while verifying that new updates do not break what already worked. His broader research focuses on the reliability, safety, and optimization of AI systems.
He received his Ph.D. from MIT and was a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University. He is a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor granted by the U.S. government to early-career scientists and engineers.
His research has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, BBC, MIT Technology Review, Bloomberg, and The Wire. In 2024, he testified before the U.S. House Bipartisan Task Force on AI on issues related to AI safety and reliability.
