Benjamin Cowen (Preferred)
Benjamin Cowen
Researcher, Forward Deployed Engineering, Modal Labs
Assistant Research Professor, Applied Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University
- Joined August 2018
Names
Emails
****@nyu.edu (Confirmed)
, ****@gmail.com (Confirmed)
, ****@psu.edu (Confirmed)
, ****@modal.com (Confirmed)
Personal Links
Career & Education History
Researcher
Forward Deployed Engineering, Modal Labs (modal.com)
2025 – Present
Assistant Research Professor
Applied Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University (psu.edu)
2020 – 2025
PhD student
EECS, New York University (nyu.edu)
2015 – 2019
intern
Autonomous Vehicles, NVIDIA (nvidia.com)
2018 – 2018
MS student
Applied Mathematics, Case Western Reserve University (case.edu)
2010 – 2015
Advisors, Relations & Conflicts
PhD Advisor
ivan selesnick
2015 – Present
Expertise
serverless infrastructure, fast cold boot, distributed optimization
2025 – Present
RNN, unfolding, deep learning
2017 – Present
MCA, signal decomposition, signal separation, sparse representation, detection
2014 – Present
inverse problems, optimization, convex analysis, regularization
2013 – Present
compressed sensing, compressive sensing, optimization
2013 – Present
beamforming, spatial processing, signal processing, sensor array, array processing
2020 – 2025