Sam Washko

Sam Washko is a senior software engineer passionate about the intersection of security and software development. She works for Protect AI developing tools for making machine learning systems more secure and is the lead engineer on ModelScan, an open-source tool for scanning ML models for attacks. She holds a BS in Computer Science from Duke University, and prior to joining Protect AI, she was part of the Azure SQL Security Feature Team and Blue Team at Microsoft, designing cryptography and telemetry systems. She has a passion for connecting theory and problem solving with engineering to produce solutions that make computing more secure for everyone.