Cory Robbins

AI systems engineer · Data scientist · Economist · Builder

American in Hamburg · AI systems, aerospace engineering, and a life beyond the screen

Cory Robbins

AI systems engineer, data scientist, economist, and builder.

I’m an American based in Hamburg, Germany, currently working with aerospace AI, airframe and fuselage engineering workflows, and applied AI systems at a major aircraft manufacturer. I like making difficult systems easier to understand, evaluate, and use.

Selected Work Writing About Me

My interests span AI systems engineering, evaluation engineering, economics, and the practical work of building reliable tools.

A few lenses

Four things I keep coming back to.

01

Systems

I look for relationships, feedback loops, and what happens around the code.

02

Evaluation

I test behavior, look at failures, and keep human judgment visible.

03

Economics

I pay attention to incentives, uncertainty, tradeoffs, and who benefits.

04

Outside

Science, movement, photography, and travel keep the frame wider.

Selected Work

Areas I’ve worked deeply in.

Capability areas shaped by professional work, independent projects, and ongoing study. Employer-sensitive details stay appropriately anonymized.

Current work 01

Aerospace AI & airframe engineering workflows

Working with technical data and AI-enabled workflows in a major aircraft-manufacturing environment, described here only at a public-safe level.

Airframe workflows · Applied AI · Production constraints

Evaluation engineering 02

LLM evaluation & retrieval systems

Testing model behavior, retrieval quality, and failure modes so AI systems can be reviewed with evidence rather than intuition alone.

Evaluation · Retrieval · Failure analysis

Language & knowledge 03

Domain NLP & technical communication

Structuring specialized language and documents while keeping context, provenance, and expert interpretation visible.

Domain NLP · Technical documents · Provenance

Scientific ML 04

Scientific ML & surrogate modeling

Exploring how simulation data, experimental design, prediction, and careful validation can support engineering analysis.

Surrogate models · DOE · Model evaluation

Human-in-the-loop 05

Human-in-the-loop AI systems

Designing review, annotation, and feedback workflows that keep expert judgment and accountability clear.

Human review · Annotation · Feedback loops

Independent systems 06

Automation & publishing infrastructure

Building small, durable systems that make publishing, review, and routine technical work easier to operate.

Automation · Publishing · Delivery workflows

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Writing

Notes from the workbench.

AI systems, evaluation, automation, economics, and the practice of making useful things.

Browse all writing Medium · Coming soon

Beyond Work

What keeps me curious.

The parts of life that keep me observant, capable, and interested.

Photography

Light, structure, and details.

A visual notebook for cities, landscapes, machines, and ordinary moments.

Movement

Strength, endurance, and staying capable.

Training as a long-term practice in attention, resilience, and recovery.

Travel & global life

Living between places changes the view.

An American perspective shaped by Germany, travel, language, and everyday culture.

Connect

Say hello.

I’m open to thoughtful professional conversations, future opportunities, and selected collaborations.

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