Bill Marino

My PhD supervisor is Nic Lane. Previously, I was co-supervised by Ross Anderson, who tragically passed in March 2024. Please take a moment to read about Ross's life and his titanic contributions to computer security and privacy here. Also, please consider attending the Rossfest Symposium, a celebration and remembrance of Ross that is happening at Cambridge in March 2025.

My current research focus is on keeping AI models and systems responsible and regulation-compliant.

My research affiliations include the Machine Learning Systems Lab (CaMLSys), Security Group, and Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI). 

Prior to my PhD work, I practiced law and then worked in applied AI at Adobe and Stability AI. I was also co-founder and CEO of video AI startup Uru (acquired by Adobe). 

Outside of my research, I teach a graduate elective (5280: Productizing Machine Learning) at Cornell Tech and serve on the board of Kenya Connect, a non-profit that strives to advance education and health in rural Kenya. 

Trees, including fruit and nut trees, are a great passion of mine. In my home state of New Hampshire, I cultivate pawpaws. They've been called "America's best secret fruit." Have you ever tried one?

Select recent works

Papers

Marino, B., Kurmanji, M., Lane, N.D. (2025.) Bridge the Gaps between Machine Unlearning and AI Regulation, arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.12430.

Sani, L., Iacob, A., Cao, Z., Marino, B., Gao, Y., Paulik, T., Zhao, W., Shen, W.F., Aleksandrov, P., Qiu, X., Lane, N.D. (2024.) The Future of Large Language Model Pre-training is Federated, arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.10853.

Iacob, A., Sani, L., Marino, B., Aleksandrov, P., Lane, N.D. (2024.), Worldwide Federated Training of Language Models, arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.14446.

Marino, B., Chaudhary, Y., Pi, Y., Yew, R.-J., Aleksandrov, P., Rahman, C., Shen, W.F., Robinson, I., Lane, N.D. (2024.) Compliance Cards: Automated EU AI Act Compliance Analyses amidst a Complex AI Supply Chain. arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.14758.

Corsi, G., Marino, B., Wong, W. (2024, June 3). The spread of synthetic media on X. Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review. 

Woisetschläger, H., Erben, A., Marino, B., Wang, S., Lane, N. D., Mayer, R., and Jacobsen, H.-A. (2024). Federated learning priorities under the European Union Artificial Intelligence Act. arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.05968.

Blog posts

Marino, B. (2024, June 3). The EU AI Act’s Technical “Tension Areas.” Leverhulme Center for the Future of Intelligence Blog.

Corsi, G., Marconi, A., Marino, B. (2024, November 5). How Foundation Models Could Transform Synthetic Media Detection. Leverhulme Center for the Future of Intelligence Blog.

Talks

The EU AI Act - What It Means for You, in Simple Terms (Digital Tech Summit, October 2024)

Compliance Cards: Automated EU AI Act Compliance Analyses amidst a Complex AI Supply Chain (Stanford CodeX Weekly Meeting | September 12, 2024)

FL under AI Regulation (Flower AI Summit, March 2024)

Press

Can We Use AI to Regulate AI? (University of Cambridge, Department of Computer Science and Technology, December 2024)