Nabil Iqbal is an Associate Professor (Universitair Hoofddocent) at the University of Amsterdam. He is currently interested in general principles of deep learning and its applications. In particular, his research is inspired by using ideas drawn from physics (such as symmetry, locality, and the idea of effective descriptions) to try and interpret modern neural networks as physical systems. He is also very interested in applying AI to problems in the physical sciences. Earlier in his career he worked on diverse areas of theoretical physics, including string theory, quantum field theory, gravity, and statistical physics. Prior to joining the University of Amsterdam, he was a Professor of Mathematical and Theoretical Physics at Durham University. He did his PhD in string theory at the Center for Theoretical Physics at MIT and held postdoctoral positions at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at UCSB and the Institute of Physics ad the University of Amsterdam