Alex Smola
CEO and Co-Founder · Boson AI
At a glance. Alex Smola is listed as CEO and Co-Founder at Boson AI. The profile sits among the builders and open-source contributors. Fields listed: Teaching and writing, Machine-learning theory and ML frameworks and libraries. The source lists 2 official pages and open-role pages for Carnegie Mellon University.
Summary
Co-founder and CEO of Boson AI; co-author of Dive into Deep Learning; former VP at AWS.
Known for: Dive into Deep Learning.
Works at
- Boson AI 2 people in the wiki
Other documented roles
Not confirmed as current in the source profile.
- VP / Distinguished Scientist (2016–2023), Amazon Web Services (Amazon)
- Full Professor (2013–2017), Carnegie Mellon University
- Visiting Scientist (2012–2014), Google Research
- Principal Research Scientist (2008–2012), Yahoo! Research
- Senior Principal Researcher; Adjunct Full Professor (2004–2008), NICTA and Australian National University
Open roles
Related people
- Mu LiAlso at Boson AI
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- Josh StarmerTeaching and writing · Machine-learning theory
- James McCaffreyTeaching and writing · Machine-learning theory
- Andreas C. MüllerML frameworks and libraries · Teaching and writing
- Daphne KollerTeaching and writing · Machine-learning theory
- Sylvain GuggerML frameworks and libraries · Teaching and writing
- Robert TibshiraniMachine-learning theory · Teaching and writing
- Razvan PascanuMachine-learning theory · ML frameworks and libraries
Source and corrections
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