Hello, and welcome to my web site! I am a researcher in computational neuroscience and machine learning, and a software technologist living in Palo Alto with my wife, three kids, and a dog. I am currently VP Research at Numenta.
Research: My current research interests are focused around creating a detailed theory of the neocortex, and applying its concepts to machine learning. You can check out this page at Numenta, this page, or a recent talk for a more in-depth sense of my current research. This link contains a list of my publications although my Google scholar page is usually more up to date.
In the past, I have done research more generally in machine learning, computer vision, video, and speed optimization. I am also passionate about startups and productizing cool technology. Although I've been pseudo-successful at this, I've learned that this is all much tougher than it sounds. Particularly when you insist on "cool technology"!
Education: I discovered my passion for computers early on. I taught myself programming when I was 11. I attended Cornell University, graduating with a degree in Computer Science. I later went on to get a Masters and PhD, specializing in machine learning and computational neuroscience, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I became fascinated by the brain and reverse engineering its code. I couldn't imagine a more complex or fascinating program to write.
Misc:Here's more detailed information about my past companies. I try to have an active Twitter page and I usually respond to queries promptly there. I also post occasionally on Facebook and you can subscribe to me there. You can also look me up on LinkedIn.
Page credit goes to Naz Hamid for the original design (available here on github), and Tim Lum for this variation.