Demetri Spanos

Current

• Visiting Assistant Professor at University of Southern California
• Chief Scientist at Loud3r Inc.
• Senior Scientist (Consultant) at Adapt Technologies

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Education

• California Institute of Technology
• Rice University
• London School of Economics and Political Science, U. of London

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Demetri Spanos’s Summary

I did a PhD at Caltech specializing in automation and control of large unstructured networks. More broadly, I'm interested in all aspects of "systems intelligence" ... control systems, machine learning, computational natural language processing, computational audio and vision, optimization, data analysis...

If you didn't understand any of those buzzwords, I specialize in making machines do intelligent things, ranging from understanding text, analyzing large amounts of data, automating difficult decisions, and controlling complex processes (e.g., vehicles)

Demetri Spanos’s Specialties:

"in the trenches" experience with full intelligent system lifecycle; concept, design, implementation, optimization, maintenance. I would like to believe I'm particularly good at working on problems without pre-existing paradigms or solution techniques (and I have some experience to back that claim up).

Demetri Spanos’s Experience

• Visiting Assistant Professor

  University of Southern California

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  I hold a visiting position in Electrical Engineering, where I teach applied mathematics and systems theory; I also conduct research on several areas of interest to the department, primarily focused on optimization and control of network systems.

• Chief Scientist

  Loud3r Inc.

  (Internet industry)

  July 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

  I advise the company on algorithmic matters, mostly focused on the filtering, classification, and ranking of aggregated web content. I also assist the engineering team in prototype development.

• Senior Scientist (Consultant)

  Adapt Technologies

  (Internet industry)

  January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

  I assist in the development of quantitative optimization and natural language processing algorithms for Adapt's online advertising management products.

Demetri Spanos’s Education

• California Institute of Technology

  PhD , Control and Dynamical Systems , 2002 — 2005

• Rice University

  BS + BA , Applied Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering , 1999 — 2002

  Activities and Societies:

  Tau Beta Pi

• London School of Economics and Political Science, U. of London

  Year Abroad , Law and Government , 1998 — 1999

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