Gary Bradski

Principal Engineer at Intel / Intel Labs

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • Senior Scientist at Willow Garage
  • Consulting Professor at Stanford University
Past
  • VP of Technology at Rexee Corp
  • Principal Engineer at Intel Rsearch
  • Principal Engineer at Intel
  • Quantitiative Analyst at First Union National Bank
  • Consultant at Adept Computer Consulting (Self-employed)
  • Engineer at Neuroscience
  • Engineer at Schlage Electronics
Education
  • Boston University
  • University of California, Berkeley
Connections
113 connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Gary Bradski’s Summary

AI, Machine Learning, Computer Vision and robotics.

Gary Bradski’s Specialties:

AI, Machine Learning, Computer Vision and robotics.


Gary Bradski’s Experience

  • Senior Scientist

    Willow Garage

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Research industry)

    December 2007Present (11 months)

    Willow Garage is a cross between a Robotics Research Institute and a Robotics Startup/Incubator. I am heading up the machine learning and perception software efforts there. http://www.willowgarage.com

  • Consulting Professor

    Stanford University

    (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

    August 2006Present (2 years 3 months)

    Helped do the vision system on Stanley, the robot that one the Darpa Grand Challenge $2M race across the desert lead by Prof. Sebastian Thrun. Now working on STAIR -- the robot butler lead by Andrew Ng.

  • VP of Technology

    Rexee Corp

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    September 2006November 2007 (1 year 3 months)

    Coded algorithms and strategy in computer vision for this video search startup.

  • Principal Engineer

    Intel Rsearch

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Hardware industry)

    June 1996September 2006 (10 years 4 months)

    Had a lot of fun working in Intel research, got tired of it finally. Was a good ride while it lasted, especially the .boom years.

    Founded OpenCV -- computer vision library. Got Intel involved with the robot race by funding and working with the Stanford (winning) team.

  • Principal Engineer

    Intel

    (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

    19962006 (10 years)

  • Quantitiative Analyst

    First Union National Bank

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)

    November 1994June 1996 (1 year 8 months)

    Was a quant on a derivative securities trading floor aka interest rate options. Hated the job, hated the city, paid well though.

  • Consultant

    Adept Computer Consulting (Self-employed)

    (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

    19871989 (2 years)

    A fun consulting stint mostly to medical electronics makers (computerized EEG).
    Helped found Neurosoft -- working as a consultant FUN
    Worked on manufacturing visual inspection equipment, sub-contract to IBM.

  • Engineer

    Neuroscience

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Medical Devices industry)

    September 1985September 1987 (2 years 1 month)

    Helped do the software and hardware for an early computerized EEG company.

  • Engineer

    Schlage Electronics

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

    September 1984August 1985 (1 year)

    Design proximity access security systems. You carry a card that can be read at a distance to access doors etc. Also controlled other events, monitored fire etc. First real job, kind of fun designing hardware, kind of boring too.


Gary Bradski’s Education

  • Boston University

    PhD, AI, machine learning, neuro-modeling, 19891993

    Activities and Societies:
    Learn to keep a soccer ball in the air by kicking. Something about machine learning, something about the brain.
  • University of California, Berkeley

    BS, EECS, electrical engineering, computer science, 19791981

    Activities and Societies:
    Did a bunch of sailing, chased some tail. Mostly studied darn them all to heck.

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Gary Bradski’s Interests:

Mountain biking, biking, volleyball. Techno-mysticism (you know, the Kurzweilian type stuff -- embarrassing I know at the same level of being a functioning alcoholic -- but there you have it). AI, nature of intelligence, biological intelligence, brain modeling and, naturally, geology (vast sweep of time, yada yada). Brain

Gary Bradski’s Groups:

Computer vision

  •    Intel Alumni Association
  •    Berkeley Engineering Alumni

Gary Bradski’s Honors:

Was on the winning team of the Darpa Grand Challenge $2M race across the desert.


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