Karl Whitford has been involved in the tech industry for 10 years as a software engineer. He has a background in statistical machine learning, deep learning, and A.I. from Columbia University. He also has knowledge of computational physics/mathematics from DePaul University and UT Austin. He is a professional in the fields of game A.I, compression, machine learning, and distributed cluster computing. Karl is an open source contributor to SMACK, Pancake Stack (PipelineI/O), and Pregel-Mesos, among others. He has previous work experience with Microsoft, Coca Cola, and Unilever to name a few; he is also an indie game developer and founder of Esquirel (Black-Squirrel) Studios in San Francisco, California. He was also handpicked by UploadVR as "one to watch" and featured at Mountain View’s 2016 VR Showcase.
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