Sameer Maskey

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Dr Sameer Maskey is a computer scientist, educator and entrepreneur. He is currently the Founder and CEO at Fusemachines Inc [1][2] and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University.[3][4]

Biography[edit]

Maskey grew up in Kathmandu, Nepal.[5] He attended undergraduate school at Bates College in Maine, USA with degrees in Math and Physics.[6] After graduating from Bates he went on to pursue a PhD in Computer Science at Columbia University in New York City.[7] Maskey has more than 20 papers published in International Conferences and Journals along with 9 pending/granted patents.[8] Maskey has served as a session chair, a program committee member, and a review committee member of many international conferences including ACL, HLT, ICASSP, Interspeech, NAACL and COLING.[9][10]

Maskey founded the company, Fusemachines, in 2013.[11] The company aims to make artificial intelligence technology accessible to underserved communities around the world by providing AI education programs[12][13] AI job opportunities,[14][15] and an AI platform that helps schools provide AI Assisted Learning.[16][17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Reese, Byron (2019-05-16). "Voices in AI – Episode 87: A Conversation with Sameer Maskey". gigaom.com. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  2. ^ "Sameer Maskey: With right talent, Artificial Intelligence can help transform Nepal". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  3. ^ "Columbia University Faculty Directory".
  4. ^ Kwok, Roberta (2019-04-23). "Junior AI researchers are in demand by universities and industry". Nature. 568 (7753): 581–583. Bibcode:2019Natur.568..581K. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01248-w. PMID 31015687.
  5. ^ "Sameer Maskey: With right talent, Artificial Intelligence can help transform Nepal". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  6. ^ "Meet the CEO on a mission to democratize Artificial Intelligence". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  7. ^ "Meet the CEO on a mission to democratize Artificial Intelligence". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  8. ^ "DR. SAMEER MASKEY". TNM. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  9. ^ "ACL 2010 - Student Research Workshop". mirror.aclweb.org. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  10. ^ "ACL HLT 2011". www.aclweb.org. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  11. ^ "NYC company, with an assist from Columbia online teaching, is training AI talent in places few other companies think to look | Department of Computer Science, Columbia University". www.cs.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  12. ^ "Entrevista Sameer Maskey - Founder and CEO de Fusemachines". YouTube.
  13. ^ "Venture Talk with Dr. Sameer Maskey | Democratizing AI". YouTube.
  14. ^ Awale, Sonia (15 November 2019). "Bringing Silicon Valley to Kathmandu Valley". Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  15. ^ "Fusemachines Nepal announces AI fellowship". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  16. ^ "Fusemachines launches Fuse Classroom, AI-enabled education platform".
  17. ^ "Weaponization of AI Is a Real Threat, Says Fusemachines CEO". AiThority. 2020-03-02. Retrieved 2020-06-18.