AI Career Notes: September 2019 Edition
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In this monthly feature, we’ll keep you up to date on the latest career developments in the enterprise AI community -- promotions, new hires and accolades. Here's the AI career news for early September:
David Bader, director of the new Institute for Data Science at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has received an award from Facebook to support analytics research. Bader joined NJIT from Georgia Tech, where he was chair of the School of Computational Science and Engineering. His research aims to develop faster learning patterns to make it easier to extract actionable information from large datasets.
“Every sector from finance to health, transportation, retail to security, and fashion and entertainment, is rich in data,” Bader said. “These are often large, noisy data sets, with missing elements. We want to create tools for better understanding of these data sets.”
AI Global has announced that Ashley Casovan is its new executive director. Casovan joins AI Global from the Canadian government, where she served as director of Data and Digital, leading the development of the first national government AI policy. She was recently named by Apolitical as one of 100 Future Leaders: The World’s Most Influential Young People in Government.
"I am excited to join AI Global at such an important time in history,” Ashley said. “We are all becoming increasingly aware of the potential benefits and harms of AI, but we don’t always know how to best harness the full power of these systems. I look forward to supporting AI Global’s members and those building and using AI. We are aiming to make it easier to balance innovation and protection of the public.”
RAIDIX has announced that it is merging several teams to create a unified R&D department, which will be led by Svetlana Lazareva. Lazareva – who has a Ph.D. in Engineering Science – joined RAIDIX in 2014 as head of RAIDIX Lab, where she managed patent acquisition, research publications, conference participation and other RAIDIX Lab tasks. She led RAIDIX ERA (software RAID for flash drives). With the new change, RAIDIX anticipates broadening the lab to include such issues as software-defined storage and machine learning.
2CRSi has announced the appointment of Marie de Lauzon as deputy CEO. de Lauzon has been an independent director of 2CRSi since its listing in 2018. Prior to her role at 2CRSi, she served in roles with Citigroup, PwC, Voltalia and others. “I am delighted that Marie is joining us to help us structure our Group and change dimension. With her invaluable work on our Board of Directors and her solid experience, Marie has all the qualities needed to deliver on our growth targets, alongside our teams,” said Alain Wilmouth, founder and CEO of 2CRSi.
“With its capacity for innovation, industrial excellence and strong sales performance, 2CRSi has an exceptional positioning in the sector and has already achieved remarkable growth,” said Marie de Lauzon. “I’m joining an experienced, talented team that has built a French champion in technology. I am thrilled to be part of this exciting adventure and to be able to use my skills to help ensure the success of the ambitious project that drives the company.”
Microway has announced the appointment of Lorne Wilson as chief operating officer. Wilson’s previous roles include vice president at Boxx Technologies, chief sales officer at BluStor and more than 12 years as a senior vice president at Fujitsu. He previously served as co-chair of the NVIDIA Partner Network Partner Advisory Council, HPC.
“Microway delivers bleeding-edge performance hardware and software, as well as outstanding service to customers in a wide array of markets,” Wilson said. “I am excited for the opportunity to work with a talented team and accelerate the company’s remarkable growth.”
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