Connectionists: Research Positions at Sentient

[Risto Miikkulainen]

Sentient Technologies, a Machine Learning startup in San Francisco, has
multiple research positions open in
- evolutionary computation
- deep learning
- recurrent neural networks
- blackbox optimization
- data science
- computer vision.

Sentient was founded by the same entrepreneurs who created the
technology behind Siri. Emerging from stealth in 2015, Sentient is
currently the world's best funded AI startup, and has already deployed
products in stock trading and e-commerce, with possible expansions to
healthcare, finance, and cyberphysical systems in the future.  These
products were made possible by original research in evolutionary
computation and deep learning, as well as massive computing power:
Sentient has developed grid computing technology that harnesses
millions of CPUs and thousands of GPUs around the globe, amounting to
the largest intelligent system in the world.

In line with the recent trend of merging academic and industry
research, several academic faculty are involved in research at
Sentient as employees, advisors, or collaborators, including Peter
Bartlett (Berkeley), Nello Christianini (Bristol), David Helmbold
(UCSC), Chris Holmes (Oxford), Risto Miikkulainen (UTexas), and 
Caleb Harper (MIT).  Sentient also participates in (and sponsors)
conferences such as AAAI Symposia, GECCO, and NIPS. If you are going
to one of those conferences, please stop by to chat!

Positions are open immediately, and in the near future, for
- new PhDs
- senior research scientists
- visiting faculty, and
- student interns.
Succesful candidates will be expected to pursue original research,
resulting in publications and patents, and apply it to transformative
products in Sentient's core areas. In other words, at Sentient you
will have the resources and opportunities to change the world with
your work.

To find out more, please contact risto.miikkulainen at sentient.ai,
or check out our website at sentient.ai