Appier hires new Chief Data Scientist
Artificial intelligence company Appier has appointed its first Chief Data Scientist, Dr. Hsuan-Tien Lin. Dr Lin joins the company from National Taiwan University, where he served as Associate Professor of Computer Science. Dr. Lin will lead Appier’s artificial intelligence research and development team, focusing on deepening Appier’s artificial intelligence technology and consolidating its leadership position in Asia and cross screen.
Dr Lin is a beloved figure in Asia’s artificial intelligence community. Between 2010-2013, he co-led his university’s team to victory in machine learning competition KDDCup six times, and his introductory machine learning textbook Learning from Data (which he co-authored) is a bestseller on Amazon. Online, Dr Lin’s teachings on machine learning, hosted on popular open learning platform Coursera, have been viewed millions of times. His research interests include machine learning, studies on new learning problems, and improvements on learning algorithms.
“In the future, interaction between humanity and artificial intelligence will be as natural as breathing. And yet AI isn’t merely a distant vision–it’s already a part of life today. From medicine to business strategy to advertising, AI has the potential to resolve some of the business world’s most complex issues. I’m looking forward to joining the growing ranks of AI scientists leaping from theory to practice to confront some of the real world’s problems,” said Dr Lin.
Dr Lin received his PhD and MS in computer science from the California Institute of Technology, and served as a long time consultant before joining Appier formally.
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