AI Engineering at Two Sigma
Mountain View, California
Concentric IT
Partner/founder
October 1997 to December 2008
IBM
Research Intern
September 2005 to November 2005
Two Sigma
Vice President
Greater New York City Area
DeepMind
Research Engineer (Senior Software Engineer)
January 2017 to May 2018
London, United Kingdom
Senior Software Engineer/Tech Lead
May 2014 to May 2018
San Francisco Bay Area
Product Manager
April 2009 to May 2014
San Francisco Bay Area
One World Children's Fund
Treasurer and Board Member
June 2013 to May 2016
San Francisco Bay Area
Microsoft Research India
Research Intern
February 2007 to August 2007
University of Copenhagen
Postdoc
June 2008 to January 2009
Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen
PhD, Computer Science
2003 to 2008
Harvard University
Fulbright Fellow, Computer Science
2004 to 2005
Copenhagen Business School
HD, Business Administration
1998 to 2002
Caltech
Undergraduate exchange, Computer Science, Mathematics
2001 to 2001
Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen
BSc, Computer Science, Mathematics
1996 to 2001
Holte Gymnasium
High School (Upper Secondary) degree
1992 to 1995
Rygaards Skole
1982 to 1992
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
What company does Christian Stefansen work for?
Christian Stefansen works for Concentric IT
What is Christian Stefansen's role at Concentric IT?
Christian Stefansen is Partner/founder
What industry does Christian Stefansen work in?
Christian Stefansen works in the Investment Management industry.
Who are Christian Stefansen's colleagues?
Christian Stefansen's colleagues are Harish Chandran, Sandy Huang, Kevin Barlow, Mehdi Mirza, Edgar Duéñez-Guzmán, dilan gorur, Joanna Chwastowska, Robin Wyatt, Zachary Gleicher, and Sarah Tadlaoui
💼 Past Experience
1995-1997: working as an AI Engineer at Two Sigma 1997-2008: working as a Research Engineer at IBM2009-2018: working as a Vice President at Two Sigma in Greater New York City Area2018-present: working as a Senior Software Engineer/Tech Lead at Google
🎓 Education
In 2003, Christian Stefansen was awarded a PhD degree in Computer Science from Københavns Universitet. At Harvard University, Stefansen worked on a research project focused on creating a general-purpose machine learning model that could beat the best machines in the world. While at Harvard, he also worked on developing a parallel processing algorithm and a swarm AI system. Additionally, Stefansen was a Fulbright Fellow in 2004 and2005. During his stay at Harvard, he also taught at the Computer Science Department and the Harvard Business School.Since his PhD degree, Stefansen has worked as a professor at the Københavns Universitet and the University of Copenhagen. He has also been a fellow at the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA). Stefansen is the author of a number of books, including "Computer Science graduate applications: How to write your letter of query" and "Algebra, Calculus and Mechanism: A Handbook for Academic Professionals". He is also a regular speaker at international conferences and workshops in computer science, mathematics and applied mathematics.
💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills
Christian Stefansen has over eleven years of experience in the technology industry, most recently being a Partner/founder at Concentric IT from October 1997 to December 2008 (11 years 3 months).Christian Stefansen holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark (TU Copenhagen), and currently holds a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Harvard University. Stefansen also has a Diploma in Computer Science from theTechnical University of Denmark (TU Copenhagen), and a B.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Delhi). Stefansen's most recent work experience includes research interns at IBM from September 2005 to November 2005 (3 months), Vice President at Two Sigma in Greater New York City Area from January 2017 to May 2018 (1 year 5 months), and Senior Software Engineer/Tech Lead at Google from May 2014 to May 2018 (4 years 1 month). Stefansen also has experience as a product manager at Google from April 2009 to May 2014 (5 years 2 months) in San Francisco Bay Area and as a Research Intern at Microsoft Research India from February 2007 to August 2007 (7 months). Previously, Stefansen held a postdoc at the University of Copenhagen from June 2008 to January 2009 (8 months).
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