Tim Sears

Tim Sears

Palo Alto, California, United States
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Unique combination of deep and current technical experience with a broad business…

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  • Groq Graphic

    Groq

    Mountain View, California, United States

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    United States

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    Silicon Valley, CA

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    Silicon Valley, CA

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    Australia / Indonesia / Brazil

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    New York

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    New York, London

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    New York City

Education

  • The Australian National University Graphic

    The Australian National University

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    Activities and Societies: NICTA Fellowship

    The title of my doctoral thesis was “Generalized Maximum Entropy, Convexity and Machine Learning”. My research focused on understanding the structure of machine learning models. I studied generalized maximum entropy with relaxed constraints as a tool to help classify machine learning models.

    I also did research with colleagues and my advisors on quantile regression using support vector machines and incorporating logic programming into machine learning algorithms.

    I am grateful to…

    The title of my doctoral thesis was “Generalized Maximum Entropy, Convexity and Machine Learning”. My research focused on understanding the structure of machine learning models. I studied generalized maximum entropy with relaxed constraints as a tool to help classify machine learning models.

    I also did research with colleagues and my advisors on quantile regression using support vector machines and incorporating logic programming into machine learning algorithms.

    I am grateful to the ANU and NICTA for supporting my research. The Australian National University, located in Australia's beautiful capital, Canberra, is the country's premier research university. NICTA is a Computer Science lab that sponsored my research while I was simultaneously I was enrolled at the ANU. NICTA's mission is use-inspired research.

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    Activities and Societies: William Larimer Mellon Fellow A.B. Earhardt Fellow

  • Graduated with Honors at age 18. Ask me about it sometime.

Volunteer Experience

  • Board of Directors

    Hacker Dojo

    - 4 years 5 months

    Science and Technology

    Hacker Dojo, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2009. The Dojo brings together entrepreneurs, programmers, and creators in Mountain View, California. We embrace the term “hacker” in the positive sense as describing someone who likes to understand how things work and invent new things. Hacker Dojo's mission is to bring people together around the raw materials required for innovation: space, knowledge, and connectivity.

    The Dojo is one part event space, one part coworking…

    Hacker Dojo, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2009. The Dojo brings together entrepreneurs, programmers, and creators in Mountain View, California. We embrace the term “hacker” in the positive sense as describing someone who likes to understand how things work and invent new things. Hacker Dojo's mission is to bring people together around the raw materials required for innovation: space, knowledge, and connectivity.

    The Dojo is one part event space, one part coworking space, and one part community center, and is largely member supported. Since 2010 the Dojo has more than tripled its revenue and membership, which now numbers over 425.

    I joined the Dojo as a member in 2010 and was soon recruited to join the Board. After helping the Dojo reincorporate and secure its non-profit status I am now focused on membership and revenue growth, recruiting and mentoring staff, volunteers and resident startups. If you are ever in Mountain View, feel free to stop in and see the Dojo.

  • Founding Organizer

    Haskell Hackers

    - Present 11 years 11 months

    Science and Technology

    Haskell is an advanced purely-functional programming language. An open-source product of more than twenty years of cutting-edge research, it allows rapid development of robust, concise, correct software. With strong support for integration with other languages, built-in concurrency and parallelism, debuggers, profilers, rich libraries and an active community, Haskell makes it easier to produce flexible, maintainable, high-quality software.

    I have a deep interest in Haskell and started…

    Haskell is an advanced purely-functional programming language. An open-source product of more than twenty years of cutting-edge research, it allows rapid development of robust, concise, correct software. With strong support for integration with other languages, built-in concurrency and parallelism, debuggers, profilers, rich libraries and an active community, Haskell makes it easier to produce flexible, maintainable, high-quality software.

    I have a deep interest in Haskell and started using it professionally at Pingwell. I started Haskell Hackers to help me meet other Haskellers and discuss ways to build better software. The group numbers over 250 members and meets monthly.

    http://www.meetup.com/haskellhackersathackerdojo/

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  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Haskell

    Professional working proficiency

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