Dr Sameer Maskey is a computer scientist, educator and entrepreneur. He is currently the Founder and CEO at Fusemachines Inc and an Adjunct Associate Professor at
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...
.
Biography
Maskey grew up in
Kathmandu, Nepal
Kathmandu () is the capital and largest city of Nepal, situated in the central part of the country within the Kathmandu Valley. As per the 2021 Nepal census, it has a population of 845,767 residing in 105,649 households, with approximately 4 m ...
. He attended undergraduate school at
Bates College
Bates College () is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine. Anchored by the Historic Quad, the campus of Bates totals with a small urban campus which includes 33 Victorian ...
in
Maine, USA with degrees in Math and Physics. After graduating from Bates he went on to pursue a PhD in Computer Science at Columbia University in New York City. Maskey has more than 20 papers published in International Conferences and Journals along with 9 pending/granted patents. Maskey has served as a session chair, a program committee member, and a review committee member of many international conferences including ACL, HLT, ICASSP, Interspeech,
NAACL and COLING.
Maskey founded the company, Fusemachines, in 2013. The company aims to make artificial intelligence technology accessible to underserved communities around the world by providing AI education programs AI job opportunities, and an AI platform that helps schools provide AI Assisted Learning.
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Computer scientists
Chief executives in the technology industry
Columbia University faculty
Bates College alumni
Columbia University alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Kathmandu
Nationality missing
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