Antti Puurula

Antti Puurula has a diverse work experience in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Antti currently works at Vic.ai as a Distinguished Machine Learning Scientist, where they are involved in the development and analysis of AI components for automating accounting workflows. Prior to that, they served as the Head of Machine Learning for Vic.ai from 2018 to 2022, where they were responsible for prototyping, productionizing, and analyzing AI components for the accounting platform.

Antti has also worked as an Independent Consultant, providing consulting and contracting services in AI and machine learning since 2018. In this role, they focused on planning, designing, and implementing optimized AI components for various software solutions.

Before their time at Vic.ai and as an Independent Consultant, Antti held positions at SLI Systems, Telstra, Wynyard Group, Entopix, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 11Ants Analytics Group Limited, ESAT KULeuven, and Aalto University.

Antti'swork at SLI Systems involved conducting AI research and development for e-commerce search, implementing improvements to AI product search, and building big data analytics based on Google BigQuery and Dataflow.

At Telstra, Antti worked on R&D for cybersecurity, developing and analyzing big data analytics for detecting malicious network traffic using Hadoop and Spark.

During their time at Wynyard Group, Antti focused on the development of machine-learning based analytics for law enforcement and cybersecurity, including prototyping and optimizing big data processing pipelines.

As a Machine Learning Consultant at Entopix, Antti provided consulting services, specializing in rapid prototyping and project planning for early-stage clients.

Antti has also held research positions at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, where they worked as a Visiting Researcher, and at Aalto University, where they conducted research on large-vocabulary speech recognition.

Prior to their research work, Antti worked as a Software Developer at 11Ants Analytics Group Limited.

Antti'searlier work experience includes serving as a Researcher at ESAT KULeuven, where they focused on large-scale speech recognition research and developed the KULeuven speech recognition system that was used in national evaluations in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Overall, Antti Puurula has a strong background in AI and machine learning, with experience in various industries and a focus on developing and implementing AI solutions to optimize workflows and enhance cybersecurity.

Antti Puurula has completed an education history that includes a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computer Science from The University of Waikato, which they completed in 2015. Prior to that, they obtained a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Language Technology from the University of Helsinki in 2007. The specific start years for these educational pursuits are not provided.