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Oliver (Olly) Downs, PhD Currently: Chief Scientist, Atigeo, LLC
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Olly
Downs is Chief Scientist at technology incubator, Atigeo, where he is responsible for the
research, development and deployment of advanced technologies in the Atigeo
xPatterns platform, which enables Atigeo’s portfolio companies and partners,
including Lifepass. His work is a combination of
state-of-the-art machine learning and data mining algorithm application
development and blue skies research in algorithm theory and design. Olly
specializes in applying abstract analytical ideas from mathematical, physical
and statistical science to problems in the real world; to date this has
resulted in 17 US patents pending in the fields of Bayesian Prediction,
Statistical Estimation, Outlier Detection, Real-Time GPS Data Processing and
a granted patent in the field of Quantum Optimization algorithms. Previously,
Olly was Chief Scientist at Mindset
Media where he was responsible for the science, architecture and
development of a web-based predictive analytics platform enabling
ad-targeting to internet users based on inference of their psychographic
dimensions rather than behavior. Prior
to Mindset Media, Olly was Principal Scientist at INRIX, the first technology spin-out from Microsoft Research. At INRIX, Olly
delivered a world-first in the provision of real-time traffic information
using a nationwide network of GPS-enabled probe vehicles (named 2007
Breakthrough Technology of the Year by the Washington Software Alliance),
and drove the design and architecture of INRIX’ dynamic Bayesian predictive
modeling platform for traffic conditions, revolutionizing the traffic
information industry worldwide. Olly’s
work has included pioneering web-facing applications of predictive analytics
and probabilistic reasoning for Pelago, Farecast and MSN in addition to offline
analytics; including financial mathematics, quantum computing and Bayesian
prediction, for L1 Partners, D-Wave Systems, Apollo Data Technologies,
Microsoft Research, Barnes & Noble, Knight Ridder, Ryder and IGT. Olly
has also spent time in research roles at Microsoft Research and Bell Labs. Olly
holds PhD and MA degrees in Applied
& Computational Mathematics from Princeton
University, and BA, MA and MSci degrees in Experimental & Theoretical Physics
from the University of Cambridge, UK.
He has an Erdös Number of 3.
(Seattle Times, August 2007) Math whiz had
I-5's number. Full
Text (King5 News, August 2007) I-5 closure will
impact Southcenter, Eastside, Everett. Video (WMV) (Technology Review, January 2006) A new service from Kirkland, WA-based Inrix predicts traffic slowdowns by crunching road sensor data, weather, history, and local events. Full Text (Technology Review, July 2005) D-Wave Systems is building a 'quantum' computer to solve intractable real-world problems. The secret: cooling the chip to -269 C with liquid helium. Full Text Publications:
Recent Presentations ·
The Science of Prediction – How Next Generation Traffic
Services Will Impact Location-Based Applications (presented at Where 2.0,
June 2006): Online Slideshow
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