Sadiq Jaffer
Scholar

Sadiq Jaffer

Google Scholar ID: gcWJD4MAAAAJ
Bernstein Planetary Computing Fellow, Cambridge University
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Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
214
 
H-index
4
 
i10-index
3
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
6
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Published several papers, including 'Will AI speed up literature reviews or derail them entirely?', 'TESSERA: Temporal Embeddings of Surface Spectra for Earth Representation and Analysis', and more.
Research Experience
  • From 2021 to 2024, Head of Technology at the Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits, working on digital methodologies and tools for the verification and monitoring of nature-based carbon projects; From 2017 to 2021, CEO of Opsian, providing performance monitoring tooling for Java applications; From 2013 to 2017, Senior Software Engineer and then Director of Machine Learning at Heyzap (acquired by Fyber in 2016), building out and scaling ad targeting, mediation, and online auction systems; Co-founder of Insightful Logic, which built static analysis tooling for bug finding in .NET codebases.
Education
  • Degrees: MEng in Computer Systems Engineering, PhD in Autonomous Mobile Robotics; University: University of Warwick.
Background
  • Research Interests: Applying AI/ML to pressing problems in Nature and Climate. Specialization: Computer Science and Technology, Energy and Environment.
Miscellany
  • Core developer of OCaml, maintaining parts of the runtime and Garbage Collector.