Zeeshan Zia
Scholar

Zeeshan Zia

Google Scholar ID: xE_pSDAAAAAJ
Retrocausal, Inc.
Computer VisionMachine LearningRobotics
Citations & Impact
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Citations
961
 
H-index
16
 
i10-index
22
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
51
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Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Authored over 20 peer-reviewed publications; Inventor on almost 20 US patents or patent applications; Contributed to AI-first products including Microsoft HoloLens; Received awards from NASA JPL, Embedded Vision Alliance, IEEE VSTG, and CB Insights.
Research Experience
  • Senior Scientist on HoloLens project at Microsoft Research (2017-2019), Researcher at NEC Laboratories America (2015-2017), Research Intern at Qualcomm Research (Summer 2013), Engineering Intern at Siemens Corp. Technologies (Summer 2008). Currently, CEO of Retrocausal Inc.
Education
  • PhD: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (2009-2013); MS: Munich University of Technology (2007-2009); Postdoc: Imperial College London (2014-2015).
Background
  • Research interests include visual activity understanding, 3D scene understanding, learning from synthetic data, and machine learning systems. Previously a Senior Scientist at Microsoft Research, now the CEO and Co-Founder of Retrocausal Inc.
Miscellany
  • Quora Top Writer (2016-2018); Reviewed papers for multiple conferences including BMVC, ECCV; Personal hobbies not mentioned.