Anna Leontjeva
Distinguished AI Scientist, General Manager at Commonwealth Bank
Australia
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Top SchoolAnna Leontjeva is an AI research leader with 12 years of experience, currently heading AI Labs CoE and driving research strategy at Commonwealth Bank in Australia. She blends deep academic credentials—a PhD in Machine Learning and an MSc in Mathematical Statistics—with hands-on leadership from senior roles at CSIRO Data61 and long-term research positions at the University of Tartu and STACC. Anna has a proven track record taking ML research into production and scaling data science teams across industry and government settings, including statistical work at Estonia’s national statistics office. Known for bridging rigorous research and practical deployment, she often operates at the intersection of foundational ML methods and enterprise AI adoption. A detail that stands out: her career path includes early immersion in both academic teaching and industry internships (including at Microsoft/Skype), giving her a rare mix of pedagogy, research depth, and product-oriented experience.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
TKVGDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Machine Learning, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Machine Learning at University of Tartu
English, Estonian, Russian
Github Skills (14)
geometric-deep-learning10
machine-learning-algorithms10
graph-analysis10
networkx10
graph-convolutional-networks10
python10
data-science9
machine-learning9
deep-learning9
representation-learning6
graph3
network-visualization3
network-graph2
plotly2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
irhete/graphScope
Dec 2013 - Jan 2014
Contributions:19 commits in 1 month
annitrolla/Generative-Models-in-Classification
Jul 2015 - Aug 2016
Contributions:65 commits in 1 year
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