Haraldur Hallgrimsson is a Senior Applied Research Scientist in Seattle with 11 years of experience bridging machine learning research and software engineering to build health-focused, real-world sensing products at Apple. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and has a strong track record applying ML, signal processing, and network science to biomedical problems—from sleep-disorder source separation and EEG classifiers to modeling brain connectivity from MRI. His work spans industry and academia, including impactful internships at Google, YouTube, and Evidation where he deployed deep learning pipelines for longitudinal wearable data and contributed to NeurIPS and WWW–linked outputs. Known for shipping production-ready models and novel algorithms, he blends rigorous experimental research with pragmatic engineering to turn noisy, in-the-wild sensor streams into clinically useful insights.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Computer Engineering, First class with distinction, Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Computer Engineering, First class with distinction at Háskóli Íslands
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at University of California, Santa Barbara
Stanford Summer International Honors Program, Computer Science, Stanford Summer International Honors Program, Computer Science at Stanford University
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Haraldur Hallgrimsson - Senior Applied Research Scientist at Apple