John Santerre
Research Advisor at University of California, Berkeley
Sunnyvale, California, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Santerre is a research-focused machine learning scientist and advisor with 12 years of experience bridging academia, national labs, and industry. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Chicago and applies deep learning and computer vision to high-impact problems—from genomics at Argonne to planetary exploration for NASA’s Europa and Titan studies. As a practitioner and educator he teaches at UC Berkeley and serves as lead adjunct and advisory board member at Southern Methodist University, translating cutting-edge research into curriculum and strategic guidance. In industry he has built and led AI teams and labs at organizations including SAP and Silicon Valley Bank, and developed neural recommendation services for innovation groups. Comfortable with Python and R, he pairs rigorous research methods with product-minded engineering to move models from prototype to operational use. Unexpectedly, his background also spans creative fields—he studied English/Film and has hands-on experience in photography and video editing—which informs a strong visual intuition for computer vision problems.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
University of New EnglandBachelor of Arts (B.A.), English/Film, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English/Film at Middlebury CollegeUniversity of New HampshireSaint Joseph's CollegeDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at University of ChicagoNew York UniversityUniversity of East AngliaHCII, HCII at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (8)
classifier5
science5
machine-learning4
searching4
python4
nlp3
data-science3
conventions2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
johnsanterre/Teaching
Aug 2021 - Oct 2022
Contributions:41 commits, 37 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
johnsanterre/mkws.github.io
Jun 2013 - Sep 2018
Contributions:59 commits, 5 pushes in 5 years 3 months
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