Summary
Lucian Ionita is a founder and computer vision specialist with 11 years of experience building production ML systems, from embedded vision on constrained phones to large-scale video datasets and deployed attribute models at Google serving 450M+ products. After two CTO runs and research stints including Google DeepMind, he combines hands-on model development (300+ experiments, semi-supervised and NAS techniques) with end-to-end ML pipeline design and productionization expertise. He founded an educational art app company and previously led CV efforts at startups where he shipped novel algorithms for palette matching, lane detection, and real-time tracking on limited hardware. Comfortable bridging research and product, Lucian is known for pragmatic experimentation, deep engineering rigor, and a creative off-screen life that informs his work.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Artificial Intelligence, MSc Artificial Intelligence at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)
Bachelor Informatics, Bachelor Informatics at Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iași
Erasmus Exchange Semester Informatics, Erasmus Exchange Semester Informatics at University of Lille 1 Sciences and Technology
MSc Artificial Intelligence, MSc Artificial Intelligence at University of Amsterdam
English, Romanian, French, Spanish