Summary
Sophie Spatharioti is a data scientist with a decade of experience blending academic rigor and product-focused research, currently applying her expertise at Boeing. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Northeastern and has led interdisciplinary teams to build widely used crowdsourcing and AR tools for environmental justice and citizen science. At Microsoft Research and as a postdoc, she developed AI-powered interfaces, virtual labs, and pipelines that moved from A/B-tested research prototypes into product deployments across Office apps. Technically fluent in Python, R, TypeScript and React, she combines statistical modeling, large-knowledge-base extraction, and human-centered design to improve decision making and numerical literacy. Known for translating complex experiments into productionized workflows, she has published at CHI and contributed work that influenced Microsoft’s AI & Productivity narratives. Based in the Seattle area, she brings a rare mix of HCI, crowdsourcing, and scalable engineering to multidisciplinary teams.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at Northeastern University
Diploma (5-year study program - MSc Equivalent), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Diploma (5-year study program - MSc Equivalent), Electrical and Computer Engineering at National Technical University of Athens
High School, High School at Gennadeios School
English, French, Greek