Sören Sonnenburg
Principal Engineer at Stellantis
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolSören Sonnenburg is a Principal Engineer with a PhD in Machine Learning and over 11 years applying ML to location technology, bioinformatics and computational chemistry, now driving EV innovation at Stellantis. Previously he founded TomTom’s AI for Geospatial Research team and led cross-functional programs that automated ADAS map attributes and boosted real-time traffic quality at scale. He blends deep research roots—postdocs and a strong academic pedigree—with hands-on software and DevOps practice, having built data archives, visualization libraries and production ML pipelines. A recipient of industry honors and multiple patents, he’s known for turning complex geospatial data into operational products and for seeding company-wide data science communities and training programs. Not obvious from titles: he repeatedly bridges research and product delivery, moving PoCs into globally deployed map and traffic services.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor rer nat (PhD) Computer Science/Machine Learning/Bioinformatics, Doctor rer nat (PhD) Computer Science/Machine Learning/Bioinformatics at Technische Universität BerlinDiplom Computer Science, Diplom Computer Science at Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinErnst-Wildangel-Oberschule
English, German
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Github Skills (19)
artificial-intelligence10
gun10
cmake10
swig10
data-science9
machine-learning9
python8
pytorch8
tensorflow7
deep-learning7
svmlight6
shogun6
arff6
regression-testing6
statistics6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
shogun-toolbox/shogun-web2
Nov 2016 - Dec 2017
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
open-machine-learning/mloss
Sep 2018 - Sep 2018
Machine Learning Open Source Software
Contributions:3 commits, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 16 days
pythondata-sciencedeep-learningmachine-learningopen-learning
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