Anthony Ortiz
I am a research scientist at the Microsoft AI for Good Research Lab. My research interest lies in the intersection between machine learning, computer vision, and remote sensing with particular interest in the application of artificial intelligence to solve problems affecting society. I am particularly interested in geospatial machine learning, self-supervised learning, conditional computation, and anything related to deep neural networks.
Work Experience
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Present June 2021
Senior Researcher at the Microsoft AI for Good Research Lab led by Juan Lavista Ferres . My work focuses on tackling large scale problems in medical imaging, geospatial machine learning , and computer vision in support of Microsoft’s AI for Earth and AI for Health initiatives. -
June 2021 June 2020
Applied Research Scientist
Researcher at the Microsoft AI for Good Research Lab led by Juan Lavista Ferres . My work focuses on tackling large scale problems in medical imaging, geospatial machine learning , and computer vision in support of Microsoft’s AI for Earth and AI for Health initiatives. -
August 2019 June 2019
Computer Vision/ Deep Learning Reserach Intern
Research on conditional image generation using generative adversarial networks for synthetic satellite image generation. -
June 2019 March 2019
AI Research Intern
Research on models generalization, human-machine collaboration, transfer learning, and land cover mapping under the supervision of Nebojsa Jojic and Dan Morris. -
March 2019 August 2018
Visiting Researcher
Mila || University of Montreal (UdeM)
Research on models generalization, variational inference, and remote sensing for social good applications under the supervision of Prof. Yoshua Bengio. -
June 2020 August 2017
Ph.D. Research Associate
Intelligent Agents and Strategic Reasoning Laboratory (IASRL)
Research on conditional computation, adversarial machine learning, genrative modeling, and geospatial analytics under the supervision of Christopher Kiekintveld. -
August 2017 June 2017
Visiting Researcher
USC Institute for Creative Technologies (USC-ICT)
Applied research and development in machine learning with state estimation and sensor modeling. -
August 2016 June 2016
Visiting Researcher
USC Institute for Creative Technologies (USC-ICT)
Research to automate the fusion of hyperspectral data of a digitized scene with an image-based 3D model, overlapping the same scene. -
Present August 2015
Research Assistant
Vision and Learning Laboratory
Research in the areas of computer vision, and geospatial machine learning under the supervision of Olac Fuentes. -
August 2017 August 2015
Teaching Assistant
Education
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Ph.D. 2015 - 2020 GPA: 4.0
Ph.D. in Computer Science
Department of Computer Science, University of Texas At El Paso
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B.S.2010 - 2014 Summa Cum Laude
Bachelor of Science in Telematics Engineering
Grants and Awards
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Sept 2019Microsoft AI Research GrantI received a $18,000 Azure grant to support my work on glacier mapping.
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2017, 2018UTEP Graduate School Travel GrantI was selected to receive a UTEP Graduate School Travel Grant for $850 to attend IEEE IGARSS 2017, Dallas Forth Worth and CVPR 2018, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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2016, 2017Good Neighbor Scholarship 2016-2017, 2017-2018I was selected by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for the Good neighbor Scholarship for 2016-2017 and 2017-2018. All Western Hemisphere international students in all the schools across Texas were eligible.
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2015-2016Anita Mochen Loya Graduate Fellowship
Award from the College of Engineering as the most outstanding applicant to the PhD in Computer Science program -
2014Summa Cum Laude Honor
Summa Cum Laude, B.S. Telematics Engineering -
2010Diploma de Máxima Excelencia 2008-2009 Award
Award from the President of Dominican Republic. 18 students received this award in the all country. I was in charge of the speech on behalf of the students.