About

As an entrepreneur, I want to use technology to improve people's lives.

As an educator, I want to turn technology consumers into technology builders.

My Method: The first step is always simply noticing a problem that already exists. What could be changed or improved about the way we currently do things to make them easier, cheaper, more efficient or helpful? Next begins the ongoing process of gathering insight. What do people closest to the issue see as as the hurdles? How can we collaborate to understand the problem in its most basic form? Third, I map out a clear path from what we have now to a better solution. Finally, I work relentlessly, tirelessly, to come up with an answer while being flexible enough to take criticism and firm enough to stay driven.

I enjoy working on various aspects of machine learning problems, high-dimensional statistics and predictive analytics with a current focus on developing and analyzing learning algorithms for imbalanced data. I am especially interested in understanding and exploiting the intrinsic structure in data (e.g. manifold or sparse structure) to design more effective learning algorithms.
[curriculum vitae]

Contact

If you are interested in my research work or have any ideas or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me: dr.bassam@gmail.com