Börkur Sigurbjörnsson
Senior Information & Data Scientist specializing in early-stage startups, urban planning and sustainability. I am a published fiction writer of multiple short fiction collections.
Applied Science
I am a Senior Applied Scientist helping organizations turn unstructured data into tested prototypes, decision-grade insights and integrated product features.
For 15+ years I have been in the role technical founder and founding engineer at multiple early-stage startups in Iceland, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Spain.
I have built and deployed AI/ML systems and data pipelines that have processed millions of data points, providing among other things, age-appropriate search results for children, market insights for real estate investors, and impact information for urban planners.
I have broad background working on applied artificial intelligence (AI), data science, machine learning (ML), natural language processing (NLP) and search technology, and specialization their application to urban planning and sustainability.
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Academic Research
I have a PhD in Computer Science and an MSc degree in Computational Logic from the University of Amsterdam. At an undergraduate level, I studied Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Iceland.
I have worked on academic and applied research at the University of Amsterdam, the Yahoo! Research Lab in Barcelona and at Microsoft Research Cambridge.
My publication record covers a range of subjects such as information retrieval, search engines, machine learning, data mining, and natural language processing.
Academic Work | Publications | Projects | Prototypes
Fiction Writing
I am an avid storyteller and publish short stories and flash fiction exploring themes of technology, alternative world views, and human interactions.
Start reading today: Four complete story collections available for free on my fiction website Urban Volcano.