Börkur Sigurbjörnsson
Senior Information Scientist & Data Engineer specializing in early-stage startups. 15+ years transforming AI research into market-ready products and a published fiction writer of multiple short fiction collections.
Applied Science in Startups
Looking for a technical partner to turn your insights into reality? I provide freelance services for early-stage startups, rapidly transforming state-of-the-art AI research into products you can put in the hands of your clients.
15+ years experience as lead engineer and applied scientist across academia, Fortune 500 R&D labs, and successful startups in Iceland, Netherlands, UK, and Spain with further participation in the startup scene in Germany and France.
Expertise: Building AI/ML systems that work — from idea to product in 3-6 months. Specializing in natural language processing, search engines, information systems, spatial informatics and data infrastructure.
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.