Kaiser Pister has been living in the Midwest for a few years after earning a BS and MS at University of California-San Diego and starting three companies. He focuses on machine learning and paradigms of language, and wants his students to gain “critical thinking abilities while reading code and capability in designing new systems.” Pister came to UW-Madison to be “surrounded by incredibly faculty and students.”
Hometown:
Berkeley, CA
Educational/professional background:
UCSD (BS/MS), CTO @ All3D.ai
How did you get into your field of research/teaching?
I took the programming languages course at UCSD, and it opened my eyes to the difference between programming and computer science.
What are your areas of focus?
Machine learning and paradigms of language.
What main issue do you address or problem do you seek to solve in your work?
Applying research results in machine learning to business opportunities.
What’s one thing you hope students who take a class with you will come away with?
Critical thinking abilities while reading code and capability in designing new systems.
What attracted you to UW-Madison?
Being surrounded by incredible faculty and students.
What are you looking forward to doing or experiencing in Madison? I have actually been living here for 5 years. Madison is great!
Hobbies/other interests: reading and playing piano