Silent Force
Spiros Dimopoulos
Senior Platform Architect
What was your previous role before Behavioral Signals?
Computer and Software Engineer
What is your role at Behavioral Signals?
Senior Software Engineer
What do you find most disruptive/ challenging at Behavioral Signals?
Apply research in a business setting
What kind of work would make you excited to get out of bed on Monday morning?
Automate and optimise as many processes as possible, while keeping energy consumption low
Who are your role models and mentors?
Steve Jobs, Alan Turing, Bill Gates
What professional mistakes have you’ve learned most from?
After missing some delivery deadlines, I’ve learned how to estimate effort and time better
What is the biggest technological challenge in Emotion AI right now?
How to accurately estimate the emotions of various speakers using a generic emotion model from speech
What is the biggest challenge for ML now? What breakthrough are you expecting in the future?
Artificial General Intelligence. It would take probably a couple of decades to have a significant progress on this.
What makes you happy?
Success
What makes you angry?
Road traffic
What makes you dream?
The clear skies
What makes you get up and moooooove?
My dog
If you had a ‘warning’ label, what would it say in one word?
“Please do not leave the fridge door open”
Can procrastination be useful?
Only in a limited setting
Post-its OR whiteboards?
Post-its
Tea or coffee?
Coffee
Food you never get bored eating?
Mousaka
Book or movie you would suggest for someone to read/see?
Inception, by Christopher Nolan
