James Bergstra

Co-Founder & Head of AI Research at Kindred AI

James Bergstra is the Co-Founder and Head of AI Research at Kindred AI. James was previously a Banting Fellow at the University of Waterloo, a Research Scholar at Harvard University, and a Graduate Student at Université de Montréal. James has also worked as a game developer at I-mmersion Studios Inc.

James Bergstra has a Ph.D. in computer science from Université de Montréal and a M.Sc. in artificial intelligence from the same institution. James also has a B.A.Sc. in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo.

James Bergstra’s research focuses on the intersection of machine learning, biological vision, reasoning, and motor control. James has also done research on biologically inspired vision algorithms and deep learning of biologically inspired architectures.

James Bergstra has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Université de Montréal, an M.Sc. in Computer Science from Université de Montréal, and a B.Sc. in Math, Philosophy, Comp Sci from University of Toronto - University of Trinity College. James also has a B.Sc. in Math, Philosophy, Comp Sci from University of Toronto - University of Trinity College and a B.Sc. in Math, Philosophy, Computer Science from University of Toronto.

James Bergstra reports to Marin Tchakarov, CEO. They work with Kyle Fisher - Director, Sales, Michael Gormley - Director, Operations, Client Integrations, and Brianna Swanson - Director, People Operations.

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Toronto, Canada

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Kindred is a robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) company that develops intelligent robots to enhance the industrial workforce. Its purpose is to augment human labor with AI robot partners, and to fully innovate commerce fulfillment operations. At the core of Kindred’s cutting-edge technology are proprietary platforms such as AutoGrasp™, developed to operate robots autonomously in dynamic environments. Its team of scientists, engineers, and business operators have set a new standard for reinforcement learning for robots.