Vera Sazonova
About Vera Sazonova
Vera Sazonova is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at SafeGraph, specializing in data characterization and acquisition. With over a decade of experience in natural language processing, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, she has held various research positions at notable institutions and companies.
Work at SafeGraph
Vera Sazonova has been employed at SafeGraph as a Senior Machine Learning Engineer since 2020. In this role, she focuses on developing and implementing machine learning models to enhance data characterization and acquisition processes. Her contributions are integral to the company's efforts in leveraging data for various applications.
Education and Expertise
Vera Sazonova holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Cornell University, which she completed from 2000 to 2006. She also earned a B.S. in Physics and Computer Science from the University of Mississippi between 1996 and 2000. With over a decade of experience, she specializes in natural language processing, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, demonstrating a strong foundation in both theoretical and applied aspects of these fields.
Background
Vera Sazonova has a diverse professional background, having worked in various academic and research institutions. She served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Ottawa from 2011 to 2014 and at McGill University from 2006 to 2009. Additionally, she has held positions as a Research Assistant at the University of Mississippi and Cornell University, as well as a Research Associate at NRC-IMS and Dalhousie University.
Previous Positions in Machine Learning and AI
Before her current role at SafeGraph, Vera Sazonova worked as an NLP Research Engineer at Keatext from 2016 to 2018 and as an AI researcher at Automat.ai from 2018 to 2019, both located in the Montreal, Canada Area. These positions allowed her to further develop her expertise in machine learning and natural language processing.