Nikolaos Karianakis

About

I am a Principal Research Manager at Microsoft in Redmond. My research is centered around Computer Vision and Deep Learning, with a focus on large-scale custom vision, edge video analytics and custom detection for aerial imaging. I received a PhD from University of California, Los Angeles, in June 2017 under the supervision of Prof. Stefano Soatto and joined Microsoft right after graduation. My PhD research includes large-scale computer vision, deep learning, graphical models and reinforcement learning. While in grad school, I lead the development of a visual search algorithm for fashion items at my startup. I am currently leading the development of AI algorithms for Microsoft products and services, such as Custom Vision, Computer Vision for Aerial Imaging, Edge Video Analytics and Geospatial Foundation Models.

More information and a list of publications can be found at my homepage (opens in new tab).