Thomas Gardos
Associate Professor of the Practice of Computing & Data Sciences Director of MS in Data Science Program
Thomas comes to Boston University after a 30-year career at Intel, where he worked in both research and in engineering roles. Most recently, he led a computer vision and computational photography research and development team, developing deep learning applications and algorithm specifications for ultra-low-power computer vision chips. Previously, Thomas led Intel’s video compression technology algorithm team and represented Intel at the ISO Motion Pictures Experts Group (MPEG) and ITU-T video experts group. Thomas sponsored academic research grants at Intel and was Intel’s Researcher-in-Residence at the MIT Media Lab. Thomas has been an adjunct lecturer at Oregon and Portland State Universities and most recently in Boston University’s Spark! program.
Thomas received his Masters and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, in the concentration of Digital Signal and Image Processing, and his BSEE with Thesis from the University of Delaware.
In his free time, Thomas enjoys wing foiling, distance swimming and nordic skiing.