Office Hour with Waterloo Engineering alumnus Artem Avdacev (BSE ‘11), Co-Founder of SBX Robotics

Tuesday, May 4, 2021 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Waterloo Engineering students and alumni are invited to participate in an exclusive virtual Office Hour with alumnus Artem Avdacev (BSE 2011, Software Engineering), Co-Founder of SBX Robotics who will discuss the future of computer vision and robotics.

During this Office Hour, Artem will talk about his career journey from running Yelp’s Trust and Safety team to now teaching robots how to see using a virtual world at SBX Robotics. Join fellow alumni and students for this virtual Office Hour to gain access to Artem’s experience, career advice and view of the future of robotics.

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Photo of Artem Avdacev (BSE 2011)

Artem Avdacev
BSE 2011, Software Engineering
Co-Founder
SBX Robotics

Biography

Today, Artem Avdacev is a co-founder at SBX Robotics, a YCombinator backed startup teaching robots how to see using a virtual world (sort-of like the Matrix!). Start-up life is a non-stop adventure.

In a past life, Artem ran Yelp's Trust and Safety team of 25 engineers and data scientists that used machine learning to detect fake reviews, fraud, and abuse online. Over his 7-year term at Yelp, he helped grow the technical team from 40 to 800+ engineers, PMs, and Data Scientists.

He also crossed the Pacific Ocean on a 4-person sailboat, spent a year at sea, and likes obscure musical instruments.

Connect with Artem Avdacev on LinkedIn.