Thomas Dickerson

Director of Research, Geospatial AI @ NBCUniversal

About

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Country

United States

City

Burlington

Industry

Computer Software

Skill

Computer Graphics, Research and Development (R&D), Functional Programming, CMake, C#, Game Development, Unity 3D, Blender, Deep Learning, Geospatial Data, C Level Management, Java, JavaScript, XHTML, CSS, PHP, Python, C/C++, Linux/Unix Administration, Solid Biomass Densification

Experience

Director of Research, Geospatial AI

NBCUniversal

2025-2 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos

Burlington, Vermont, United States

Chief Science Officer

Geopipe, Inc.

2016-7 - 2025-1 · 8 yrs 7 mos

Burlington, Vermont, United States

Co-founder. Developed novel algorithms and AI/ML architectures to understand and model the world in 3D from heterogeneous Big Data inputs. Managed multiple cross-functional teams, balancing long-term research agenda with short-term customer-focused wins, plus tactical deployment as an individual contributor on thorny problems.

Professor of the Practice

Middlebury College

2020-9 - 2020-12 · 4 mos

Middlebury, Vermont, United States

Co-teaching a section of the Computer Science Department's Senior Seminar (CSCI 701B), with a focus on big data and geospatial computing. Aided in curriculum design, including reading list for student presentations on research papers, and homework/lab assignments analyzing OpenStreetMaps data in Scala with Apache Spark.

Founder-in-Residence

New York University

2018-12 - 2020-12 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Greater New York City Area

Founder-in-Residence at the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute's Leslie eLab.

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant

Brown University

2013-8 - 2019-5 · 5 yrs 10 mos

Providence, Rhode Island Area

Current research in concurrent data-structures, software transactional memory, and blockchain technology. Previous work in metaprogramming for GPGPU application. Fall 2015 Graduate TA for Design and Analysis of Algorithms.

Board of Directors

Vermont Sustainable Heating Initiative (VSHI)

2008-1 - 2016-12 · 9 yrs

Educating state legislators and the general public on the benefits of biomass heating. Working to help low income VTers heat affordable and sustainably. Working to establish local production of pellets.

Staff Research Assistant

Middlebury College

2013-6 - 2013-8 · 3 mos

Middlebury, Vermont

Multi-agent simulation and ecological modeling in the Computer Science department. Development of an open-source multi-agent model of Orca migration and hunting patterns in NetLogo.

Mathematical Crystallography and Self-Assembling Nanostructures Researcher

Saint Michael's College

2010-1 - 2013-5 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Winooski, Vermont

Analysis of branched-junction molecules within the geometry of the Octet Truss, under the tile model for Self-Assembling DNA Nanostructures. Complete enumeration of distinct tile types. Developing a program for the enumeration of certain classes of crystal nets.

Computer Science Teaching Assistant

Saint Michael's College

2009-9 - 2012-12 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Burlington, Vermont Area

Provide assistance in learning Java and Python to students in introductory CS courses.

National Undergraduate Fellow

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

2012-6 - 2012-8 · 3 mos

Worked on code implementing a new double split-weight scheme for gyrokinetic simulation. Used the code for testing numerical restrictions on temporal resolution in the simulation of these waves in one and two dimensions, and on spatial resolutions on the formation of shear Alfvén eigenmodes in two dimensional sheared slab simulations.

UVM/GIV Summer Engineering Institute: Project Assistant and Web-programmer

University of Vermont

2008-6 - 2010-7 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Burlington, Vermont Area

Assisted students with engineering projects, including: * Solid Biomass Burn Chamber (Jun 2010 to Jul 2010) * Biomass Gasification (Jun 2010 to Jul 2010) * Helical Windmill (Jun 2009 to Jul 2009)