Blake Shaw is currently a Data Scientist at Foursquare, a location-based service that helps people keep up with friends and discover new places. At this NYC startup, Shaw applies machine-learning algorithms to large spatiotemporal datasets in order to better understand patterns of human mobility. Shaw holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Columbia University, and his research has appeared at a variety of conferences including NIPS, ICML and AISTAT. Shaw was also the lead developer of CabSense, a mobile app for predicting the best street corners in New York City for catching taxicabs.
