Sean Batir
Sean is on a mission to help humanity transcend its physical and cognitive limitations. His professional experience lies at the intersection of artificial intelligence, software, and biotechnology, with over a decade of experience working with neural systems. Sean has been involved in the submission of over a dozen patents and academic conference submissions that range from the formation and enhancement of mammalian memory, to modular jewelry that enabled remote biometric monitoring. His previous work cofounding two smaller startups that respectively designed and sought to build biometric, modular jewelry and augmented reality contact lenses. He was involved in assessing the commercial viability of emerging technologies and inventions through the MIT Technology Licensing Office and the Columbia Technology Ventures. Currently, Sean works at BMW’s Research and Engineering division, where he both develops software that enables artificial intelligence, and engages in strategic partnerships with industrial and academic clients to build proof-of-concept prototypes for corporate adoption. Some of his most recent work spans collaborative robotics, augmented reality for improved manufacturing and knowledge sharing, next generation infrastructure connectivity, the virtualization of work-stations, enhancing robotic performance in virtual environments, and developing novel approaches for coordinated control of IoT devices. Sean graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Brain and Cognitive Sciences. He also completed study at both the Imperial College of London, where he earned a Master’s of Research in Bioengineering with a specialization in neural processing algorithms, and the University of Oxford Said Business School.. Following this, Mr. Batir enrolled in a Ph.D. program studying Theoretical Neuroscience at Columbia University, and is currently on leave of absence to work at the interdisciplinary crossroads of IoT, AI, and swarm intelligence.
