Kevin Horecka
Kevin Horecka is a highly accomplished data scientist and machine learning engineer with extensive experience in the fields of neuroscience, computer science, electrical engineering, machine learning, and information theory. He holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from Texas Tech University and a Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he conducted groundbreaking research on the computational underpinnings of the brain.
Throughout his illustrious career, Kevin has served in a wide range of roles, including Principal Data Scientist/Machine Learning Engineer at Walmart Technology, Lead Machine Learning Engineer/Data Scientist at Walmart Technology, Senior Machine Learning Engineer/Data Scientist at Walmart Technology, Researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Mathematica R&D Image Processing Intern at Wolfram, and Applications Engineer Specialist for Embedded and Vision Systems at National Instruments.
Kevin is passionate about using his expertise in machine learning and neuroscience to solve complex computational challenges in a variety of fields. He has a proven track record of developing cutting-edge algorithms and models using state-of-the-art techniques in deep learning, reinforcement learning, and Bayesian inference, among others.