In today's tech industry, Paul Viola is a well-known name. With a Doctorate from MIT and 35 patents to his name, this accomplished Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft is a versatile professional. A former Professor of Computer Science at MIT, Paul has authored over 50 academic papers in areas such as advanced machine learning, web search, data mining, and image processing. His research has won him numerous accolades.

Paul's expertise and experience make him equally comfortable as a manager, software architect, developer, and researcher. He spent his academic career developing algorithms that have been adopted worldwide, including the world's fastest face detection and recognition system used in digital cameras and surveillance. He also developed reliable software for medical image registration used in surgical planning.

Paul joined Microsoft in 2002 as a researcher and later founded Bing's applied research effort in machine learning and text understanding. His team developed algorithms that interpret user's queries, control Bing's page composition, and create search results. Eventually, Paul led a turnaround of the Bing Ads team, bringing in new people and algorithms that increased revenue.

After his tenure at Bing, Paul became the Chief Scientist at Highspot, Inc. before moving to Amazon as the VP of Science for Prime Air. He finally returned to Microsoft as a Distinguished Engineer. His contributions have made an impact in machine learning, data mining, and advanced algorithms. His research and expertise are widely recognized and referenced.