Umut Ozertem

Umut Ozertem is a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google, currently leading the Accounts and Behavioral Abuse (ABA) team within the YouTube Trust & Safety division. His role focuses on defining, detecting, and preventing abuse on the platform, addressing issues such as spam, misinformation, hate speech, and violence. This work is critical as it aims to create a safer environment for users, creators, and advertisers on YouTube.1

Professional Background

• Current Position: Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google (December 2020 - Present)
  • Leading efforts to combat various forms of abuse on YouTube.
• Previous Experience:
  • Facebook AI: Research Manager in the AI Integrity team, where he worked on issues like hate speech and misinformation detection.
  • Microsoft: Held multiple roles focused on machine learning and data mining, particularly in improving speech recognition technologies for products like Cortana and Xbox One.
    • Principal Applied Scientist (2015-2016)
    • Senior Science Lead (2013-2015)
    • Senior Speech Scientist (2012-2013)
    • Engineer & Applied Researcher (2011-2012)
• Early Career: Worked at Yahoo! Labs from 2008 to 2011, focusing on machine learning techniques for information retrieval and user intent modeling.12

Skills and Expertise

Umut Ozertem has extensive experience in:

• Machine Learning
• Data Mining
• Automatic Speech Recognition
• Behavioral Analysis related to online safety

His work not only emphasizes technical skills but also involves understanding user behavior and creating strategies to mitigate risks associated with online platforms.1