Matt Purri, PhD

Overview

Matt Purri holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Computer and Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University [12] and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the same institution [11]. Purri serves as Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder at Octozi [1][3], where Purri is interested in creating and further understanding intelligent systems [2]. Prior to this role, Purri completed a postdoctoral research position at Rutgers University from December 2022 to July 2023 [4]. Purri's earlier experience includes internships in machine learning and computer vision at companies including Waymo [6], Amazon [7], Clarifai [8], and Kitware Inc. [9], as well as a research internship at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory [10].

Career history

1. Chief Technology Officer, Co-FounderJul 2024 to presentOctozi
2. Postdoctoral ResearcherDec 2022 to Jul 2023Rutgers University
3. Graduate StudentJun 2017 to May 2022Rutgers University
4. Perception InternJun 2021 to Aug 2021Waymo
5. Applied Scientist InternJun 2020 to Aug 2020Amazon
6. Applied Machine Learning InternJun 2019 to Sep 2019Clarifai
7. Computer Vision Research InternJun 2018 to Aug 2018Kitware Inc.
8. PPResearch InternMay 2015 to Aug 2015Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Education

1. Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering2013 - 2017Rutgers University
2. Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer and Electrical EngineeringRutgers University