👋 Hello, I am Greg. I am a Professor of Computer Science at HES-SO Valais and Director of the Science & Industry Machine Learning Laboratory (SIMLab). My focus lies at the intersection of machine learning and scientific modelling.
I have the privilege to work at the intersection of academia and industry with a mission to bring robust and reliable AI/ML solutions to the real world, with a focus on increasing resilience and tackling complexity of systems and environments.
🤖 AI + Systems: I pioneered AI/ML at Cisco with 4 flagship products at the intersection of AI and large software and distributed systems, e.g., cybersecurity, enterprise networks, and the Internet. Portfolio of 5000+ enterprise customers, including many Fortune 50/500.
🚀 Team leadership: I lead a group of 20 researchers at HES-SO Valais. At Cisco, I hired more than 50 engineers across 3 engineering teams built from the ground up, and multiple disciplines: data engineering, machine learning, cloud, backend, and frontend.
💡 R&D and innovation : 235+ granted patents in the area of machine learning, networking, cybersecurity and distributed systems.



