About
Danica Damljanovic is the founder of Sentient Machines, an AI analytics company that provides behavioural and emotional insights to businesses, financial institutions, and governments for compliance, quality assurance, and workforce and customer applications. A PhD research scientist specializing in Natural Language Processing, she has published more than 50 works, including a book on text analytics, with over 2,000 citations, and has previously worked in academia and in industry, including on Apple's Siri. She currently works as an AI keynote speaker and advisor and remains active in academia through activities such as evaluating PhD proposals and grant funding.
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Experience
- Pure AI by Dr DanicaAI Keynote Speaker and Advisorcurrent2026 — presentSt. Helier, Jersey
- Sentient MachinesCEO & Foundercurrent2016 — presentLondon
- PURE AI LIMITEDNLP Consultant, Pure AIcurrent2013 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
- Entrepreneur FirstEntrepreneur In Residence2016 — 2017London, United Kingdom
- RecordSureHead of Language Science2014 — 2016London, United Kingdom
- Kuato StudiosChief AI Architect2012 — 2013London, United Kingdom
- Kuato StudiosNatural Language Processing Engineer2012London, United Kingdom
- University of SheffieldResearch Associate2006 — 2012Sheffield
- EUROPEAN DYNAMICSSoftware Engineer2005 — 2006Belgrade, Serbia
- MozzartSoftware Engineer2003 — 2005Belgrade, Serbia
Skills & more
Python (Programming Language)Java22Eclipse7Spring2Linux7Subversion4Python5LaTeX3MapReduce2Hadoop1Natural Language UnderstandingConversational AI
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Semantic WebSemanticsRDFOWLNatural Language ProcessingOntologiesArtificial IntelligenceLinked DataResearchInformation RetrievalText MiningSoftware EngineeringLanguages English · German · Serbian · Spanish
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- Who is Danica Damljanovic?
- Danica Damljanovic is the founder of Sentient Machines, an AI analytics company that provides behavioural and emotional insights to businesses, financial institutions, and governments for compliance, quality assurance, and workforce and customer applications. A PhD research scientist specializing in Natural Language Processing, she has published more than 50 works, including a book on text analytics, with over 2,000 citations, and has previously worked in academia and in industry, including on Apple's Siri. She currently works as an AI keynote speaker and advisor and remains active in academia through activities such as evaluating PhD proposals and grant funding.
- Where does Danica Damljanovic work?
- Danica Damljanovic is CEO of Sentient Machines.
- What companies did Danica Damljanovic found?
- Danica Damljanovic founded Sentient Machines.
- Where did Danica Damljanovic go to school?
- Danica Damljanovic studied at The University of Sheffield (PhD, Computer Science); University of Belgrade (MSc, Intelligent Information Systems); University of Belgrade (BSc, Information Systems).
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