About
Jascha Achterberg completed a PhD at the University of Cambridge as a Gates Scholar and went on to become one of the youngest fellows at the University of Oxford, based at the Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour. He has also worked with Intel, and his research centres on translating the brain's energy efficiency into silicon hardware.
CTO at Callosum
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Experience
- CallosumCo-Founder and CTOcurrent2025 — presentRegion London, Vereinigtes Königreich
- University of CambridgeAssociate Professor of Intelligent Systemscurrent2026 — present
- St John's College, OxfordResearch Fellow2025 — 2026Оксфорд
- University of OxfordPostdoctoral Research Fellow2024 — 2025Оксфорд
- Intel LabsAI Research Intern2022 — 2024Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
- Gates CambridgeGates Scholar2019 — 2024Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
- Columbia UniversityVisiting Researcher2024Manhattan, New York, United States
- University of CambridgeResearch Project Supervisor and Teaching Assistant2020 — 2024Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
- Psynergy Mental HealthChief Technology Officer2021 — 2023Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
- University of CambridgePre-Doctoral Researcher (MRC Cogntion and Brain Sciences Unit)2018 — 2019Cambridge, United Kingdom
- University of CambridgePre-Doctoral Researcher (Policy Research Group, Department of Psychology & Judge Business School)2017 — 2018Cambridge, United Kingdom
- OVIECo-Founder & Chief Knowledge Officer2016 — 2017Munich Area, Germany
- Optik HeimbachOfficer for Management and Business Development2015 — 2016Münster Area, Germany
- type8Marketing Consultant and Film Producer2014 — 2016Bielefeld Area, Germany
Education
- University of CambridgeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Neuroscience2019 — 2023
- University of CambridgeVisiting Research Student, Department of Psychology & School of Clinical Medicine2017 — 2019
- Nelson Mandela UniversityVisiting Student, Psychology & Economics2017
- Hochschule OsnabrückBachelor of Science - BS, Major in Market Psychology2015 — 2019
Skills & more
Team Leadership2NegotiationLeadershipPublic SpeakingArtificial Intelligence (AI)2Neuromorphic Engineering2Project PlanningResearchArtificial Neural NetworksComputational Neuroscience1Quantitative AnalyticsAlgorithms
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University TeachingProject ManagementDeep LearningData AnalysisStatistische DatenanalyseStatistische ModellierungNon-Profit-OrganisationenStatisticsMachine LearningNeurosciencePublic PolicyPsychologyLanguages English · German · Latin · Spanish
- Methods of Statistical Learning (with Distinction) — Stanford University
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- Where does Jascha Achterberg work?
- Jascha Achterberg is CTO at Callosum.
- What companies did Jascha Achterberg found?
- Jascha Achterberg founded Callosum.
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Also worked at Columbia University163
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