About
Nic Lane is a co-founder of Flower Labs and holds a Professor position in Machine Learning Systems at Cambridge. He has previously served on faculty at Oxford and UCL, worked in industrial research roles at Microsoft Research and Nokia Bell Labs, and co-founded and led the Samsung AI Center in Cambridge.
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- n•••@flower.aireveal75% confident
Founder at FlowerYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Nic went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Flower's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Nic can intro founders to Flower's investors below.
Flower's investors · 5
Co-founders at Flower
Experience
- University of CambridgeProfessorcurrent2022 — present
- University of CambridgeAssociate Professor2021 — 2022
- University of CambridgeSenior Lecturer2020 — 2021Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
- Flower LabsCo-founder and Chief Scientific Officercurrent2023 — present
- St John's College, CambridgeFellowcurrent2022 — presentCambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
- LEX AIAdvisory Board Membercurrent2021 — present
- Samsung ElectronicsLaboratory Director (Samsung AI, Cambridge)2021 — 2023
- Samsung ElectronicsProgram Director (On-Device and Distributed AI)2018 — 2023Cambridge, United Kingdom
- University of OxfordAssociate Professor2017 — 2020Greater Oxford Area
- Nokia Bell LabsPrincipal Scientist2015 — 2018Cambridge, United Kingdom
- UCLSenior Lecturer2016 — 2017London Area, United Kingdom
- MicrosoftLead Researcher (Microsoft Research)2011 — 2015Beijing, China
Skills & more
Machine Learning51Computer Science39Distributed Systems14Computer Vision4Algorithms34Information Retrieval3Artificial Intelligence15Pattern Recognition7LaTeX11Data Mining6Natural Language Processing3Python6
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Human Computer InteractionFrom Nic's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nic Lane?
- Nic Lane is a co-founder of Flower Labs and holds a Professor position in Machine Learning Systems at Cambridge. He has previously served on faculty at Oxford and UCL, worked in industrial research roles at Microsoft Research and Nokia Bell Labs, and co-founded and led the Samsung AI Center in Cambridge.
- Where does Nic Lane work?
- Nic Lane is Founder of Flower.
- What companies did Nic Lane found?
- Nic Lane founded Flower.
- Where did Nic Lane go to school?
- Nic Lane studied at Dartmouth College (PhD, Computer Science); Cornell University (Masters, Computer Science); The University of Waikato (Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science and Finance).
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The University of Waikato mafia2
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Shared employers
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Also worked at St John's College, Cambridge2
Also worked at Samsung Electronics93
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