Acronis is a world leader in cyber protection--empowering people by providing them with cutting-edge technology that enables them to monitor, control, and protect the data that their businesses and lives depend on. We are in an exciting phase of rapid-growth and expansion and looking for a Research Lead for Autonomous Research who is ready to join us in creating a #CyberFit future and protecting the digital world! We are seeking a full-time Research Lead for our newly established Acronis corporate research center. This research lead role acts as the group lead for a dedicated research group at the research center and shape cutting-edge applied research, helping Acronis to solve the cyber protection challenges of the future. The research lead manages a team of 2-10 researchers consisting of PhD students, scientific researchers, developers and interns.

Acronis is dedicated not just to cyber protection but to the general protection of its potential and current employees, interviews are being held virtually during the current global COVID-19 situation. Acronis is a world leader in cyber protection--empowering people by providing them with cutting-edge technology that enables them to monitor, control, and protect the data that their businesses and lives depend on. We are in an exciting phase of rapid-growth and expansion and looking for a Senior Cybersecurity Researcher who is ready to join us in creating a #CyberFit future and protecting the digital world! We are seeking a full-time Research Lead for our newly established Acronis corporate research center. This research lead role acts as the group lead for a dedicated research group at the research center and shape cutting-edge applied research, helping Acronis to solve the cyber protection challenges of the future. The research lead manages a team of 2-10 researchers consisting of PhD students, scientific researchers, developers and interns.

Craig Mermel is currently the Research Lead in Pathology at Google Health where he leads a team focused on accelerating the application of machine learning for improved diagnosis of important human diseases, especially cancer. Prior to joining Google, Craig worked at Apple on the Apple Watch and related health initiatives. Mermel completed a joint MD/PhD training at Harvard Medical School, where he developed novel statistical methods for mining the cancer genome for his PhD dissertation. He conducted residency training in Clinical Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital and is board-certified in Clinical Pathology. What initially sparked your interest in medicine and subsequently, AI in medicine? As a child, I was always interested in mathematics. I thought it was a lot cooler than science, so I dreamt of becoming a mathematician or a code breaker. When I was a high school freshman, we had a chemistry teacher who was this amazing human being, a cancer survivor who taught me to appreciate science. He was the one who opened my door to this amazing yet mysterious subject.

As we move on from thinking about User Experience (UX) simply in terms of a flat User Interface (UI) and towards voice and conversation considerations, Mauricio Perez takes us through his design process in relation to creating a chatbot that users don't hate. Every UX project starts with questions: What do we know about your customers? What are their needs, experiences and behaviours? What do we need to know about your users to ensure your services are going to be successful? What new considerations are there for chat?