Sajid Sadi

Sajid Sadi is a computer scientist and inventor. He is the Vice President of Research and Head of the Think Tank Team at Samsung Research America. He is known for his work on Samsung Galaxy Gear, Samsung Gear 360 Round and Samsung Bot Chef. His latest project with Samsung is the Ballie, which is a small spherical robot, with a built-in camera, microphone, and speaker. Sajid is also an advocate for deep learning.

Education
Sajid received his BS in Computer Science from Columbia University, New York and received his MS and PhD from MIT with Professor Pattie Maes. His doctoral dissertation focused on creating behavioral changes using automated, subtle, contextual and just-in-time feedback using IoT devices.

Notable inventions

 * Samsung Gear wearables


 * Samsung’s line of smart wearable devices


 * User gesture input to wearable electronic device involving outward-facing sensor of device


 * Image stitching for three-dimensional video


 * Samsung S-Health Stress algorithm


 * Dual-mode display
 * Samsung’s S-Health app
 * Samsung Gear 360 Round
 * A professional-grade, realtime-capable 3D 360 camera with an extremely compact form factor